On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 13:07, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Alex Hunsaker <bada...@gmail.com> writes: >> ! perl_version_error=`$PERL -e 'use 5.00801;' 2>&1` > > This is not a path towards an acceptable solution, as it effectively > assumes what we are setting out to prove, namely that we have found > a reasonably modern version of perl. Try it in perl 4...
Well I would if I had it sitting around =). I did try to compile one... but chickened out as soon as I hit an error: $ make `sh cflags perly.o` perly.c CCCMD = cc -c -O In file included from perly.y:38: perl.h:279: error: conflicting types for ‘sys_errlist’ /usr/include/bits/sys_errlist.h:28: note: previous declaration of ‘sys_errlist’ was here In file included from perl.h:540, from perly.y:38: arg.h:685:1: warning: "AF_LOCAL" redefined In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:40, from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:25, from perl.h:224, from perly.y:38: /usr/include/bits/socket.h:116:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition How about something like the below? Basically If we find "This is perl v4" we bail right then. Otherwise we use the version check I proposed up-thread? I may have inadvertently used some bash/gnu-isms... sorry about that. *** a/configure --- b/configure *************** *** 6867,6884 **** fi fi if test "$PERL"; then ! pgac_perl_version=`$PERL -v 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/This is perl, v[a-z ]*//p' | sed 's/ .*//'` ! { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: using perl $pgac_perl_version" >&5 ! $as_echo "$as_me: using perl $pgac_perl_version" >&6;} ! if echo "$pgac_perl_version" | sed 's/[.a-z_]/ /g' | \ ! $AWK '{ if ($1 = 5 && $2 >= 8) exit 1; else exit 0;}' ! then { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: *** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL. ! *** Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version." >&5 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: *** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL. ! *** Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version." >&2;} PERL="" fi fi --- 6867,6885 ---- fi if test "$PERL"; then ! perl_version_error="" ! if $PERL -v 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'This is perl, v4' 2>/dev/null; then ! perl_version_error="Perl version 5.8 or later is required, but this is perl v4" ! else ! perl_version_error=`$PERL -e 'use 5.00801;' 2>&1` ! fi ! if test -n "$perl_version_error"; then { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: *** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL. ! *** $perl_version_error." >&5 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: *** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL. ! *** $perl_version_error." >&2;} PERL="" fi fi Thoughts? -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs