On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 05:45:03PM +0100, Chris Wareham wrote:
> On 08/03/2011 05:26 PM, David Fetter wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 04:52:36PM +0100, Chris Wareham wrote:
> >>
> >>Perl isn't everywhere
> >
> >It's required for PostgreSQL builds, and has been for years, so I
> >really have very little interest in all the places it's not.
> >
>
> Hi David,
>
> Perl isn't required to either build or run PostgreSQL on NetBSD and
> FreeBSD:
Pardon my imprecision.
It's required on developer machines, i.e. ones where someone might
make changes to the source and push same. See all the perl tools in
the PostgreSQL source for examples.
I am just fine with the Perl requirement for a tool like this, and
nit-picking does not make you look good. Please stop.
Cheers,
David.
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