Strawberry Perl for Windows - 5.18.4.1-32bit Release Notes

Released: Oct 2 2014 / with support of our sponsor, the Enlightened Perl Organisation

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 5.18.4: 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	1.7012
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	2.02
11.	Archive-Zip	1.38
12.	Attribute-Handlers	0.96
13.	autodie	2.25
14.	AutoLoader	5.74
15.	autouse	1.08
16.	B-Debug	1.21
17.	B-Hooks-EndOfScope	0.13
18.	B-Hooks-OP-Check	0.19
19.	B-Lint	1.18
20.	bareword-filehandles	0.003
21.	BerkeleyDB	0.54
22.	bignum	0.37
23.	Bytes-Random-Secure	0.28
24.	Capture-Tiny	0.25
25.	Carp	1.3301
26.	Carp-Clan	6.04
27.	CGI	4.04
28.	CGI-Fast	2.03
29.	CGI.pm	4.03
30.	Class-Accessor	0.34
31.	Class-ErrorHandler	0.03
32.	Class-Inspector	1.28
33.	Class-Load	0.22
34.	Class-Load-XS	0.08
35.	Class-Loader	2.03
36.	Class-Method-Modifiers	2.11
37.	Class-PObject	2.17
38.	Class-Singleton	1.4
39.	Class-Tiny	1.000
40.	Clone	0.37
41.	Clone-PP	1.06
42.	common-sense	3.73
43.	Compress-Bzip2	2.18
44.	Compress-Raw-Bzip2	2.066
45.	Compress-Raw-Lzma	2.066
46.	Compress-Raw-Zlib	2.066
47.	Compress-unLZMA	0.04
48.	Config-Perl-V	0.22
49.	Context-Preserve	0.01
50.	Convert-ASCII-Armour	1.4
51.	Convert-ASN1	0.27
52.	Convert-PEM	0.08
53.	CPAN	2.05
54.	CPAN-Checksums	2.09
55.	CPAN-DistnameInfo	0.12
56.	CPAN-Inject	1.14
57.	CPAN-Meta	2.142690
58.	CPAN-Meta-Check	0.009
59.	CPAN-Meta-Requirements	2.128
60.	CPAN-Meta-YAML	0.012
61.	CPAN-Mini	1.111016
62.	CPAN-SQLite	0.204
63.	CPANPLUS	0.9152
64.	CPANPLUS-Dist-Build	0.78
65.	Crypt-Blowfish	2.14
66.	Crypt-CAST5_PP	1.04
67.	Crypt-CBC	2.33
68.	Crypt-DES	2.07
69.	Crypt-DES_EDE3	0.01
70.	Crypt-DH	0.07
71.	Crypt-DSA	1.17
72.	Crypt-IDEA	1.10
73.	Crypt-OpenSSL-AES	0.02	+fix for #77605
74.	Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum	0.04	+fix for #84369
75.	Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA	0.14	+fix for #84367
76.	Crypt-OpenSSL-Random	0.04	+fix for #56455
77.	Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA	0.28
78.	Crypt-Random-Seed	0.03
79.	Crypt-Random-TESHA2	0.01
80.	Crypt-Rijndael	1.12
81.	Crypt-RIPEMD160	0.05
82.	Crypt-SSLeay	0.72
83.	Crypt-Twofish	2.17
84.	Data-Buffer	0.04
85.	Data-Compare	1.24
86.	Data-Dump	1.22
87.	Data-Dumper	2.154
88.	Data-OptList	0.109
89.	Data-Printer	0.35
90.	Data-Random	0.11
91.	DateTime	1.12
92.	DateTime-Locale	0.45
93.	DateTime-TimeZone	1.75
94.	DB_File	1.831
95.	DBD-ADO	2.99
96.	DBD-mysql	4.028
97.	DBD-ODBC	1.50
98.	DBD-Pg	3.4.2
99.	DBD-SQLite	1.42
100.	DBI	1.631
101.	DBIx-Simple	1.35
102.	DBM-Deep	2.0011
103.	Devel-CheckBin	0.02
104.	Devel-Declare	0.006017
105.	Devel-GlobalDestruction	0.13
106.	Devel-PartialDump	0.17
107.	Devel-PPPort	3.24
108.	Devel-StackTrace	1.34
109.	Digest-BubbleBabble	0.02
110.	Digest-HMAC	1.03
111.	Digest-MD2	2.04
112.	Digest-MD5	2.53
113.	Digest-SHA	5.92
114.	Digest-SHA1	2.13
115.	Dist-CheckConflicts	0.11
116.	Encode	2.62
117.	Encode-compat	0.07
118.	Encode-Locale	1.03
119.	Eval-Closure	0.11
120.	Exporter	5.70
121.	ExtUtils-CBuilder	0.280220
122.	ExtUtils-Command	1.18
123.	ExtUtils-Config	0.008
124.	ExtUtils-Depends	0.401
125.	ExtUtils-F77	1.17
126.	ExtUtils-Helpers	0.022
127.	ExtUtils-Install	2.04
128.	ExtUtils-InstallPaths	0.010
129.	ExtUtils-MakeMaker	6.98
130.	ExtUtils-Manifest	1.68
