Обсуждение: ActiveState Perl is not valid anymore to build PG17 on the Windows 10/11 platforms, So Documentation still suggesting it should be updated

Hi Hackers, 

Recently, I compiled PG17 on the windows. Till PG16 "ActiveState Perl", as instructed in the documentation, was being used successfully on the Windows 10/11 to compile PG. 
However, it looks like that "ActiveState Perl" is not valid anymore to compile PG17 on Windows 10/11 but documentation still suggests it. Therefore, I think documentation needs to be updated.
Moreover, I had to install "strawberry's perl" in order to compile PG17 on Windows 10/11. Please check out the thread "errors building on windows using meson" highlighting the issue. 

See  https://postgr.es/m/4acddcd4-1c08-44e7-ba60-cab1022599e3@dunslane.net

I agree we should fix the docco.

cheers

andrew

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Andrew Dunstan
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Hi Bruce,
Patch looks good. In my opinion patch should be committed as more and
more people who are trying to build PG 17 on Windows are facing
similar issues. Latest issue was reported yesterday [0].

Regards
Umar Hayat

[0]
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CA%2BOCxozXN%3DGFPWU8vBjG6ch%3Di2q46FrQbTMjpsERGaSXQj-%2BtQ%40mail.gmail.com#8c5cefdb5881f4ed49e254d4ef9dbe09

Umar Hayat

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 at 07:35, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:23:11AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >
> > On 2024-07-16 Tu 7:46 AM, Yasir wrote:
> >
> >     Hi Hackers,
> >
> >     Recently, I compiled PG17 on the windows. Till PG16 "ActiveState Perl", as
> >     instructed in the documentation, was being used successfully on the Windows
> >     10/11 to compile PG.
> >     However, it looks like that "ActiveState Perl" is not valid anymore to
> >     compile PG17 on Windows 10/11 but documentation still suggests it.
> >     Therefore, I think documentation needs to be updated.
> >     Moreover, I had to install "strawberry's perl" in order to compile PG17 on
> >     Windows 10/11. Please check out the thread "errors building on windows
> >     using meson" highlighting the issue.
> >
> >
> >
> > See  https://postgr.es/m/4acddcd4-1c08-44e7-ba60-cab1022599e3@dunslane.net
> >
> > I agree we should fix the docco.
>
> I have written the attached patch to make these changes.
>
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>
>   When a patient asks the doctor, "Am I going to die?", he means
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> On 17 Oct 2024, at 00:35, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:23:11AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

>> See  https://postgr.es/m/4acddcd4-1c08-44e7-ba60-cab1022599e3@dunslane.net
>>
>> I agree we should fix the docco.
>
> I have written the attached patch to make these changes.

+1 for applying backpatched to at least 17 but possibly further down judging by
the linked threads.

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Daniel Gustafsson

On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 01:07:16PM +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> > On 17 Oct 2024, at 00:35, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 08:23:11AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> >> See  https://postgr.es/m/4acddcd4-1c08-44e7-ba60-cab1022599e3@dunslane.net
> >> 
> >> I agree we should fix the docco.
> > 
> > I have written the attached patch to make these changes.
> 
> +1 for applying backpatched to at least 17 but possibly further down judging by
> the linked threads.

I added a URL for Magicsplat Tcl and backpatched to 12.

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  When a patient asks the doctor, "Am I going to die?", he means 
  "Am I going to die soon?"