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Strawberry Perl (5.16.0.1-32bit) Release Notes

Released: May 22 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.

What's new in this Strawberry Perl release: Collapse

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List of distributions installed on top of Perl 5.16.0: Collapse

IDDistributionVersionNote
1.Algorithm-Diff1.1902
2.aliased0.30
3.Alien-Tidypv1.4.7
4.Any-Moose0.18
5.App-Cpan1.5902
6.App-cpanminus1.5013+fix for issue 132
7.App-local-lib-Win32Helper0.990
8.App-module-version1.004
9.AppConfig1.66
10.Archive-Extract0.60
11.Archive-Tar1.84
12.Archive-Zip1.30
13.autodie2.11
14.B-Hooks-EndOfScope0.11
15.B-Hooks-OP-Check0.19
16.BerkeleyDB0.51
17.Capture-Tiny0.18
18.Carp-Clan6.04
19.Class-Accessor0.34
20.Class-ErrorHandler0.01
21.Class-Inspector1.27
22.Class-Load0.19
23.Class-Load-XS0.04
24.Class-Loader2.03
25.Class-Singleton1.4
26.Clone0.31
27.common-sense3.5
28.Compress-Bzip22.09
29.Compress-Raw-Bzip22.052
30.Compress-Raw-Lzma2.052
31.Compress-Raw-Zlib2.054
32.Compress-unLZMA0.04
33.Context-Preserve0.01
34.Convert-ASCII-Armour1.4
35.Convert-ASN10.23
36.Convert-PEM0.08
37.CPAN-Checksums2.08
38.CPAN-DistnameInfo0.12
39.CPAN-Inject1.13
40.CPAN-Meta2.120921
41.CPAN-Meta-Requirements2.122
42.CPAN-Meta-YAML0.008
43.CPAN-Mini1.111008
44.CPAN-SQLite0.202
45.CPANPLUS0.9129
46.Crypt-Blowfish2.12+fix for #55173
47.Crypt-CAST5_PP1.04
48.Crypt-CBC2.30
49.Crypt-DES2.05
50.Crypt-DES_EDE30.01
51.Crypt-DH0.06
52.Crypt-DSA1.17
53.Crypt-IDEA1.08+fix for #55158
54.Crypt-OpenPGP1.06
55.Crypt-Primes0.50
56.Crypt-Random1.25
57.Crypt-Rijndael1.09
58.Crypt-RIPEMD1600.05
59.Crypt-RSA1.99
60.Crypt-SSLeay0.58
61.Crypt-Twofish2.14
62.Data-Buffer0.04
63.Data-Compare1.22
64.Data-OptList0.107
65.Data-Random0.06
66.DateTime0.74
67.DateTime-Locale0.45
68.DateTime-TimeZone1.46
69.DB_File1.826
70.DBD-ADO2.99
71.DBD-mysql4.020+fix for #71047
72.DBD-ODBC1.37
73.DBD-Pg2.19.2
74.DBD-SQLite1.35
75.DBI1.618
76.DBIx-Simple1.35
77.DBM-Deep2.0006
78.Devel-Declare0.006011
79.Devel-GlobalDestruction0.05
80.Devel-PartialDump0.15
81.Digest-BubbleBabble0.02
82.Digest-HMAC1.03
83.Digest-MD22.03
84.Digest-SHA12.13
85.Dist-CheckConflicts0.02
86.Encode-Locale1.03
87.Eval-Closure0.08
88.ExtUtils-Depends0.304
89.ExtUtils-F771.17
90.FCGI0.74
91.File-chmod0.32
92.File-Copy-Recursive0.38
93.File-Fetch0.34
94.File-Find-Rule0.33
95.File-HomeDir0.99
96.File-Listing6.04
97.File-pushd1.002
98.File-Remove1.52
99.File-ShareDir1.03
100.File-Slurp9999.19
101.File-Which1.09
102.Filter1.43
103.GD2.46+fix for #67990
104.Hook-LexWrap0.24
105.HTML-Form6.03
106.HTML-Parser3.69
107.HTML-Tagset3.20
108.HTML-Tree4.2
109.HTTP-Cookies6.01
110.HTTP-Daemon6.01
111.HTTP-Date6.02
112.HTTP-Message6.03
113.HTTP-Negotiate6.01
114.HTTP-Server-Simple0.44
115.HTTP-Tiny0.021
116.Imager0.90
117.IO-Compress2.052
118.IO-Compress-Lzma2.052
119.IO-Interactive0.0.6
120.IO-Socket-IP0.10
121.IO-Socket-SSL1.74
122.IO-String1.08
123.IO-stringy2.110
124.IPC-Cmd0.78
125.IPC-Run0.91
126.IPC-Run30.045
127.IPC-System-Simple1.21
128.JSON2.53
129.JSON-XS2.32
130.libwww-perl6.04
131.List-MoreUtils0.33
132.local-lib1.008004
133.LWP-MediaTypes6.02
134.LWP-Online1.08
135.LWP-Protocol-https6.03
136.Math-BigInt-GMP1.37
137.Math-GMP2.06
138.Math-MPC0.93
139.Math-MPFR3.12
140.Math-Pari2.01080605
141.Math-Round0.06
142.Memoize1.03
143.Module-Build0.40
144.Module-Implementation0.06
145.Module-Load-Conditional0.50
146.Module-Runtime0.013
147.Module-Signature0.68
148.Moose2.0602
149.MooseX-AuthorizedMethods0.006
150.MooseX-ClassAttribute0.26
151.MooseX-Declare0.35
152.MooseX-LazyRequire0.07
153.MooseX-Meta-TypeConstraint-ForceCoercion0.01
154.MooseX-Method-Signatures0.42
155.MooseX-NonMoose0.22
156.MooseX-Role-Parameterized1.00
157.MooseX-Traits0.11
158.MooseX-TransactionalMethods0.008
159.MooseX-Types0.31
160.MooseX-Types-DateTime0.07
161.MooseX-Types-Structured0.28
162.Mozilla-CA20120309
163.MRO-Compat0.11
164.namespace-autoclean0.13
165.namespace-clean0.23
166.Net-HTTP6.03
167.Net-SMTP-TLS0.12
168.Net-SSH20.44
169.Net-SSLeay1.48
170.Net-Telnet3.03
171.Number-Compare0.03
172.Object-Accessor0.44
173.Package-DeprecationManager0.13
174.Package-Stash0.33
