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

From Dave Page
Subject Re: [HACKERS] pl/perl extension fails on Windows
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] pl/perl extension fails on Windows  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 4:35 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep.thakkar@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> I compiled PG 10 beta1/beta2 with "--with-perl" option on Windows and the
> extension crashes the database.
> *src/pl/plperl/Util.c: loadable library and perl binaries are mismatched
> (got handshake key 0A900080, needed 0AC80080)*

> This is seen with Perl 5.24 but not with 5.20, 5.16. What I found is that
> the handshake function is added in Perl 5.21.x and probably that is why we
> don't see this issue in earlier versions.

Well, we have various buildfarm machines running perls newer than that,
eg, crake, with 5.24.1.  So I'd say there is something busted about your
perl installation.  Perhaps leftover bits of an older version somewhere?

Well crake is a Fedora box - and we have no problems on Linux, only on Windows. 

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