Strawberry Perl for Windows - 5.18.2.2-64bit Release Notes

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List of distributions installed on top of Perl 5.18.2: 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	1.7001
6.	App-local-lib-Win32Helper	0.990
7.	App-module-version	1.004
8.	AppConfig	1.66
9.	Archive-Extract	0.72
10.	Archive-Tar	1.96
11.	Archive-Zip	1.37
12.	Attribute-Handlers	0.96
13.	autodie	2.25
14.	AutoLoader	5.74
15.	B-Debug	1.19
16.	B-Hooks-EndOfScope	0.13
17.	B-Hooks-OP-Check	0.19
18.	bareword-filehandles	0.003
19.	BerkeleyDB	0.54
20.	bignum	0.37
21.	Bytes-Random-Secure	0.28
22.	Capture-Tiny	0.24
23.	Carp	1.3301
24.	Carp-Clan	6.04
25.	CGI.pm	3.65
26.	Class-Accessor	0.34
27.	Class-ErrorHandler	0.03
28.	Class-Inspector	1.28
29.	Class-Load	0.21
30.	Class-Load-XS	0.08
31.	Class-Loader	2.03
32.	Class-Method-Modifiers	2.10
33.	Class-PObject	2.17
34.	Class-Singleton	1.4
35.	Class-Tiny	0.014
36.	Clone	0.36
37.	Clone-PP	1.05
38.	common-sense	3.72
39.	Compress-Bzip2	2.17
40.	Compress-Raw-Bzip2	2.064
41.	Compress-Raw-Lzma	2.064
42.	Compress-Raw-Zlib	2.065
43.	Compress-unLZMA	0.04
44.	Config-Perl-V	0.20
45.	Context-Preserve	0.01
46.	Convert-ASCII-Armour	1.4
47.	Convert-ASN1	0.26
48.	Convert-PEM	0.08
49.	CPAN-Checksums	2.09
50.	CPAN-DistnameInfo	0.12
51.	CPAN-Inject	1.14
52.	CPAN-Meta	2.140640
53.	CPAN-Meta-Check	0.008
54.	CPAN-Meta-Requirements	2.125
55.	CPAN-Meta-YAML	0.012
56.	CPAN-Mini	1.111015
57.	CPAN-SQLite	0.203
58.	CPANPLUS	0.9148
59.	CPANPLUS-Dist-Build	0.76
60.	Crypt-Blowfish	2.14
61.	Crypt-CAST5_PP	1.04
62.	Crypt-CBC	2.33
63.	Crypt-DES	2.07
64.	Crypt-DES_EDE3	0.01
65.	Crypt-DH	0.07
66.	Crypt-DSA	1.17
67.	Crypt-IDEA	1.10
68.	Crypt-OpenSSL-AES	0.02
69.	Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum	0.04
70.	Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA	0.14
71.	Crypt-OpenSSL-Random	0.04
72.	Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA	0.28
73.	Crypt-Random-Seed	0.03
74.	Crypt-Random-TESHA2	0.01
75.	Crypt-Rijndael	1.12
76.	Crypt-RIPEMD160	0.05
77.	Crypt-SSLeay	0.64
78.	Crypt-Twofish	2.17
79.	Data-Buffer	0.04
80.	Data-Compare	1.24
81.	Data-Dump	1.22
82.	Data-Dumper	2.151
83.	Data-OptList	0.109
84.	Data-Printer	0.35
85.	Data-Random	0.11
86.	DateTime	1.08
87.	DateTime-Locale	0.45
88.	DateTime-TimeZone	1.65
89.	DB_File	1.831
90.	DBD-ADO	2.99
91.	DBD-mysql	4.027
92.	DBD-ODBC	1.48
93.	DBD-Pg	3.1.1
94.	DBD-SQLite	1.42
95.	DBI	1.631
96.	DBIx-Simple	1.35
97.	DBM-Deep	2.0011
98.	Devel-Declare	0.006016
99.	Devel-GlobalDestruction	0.12
100.	Devel-PartialDump	0.17
101.	Devel-PPPort	3.22
102.	Devel-StackTrace	1.31
103.	Digest-BubbleBabble	0.02
104.	Digest-HMAC	1.03
105.	Digest-MD2	2.03
106.	Digest-MD5	2.53
107.	Digest-SHA	5.88
108.	Digest-SHA1	2.13
109.	Dist-CheckConflicts	0.11
110.	Encode	2.59
111.	Encode-compat	0.07
112.	Encode-Locale	1.03
113.	Eval-Closure	0.11