131.	ExtUtils-ParseXS	3.24
132.	FCGI	0.77
133.	File-chmod	0.40
134.	File-Fetch	0.48
135.	File-Find-Rule	0.33
136.	File-Find-Rule-Perl	1.13
137.	File-HomeDir	1.00
138.	File-Listing	6.04
139.	File-pushd	1.009
140.	File-Remove	1.52
141.	File-ShareDir	1.102
142.	File-ShareDir-Install	0.09
143.	File-Slurp	9999.19
144.	File-Temp	0.2304
145.	File-Which	1.09
146.	Filter	1.49
147.	Filter-Simple	0.91
148.	GD	2.53
149.	Getopt-Long	2.42
150.	Hook-LexWrap	0.24
151.	HTML-Form	6.03
152.	HTML-Parser	3.71
153.	HTML-Tagset	3.20
154.	HTML-Tree	5.03
155.	HTTP-Cookies	6.01
156.	HTTP-Daemon	6.01
157.	HTTP-Date	6.02
158.	HTTP-Message	6.06
159.	HTTP-Negotiate	6.01
160.	HTTP-Server-Simple	0.44
161.	HTTP-Tiny	0.050
162.	Imager	1.000
163.	Import-Into	1.002004
164.	indirect	0.33
165.	IO-Compress	2.066
166.	IO-Compress-Lzma	2.066
167.	IO-HTML	1.001
168.	IO-Interactive	0.0.6
169.	IO-SessionData	1.03
170.	IO-Socket-INET6	2.72
171.	IO-Socket-IP	0.32
172.	IO-Socket-SSL	1.998
173.	IO-String	1.08
174.	IO-stringy	2.110
175.	IPC-Cmd	0.92
176.	IPC-Run	0.92
177.	IPC-Run3	0.048
178.	IPC-System-Simple	1.25
179.	JSON	2.90
180.	JSON-PP	2.27203
181.	JSON-XS	3.01
182.	Lexical-SealRequireHints	0.007
183.	libnet	1.27
184.	libwww-perl	6.08
185.	List-AllUtils	0.08
186.	List-MoreUtils	0.33
187.	local-lib	2.000014
188.	Locale-Codes	3.32
189.	Locale-Maketext	1.25
190.	Log-Agent	1.000
191.	Log-Message	0.08
192.	Log-Message-Simple	0.10
193.	LWP-MediaTypes	6.02
194.	LWP-Online	1.08
195.	LWP-Protocol-https	6.06
196.	Math-BigInt	1.9993
197.	Math-BigInt-FastCalc	0.31
198.	Math-BigInt-GMP	1.38
199.	Math-BigRat	0.2606
200.	Math-GMP	2.07
201.	Math-Int64	0.32
202.	Math-MPC	1.02
203.	Math-MPFR	3.23
204.	Math-Prime-Util	0.45
205.	Math-Prime-Util-GMP	0.26
206.	Math-Random-ISAAC	1.004
207.	Math-Round	0.06
208.	MIME-Base64	3.14
209.	Module-Build	0.4210
210.	Module-Build	0.4005
211.	Module-Build-Deprecated	0.4210
212.	Module-Build-Tiny	0.038
213.	Module-CoreList	5.20140920
214.	Module-Implementation	0.09
215.	Module-Load	0.32
216.	Module-Load-Conditional	0.62
217.	Module-Metadata	1.000024
218.	Module-Pluggable	5.1
219.	Module-Runtime	0.014
220.	Module-Runtime-Conflicts	0.001
221.	Moo	1.006000
222.	Moose	2.1213
223.	MooseX-ClassAttribute	0.27
224.	MooseX-Declare	0.39
225.	MooseX-LazyRequire	0.11
226.	MooseX-Meta-TypeConstraint-ForceCoercion	0.01
227.	MooseX-Method-Signatures	0.48
228.	MooseX-NonMoose	0.26
229.	MooseX-Role-Parameterized	1.08
230.	MooseX-Role-WithOverloading	0.15
231.	MooseX-Traits	0.12
232.	MooseX-Types	0.45
233.	MooseX-Types-DateTime	0.10
234.	MooseX-Types-Structured	0.30
235.	Mozilla-CA	20130114
236.	MRO-Compat	0.12
237.	multidimensional	0.011
238.	namespace-autoclean	0.20
239.	namespace-clean	0.25
240.	Net-HTTP	6.07
241.	Net-SMTP-TLS	0.12
242.	Net-SSH2	0.53
243.	Net-SSLeay	1.66
244.	Net-Telnet	3.04
245.	Number-Compare	0.03
246.	Object-Accessor	0.48
247.	Package-Constants	0.04
248.	Package-DeprecationManager	0.13
249.	Package-Stash	0.37
250.	Package-Stash-XS	0.28
251.	PAR	1.007
252.	PAR-Dist	0.49
253.	PAR-Dist-FromPPD	0.03
254.	PAR-Dist-InstallPPD	0.02
255.	PAR-Repository-Client	0.25
256.	PAR-Repository-Query	0.14
257.	Params-Check	0.38
258.	Params-Util	1.07
259.	Params-Validate	1.13
260.	parent	0.228
261.	Parse-Binary	0.10
262.	Parse-CPAN-Meta	1.4414
