> On Mar 30, 2022, at 8:19 PM, Tom Lane <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Andrew Dunstan <[email protected]> writes:
>> Make PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster compatible with all live branches
>
> prairiedog is unhappy [1], seemingly as a result of this patch:
>
> t/001_repl_stats....Can't locate parent.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
> ../../src/test/perl/ . /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3/darwin-2level
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3/darwin-2level /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/darwin-2level
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/darwin-2level
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/darwin-2level
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl .
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3/darwin-2level /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/5.8.3
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/darwin-2level
> /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/local/perl5.8.3/lib/site_perl
> .) at ../../src/test/perl//PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm line 2921.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at
> ../../src/test/perl//PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm line 2921.
>
> I think this means that its old Perl version misinterprets
>
> use parent -norequire, qw(PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster);
>
> as a request to include "parent.pm". Is there a more
> backwards-compatible way to spell that?
Not that I know of. Googling tells me it was a core module from 5.10.1. I can
revert tomorrow if necessary :-(
Cheers
Andrew