175.Package-Stash-XS0.25
176.PAR1.005
177.PAR-Dist0.48
178.PAR-Dist-FromPPD0.03
179.PAR-Dist-InstallPPD0.02
180.PAR-Repository-Client0.25
181.PAR-Repository-Query0.14
182.Params-Check0.36
183.Params-Util1.07
184.Params-Validate1.06
185.Parse-Binary0.11
186.Parse-CPAN-Meta1.4404
187.Parse-Method-Signatures1.003014
188.PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint0.07
189.pip1.19
190.pler1.06
191.Portable1.17
192.PPI1.215
193.PPM11.11_01
194.Probe-Perl0.01
195.Safe2.33
196.Scalar-List-Utils1.25
197.Search-Dict1.07
198.SOAP-Lite0.714
199.Sort-Versions1.5
200.String-CRC321.4
201.Sub-Exporter0.982
202.Sub-Install0.926
203.Sub-Name0.05
204.Sub-Uplevel0.24
205.Task-Weaken1.04
206.Template-Tiny1.12
207.Template-Toolkit2.24
208.Term-ANSIColor3.02
209.Term-ReadLine-Perl1.0303
210.TermReadKey2.30.02
211.Test-Deep0.109
212.Test-Differences0.61
213.Test-Exception0.31
214.Test-Fatal0.010
215.Test-Manifest1.23
216.Test-NoWarnings1.04
217.Test-Object0.07
218.Test-Output1.01
219.Test-Pod1.45
220.Test-Requires0.06
221.Test-Script1.07
222.Test-SubCalls1.09
223.Test-Tester0.108
224.Test-use-ok0.02
225.Test-Warn0.24
226.Text-Diff1.41
227.Text-Glob0.09
228.Text-Patch1.8
229.Tie-EncryptedHash1.24
230.TimeDate1.20
231.Tree-DAG_Node1.06
232.Try-Tiny0.11
233.URI1.60
234.Variable-Magic0.48
235.Win32-API0.68
236.Win32-EventLog0.076
237.Win32-Exe0.17
238.Win32-File0.06
239.Win32-File-Object0.02
240.Win32-OLE0.1709
241.Win32-Process0.14
242.Win32-TieRegistry0.26
243.Win32-UTCFileTime1.55
244.Win32-WinError0.03
245.Win32API-Registry0.32
246.WWW-Mechanize1.72
247.WWW-RobotRules6.02
248.XML-LibXML1.98
249.XML-LibXSLT1.77
250.XML-NamespaceSupport1.11
251.XML-Parser2.41
252.XML-SAX0.99
253.XML-SAX-Base1.08
254.XML-Simple2.18
255.YAML0.81
256.YAML-LibYAML0.38
257.YAML-Syck1.20
258.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-5.3.15http://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-2.4.9http://www.freetype.org/
7.gcc-4.6.3http://gcc.gnu.org/
8.gd-2.0.35http://www.libgd.org/linked with libjpg-v6 - see #49053
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-4.1.6http://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-1.5.10http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
18.libssh2-1.4.1http://www.libssh2.org
19.libxml2-2.7.8http://xmlsoft.org/
20.libxslt-1.1.26http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
21.make-3.82http://www.gnu.org/software/make/
22.mingw-w64-crt_2.x_r4936http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/
23.mpc-0.9http://www.multiprecision.org/
24.mpfr-3.1.0http://www.mpfr.org/
25.mysql-5.1.44http://www.mysql.com/
26.openssl-1.0.1bhttp://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-9.1.3http://www.postgresql.org/
30.pthreads-win32-2.9.0http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/
31.tiff-4.0.1http://remotesensing.org/libtiff/
32.xz-5.0.3http://tukaani.org/xz/
33.zlib-1.2.7http://www.zlib.net/

Version details: Collapse

Perl version details:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 16 subversion 0) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.16.0.1 #1 Mon May 21 22:07:30 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 May 21 2012 22:15:38
  @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,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libgomp --enable-lto --enable-bootstrap --en
able-checking=release --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --disable-multilib --disable-nls --disa
ble-win32-registry --disable-werror --with-pkgversion='gcc-4.6.3 release with patches [build 2012041
1 by perlmingw.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 --with-cloog=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-bugurl=http://mingwfp.znix.com --with-gnu-ld -
-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-local-prefix=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32 --with-libiconv-prefix
=/gccbuild/prefix/mingw32
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.6.3 (gcc-4.6.3 release with patches [build 20120411 by perlmingw.sf.net]) 

OpenSSL version details:

OpenSSL 1.0.1b 26 Apr 2012
built on: Sun May 13 10:58:44 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