Re: updating ppport.h

[Patrice Dumas]

On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 05:32:40PM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote:
> I have attempted to follow the instructions in README-hacking to update
> tp/Texinfo/XS/ppport.h:
> 
>     Update ppport.h in tp/Texinfo/XS:
>       perl -MDevel::PPPort -e'Devel::PPPort::WriteFile'
> 
> However, this downgraded the version of the file.
> 
> I tried to update the version of Devel::PPPort on my system (with some
> command like "sudo cpan Devel::PPPort") which was better, but it still
> doesn't get to the current version, which is 3.71, while Devel::PPPort
> downgrades it to 3.68.
> 
> Devel::PPPort at CPAN seems to be at 3.68:
> 
> https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::PPPort
> 
> I don't know how to get version 3.71 or a newer version if there is one.
> I will leave it at 3.68.

I have 3.71 on my debian testing, it comes in with the main perl 5.38.2
package.  I do not think that having the very last is so important, we
had a very old one before I updated it in 2024-02-23 and we did not see
too many issues.  Leaving it at 3.68 looks good to me.

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Pat