Strawberry Perl for Windows - 5.18.1.1-32bit 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 5.18.1: Collapse

ID	Distribution	Version	Note
1.	Algorithm-Diff	1.1902
2.	aliased	0.31
3.	Alien-Tidyp	v1.4.7
4.	Alt-Crypt-RSA-BigInt	0.05
5.	App-cpanminus	1.6940
6.	App-local-lib-Win32Helper	0.990
7.	App-module-version	1.004
8.	AppConfig	1.66
9.	Archive-Tar	1.92
10.	Archive-Zip	1.30
11.	autodie	2.20
12.	B-Hooks-EndOfScope	0.12
13.	B-Hooks-OP-Check	0.19
14.	BerkeleyDB	0.51
15.	Bytes-Random-Secure	0.26
16.	Capture-Tiny	0.22
17.	Carp-Clan	6.04
18.	Class-Accessor	0.34
19.	Class-ErrorHandler	0.02
20.	Class-Inspector	1.28
21.	Class-Load	0.20
22.	Class-Load-XS	0.06
23.	Class-Loader	2.03
24.	Class-Method-Modifiers	2.04
25.	Class-Singleton	1.4
26.	Clone	0.34
27.	Clone-PP	1.02
28.	common-sense	3.72
29.	Compress-Bzip2	2.16
30.	Compress-Raw-Bzip2	2.061
31.	Compress-Raw-Lzma	2.061
32.	Compress-Raw-Zlib	2.061
33.	Compress-unLZMA	0.04
34.	Config-Perl-V	0.19
35.	Context-Preserve	0.01
36.	Convert-ASCII-Armour	1.4
37.	Convert-ASN1	0.26
38.	Convert-PEM	0.08
39.	CPAN-Checksums	2.08
40.	CPAN-DistnameInfo	0.12
41.	CPAN-Inject	1.14
42.	CPAN-Meta	2.132140
43.	CPAN-Meta-Check	0.007
44.	CPAN-Mini	1.111013
45.	CPAN-SQLite	0.203
46.	CPANPLUS	0.9140
47.	CPANPLUS-Dist-Build	0.74
48.	Crypt-Blowfish	2.14
49.	Crypt-CAST5_PP	1.04
50.	Crypt-CBC	2.33
51.	Crypt-DES	2.07
52.	Crypt-DES_EDE3	0.01
53.	Crypt-DH	0.07
54.	Crypt-DSA	1.17
55.	Crypt-IDEA	1.10
56.	Crypt-OpenSSL-AES	0.02	+fix for #77605
57.	Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum	0.04	+fix for #84369
58.	Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA	0.14	+fix for #84367
59.	Crypt-OpenSSL-Random	0.04	+fix for #56455
60.	Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA	0.28
61.	Crypt-Random-Seed	0.03
62.	Crypt-Random-TESHA2	0.01
63.	Crypt-Rijndael	1.11
64.	Crypt-RIPEMD160	0.05
65.	Crypt-SSLeay	0.64
66.	Crypt-Twofish	2.17
67.	Data-Buffer	0.04
68.	Data-Compare	1.22
69.	Data-Dump	1.22
70.	Data-OptList	0.108
71.	Data-Printer	0.35
72.	Data-Random	0.08
73.	Data-UUID	1.219
74.	DateTime	1.03
75.	DateTime-Locale	0.45
76.	DateTime-TimeZone	1.60
77.	DB_File	1.829
78.	DBD-ADO	2.99
79.	DBD-mysql	4.023
80.	DBD-ODBC	1.43
81.	DBD-Pg	2.19.3
82.	DBD-SQLite	1.40
83.	DBI	1.628
84.	DBIx-Simple	1.35
85.	DBM-Deep	2.0009
86.	Devel-Declare	0.006014
87.	Devel-GlobalDestruction	0.11
88.	Devel-PartialDump	0.15
89.	Digest-BubbleBabble	0.02
90.	Digest-HMAC	1.03
91.	Digest-MD2	2.03
92.	Digest-MD5	2.53
93.	Digest-SHA	5.85
94.	Digest-SHA1	2.13
95.	Dist-CheckConflicts	0.09
96.	Email-Date-Format	1.004
97.	Encode	2.51
98.	Encode-Locale	1.03
99.	Eval-Closure	0.11
100.	ExtUtils-Config	0.007
101.	ExtUtils-Depends	0.304
102.	ExtUtils-F77	1.17
103.	ExtUtils-Helpers	0.021
104.	ExtUtils-InstallPaths	0.009
105.	ExtUtils-MakeMaker	6.72
106.	ExtUtils-ParseXS	3.21
107.	FCGI	0.74
108.	File-chmod	0.32
109.	File-Fetch	0.42
110.	File-Find-Rule	0.33
111.	File-HomeDir	1.00
112.	File-Listing	6.04
113.	File-pushd	1.005
114.	File-Remove	1.52
115.	File-ShareDir	1.03
116.	File-Slurp	9999.19
117.	File-Temp	0.2301
118.	File-Which	1.09
119.	Filter	1.49
120.	GD	2.50
121.	Getopt-Long	2.41
122.	Hook-LexWrap	0.24
123.	HTML-Form	6.03
124.	HTML-Parser	3.71
125.	HTML-Tagset	3.20
126.	HTML-Tree	5.03
127.	HTTP-Cookies	6.01
128.	HTTP-Daemon	6.01
129.	HTTP-Date	6.02
130.	HTTP-Message	6.06
131.	HTTP-Negotiate	6.01
132.	HTTP-Server-Simple	0.44
133.	HTTP-Tiny	0.034
134.	Imager	0.97
135.	IO-Compress	2.061
136.	IO-Compress-Lzma	2.061
137.	IO-HTML	1.00
138.	IO-Interactive	0.0.6
139.	IO-SessionData	1.03
140.	IO-Socket-INET6	2.71
141.	IO-Socket-IP	0.22
142.	IO-Socket-SSL	1.953
143.	IO-String	1.08
144.	IO-stringy	2.110
145.	IPC-Cmd	0.84
146.	IPC-Run	0.92
147.	IPC-Run3	0.046
148.	IPC-System-Simple	1.21
149.	JSON	2.59
