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Strawberry Perl Release Notes

Version 5.12.3.0, built 15 May 2011, to be released 19 May 2011

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.

What's new in Strawberry Perl 5.12.3.0: Collapse

A new version of Perl: 5.12.3.

Also includes updated versions of all modules included in 5.12.2.0.

The .msi package has now been signed, for additional assurance.

The bug in the .msi (RT#62853) that made it crash during relocation has been fixed (a few files were missing from the 5.12.1.0 and 5.12.2.0 .msi's. The build process now makes sure that all the files that will be in the .zip will also be in the .msi.)

The Math::BigInt::GMP and Math::GMP modules (and modules that have one of them as prerequisites) are now usable on older machines.


Known issues: Collapse

  • DBD::MySQL 4.019 will not build on any version of Strawberry Perl. This has been reported to the author. (4.018 will build, and is included with Strawberry Perl.)

  • List of distributions added to Perl 5.12.3: Collapse

    Italicized modules are not available in the 64-bit version.

    DistributionVersionLink
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    PathTools3.33Source
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    Win32-TieRegistry0.26Source
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    Data-Dumper2.128Source
    podlators2.4.0Source
    URI1.58Source
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    HTML-Parser3.68Source
    libwww-perl5.837Source
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    IPC-Cmd0.70Source
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    Net-SSH20.33Source
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    Math-MPC0.90Source
    CPAN-Mini1.111006Source [Portable version only]
    Portable1.14Source [Portable version only]

    The list of packages used in the toolchain is available here.