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[PATCH v2 1/2] meson: bump minimum required Perl version to 5.26.0

From
POPeter Oliver <p.d.oliver@mavit.org.uk>
Date
Jan 24, 2025, 16:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20250124163049.23965-2-git@mavit.org.uk>
In-Reply-To
<20250124163049.23965-1-git@mavit.org.uk>

Commit 702d8c1f3b (Require Perl 5.26.0, 2024-10-23) dropped support for Perl versions older than 5.26.0. The Meson build system, which has been developed in parallel to that commit, hasn't been bumped accordingly and thus still requires Perl 5.8.1 or newer.

Fix this by requiring Perl 5.26.0 or newer with Meson.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oliver <git@mavit.org.uk>
---
 meson.build | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0064eb64f5..f01d81b39f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ endif
 
 # Note that we only set NO_PERL if the Perl features were disabled by the user.
 # It may not be set when we have found Perl, but only use it to run tests.
-perl = find_program('perl', version: '>=5.8.1', dirs: program_path, required: perl_required)
+perl = find_program('perl', version: '>=5.26.0', dirs: program_path, required: perl_required)
 perl_features_enabled = perl.found() and get_option('perl').allowed()
 if perl_features_enabled
   build_options_config.set('NO_PERL', '')
-- 
2.48.1
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  1. 1/2 Check for Perl 5.26.0 from Meson buildPeter Oliver, Jan 20, 2025
  2. 2/2 Fix Meson Perl version checkPeter Oliver, Jan 20, 2025
  3. Patrick SteinhardtJan 21, 2025
  4. Patrick SteinhardtJan 21, 2025
  5. 0/2 Fix Meson Perl version checkPeter Oliver, Jan 24, 2025
  6. 1/2 meson: bump minimum required Perl version to 5.26.0Peter Oliver, Jan 24, 2025
  7. 2/2 meson: fix Perl version check for Meson versions before 1.7.0Peter Oliver, Jan 24, 2025
  8. Patrick SteinhardtJan 27, 2025
  9. 0/2 Fix Meson Perl version checkPeter Oliver, Feb 18, 2025
  10. 1/2 meson: bump minimum required Perl version to 5.26.0Peter Oliver, Feb 18, 2025
  11. 2/2 meson: fix Perl version check for Meson versions before 1.7.0Peter Oliver, Feb 18, 2025
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2025
  13. Patrick SteinhardtFeb 19, 2025
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2025
  15. Peter OliverFeb 25, 2025
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2025

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