263.	Parse-Method-Signatures	1.003016
264.	Path-Class	0.35
265.	PathTools	3.47
266.	Perl-OSType	1.007
267.	perlfaq	5.0150045
268.	pip	1.19
269.	pler	1.06
270.	Pod-Checker	1.70
271.	Pod-Escapes	1.06
272.	Pod-Parser	1.62
273.	Pod-Perldoc	3.24
274.	Pod-Usage	1.64
275.	podlators	v2.5.3
276.	Portable	1.22
277.	PPI	1.218
278.	PPM	11.11_03
279.	Probe-Perl	0.03
280.	Role-Tiny	1.003003
281.	Scalar-List-Utils	1.41
282.	SOAP-Lite	1.11
283.	Socket	2.015
284.	Socket6	0.25
285.	Sort-Naturally	1.03
286.	Sort-Versions	1.60
287.	Spiffy	0.46
288.	Storable	2.51
289.	strictures	1.005005
290.	String-CRC32	1.5
291.	Sub-Exporter	0.987
292.	Sub-Exporter-Progressive	0.001011
293.	Sub-Identify	0.08
294.	Sub-Install	0.928
295.	Sub-Name	0.12
296.	Sub-Uplevel	0.24
297.	Task-Weaken	1.04
298.	Template-Tiny	1.12
299.	Template-Toolkit	2.26
300.	Term-ANSIColor	4.03
301.	Term-Cap	1.16
302.	Term-ReadLine	1.14
303.	Term-ReadLine-Perl	1.0303
304.	Term-UI	0.42
305.	TermReadKey	2.31	+fix for better Strawberry Perl compatibility
306.	Test-Base	0.88
307.	Test-CleanNamespaces	0.16
308.	Test-Deep	0.113
309.	Test-Differences	0.62
310.	Test-Exception	0.35
311.	Test-Fatal	0.013
312.	Test-Harness	3.28
313.	Test-Harness	3.33
314.	Test-LeakTrace	0.14
315.	Test-Manifest	2.02
316.	Test-NoWarnings	1.04
317.	Test-Object	0.07
318.	Test-Output	1.03
319.	Test-Requires	0.08
320.	Test-Script	1.07
321.	Test-Simple	1.001006
322.	Test-SubCalls	1.09
323.	Test-Tester	0.109
324.	Test-use-ok	0.10
325.	Test-Warn	0.30
326.	Test-Warnings	0.016
327.	Test-YAML	1.05
328.	Text-Diff	1.41
329.	Text-Glob	0.09
330.	Text-ParseWords	3.29
331.	Text-Patch	1.8
332.	Text-Tabs+Wrap	2013.0523
333.	Thread-Queue	3.05
334.	threads	1.96
335.	threads-shared	1.46
336.	Tie-EncryptedHash	1.24
337.	Tie-File	1.00
338.	Time-HiRes	1.9726
339.	Time-Piece	1.29
340.	TimeDate	2.30
341.	Try-Tiny	0.22
342.	Types-Serialiser	1.0
343.	Unicode-Collate	1.07
344.	Unicode-Normalize	1.18
345.	URI	1.64
346.	Variable-Magic	0.54
347.	version	0.9909
348.	Win32	0.49
349.	Win32-API	0.79
350.	Win32-Console-ANSI	1.08
351.	Win32-EventLog	0.077
352.	Win32-Exe	0.17
353.	Win32-File	0.07
354.	Win32-File-Object	0.02
355.	Win32-OLE	0.1712
356.	Win32-Pipe	0.025
357.	Win32-Process	0.16
358.	Win32-ShellQuote	0.002002
359.	Win32-TieRegistry	0.26
360.	Win32-UTCFileTime	1.58
361.	Win32-WinError	0.04
362.	Win32API-Registry	0.32
363.	WWW-Mechanize	1.73
364.	WWW-RobotRules	6.02
365.	XML-LibXML	2.0116
366.	XML-LibXSLT	1.92
367.	XML-NamespaceSupport	1.11
368.	XML-Parser	2.41
369.	XML-SAX	0.99
370.	XML-SAX-Base	1.08
371.	XML-SAX-Expat	0.51
372.	XML-Simple	2.20
373.	YAML	1.12
374.	YAML-LibYAML	0.52
375.	YAML-Tiny	1.63

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 4) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=6.3, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread-64int
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.18.4.1 #1 Thu Oct  2 12:10:29 2014 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 C:\strawberry\c\lib\gcc\i686-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 Oct  2 2014 12:19:54
  %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/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 1.0.1g 7 Apr 2014
built on: Tue Apr 15 12:40:16 CEST 2014
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 (5.18.4.1-32bit) Release Notes