[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4427] PERL requirements disconnect

[Richard Levitte via RT]

Vid Mon, 14 Mar 2016 kl. 01.59.19, skrev noloader at gmail.com:
> The README.PERL states:
>
> You MUST have at least Perl version 5.10.0 installed. This
> minimum requirement is due to...
>
> However, the Configure source files use:
...
> require 5.000;

Fixed.

> $ grep -R 'require 5' *
...
> external/perl/Text-Template-1.46/lib/Text/Template.pm:require 5.004;

That's an external module that we've bundled because it's not part of the core
perl modules.

> And:
>
> $ find $PWD -name '*.pl' -exec grep 'require [0-9]' {} \;
> $
>
> It seems like there's a disconnect between the sources and the
> documentation. 1.1.0 seems like a perfect time to consolidate and
> align the requirements.

The other perl scripts don't necessarely have the same demands. The primary
ones that we do comment on in README.PERL are configuration stuff and testing
stuff.

Closing this ticket, as it seems the goal is reached re Configure, where the
version check was lacking

Cheers,
Richard

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Richard Levitte
levitte at openssl.org

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