{"thread":{"id":"15285","subject":"[PATCH] mention required Perl version in INSTALL","startedAt":"2008-08-30T17:13:12Z","lastAt":"2008-08-30T17:13:12Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Robert Schiele"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"89221","messageId":"20080830171312.GE7185@schiele.dyndns.org","threadId":"15285","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] mention required Perl version in INSTALL","fromName":"Robert Schiele","fromEmail":"rschiele@gmail.com","sentAt":"2008-08-30T17:13:12Z","receivedAt":"2008-08-30T17:13:12Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"rschiele@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/409473567eb2287d5f0157b51f5b703994b347f24f92172e3a0588741c27a492?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"We use syntax in some places that is only supported on Perl 5.8 or\nlater.  One example for this is the list form of the open command in\ncombination with pipes in git-add--interactive.perl:\n\n    open($fh, '-|', @_) or die;\n\nSigned-off-by: Robert Schiele <rschiele@gmail.com>\n---\n INSTALL |    4 ++--\n 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL\nindex 2bae53f..0495fe5 100644\n--- a/INSTALL\n+++ b/INSTALL\n@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ Issues of note:\n \n \t- \"ssh\" is used to push and pull over the net\n \n-\t- \"perl\" and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use most of\n-\t  the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.\n+\t- \"perl\" 5.8 or later and POSIX-compliant shells are needed to use\n+          most of the bare-bones Porcelainish scripts.\n \n  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,\n    but depending on your specific installation, you may not\n-- \n1.5.4.5\n"}]}