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/[email protected]
>
> I agree we should fix the docco.
I have written the attached patch to make these changes.
--
Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 3a491b59896..0e16bb01d85 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -3809,14 +3809,12 @@ make: *** [postgres] Error 1
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><productname>ActiveState Perl</productname></term>
+ <term><productname>Strawberry Perl</productname></term>
<listitem><para>
- ActiveState Perl is required to run the build generation scripts. MinGW
+ Strawberry Perl is required to run the build generation scripts. MinGW
or Cygwin Perl will not work. It must also be present in the PATH.
Binaries can be downloaded from
- <ulink url="https://www.activestate.com";></ulink>
- (Note: version 5.14 or later is required,
- the free Standard Distribution is sufficient).
+ <ulink url="https://strawberryperl.com";></ulink>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -3868,10 +3866,9 @@ make: *** [postgres] Error 1
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term><productname>ActiveState Tcl</productname></term>
+ <term><productname>Magicsplat Tcl</productname></term>
<listitem><para>
- Required for building <application>PL/Tcl</application> (Note: version
- 8.4 is required, the free Standard Distribution is sufficient).
+ Required for building <application>PL/Tcl</application>.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
