Strawberry Perl for Windows - 5.16.1.1-32bit Release Notes

Check out what is new, what known issues there are, and frequently asked questions about this version of Strawberry Perl. As always, you're encouraged to tell us what you think.

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List of distributions installed on top of Perl 5.16.1: Collapse

ID	Distribution	Version	Note
1.	Algorithm-Diff	1.1902
2.	aliased	0.30
3.	Alien-Tidyp	v1.4.7
4.	Any-Moose	0.18
5.	App-Cpan	1.5902
6.	App-cpanminus	1.5017	+fix for issue 132
7.	App-local-lib-Win32Helper	0.990
8.	App-module-version	1.004
9.	AppConfig	1.66
10.	Archive-Extract	0.60
11.	Archive-Tar	1.88
12.	Archive-Zip	1.30
13.	autodie	2.12
14.	B-Hooks-EndOfScope	0.11
15.	B-Hooks-OP-Check	0.19
16.	BerkeleyDB	0.51
17.	Capture-Tiny	0.18
18.	Carp-Clan	6.04
19.	Class-Accessor	0.34
20.	Class-ErrorHandler	0.01
21.	Class-Inspector	1.27
22.	Class-Load	0.20
23.	Class-Load-XS	0.04
24.	Class-Loader	2.03
25.	Class-Singleton	1.4
26.	Clone	0.31
27.	common-sense	3.6
28.	Compress-Bzip2	2.09
29.	Compress-Raw-Bzip2	2.055
30.	Compress-Raw-Lzma	2.055
31.	Compress-Raw-Zlib	2.055
32.	Compress-unLZMA	0.04
33.	Context-Preserve	0.01
34.	Convert-ASCII-Armour	1.4
35.	Convert-ASN1	0.26
36.	Convert-PEM	0.08
37.	CPAN-Checksums	2.08
38.	CPAN-DistnameInfo	0.12
39.	CPAN-Inject	1.13
40.	CPAN-Meta	2.120921
41.	CPAN-Meta-Check	0.004
42.	CPAN-Meta-Requirements	2.122
43.	CPAN-Meta-YAML	0.008
44.	CPAN-Mini	1.111008
45.	CPAN-SQLite	0.202
46.	CPANPLUS	0.9130
47.	Crypt-Blowfish	2.12	+fix for #55173
48.	Crypt-CAST5_PP	1.04
49.	Crypt-CBC	2.30
50.	Crypt-DES	2.05
51.	Crypt-DES_EDE3	0.01
52.	Crypt-DH	0.07
53.	Crypt-DSA	1.17
54.	Crypt-IDEA	1.08	+fix for #55158
55.	Crypt-OpenPGP	1.06
56.	Crypt-Primes	0.50
57.	Crypt-Random	1.25
58.	Crypt-Rijndael	1.11
59.	Crypt-RIPEMD160	0.05
60.	Crypt-RSA	1.99
61.	Crypt-SSLeay	0.64
62.	Crypt-Twofish	2.14
63.	Data-Buffer	0.04
64.	Data-Compare	1.22
65.	Data-OptList	0.107
66.	Data-Random	0.07
67.	DateTime	0.76
68.	DateTime-Locale	0.45
69.	DateTime-TimeZone	1.48
70.	DB_File	1.826
71.	DBD-ADO	2.99
72.	DBD-mysql	4.021	+fix for #71047
73.	DBD-ODBC	1.39
74.	DBD-Pg	2.19.2
75.	DBD-SQLite	1.37
76.	DBI	1.622
77.	DBIx-Simple	1.35
78.	DBM-Deep	2.0008
79.	Devel-Declare	0.006011
80.	Devel-GlobalDestruction	0.08