114.	ExtUtils-CBuilder	0.280216
115.	ExtUtils-Command	1.18
116.	ExtUtils-Config	0.007
117.	ExtUtils-Depends	0.306
118.	ExtUtils-F77	1.17
119.	ExtUtils-Helpers	0.022
120.	ExtUtils-Install	1.64
121.	ExtUtils-InstallPaths	0.010
122.	ExtUtils-MakeMaker	6.94
123.	ExtUtils-ParseXS	3.24
124.	FCGI	0.74
125.	File-chmod	0.40
126.	File-Fetch	0.48
127.	File-Find-Rule	0.33
128.	File-HomeDir	1.00
129.	File-Listing	6.04
130.	File-pushd	1.006
131.	File-Remove	1.52
132.	File-ShareDir	1.03
133.	File-Slurp	9999.19
134.	File-Temp	0.2304
135.	File-Which	1.09
136.	Filter	1.49
137.	Filter-Simple	0.91
138.	GD	2.53
139.	Getopt-Long	2.42
140.	Hook-LexWrap	0.24
141.	HTML-Form	6.03
142.	HTML-Parser	3.71
143.	HTML-Tagset	3.20
144.	HTML-Tree	5.03
145.	HTTP-Cookies	6.01
146.	HTTP-Daemon	6.01
147.	HTTP-Date	6.02
148.	HTTP-Message	6.06
149.	HTTP-Negotiate	6.01
150.	HTTP-Server-Simple	0.44
151.	HTTP-Tiny	0.043
152.	Imager	0.98
153.	Import-Into	1.002001
154.	indirect	0.31
155.	IO-Compress	2.064
156.	IO-Compress-Lzma	2.064
157.	IO-HTML	1.00
158.	IO-Interactive	0.0.6
159.	IO-SessionData	1.03
160.	IO-Socket-INET6	2.72
161.	IO-Socket-IP	0.29
162.	IO-Socket-SSL	1.981
163.	IO-String	1.08
164.	IO-stringy	2.110
165.	IPC-Cmd	0.92
166.	IPC-Run	0.92
167.	IPC-Run3	0.048
168.	IPC-System-Simple	1.25
169.	JSON	2.90
170.	JSON-PP	2.27203
171.	JSON-XS	3.01
172.	Lexical-SealRequireHints	0.007
173.	libnet	1.25
174.	libwww-perl	6.05
175.	List-MoreUtils	0.33
176.	local-lib	2.000011
177.	Locale-Codes	3.30
178.	Log-Agent	1.000
179.	Log-Message	0.08
180.	Log-Message-Simple	0.10
181.	LWP-MediaTypes	6.02
182.	LWP-Online	1.08
183.	LWP-Protocol-https	6.04
184.	Math-BigInt	1.9993
185.	Math-BigInt-FastCalc	0.31
186.	Math-BigInt-GMP	1.38
187.	Math-BigRat	0.2606
188.	Math-GMP	2.07
189.	Math-Int64	0.30
190.	Math-MPC	1.01
191.	Math-MPFR	3.21
192.	Math-Prime-Util	0.39
193.	Math-Prime-Util-GMP	0.18
194.	Math-Random-ISAAC	1.004
195.	Math-Round	0.06
196.	MIME-Base64	3.14
197.	Module-Build	0.4205
198.	Module-Build	0.4005
199.	Module-Build-Tiny	0.035
200.	Module-CoreList	3.09
201.	Module-Implementation	0.07
202.	Module-Load	0.32
203.	Module-Load-Conditional	0.62
204.	Module-Metadata	1.000019
205.	Module-Pluggable	5.1
206.	Module-Runtime	0.014
207.	Moo	1.004002
208.	Moose	2.1204
209.	MooseX-ClassAttribute	0.27
210.	MooseX-Declare	0.38
211.	MooseX-LazyRequire	0.10
212.	MooseX-Meta-TypeConstraint-ForceCoercion	0.01
213.	MooseX-Method-Signatures	0.47
214.	MooseX-NonMoose	0.26
215.	MooseX-Role-Parameterized	1.02
216.	MooseX-Traits	0.12
217.	MooseX-Types	0.44
218.	MooseX-Types-DateTime	0.10
219.	MooseX-Types-Structured	0.30
220.	Mozilla-CA	20130114
221.	MRO-Compat	0.12
222.	multidimensional	0.011
223.	namespace-autoclean	0.15
224.	namespace-clean	0.25
225.	Net-HTTP	6.06
226.	Net-SMTP-TLS	0.12
227.	Net-SSH2	0.53
228.	Net-SSLeay	1.58
229.	Net-Telnet	3.04
