From e659e76ed2a1049ce5f7428fb6a8ef9deaef3ca6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 15:45:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Document that perl 5.8.0 is required

---
 src/test/perl/README | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/test/perl/README b/src/test/perl/README
index cfb45a1..d2550a9 100644
--- a/src/test/perl/README
+++ b/src/test/perl/README
@@ -64,3 +64,21 @@ For available PostgreSQL-specific test methods and some example tests read the
 perldoc for the test modules, e.g.:
 
     perldoc src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
+
+Required Perl
+-------------
+
+Tests must run on perl 5.8.0 and newer. perlbrew is a good way to obtain
+such a Perl; see http://install.perlbrew.pl .
+
+Just install and
+
+    perlbrew --force install 5.8.0
+    perlbrew use 5.8.0
+    perlbrew install-cpanm
+    cpanm install IPC::Run
+
+then re-run configure to ensure the correct Perl is used when running tests. To verify
+that the right Perl was found:
+
+    grep ^PERL= config.log
-- 
2.5.5