81.	Devel-PartialDump	0.15
82.	Digest-BubbleBabble	0.02
83.	Digest-HMAC	1.03
84.	Digest-MD2	2.03
85.	Digest-MD5	2.52
86.	Digest-SHA1	2.13
87.	Dist-CheckConflicts	0.02
88.	Encode	2.45
89.	Encode-Locale	1.03
90.	Eval-Closure	0.08
91.	ExtUtils-Depends	0.304
92.	ExtUtils-F77	1.17
93.	FCGI	0.74
94.	File-chmod	0.32
95.	File-Copy-Recursive	0.38
96.	File-Fetch	0.36
97.	File-Find-Rule	0.33
98.	File-HomeDir	0.99
99.	File-Listing	6.04
100.	File-pushd	1.002
101.	File-Remove	1.52
102.	File-ShareDir	1.03
103.	File-Slurp	9999.19
104.	File-Which	1.09
105.	Filter	1.45
106.	GD	2.46	+fix for #67990
107.	Hook-LexWrap	0.24
108.	HTML-Form	6.03
109.	HTML-Parser	3.69
110.	HTML-Tagset	3.20
111.	HTML-Tree	5.02
112.	HTTP-Cookies	6.01
113.	HTTP-Daemon	6.01
114.	HTTP-Date	6.02
115.	HTTP-Message	6.03
116.	HTTP-Negotiate	6.01
117.	HTTP-Server-Simple	0.44
118.	HTTP-Tiny	0.022
119.	Imager	0.91
120.	IO-Compress	2.055
121.	IO-Compress-Lzma	2.055
122.	IO-Interactive	0.0.6
123.	IO-Socket-IP	0.16
124.	IO-Socket-SSL	1.76
125.	IO-String	1.08
126.	IO-stringy	2.110
127.	IPC-Cmd	0.78
128.	IPC-Run	0.91
129.	IPC-Run3	0.045
130.	IPC-System-Simple	1.21
131.	JSON	2.53
132.	JSON-XS	2.33
133.	libwww-perl	6.04
134.	List-MoreUtils	0.33
135.	local-lib	1.008004
136.	Locale-Codes	3.22
137.	LWP-MediaTypes	6.02
138.	LWP-Online	1.08
139.	LWP-Protocol-https	6.03
140.	Math-BigInt-GMP	1.37
141.	Math-GMP	2.06
142.	Math-MPC	1.00
143.	Math-MPFR	3.14
144.	Math-Pari	2.01080605
145.	Math-Round	0.06
146.	Memoize	1.03
147.	Module-Build	0.4002
148.	Module-Implementation	0.06
149.	Module-Load-Conditional	0.52
150.	Module-Metadata	1.000010
151.	Module-Runtime	0.013
152.	Module-Signature	0.68
153.	Moose	2.0603
154.	MooseX-ClassAttribute	0.26
155.	MooseX-Declare	0.35
156.	MooseX-LazyRequire	0.08
157.	MooseX-Meta-TypeConstraint-ForceCoercion	0.01
158.	MooseX-Method-Signatures	0.43
159.	MooseX-NonMoose	0.22
160.	MooseX-Role-Parameterized	1.00
161.	MooseX-Traits	0.11
162.	MooseX-Types	0.35
163.	MooseX-Types-DateTime	0.07
164.	MooseX-Types-Structured	0.28
165.	Mozilla-CA	20120309
166.	MRO-Compat	0.11
167.	namespace-autoclean	0.13
168.	namespace-clean	0.23
169.	Net-HTTP	6.03
170.	Net-SMTP-TLS	0.12
171.	Net-SSH2	0.45
172.	Net-SSLeay	1.48
173.	Net-Telnet	3.03
174.	Number-Compare	0.03
