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The oldest vendor-shipped Perl in the buildfarm is 5.14.2, which is the last version that Debian Wheezy shipped. That OS is EOL, but we keep it running because there is no other convenient way to test certain non-mainstream 32-bit platforms. There is no bugfix in the 5.14.2 release that is required, and yet it's also not the latest minor release -- that would be 5.14.4. To clarify the situation, we have thus arranged the buildfarm to test 5.14.0. That allows configure scripts and documentation to state 5.14 without fine print. The MSVC build didn't check the version, since our previous minimum 5.8.3 was considered too old to check for on Windows. We will need a check for Windows sometime during the v16 cycle, but that could be rendered moot by the impending Meson conversion, so it seems safe to just document the requirement for now. Reviewed by Tom Lane Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20220902181553.ev4pgzhubhdkguuv@awork3.anarazel.de
PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: https://www.postgresql.org/download/ See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at https://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.