150.	JSON-XS	2.34
151.	libwww-perl	6.05
152.	List-MoreUtils	0.33
153.	local-lib	1.008011
154.	Locale-Codes	3.26
155.	Log-Message	0.08
156.	LWP-MediaTypes	6.02
157.	LWP-Online	1.08
158.	LWP-Protocol-https	6.04
159.	MailTools	2.12
160.	Math-BigInt-GMP	1.37
161.	Math-GMP	2.06
162.	Math-Int64	0.30
163.	Math-MPC	1.00
164.	Math-MPFR	3.18
165.	Math-Pari	2.01080605
166.	Math-Prime-Util	0.31
167.	Math-Prime-Util-GMP	0.14
168.	Math-Random-ISAAC	1.004
169.	Math-Round	0.06
170.	MIME-Base64	3.14
171.	MIME-Lite	3.029
172.	MIME-tools	5.504
173.	MIME-Types	2.01
174.	Module-Build	0.4007
175.	Module-Build	0.4005
176.	Module-Build-Tiny	0.025
177.	Module-Implementation	0.07
178.	Module-Metadata	1.000014
179.	Module-Pluggable	4.8
180.	Module-Runtime	0.013
181.	Moo	1.003000
182.	Moose	2.1005
183.	MooseX-ClassAttribute	0.27
184.	MooseX-Declare	0.35
185.	MooseX-LazyRequire	0.10
186.	MooseX-Meta-TypeConstraint-ForceCoercion	0.01
187.	MooseX-Method-Signatures	0.44
188.	MooseX-NonMoose	0.22
189.	MooseX-Role-Parameterized	1.00
190.	MooseX-Traits	0.11
191.	MooseX-Types	0.36
192.	MooseX-Types-DateTime	0.08
193.	MooseX-Types-Structured	0.28
194.	Mozilla-CA	20130114
195.	MRO-Compat	0.12
196.	namespace-autoclean	0.13
197.	namespace-clean	0.24
198.	Net-HTTP	6.06
199.	Net-SMTP-TLS	0.12
200.	Net-SSH2	0.51
201.	Net-SSLeay	1.55
202.	Net-Telnet	3.04
203.	Number-Compare	0.03
204.	Object-Accessor	0.48
205.	Package-DeprecationManager	0.13
206.	Package-Stash	0.35
207.	Package-Stash-XS	0.28
208.	PAR	1.007
209.	PAR-Dist	0.49
210.	PAR-Dist-FromPPD	0.03
211.	PAR-Dist-InstallPPD	0.02
212.	PAR-Repository-Client	0.25
213.	PAR-Repository-Query	0.14
214.	Params-Check	0.38
215.	Params-Util	1.07
216.	Params-Validate	1.08
217.	Parse-Binary	0.11
218.	Parse-CPAN-Meta	1.4405
219.	Parse-Method-Signatures	1.003015
220.	perlfaq	5.0150043
221.	pip	1.19
222.	pler	1.06
223.	Pod-Parser	1.61
224.	Pod-Perldoc	3.20
225.	Pod-Usage	1.63
226.	Portable	1.18
227.	PPI	1.215
228.	PPM	11.11_02
229.	Probe-Perl	0.03
230.	Role-Tiny	1.003001
231.	Scalar-List-Utils	1.30
232.	SOAP-Lite	1.04
233.	Socket	2.011
234.	Socket6	0.23
235.	Sort-Naturally	1.03
236.	Sort-Versions	1.5
237.	Storable	2.45
238.	strictures	1.004004
239.	String-CRC32	1.4
240.	Sub-Exporter	0.986
241.	Sub-Exporter-Progressive	0.001010
242.	Sub-Install	0.926
243.	Sub-Name	0.05
244.	Sub-Uplevel	0.24
245.	Task-Weaken	1.04
246.	Template-Tiny	1.12
247.	Template-Toolkit	2.25
248.	Term-ReadLine-Perl	1.0303
249.	Term-UI	0.36
250.	TermReadKey	2.30.02
251.	Test-CheckDeps	0.006
252.	Test-Deep	0.110
253.	Test-Differences	0.61
254.	Test-Exception	0.32
255.	Test-Fatal	0.010
256.	Test-Harness	3.28
257.	Test-Manifest	1.23
258.	Test-NoWarnings	1.04
259.	Test-Object	0.07
260.	Test-Output	1.02
261.	Test-Requires	0.07
262.	Test-Script	1.07
263.	Test-SubCalls	1.09
264.	Test-Tester	0.109
265.	Test-use-ok	0.11
266.	Test-Warn	0.24
267.	Text-Diff	1.41
268.	Text-Glob	0.09
269.	Text-ParseWords	3.29
270.	Text-Patch	1.8
271.	Text-Tabs+Wrap	2013.0523
272.	threads	1.87
273.	Tie-EncryptedHash	1.24
274.	Time-Piece	1.21
275.	TimeDate	2.30
276.	Tree-DAG_Node	1.12
277.	Try-Tiny	0.16
278.	Unicode-Collate	0.98
279.	URI	1.60
280.	Variable-Magic	0.52
281.	Win32-API	0.75
282.	Win32-Console-ANSI	1.05
283.	Win32-EventLog	0.076
284.	Win32-Exe	0.17
285.	Win32-File	0.06
286.	Win32-File-Object	0.02
287.	Win32-OLE	0.1709
288.	Win32-Pipe	0.024
289.	Win32-Process	0.14
290.	Win32-TieRegistry	0.26
291.	Win32-UTCFileTime	1.56
292.	Win32-WinError	0.03
293.	Win32API-Registry	0.32
294.	WWW-Mechanize	1.72
295.	WWW-RobotRules	6.02
296.	XML-LibXML	2.0019
297.	XML-LibXSLT	1.81
298.	XML-NamespaceSupport	1.11
299.	XML-Parser	2.41
300.	XML-SAX	0.99
301.	XML-SAX-Base	1.08
302.	XML-SAX-Expat	0.50
303.	XML-Simple	2.20
304.	YAML	0.84
305.	YAML-LibYAML	0.41
306.	YAML-Tiny	1.51