175.	Object-Accessor	0.44
176.	Package-DeprecationManager	0.13
177.	Package-Stash	0.33
178.	Package-Stash-XS	0.25
179.	PAR	1.005
180.	PAR-Dist	0.48
181.	PAR-Dist-FromPPD	0.03
182.	PAR-Dist-InstallPPD	0.02
183.	PAR-Repository-Client	0.25
184.	PAR-Repository-Query	0.14
185.	Params-Check	0.36
186.	Params-Util	1.07
187.	Params-Validate	1.06
188.	Parse-Binary	0.11
189.	Parse-CPAN-Meta	1.4404
190.	Parse-Method-Signatures	1.003014
191.	perlfaq	5.0150040
192.	PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint	0.07
193.	pip	1.19
194.	pler	1.06
195.	Pod-Simple	3.22
196.	podlators	2.4.2
197.	Portable	1.17
198.	PPI	1.215
199.	PPM	11.11_01
200.	Probe-Perl	0.01
201.	Safe	2.33
202.	Search-Dict	1.07
203.	SOAP-Lite	0.715
204.	Socket	2.002
205.	Sort-Versions	1.5
206.	Storable	2.35
207.	String-CRC32	1.4
208.	Sub-Exporter	0.984
209.	Sub-Exporter-Progressive	0.001003
210.	Sub-Install	0.926
211.	Sub-Name	0.05
212.	Sub-Uplevel	0.24
213.	Task-Weaken	1.04
214.	Template-Tiny	1.12
215.	Template-Toolkit	2.24
216.	Term-ANSIColor	3.02
217.	Term-ReadLine-Perl	1.0303
218.	TermReadKey	2.30.02
219.	Test-CheckDeps	0.002
220.	Test-Deep	0.110
221.	Test-Differences	0.61
222.	Test-Exception	0.31
223.	Test-Fatal	0.010
224.	Test-Harness	3.25
225.	Test-Manifest	1.23
226.	Test-NoWarnings	1.04
227.	Test-Object	0.07
228.	Test-Output	1.01
229.	Test-Requires	0.06
230.	Test-Script	1.07
231.	Test-SubCalls	1.09
232.	Test-Tester	0.108
233.	Test-use-ok	0.02
234.	Test-Warn	0.24
235.	Text-Diff	1.41
236.	Text-Glob	0.09
237.	Text-Patch	1.8
238.	Tie-EncryptedHash	1.24
239.	Time-Local	1.2300
240.	TimeDate	1.20
241.	Tree-DAG_Node	1.06
242.	Try-Tiny	0.11
243.	URI	1.60
244.	Variable-Magic	0.50
245.	Win32-API	0.68
246.	Win32-EventLog	0.076
247.	Win32-Exe	0.17
248.	Win32-File	0.06
249.	Win32-File-Object	0.02
250.	Win32-OLE	0.1709
251.	Win32-Process	0.14
252.	Win32-TieRegistry	0.26
253.	Win32-UTCFileTime	1.55
254.	Win32-WinError	0.03
255.	Win32API-Registry	0.32
256.	WWW-Mechanize	1.72
257.	WWW-RobotRules	6.02
258.	XML-LibXML	2.0003
259.	XML-LibXSLT	1.77
260.	XML-NamespaceSupport	1.11
261.	XML-Parser	2.41
262.	XML-SAX	0.99
263.	XML-SAX-Base	1.08
264.	XML-SAX-Expat	0.40
265.	XML-Simple	2.20
266.	YAML	0.84
267.	YAML-LibYAML	0.38
268.	YAML-Syck	1.20
269.	YAML-Tiny	1.51

