From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:13:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] perl: regenerate perl.mak if perl -V changes
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.