-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:14:32 -0400 Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Perl is required for all MSVC builds, and for all builds from CVS > > on any platform too, IIRC, so it's a fairly safe bet for any tool > > you provide. > > The key phrase in that is "from CVS". Changing the sed script to Perl > would introduce an unacceptable new dependency for builds from > tarballs. At some point, do we recognize that Perl is installed on every reasonable platform in existence or can be easily? I mean, we already require autoconf/make etc... What is adding Perl in practice? Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL political pundit | Mocker of Dolphins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH4ECDATb/zqfZUUQRApTmAJ9+N+vEuBnydMB1ozkg7FMZgBeA9ACgq6fz WJXzPkgvqrSkkzV9vnoMYiM= =n7BS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
