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| author | Noah Misch | 2016-12-04 05:16:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Noah Misch | 2016-12-04 05:16:55 +0000 |
| commit | d61aa6ae655a37d757b68d20ad18a4683c280c14 (patch) | |
| tree | 38ec802a39ec76a63af3484f476d1c5af4349339 | |
| parent | 54aa6ccfc51414b94a2363be6302efb0f911b692 (diff) | |
Document recipe for testing compatibility with old Perl.
Craig Ringer, reviewed by Kyotaro HORIGUCHI and Michael Paquier.
| -rw-r--r-- | src/test/perl/README | 18 |
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diff --git a/src/test/perl/README b/src/test/perl/README index cfb45a1547..f28e3ce469 100644 --- a/src/test/perl/README +++ b/src/test/perl/README @@ -64,3 +64,21 @@ For available PostgreSQL-specific test methods and some example tests read the perldoc for the test modules, e.g.: perldoc src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm + +Required Perl +------------- + +Tests must run on perl 5.8.0 and newer. perlbrew is a good way to obtain such +a Perl; see http://perlbrew.pl . + +Just install and + + perlbrew --force install 5.8.0 + perlbrew use 5.8.0 + perlbrew install-cpanm + cpanm install IPC::Run + +then re-run configure to ensure the correct Perl is used when running +tests. To verify that the right Perl was found: + + grep ^PERL= config.log |