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Re: make check bug report
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Nicolas Joly |
Subject: |
Re: make check bug report |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:41:14 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.2.4i |
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 06:56:03PM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Tim" == Tim Van Holder <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Tim> Looks like most of these result from an outdated Perl.
>
> Hm, I forgot about this... We should find a means to have autoupdate
> exit 77 if not 5.005.
This behaviour applies to systems that do not have Perl installed too.
> Tim> Akim, can autoupdate run on 5.004, or does it require 5.005?
>
> I don't know, and I don't want to try! I seem to recall there were
> reports that made it mandatory to require 5.005. Nicolas Joly might
> remember.
Sure, with `use 5.005;' directive.
> Tim> If the latter, we should definitely consider having autoconf's
> Tim> configure reject older Perls.
> Yes and no. Yes, that would be cleaner, but it is not fundamental
> (and actually I consider a misfeature that we don't install autoscan
> and autoupdate when the user does not have Perl). As is, autoupdate
> exits properly. It is the test suite which is broken.
I agree, and made the attached patch to solve this problem.
--
Nicolas Joly
Informatique Scientifique
Institut Pasteur, Paris.
autoconf.patch
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