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Strawberry Perl (5.16.2.1-32bit) Release Notes

Released: Nov 2 2012

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 5.16.2: Collapse

IDDistributionVersionNote
1.Algorithm-Diff1.1902
2.aliased0.30
3.Alien-Tidypv1.4.7
4.Any-Moose0.18
5.App-Cpan1.5902
6.App-cpanminus1.5018+fix for issue 132
7.App-local-lib-Win32Helper0.990
8.App-module-version1.004
9.AppConfig1.66
10.Archive-Extract0.60
11.Archive-Tar1.90
12.Archive-Zip1.30
13.autodie2.12
14.AutoLoader5.73
15.B-Debug1.18
16.B-Hooks-EndOfScope0.11
17.B-Hooks-OP-Check0.19
18.BerkeleyDB0.51
19.bignum0.30
20.Capture-Tiny0.20
21.Carp-Clan6.04
22.CGI.pm3.60
23.Class-Accessor0.34
24.Class-ErrorHandler0.01
25.Class-Inspector1.28
26.Class-Load0.20
27.Class-Load-XS0.06
28.Class-Loader2.03
29.Class-Singleton1.4
30.Clone0.31
31.Clone-PP1.02
32.common-sense3.6
33.Compress-Bzip22.09
34.Compress-Raw-Bzip22.055
35.Compress-Raw-Lzma2.055
36.Compress-Raw-Zlib2.056
37.Compress-unLZMA0.04
38.Context-Preserve0.01
39.Convert-ASCII-Armour1.4
40.Convert-ASN10.26
41.Convert-PEM0.08
42.CPAN-Checksums2.08
43.CPAN-DistnameInfo0.12
44.CPAN-Inject1.14
45.CPAN-Meta2.120921
46.CPAN-Meta-Check0.004
47.CPAN-Meta-Requirements2.122
48.CPAN-Meta-YAML0.008
49.CPAN-Mini1.111010
50.CPAN-SQLite0.202
51.CPANPLUS0.9133
52.CPANPLUS-Dist-Build0.64
53.Crypt-Blowfish2.12+fix for #55173
54.Crypt-CAST5_PP1.04
55.Crypt-CBC2.31
56.Crypt-DES2.05
57.Crypt-DES_EDE30.01
58.Crypt-DH0.07
59.Crypt-DSA1.17
60.Crypt-IDEA1.08+fix for #55158
61.Crypt-OpenPGP1.06
62.Crypt-Primes0.50
63.Crypt-Random1.25
64.Crypt-Rijndael1.11
65.Crypt-RIPEMD1600.05
66.Crypt-RSA1.99
67.Crypt-SSLeay0.64
68.Crypt-Twofish2.15
69.Data-Buffer0.04
70.Data-Compare1.22
71.Data-Dump1.21
72.Data-Dumper2.136
73.Data-OptList0.107
74.Data-Printer0.33
75.Data-Random0.08
76.DateTime0.77
77.DateTime-Locale0.45
78.DateTime-TimeZone1.52
79.DB_File1.827
80.DBD-ADO2.99
81.DBD-mysql4.022
82.DBD-ODBC1.41
83.DBD-Pg2.19.3
84.DBD-SQLite1.37
85.DBI1.622
86.DBIx-Simple1.35
87.DBM-Deep2.0008
88.Devel-Declare0.006011
89.Devel-GlobalDestruction0.09
90.Devel-PartialDump0.15
91.Digest-BubbleBabble0.02
92.Digest-HMAC1.03
93.Digest-MD22.03
94.Digest-MD52.52
95.Digest-SHA5.73
96.Digest-SHA12.13
97.Dist-CheckConflicts0.02
98.Encode2.47
99.Encode-Locale1.03
100.Eval-Closure0.08
101.Exporter5.67
102.ExtUtils-Depends0.304
103.ExtUtils-F771.17
104.FCGI0.74
105.File-chmod0.32
106.File-Copy-Recursive0.38
107.File-Fetch0.36
108.File-Find-Rule0.33
109.File-HomeDir1.00
110.File-Listing6.04
111.File-pushd1.002
112.File-Remove1.52
113.File-ShareDir1.03
114.File-Slurp9999.19
115.File-Which1.09
116.Filter1.45
117.GD2.46+fix for #67990
118.Hook-LexWrap0.24
119.HTML-Form6.03
120.HTML-Parser3.69
121.HTML-Tagset3.20
122.HTML-Tree5.03
123.HTTP-Cookies6.01
124.HTTP-Daemon6.01
125.HTTP-Date6.02
126.HTTP-Message6.06
127.HTTP-Negotiate6.01
128.HTTP-Server-Simple0.44
129.HTTP-Tiny0.024
130.Imager0.93
131.IO-Compress2.055
132.IO-Compress-Lzma2.055
133.IO-HTML0.04
134.IO-Interactive0.0.6
135.IO-Socket-IP0.17
136.IO-Socket-SSL1.77
137.IO-String1.08
138.IO-stringy2.110
139.IPC-Cmd0.78
140.IPC-Run0.92
141.IPC-Run30.045
142.IPC-System-Simple1.21
143.JSON2.53
144.JSON-XS2.33
145.libwww-perl6.04
146.List-MoreUtils0.33
147.local-lib1.008004
