Re: [PATCH] fmt-merge-msg: avoid open "-|" list form for Perl 5.6

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 21, 2006, 22:19 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0602212315400.12634@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20060221215742.GA5948@steel.home>

Hi,

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Alex Riesen wrote:

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> Sam Vilain, Tue, Feb 21, 2006 21:36:50 +0100:
> > >
> > >>* Eric, thanks for the hint.  I have this four-patch series.
> > >>  Could people with perl 5.6 please check them?
> > >
> > >
> > >Does not work here (ActiveState Build 811, Perl 5.8.6):
> > >
> > >$ perl -e 'open(F, "-|")'
> > >'-' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> > >operable program or batch file.
> > 
> > Portability, Ease of Coding, Few CPAN Module Dependencies.  Pick any two.
> > 
> 
> Sometimes an upgrade is just out of question. Besides, that'd mean an
> upgrade to another operating system, because very important scripts
> over here a just not portable to anything else but
>     "ActiveState Perl on Windows (TM)"
> I just have no choice.

Maybe I am stating the obvious, but it seems that

	open (F, "git-blabla -option |");

would be more portable.

Alex, would this work on ActiveState?

Perl gurus, is the latter way to open a pipe considered awful or what?

Ciao, Dscho

P.S.: Eric, we rely on fork() anyway. Most of git's programs just don't work without a fork().