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From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: BUG #18816: pg16 requires perl 5.14+ but is not documented
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Msg-id 5a141995-b3b0-45d5-9296-67239eb98e46@dunslane.net
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In response to BUG #18816: pg16 requires perl 5.14+ but is not documented  (PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
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On 2025-02-17 Mo 10:09 AM, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      18816
Logged by:          David Gilman
Email address:      davidgilman1@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 16.7
Operating system:   n/a
Description:        

The PostgreSQL 16 branch's configure script checks to see if perl 5.14+ is
installed (see config/perl.m4) but there is no comment in the documentation
that perl 5.14+ is required in the postgresql16 docs like there is in the
postgresql17 docs. See doc pages:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/install-requirements.html
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/install-requirements.html


Prior to v17, perl was not a hard requirement if you were building from a tarball, only if building from git. That changed with commit 721856ff24b3.


The v16 docs state (correctly):


  • Perl 5.14 or later is needed to build from a Git checkout, or if you changed the input files for any of the build steps that use Perl scripts. If building on Windows you will need Perl in any case. Perl is also required to run some test suites.


cheers


andrew

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