List of external tools and libraries included in Strawberry Perl: Collapse

ID	Package	Homepage	Note
1.	binutils-2.22.52	http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
2.	db-5.3.15	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html
3.	dmake-SVN20091127	http://tools.openoffice.org/dmake/index.html
4.	expat-2.1.0	http://expat.sourceforge.net/
5.	freeglut-2.8.0	http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/
6.	freetype-2.4.9	http://www.freetype.org/
7.	gcc-4.6.3	http://gcc.gnu.org/
8.	gd-2.0.35	http://www.libgd.org/	linked with libjpg-v6 - see #49053
9.	gdbm-1.8.3	http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
10.	gendef-rev4724	http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
11.	gfortran-4.6.3	http://gcc.gnu.org/
12.	giflib-4.1.6	http://giflib.sourceforge.net/
13.	gmp-5.0.5	http://gmplib.org/
14.	jpeg-8d	http://www.ijg.org/
15.	libXpm-3.5.10	http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xlibs
16.	libiconv-1.14	http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
17.	libpng-1.5.10	http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
18.	libssh2-1.4.1	http://www.libssh2.org
19.	libxml2-2.7.8	http://xmlsoft.org/
20.	libxslt-1.1.26	http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
21.	make-3.82	http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
22.	mingw-w64-crt_2.x_r4936	http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
23.	mpc-0.9	http://www.multiprecision.org/
24.	mpfr-3.1.0	http://www.mpfr.org/
25.	mysql-5.1.44	http://www.mysql.com/
26.	openssl-1.0.1b	http://www.openssl.org/
27.	patch-2.5.9-7	http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm
28.	pexports-0.44	http://www.emmestech.com/software/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html
29.	postgresql-9.1.3	http://www.postgresql.org/
30.	pthreads-win32-2.9.0	http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/
31.	tiff-4.0.1	http://remotesensing.org/libtiff/
32.	xz-5.0.3	http://tukaani.org/xz/
33.	zlib-1.2.7	http://www.zlib.net/

Version details: Collapse

Perl version details:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 16 subversion 1) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.16.1.1 #1 Thu Aug  9 09:54:46 2012 i386'
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define
    useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=undef
    use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc', ccflags =' -s -O2 -DWIN32  -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPL
ICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields',
    optimize='-s -O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.6.3', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='long long', lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++.exe', ldflags ='-s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\strawberry\c\lib"'
    libpth=C:\strawberry\c\lib C:\strawberry\c\i686-w64-mingw32\lib
    libs=-lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -
loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32
    perllibs=-lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole
32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32
    libc=, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl516.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-mdll -s -L"C:\strawberry\perl\lib\CORE" -L"C:\strawberry\c\lib"'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Compile-time options: HAS_TIMES HAVE_INTERP_INTERN MULTIPLICITY
                        PERLIO_LAYERS PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC
                        USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_LOCALE
                        USE_LOCALE_COLLATE USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
                        USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC USE_PERLIO USE_PERL_ATOF
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Aug  9 2012 10:03:09
  @INC:
    C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib
    C:/strawberry/perl/vendor/lib
    C:/strawberry/perl/lib
    .

Gcc version details:

Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=C:\strawberry\c\bin\gcc.exe
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=c:/strawberry/c/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.6.3/lto-wrapper.exe
Target: i686-w64-mingw32
Configured with: ../../../src/gcc-4.6.3/configure --build=i686-w64-mingw32 --target=i686-w64-mingw32
 --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libgomp --enable-lto --enable-bootstrap --en
able-checking=release --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-multilib --disable-nls --disa
ble-win32-registry --disable-werror --with-pkgversion='gcc-4.6.3 release with patches [build 2012041
1 by perlmingw.sf.net]' --with-sysroot=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-gmp=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 
--with-mpfr=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-mpc=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-ppl=/gccbuild/prefix
/mingw32 --with-cloog=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-bugurl=http://mingwfp.znix.com --with-gnu-ld -
-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-local-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-libiconv-prefix
=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.6.3 (gcc-4.6.3 release with patches [build 20120411 by perlmingw.sf.net])

OpenSSL version details:

OpenSSL 1.0.1b 26 Apr 2012
built on: Sun May 13 10:58:44 GMT 2012
platform: mingw
options:  bn(64,32) rc4(8x,mmx) des(ptr,risc1,16,long) idea(int) blowfish(idx) 
compiler: gcc -D_WINDLL -DOPENSSL_USE_APPLINK -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_MT -DDSO_WIN
32 -DL_ENDIAN -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -fomit-frame-pointer -O3 -march=i486 -Wall -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_PART
_WORDS -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA
512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DRMD160_ASM -DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM

Strawberry Perl (5.16.1.1-32bit) Release Notes