148.Locale-Codes3.23
149.LWP-MediaTypes6.02
150.LWP-Online1.08
151.LWP-Protocol-https6.03
152.Math-BigInt-GMP1.37
153.Math-GMP2.06
154.Math-Int640.26
155.Math-MPC1.00
156.Math-MPFR3.16
157.Math-Pari2.01080605
158.Math-Round0.06
159.Memoize1.03
160.Module-Build0.4003
161.Module-Implementation0.06
162.Module-Load-Conditional0.54
163.Module-Metadata1.000011
164.Module-Pluggable4.3
165.Module-Runtime0.013
166.Module-Signature0.68
167.Moose2.0604
168.MooseX-ClassAttribute0.26
169.MooseX-Declare0.35
170.MooseX-LazyRequire0.08
171.MooseX-Meta-TypeConstraint-ForceCoercion0.01
172.MooseX-Method-Signatures0.43
173.MooseX-NonMoose0.22
174.MooseX-Role-Parameterized1.00
175.MooseX-Traits0.11
176.MooseX-Types0.35
177.MooseX-Types-DateTime0.07
178.MooseX-Types-Structured0.28
179.Mozilla-CA20120823
180.MRO-Compat0.11
181.namespace-autoclean0.13
182.namespace-clean0.23
183.Net-HTTP6.03
184.Net-SMTP-TLS0.12
185.Net-SSH20.45
186.Net-SSLeay1.49
187.Net-Telnet3.03
188.Number-Compare0.03
189.Object-Accessor0.44
190.Package-DeprecationManager0.13
191.Package-Stash0.33
192.Package-Stash-XS0.25
193.PAR1.007
194.PAR-Dist0.49
195.PAR-Dist-FromPPD0.03
196.PAR-Dist-InstallPPD0.02
197.PAR-Repository-Client0.25
198.PAR-Repository-Query0.14
199.Params-Check0.36
200.Params-Util1.07
201.Params-Validate1.07
202.Parse-Binary0.11
203.Parse-CPAN-Meta1.4404
204.Parse-Method-Signatures1.003014
205.perlfaq5.0150041
206.PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint0.07
207.pip1.19
208.pler1.06
209.Pod-Simple3.23
210.podlators2.4.2
211.Portable1.17
212.PPI1.215
213.PPM11.11_02
214.Probe-Perl0.01
215.Safe2.33
216.Search-Dict1.07
217.SOAP-Lite0.715
218.Socket2.006
219.Sort-Naturally1.03
220.Sort-Versions1.5
221.Storable2.39
222.String-CRC321.4
223.Sub-Exporter0.984
224.Sub-Exporter-Progressive0.001006
225.Sub-Install0.926
226.Sub-Name0.05
227.Sub-Uplevel0.24
228.Task-Weaken1.04
229.Template-Tiny1.12
230.Template-Toolkit2.24
231.Term-ANSIColor3.02
232.Term-ReadLine1.10
233.Term-ReadLine-Perl1.0303
234.TermReadKey2.30.02
235.Test-CheckDeps0.002
236.Test-Deep0.110
237.Test-Differences0.61
238.Test-Exception0.31
239.Test-Fatal0.010
240.Test-Harness3.25
241.Test-Manifest1.23
242.Test-NoWarnings1.04
243.Test-Object0.07
244.Test-Output1.01
245.Test-Requires0.06
246.Test-Script1.07
247.Test-SubCalls1.09
248.Test-Tester0.108
249.Test-use-ok0.11
250.Test-Warn0.24
251.Text-Diff1.41
252.Text-Glob0.09
253.Text-Patch1.8
254.Text-Tabs+Wrap2012.0818
255.threads-shared1.42
256.Tie-EncryptedHash1.24
257.Time-Local1.2300
258.TimeDate1.20
259.Tree-DAG_Node1.06
260.Try-Tiny0.11
261.Unicode-Collate0.90
262.Unicode-Normalize1.15
263.URI1.60
264.Variable-Magic0.51
265.version0.9901
266.Win320.45
267.Win32-API0.73
268.Win32-Console-ANSI1.04
269.Win32-EventLog0.076
270.Win32-Exe0.17
271.Win32-File0.06
272.Win32-File-Object0.02
273.Win32-OLE0.1709
274.Win32-Pipe0.024
275.Win32-Process0.14
276.Win32-TieRegistry0.26
277.Win32-UTCFileTime1.55
278.Win32-WinError0.03
279.Win32API-Registry0.32
280.WWW-Mechanize1.72
281.WWW-RobotRules6.02
282.XML-LibXML2.0009
283.XML-LibXSLT1.78
284.XML-NamespaceSupport1.11
285.XML-Parser2.41
286.XML-SAX0.99
287.XML-SAX-Base1.08
288.XML-SAX-Expat0.40
289.XML-Simple2.20
290.YAML0.84
291.YAML-LibYAML0.38
292.YAML-Syck1.21
293.YAML-Tiny1.51

