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Re: [PATCH v3] perl: regenerate perl.mak if perl -V changes

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Mar 29, 2017, 21:13 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> We'll also redundantly trigger if you upgrade to a minor new perl
> version, but I think that's squarely in "who cares" territory.
> ...
> But I think overall leaning on the side of busting the cache more
> often to avoid cryptic errors is the right choice, and we should use
> "perl -V".

I'd throw it into "better safe than sorry" category. I think we all like the approach this patch takes. Let's queue it and merge it down soonish.

Thanks.
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  2. Jeff KingMar 29, 2017
  3. perl: regenerate perl.mak if perl -V changesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 29, 2017
  4. perl: regenerate perl.mak if perl -V changesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 29, 2017
  5. stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.comMar 29, 2017
  6. perl: regenerate perl.mak if perl -V changesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 29, 2017
  7. Jeff KingMar 29, 2017
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 29, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2017
  10. Jeffrey WaltonMar 29, 2017

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