Christoph Berg wrote: > Re: Alvaro Herrera 2018-03-20 <20180320185038.r3hjvfio4elnaqku@alvherre.pgsql> > > Time::HiRes is also in libperl5.24, so as far Debian goes, that one > > would be unnecessary; but IPC::Run and Test::More are in separate > > packages (libipc-run-perl and libtest-base-perl, respectively.) > > The Debian package build-depends on these: > > libipc-run-perl, > libperl-dev, > perl (>= 5.8), > > Test::More is provided by several packages: > > perl-modules-5.24: /usr/share/perl/5.24.1/Test/More.pm > perl-modules-5.26: /usr/share/perl/5.26.1/Test/More.pm > libtest-simple-perl: /usr/share/perl5/Test/More.pm > > ... so depending on "perl" is enough, which pulls in > perl-modules-$current.
Actually, the whole point of this exercise is to ensure that configure complains properly if somebody installs perl-base but not perl, that is, what happens if perl-modules-5.24 is not there. I think you need libperl5.xx in order to use --with-perl; and if you install that one, you're going to get perl-modules-5.xx as a side effect, so that scenario is covered. I don't have a minimal Debian installation to try configure --without-perl --enable-tap-tests -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
