Peter Eisentraut <e99re41@DoCS.UU.SE> writes:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
>> That doesn't strike me as sufficient; it is quite likely that that
>> will find a perl 4. Does your help-building script run on perl 4?
> No idea. Does anyone have Perl 4 and can try it (and fix it)? Surely Perl
> 4 supports regular expressions and flow control.
perl 4.0.36 generates half a dozen minor-looking syntax errors. Looks
like perl 5 is more forgiving about where you put parentheses. Also
perl4 doesn't have "my()", only "local()". Should be easy to fix;
I'll try this weekend.
Given that, I agree that configure should be fixed to look for a perl,
and then the psql Makefile should enable the build rule only if one
was found. You want to handle that part?
regards, tom lane