Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>
>> I have cleaned up the patch from yesterday slightly, too. I'm wondering
>> how far back we should backpatch all this. This API was actually
>> documented in Perl (just) before 7.4 was released, so in theory the API
>> adjustment should go all the way back. However, in practice it hasn't
>> been a problem until now, and we aren't supporting Windows releases
>> before 8.2, so I think 8.2 is probably the right spot.
>>
>
> My inclination is "backpatch all the way". Now that we know the problem
> is we are failing to adhere to Perl's published API, I bet we could find
> some other problems it causes, if we poked into the right nooks and
> crannies. And not just on Windows.
>
>
Yeah, the debian bug specifically mentions hppa. I'll go with your instinct.
cheers
andrew