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

ID	Package	Homepage	Note
1.	binutils-2.23.2	http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
2.	db-6.0.20	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-2.8.1	http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/
6.	freetype-2.5.0.1	http://www.freetype.org/
7.	gcc-4.7.3	http://gcc.gnu.org/
8.	gdbm-1.8.3	http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
9.	gendef-rev4724	http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
10.	gfortran-4.7.3	http://gcc.gnu.org/
11.	giflib-5.0.4	http://giflib.sourceforge.net/
12.	gmp-5.1.2	http://gmplib.org/
13.	jpeg-9	http://www.ijg.org/
14.	libXpm-3.5.10	http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xlibs
15.	libgd-2.1.0	http://www.libgd.org/
16.	libiconv-1.14	http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
17.	libpng-1.6.3	http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
18.	libssh2-1.4.3	http://www.libssh2.org
19.	libxml2-2.9.1	http://xmlsoft.org/
20.	libxslt-1.1.28	http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
21.	make-3.82	http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
22.	mingw-w64-stable-2.0.8-r5746	http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
23.	mpc-1.0.1	http://www.multiprecision.org/
24.	mpfr-3.1.2	http://www.mpfr.org/
25.	mysql-5.1.44	http://www.mysql.com/
26.	openssl-1.0.1e	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-9.2.4	http://www.postgresql.org/
30.	pthreads-win32-2.10.0	http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/
31.	t1lib-5.1.2	http://www.t1lib.org/
32.	tiff-4.0.3	http://remotesensing.org/libtiff/
33.	xz-5.0.5	http://tukaani.org/xz/
34.	zlib-1.2.8	http://www.zlib.net/

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Perl version details:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 1) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.18.1.1 #1 Tue Aug 13 19:20:13 2013 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=define, 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 -DUSE_PERLIO -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields',
    optimize='-s -O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.7.3', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    ivtype='long long', ivsize=8, 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=libperl518.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_HASH_FUNC_ONE_AT_A_TIME_HARD
                        PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
                        PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV PERL_SAWAMPERSAND
                        USE_64_BIT_INT 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 13 2013 19:29:16
  @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-mingw32/4.7.3/lto-wrapper.exe
Target: i686-w64-mingw32
Configured with: ../../../src/gcc-4.7.3/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='release with patches / build 20130526 by strawberryperl.co
m' --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 --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-bugurl=http://mingwfp.znix.com --with-gn
u-ld --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --w
ith-local-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-libiconv-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.7.3 (release with patches / build 20130526 by strawberryperl.com)

OpenSSL version details:

OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013
built on: Fri Aug  9 21:12:27 GMT 2013
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 (5.18.1.1-32bit) Release Notes