>
>> - All the core routines used should be compatible down to perl 5.8.8.
>>
>
> Ugh. So not just Perl, ancient perl.
>
> I don't suppose Perl offers any kind of "compatible(5.8.8)" statement
> or
> anything? Do I have to compile a ten-year-old Perl and its dependencies
> to
> work on PostgreSQL tests?
> http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl-MinimumVersion/lib/Perl/MinimumVersion.pm
> looks useful; do you think it's reasonable for code that passes that
> check
> to just be thrown at the buildfarm?
I think what's needed is:
use 5.008_008;
( see: http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/use.html )