On 5/6/20 6:39 PM, David Steele wrote: > On 5/6/20 6:28 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote: >> On 5/6/20 3:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> >>> BTW, I looked around and could not find a package-provided ppport.h >>> at all on my Red Hat systems. What package is it in? >> >> perl-Devel-PPPort contains a perl module that will write the file for >> you like this: >> >> perl -MDevel::PPPort -e 'Devel::PPPort::WriteFile();' > > FWIW, pgBackRest always shipped with the newest version of ppport.h we > were able to generate. This never caused any issues, but neither did > we have problems that forced us to upgrade. > > The documentation seems to encourage this behavior: > > Don't direct the users of your module to download Devel::PPPort . They > are most probably no XS writers. Also, don't make ppport.h optional. > Rather, just take the most recent copy of ppport.h that you can find > (e.g. by generating it with the latest Devel::PPPort release from > CPAN), copy it into your project, adjust your project to use it, and > distribute the header along with your module. > >
I don't think we need to keep updating it, though. plperl is essentially pretty stable. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