230.	Number-Compare	0.03
231.	Object-Accessor	0.48
232.	Package-Constants	0.04
233.	Package-DeprecationManager	0.13
234.	Package-Stash	0.36
235.	Package-Stash-XS	0.28
236.	PAR	1.007
237.	PAR-Dist	0.49
238.	PAR-Dist-FromPPD	0.03
239.	PAR-Dist-InstallPPD	0.02
240.	PAR-Repository-Client	0.25
241.	PAR-Repository-Query	0.14
242.	Params-Check	0.38
243.	Params-Util	1.07
244.	Params-Validate	1.08
245.	parent	0.228
246.	Parse-Binary	0.10
247.	Parse-CPAN-Meta	1.4414
248.	Parse-Method-Signatures	1.003016
249.	Perl-OSType	1.007
250.	perlfaq	5.0150044
251.	pip	1.19
252.	pler	1.06
253.	Pod-Checker	1.70
254.	Pod-Escapes	1.06
255.	Pod-Parser	1.62
256.	Pod-Perldoc	3.23
257.	Pod-Usage	1.63
258.	podlators	v2.5.3
259.	Portable	1.22
260.	PPI	1.215
261.	PPM	11.11_03
262.	Probe-Perl	0.03
263.	Role-Tiny	1.003003
264.	Scalar-List-Utils	1.38
265.	SOAP-Lite	1.11
266.	Socket	2.013
267.	Socket6	0.25
268.	Sort-Naturally	1.03
269.	Sort-Versions	1.5
270.	Storable	2.45
271.	strictures	1.005004
272.	String-CRC32	1.5
273.	Sub-Exporter	0.987
274.	Sub-Exporter-Progressive	0.001011
275.	Sub-Install	0.927
276.	Sub-Name	0.05
277.	Sub-Uplevel	0.24
278.	Task-Weaken	1.04
279.	Template-Tiny	1.12
280.	Template-Toolkit	2.25
281.	Term-ANSIColor	4.03
282.	Term-Cap	1.16
283.	Term-ReadLine	1.14
284.	Term-ReadLine-Perl	1.0303
285.	Term-UI	0.42
286.	TermReadKey	2.31
287.	Test-CheckDeps	0.010
288.	Test-Deep	0.112
289.	Test-Differences	0.61
290.	Test-Exception	0.32
291.	Test-Fatal	0.013
292.	Test-Harness	3.30
293.	Test-Harness	3.28
294.	Test-Manifest	1.23
295.	Test-NoWarnings	1.04
296.	Test-Object	0.07
297.	Test-Output	1.03
298.	Test-Requires	0.07
299.	Test-Script	1.07
300.	Test-Simple	1.001003
301.	Test-SubCalls	1.09
302.	Test-Tester	0.109
303.	Test-use-ok	0.10
304.	Test-Warn	0.30
305.	Text-Diff	1.41
306.	Text-Glob	0.09
307.	Text-ParseWords	3.29
308.	Text-Patch	1.8
309.	Text-Tabs+Wrap	2013.0523
310.	Thread-Queue	3.05
311.	threads	1.92
312.	threads-shared	1.46
313.	Tie-EncryptedHash	1.24
314.	Time-HiRes	1.9726
315.	Time-Piece	1.27
316.	TimeDate	2.30
317.	Try-Tiny	0.20
318.	Types-Serialiser	1.0
319.	Unicode-Collate	1.04
320.	Unicode-Normalize	1.17
321.	URI	1.60
322.	Variable-Magic	0.53
323.	version	0.9908
324.	Win32	0.48
325.	Win32-API	0.77
326.	Win32-Console-ANSI	1.08
327.	Win32-EventLog	0.077
328.	Win32-Exe	0.17
329.	Win32-File	0.07
330.	Win32-File-Object	0.02
331.	Win32-OLE	0.1711
332.	Win32-Pipe	0.025
333.	Win32-Process	0.16
334.	Win32-ShellQuote	0.002001
335.	Win32-TieRegistry	0.26
336.	Win32-UTCFileTime	1.56
337.	Win32-WinError	0.04
338.	Win32API-Registry	0.32
339.	WWW-Mechanize	1.73
340.	WWW-RobotRules	6.02
341.	XML-LibXML	2.0115
342.	XML-LibXSLT	1.90
343.	XML-NamespaceSupport	1.11
344.	XML-Parser	2.41
345.	XML-SAX	0.99
346.	XML-SAX-Base	1.08
347.	XML-SAX-Expat	0.51
348.	XML-Simple	2.20
349.	YAML	0.90
350.	YAML-LibYAML	0.41
351.	YAML-Tiny	1.62

