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Re: [PATCH] change Perl syntax to support Perl 5.6

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2008, 20:20 UTC
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Robert Schiele <rschiele@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:06:06AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> I didn't try either but I think you are right.  And I agree we should say
>> we rely on 5.6 or newer.
>
> If we don't change it we need to rely on 5.8 or newer as my initial patch
> suggested.

I think it should be as simple as Jeff's patch, and I think it is moderately preferable to make sure the core part runs with earlier version than punting.

I however do not have 5.6 (or 5.6.1) installation handy, so I cannot test to make sure that Jeff's patch is the only necessary fix to the "add -i".

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  1. change Perl syntax to support Perl 5.6Robert Schiele, Aug 30, 2008
  2. Jeff KingAug 30, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2008
  4. Jeff KingAug 30, 2008
  5. Robert SchieleAug 30, 2008
  6. Jeff KingAug 30, 2008
  7. Jakub NarebskiAug 30, 2008
  8. Robert SchieleAug 30, 2008
  9. Avery PennarunAug 31, 2008
  10. Randal L. SchwartzAug 31, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 31, 2008
  12. Avery PennarunAug 31, 2008
  13. Jakub NarebskiAug 31, 2008
  14. Petr BaudisAug 31, 2008
  15. H. Peter AnvinSep 1, 2008
  16. Robert SchieleSep 1, 2008
  17. Tom G. ChristensenSep 1, 2008
  18. Brandon CaseySep 4, 2008
  19. Tom G. ChristensenSep 5, 2008
  20. Jakub NarebskiAug 31, 2008
  21. Jay SoffianSep 1, 2008
  22. Alex RiesenSep 1, 2008
  23. Avery PennarunSep 2, 2008
  24. Avery PennarunSep 2, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2008
  26. Randal L. SchwartzAug 31, 2008
  27. Ask Bjørn HansenAug 31, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2008
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