Re: plperl regression tests

Reini Urban wrote:
> Is it possible to test for plperl and add some plperl tests to the 
> regression suite?
> 
> I see the pg_regress installs and runs with_perl=no.
> The problem is that cygwin postgres builds and runs fine, only the perl 
> extensions fails (IPC problem when loading the huge perl dll).
> 
> So I really would like to add a simple plperl testcase to the standard 
> distro. Just the sample from the plperl.sgml would be fine.
> Any general objections?
> I'll come up with a patch if not, which will check if the postmaster has 
> plperl support and use it then.

Seems fine as long as the test only runs when they have asked for perl
from configure.

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