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-6.0.30	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-2.5.3	http://www.freetype.org/
7.	gcc-4.7.3	http://gcc.gnu.org/
8.	gdbm-1.10	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-5.0.5	http://giflib.sourceforge.net/
12.	gmp-5.1.3	http://gmplib.org/
13.	jpeg-9a	http://www.ijg.org/
14.	libXpm-3.5.11	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-1.6.10	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-1.0.2	http://www.multiprecision.org/
24.	mpfr-3.1.2	http://www.mpfr.org/
25.	mysql-5.1.44	http://www.mysql.com/
26.	openssl-1.0.1g	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-9.3.4	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/

Version details: Collapse

Perl version details:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 2) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=6.2, archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.18.2.2 #1 Tue Apr 15 14:36:23 2014 x64'
    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 -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE  -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DPERL_IMPLI
CIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields',
    optimize='-s -O2',
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion='', gccversion='4.7.3', gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=8, 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\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib C:\strawberry\c\lib\gcc\x86_64
-w64-mingw32\4.7.3
    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 Apr 15 2014 14:45:10
  %ENV:
    PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT="0"
  @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/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.7.3/lto-wrapper.exe
Target: x86_64-w64-mingw32
Configured with: ../../../src/gcc-4.7.3/configure --build=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --target=x86_64-w64-min
gw32 --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --enable-libgomp --enable-lto --enable-bootstrap --enable-chec
king=release --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-multilib --disable-nls --disable-win32
-registry --disable-werror --with-pkgversion='release with patches / build 20130526 by strawberryper
l.com' --with-sysroot=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64 --with-gmp=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64 --with-mpfr=/gccb
uild/prefix/mingw64 --with-mpc=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64 --with-ppl=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64 --with-c
loog=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64 --enable-cloog-backend=isl --with-bugurl=http://mingwfp.znix.com --wit
h-gnu-ld --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64
 --with-local-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64 --with-libiconv-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw64
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.7.3 (release with patches / build 20130526 by strawberryperl.com)

OpenSSL version details:

OpenSSL 1.0.1g 7 Apr 2014
built on: Tue Apr 15 12:35:29 CEST 2014
platform: mingw64
options:  bn(64,64) rc4(16x,int) des(idx,cisc,2,long) idea(int) blowfish(idx) 
compiler: gcc -D_WINDLL -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_MT -DDSO_WIN32 -DL_ENDIAN -O3 -Wal
l -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_
ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM
 -DBSAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM
WARNING: can't open config file: /z/extlib/build/_2014Q1__/ssl/openssl.cnf

Strawberry Perl (5.18.2.2-64bit) Release Notes