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According to Jim Meyering on 11/30/2009 3:55 AM:
> BTW, here's what 5.11.2 prints:
>
> $ perl --version |sed -n 2p
> This is perl 5, version 11, subversion 2 (v5.11.2-81-g162177c*) built for
> x86_64-linux
It looks like perl has switched to git! Bu
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> with F12's 5.10.0, I see this:
>>
>> $ perl -le 'print $]'
>> 5.01
>
> I didn't use $] in the adjusted get_version() I sent :)
>
>> So $^V appears to be out.
>>
>> Want to write the patch?
>> There must be something canonical and "easy" in P
Jim Meyering wrote:
> with F12's 5.10.0, I see this:
>
> $ perl -le 'print $]'
> 5.01
I didn't use $] in the adjusted get_version() I sent :)
> So $^V appears to be out.
>
> Want to write the patch?
> There must be something canonical and "easy" in Perl itself, considering
> the pre
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> Jim Meyering wrote:
I've built and have been experimenting with perl 5.11.2+
and hit a little snag: bootstrap was unable to extract
the version number from its new --version output.
To address that, I've cha
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> Jim Meyering wrote:
I've built and have been experimenting with perl 5.11.2+
and hit a little snag: bootstrap was unable to extract
the version number from its new --version output.
To address that, I've cha
Jim Meyering wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>>> I've built and have been experimenting with perl 5.11.2+
>>> and hit a little snag: bootstrap was unable to extract
>>> the version number from its new --version output.
>>> To address that, I've changed bootstrap to special-case
Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> I've built and have been experimenting with perl 5.11.2+
>> and hit a little snag: bootstrap was unable to extract
>> the version number from its new --version output.
>> To address that, I've changed bootstrap to special-case perl:
>
> That looks good,
Jim Meyering wrote:
> I've built and have been experimenting with perl 5.11.2+
> and hit a little snag: bootstrap was unable to extract
> the version number from its new --version output.
> To address that, I've changed bootstrap to special-case perl:
That looks good, the caveat being that all pro
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From: Jim Meyering
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:57:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] bootstrap: handle perl-5.11's changed --version output
* build-aux/bootstrap (get_version): Handle perl separately,
since perl-5.11's --version output is different.
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