Re: TAP / recovery-test fs-level backups, psql enhancements etc - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TAP / recovery-test fs-level backups, psql enhancements etc
Date
Msg-id 6481.1456893203@sss.pgh.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: TAP / recovery-test fs-level backups, psql enhancements etc  (Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: TAP / recovery-test fs-level backups, psql enhancements etc  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-hackers
Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> This upset buildfarm members running prehistoric Perl versions because
> is_passing was added after 5.8.8.

Sir, RHEL6 is not prehistoric ... and this is failing on my server too.
I'm not sure when "is_passing" was added, but it was later than 5.10.1.

> Fix attached.

Will check and apply.

> I think I'm going to have to do an archaeology-grade Perl install, there's
> just too much to keep an eye on manually. Ugh.
> Why do we requite a 10yo Perl anyway?

The point of running ancient versions in the buildfarm is so that we
don't move the goalposts on software compatibility without knowing it.
When we come across a good reason to desupport an old Perl or Tcl or
whatever version, we'll do it; but having to add another ten lines or
so of code doesn't seem like a good reason.
        regards, tom lane



pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Gavin Flower
Date:
Subject: Re: 2016-03 Commitfest Manager
Next
From: Dilip Kumar
Date:
Subject: Re: Move PinBuffer and UnpinBuffer to atomics