Re: Small PATCH: check of 2 Perl modules

Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru> writes:
>> On 2/12/16 8:20 AM, Eugene Kazakov wrote:
>>> TAP-tests need two Perl modules: Test::More and IPC::Run.

>> I think those modules are part of a standard Perl installation.

> IPC::Run is not. At least for perl from ports tree in FreeBSD.

Yeah, I remember having had to install IPC::Run from CPAN, and a couple
of other things too (but I don't remember Test::More specifically), when
setting up some of my buildfarm critters.  It's likely that a lot of
distros bundle these, but I don't think IPC::Run is in a basic
built-from-source Perl.

The real question though is do we need a configure check at all.

Given that investigation into a CMake conversion is actively going
on, I'm hesitant to move the goalposts for it by introducing a brand
new type of configure check.  Maybe we should punt this issue until
that patch is either accepted or decisively rejected.
        regards, tom lane