Re: pl/perl extension fails on Windows - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Noah Misch
Subject Re: pl/perl extension fails on Windows
Date
Msg-id 20171209193126.GB3362632@rfd.leadboat.com
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In response to Re: pl/perl extension fails on Windows  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses RE: pl/perl extension fails on Windows  (Christian Ullrich <chris@chrullrich.net>)
List pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:45:35PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> writes:
> > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:34:56PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I don't really have an opinion about the relative merits of these changes,
> >> but why do anything?  The existing solution has the buildfarm happy, and
> >> we've not heard any field complaints that I saw.  I'm not sure we should
> >> spend more time on supporting obsolete toolchain combinations that aren't
> >> represented in the buildfarm.
> 
> > It's the other way around.  The buildfarm's 32-bit MSVC animals each use an
> > obsolete Perl.  PostgreSQL is incompatible with today's 32-bit ActivePerl and
> > Strawberry Perl.
> 
> Oh, OK.  In that case, we need to get some representatives of these
> more modern builds into the buildfarm while we're at it.

Yep.  Among machines already in the buildfarm, the one running member
woodlouse is the best candidate for this.  Its owner could install
http://strawberryperl.com/download/5.26.1.1/strawberry-perl-5.26.1.1-32bit.msi
and setup another animal on the same machine that builds 32-bit and enables
Perl.  Christian, are you interested in doing this?


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