Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> This upset buildfarm members running prehistoric Perl versions because
> is_passing was added after 5.8.8.
Sir, RHEL6 is not prehistoric ... and this is failing on my server too.
I'm not sure when "is_passing" was added, but it was later than 5.10.1.
> Fix attached.
Will check and apply.
> I think I'm going to have to do an archaeology-grade Perl install, there's
> just too much to keep an eye on manually. Ugh.
> Why do we requite a 10yo Perl anyway?
The point of running ancient versions in the buildfarm is so that we
don't move the goalposts on software compatibility without knowing it.
When we come across a good reason to desupport an old Perl or Tcl or
whatever version, we'll do it; but having to add another ten lines or
so of code doesn't seem like a good reason.
regards, tom lane