Re: TAP / recovery-test fs-level backups, psql enhancements etc

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On the Perl 5.8.8 test env I've set up now, per
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAMsr+YGR6pU-gUyp-FT98XwXAsc9n6j-awZAqxvW_+P3RTC7cg@mail.gmail.com
>
> master currently fails with
>
> t/004_timeline_switch....."remove_tree" is not exported by the File::Path
> module
>
> remove_tree is only in File::Path 2.07 but Perl 5.8.8 has 1.08. No buildfarm
> member has complained, so clearly we don't actually test with the stated
> supported Perl version.
>
> The attached patch fixes it to use the legacy File::Path interface 'rmtree'
> so master runs on 588 again.

Crap. Thanks for spotting that, I was careless. You could still use
qw() and not use File::Path::rmtree, but that's a matter of taste.
-- 
Michael