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

IDPackageHomepageNote
1.binutils-2.22.52http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
2.db-5.3.21http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html
3.dmake-SVN20091127http://tools.openoffice.org/dmake/index.html
4.expat-2.1.0http://expat.sourceforge.net/
5.freeglut-2.8.0http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/
6.freetype-2.4.10http://www.freetype.org/
7.gcc-4.6.3http://gcc.gnu.org/
8.gd-2.0.35http://www.libgd.org/statically linked with giflib-4.2.0
9.gdbm-1.8.3http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
10.gendef-rev4724http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
11.gfortran-4.6.3http://gcc.gnu.org/
12.giflib-5.0.1http://giflib.sourceforge.net/
13.gmp-5.0.5http://gmplib.org/
14.jpeg-8dhttp://www.ijg.org/
15.libXpm-3.5.10http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xlibs
16.libiconv-1.14http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
17.libpng-1.5.13http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
18.libssh2-1.4.2http://www.libssh2.org
19.libxml2-2.9.0http://xmlsoft.org/
20.libxslt-1.1.27http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
21.make-3.82http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
22.mingw-w64-crt_2.x_r5421http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
23.mpc-1.0.1http://www.multiprecision.org/
24.mpfr-3.1.1http://www.mpfr.org/
25.mysql-5.1.44http://www.mysql.com/
26.openssl-1.0.1chttp://www.openssl.org/
27.patch-2.5.9-7http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm
28.pexports-0.44http://www.emmestech.com/software/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html
29.postgresql-9.2.1http://www.postgresql.org/
30.pthreads-win32-2.9.0http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/
31.t1lib-5.1.2http://www.t1lib.org/
32.tiff-4.0.3http://remotesensing.org/libtiff/
33.xz-5.0.4http://tukaani.org/xz/
34.zlib-1.2.7http://www.zlib.net/

Version details: Collapse

Perl version details:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 16 subversion 2) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.16.2.1 #1 Fri Nov  2 00:33:54 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 Nov  2 2012 00:44:17
  @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 --enable-libgomp --enable-lto --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking
=release --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-multilib --disable-nls --disable-win32-reg
istry --disable-werror --with-pkgversion='gcc-4.6.3 release with patches [build 20121012 by perlming
w.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 --wi
th-cloog=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-bugurl=http://mingwfp.znix.com -
-with-gnu-ld --prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-local-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-l
ibiconv-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.6.3 (gcc-4.6.3 release with patches [build 20121012 by perlmingw.sf.net])

OpenSSL version details:

OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012
built on: Tue Oct 16 18:48:25 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