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-rw-r--r--config/perl.m44
-rwxr-xr-xconfigure6
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml2
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml4
-rw-r--r--src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl1
-rw-r--r--src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm2
-rw-r--r--src/test/perl/README10
-rw-r--r--src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl1
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/tools/pgindent/pgindent1
9 files changed, 12 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/config/perl.m4 b/config/perl.m4
index c9fd91397c2..8126e79f67d 100644
--- a/config/perl.m4
+++ b/config/perl.m4
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ if test "$PERL"; then
pgac_perl_version=`$PERL -v 2>/dev/null | sed -n ['s/This is perl.*v[a-z ]*\([0-9]\.[0-9][0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p']`
AC_MSG_NOTICE([using perl $pgac_perl_version])
if echo "$pgac_perl_version" | sed ['s/[.a-z_]/ /g'] | \
- $AWK '{ if ([$]1 == 5 && ([$]2 > 8 || ($[2] == 8 && [$]3 >= 3))) exit 1; else exit 0;}'
+ $AWK '{ if ([$]1 == 5 && ([$]2 >= 14)) exit 1; else exit 0;}'
then
AC_MSG_WARN([
*** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL.
-*** Perl version 5.8.3 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version.])
+*** Perl version 5.14 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version.])
PERL=""
fi
fi
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fd2a782454b..f325bd85b88 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10491,14 +10491,14 @@ if test "$PERL"; then
{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: using perl $pgac_perl_version" >&5
$as_echo "$as_me: using perl $pgac_perl_version" >&6;}
if echo "$pgac_perl_version" | sed 's/[.a-z_]/ /g' | \
- $AWK '{ if ($1 == 5 && ($2 > 8 || ($2 == 8 && $3 >= 3))) exit 1; else exit 0;}'
+ $AWK '{ if ($1 == 5 && ($2 >= 14)) exit 1; else exit 0;}'
then
{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING:
*** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL.
-*** Perl version 5.8.3 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version." >&5
+*** Perl version 5.14 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version." >&5
$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING:
*** The installed version of Perl, $PERL, is too old to use with PostgreSQL.
-*** Perl version 5.8.3 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version." >&2;}
+*** Perl version 5.14 or later is required, but this is $pgac_perl_version." >&2;}
PERL=""
fi
fi
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
index c00ab2b4b2d..29d3294dc80 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/install-windows.sgml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ $ENV{MSBFLAGS}="/m";
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 5.8.3 or later is required,
+ (Note: version 5.14 or later is required,
the free Standard Distribution is sufficient).
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 7c79608e551..319c7e69660 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ su - postgres
<application>PL/Perl</application> you need a full
<productname>Perl</productname> installation, including the
<filename>libperl</filename> library and the header files.
- The minimum required version is <productname>Perl</productname> 5.8.3.
+ The minimum required version is <productname>Perl</productname> 5.14.
Since <application>PL/Perl</application> will be a shared
library, the <indexterm><primary>libperl</primary></indexterm>
<filename>libperl</filename> library must be a shared library
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ su - postgres
<primary>perl</primary>
</indexterm>
- <application>Perl</application> 5.8.3 or later is needed to build from a Git checkout,
+ <application>Perl</application> 5.14 or later is needed to build from a Git checkout,
or if you changed the input files for any of the build steps that
use Perl scripts. If building on Windows you will need
<application>Perl</application> in any case. <application>Perl</application> is
diff --git a/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl b/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl
index 8fd7f998bc2..72cb53f6e3e 100644
--- a/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl
+++ b/src/pl/plperl/plc_perlboot.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
use strict;
use warnings;
-use 5.008001;
use vars qw(%_SHARED $_TD);
PostgreSQL::InServer::Util::bootstrap();
diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm
index 27fa607da41..4fef9c12e61 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm
+++ b/src/test/perl/PostgreSQL/Test/Cluster.pm
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ all values '' if not found. Does not differentiate between null and empty string
for fields, no field is ever undef.
The restart_lsn and confirmed_flush_lsn fields are returned verbatim, and also
-as a 2-list of [highword, lowword] integer. Since we rely on Perl 5.8.8 we can't
+as a 2-list of [highword, lowword] integer. Since we rely on Perl 5.14 we can't
"use bigint", it's from 5.20, and we can't assume we have Math::Bigint from CPAN
either.
diff --git a/src/test/perl/README b/src/test/perl/README
index 4b160cce36e..6ddee42a105 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/README
+++ b/src/test/perl/README
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ Each test script should end with:
done_testing();
-Test::More::like entails use of the qr// operator. Avoid Perl 5.8.8 bug
-#39185 by not using the "$" regular expression metacharacter in qr// when also
-using the "/m" modifier. Instead of "$", use "\n" or "(?=\n|\z)".
-
Test::Builder::Level controls how far up in the call stack a test will look
at when reporting a failure. This should be incremented by any subroutine
which directly or indirectly calls test routines from Test::More, such as
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ Portability
-----------
Avoid using any bleeding-edge Perl features. We have buildfarm animals
-running Perl versions as old as 5.8.3, so your tests will be expected
+running Perl versions as old as 5.14, so your tests will be expected
to pass on that.
Also, do not use any non-core Perl modules except IPC::Run. Or, if you
@@ -116,8 +112,8 @@ One way to test for compatibility with old Perl versions is to use
perlbrew; see http://perlbrew.pl . After installing that, do
export PERLBREW_CONFIGURE_FLAGS='-de -Duseshrplib'
- perlbrew --force install 5.8.3
- perlbrew use 5.8.3
+ perlbrew --force install 5.14.0
+ perlbrew use 5.14.0
perlbrew install-cpanm
cpanm install Test::Simple@0.98
cpanm install IPC::Run@0.79
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl b/src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl
index b8c514a8311..b4af3dea81b 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/gendef.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
use strict;
use warnings;
-use 5.8.0;
use List::Util qw(max);
my @def;
diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
index 2ef07bb9fd5..47d2790ef60 100755
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
use strict;
use warnings;
-use 5.008001;
use Cwd qw(abs_path getcwd);
use File::Find;