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Strawberry Perl (5.42.0.1-64bit) Release Notes

Released: Aug 1 2025

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List of distributions installed on top of Perl 5.42.0: Collapse

IDDistributionVersionNote
1.Algorithm-C30.11
2.Algorithm-Diff1.201
3.Alien-Build2.84
4.Alien-Build-Plugin-Download-GitLab0.01
5.Alien-GMP1.16
6.Alien-Libxml20.20
7.App-cpanminus1.7048
8.App-local-lib-Win32Helper0.992
9.App-module-version1.004
10.App-pmuninstall0.33
11.AppConfig1.71
12.Archive-Extract0.88
13.Archive-Zip1.68
14.Authen-SASL2.1800
15.B-Hooks-EndOfScope0.28
16.B-Hooks-OP-Check0.22
17.B-Lint1.20
18.B-Utils0.27
19.bareword-filehandles0.007
20.BerkeleyDB0.66
21.Bytes-Random-Secure0.29
22.Canary-Stability2013
23.Capture-Tiny0.50
24.Carp-Always0.16
25.Carp-Clan6.08
26.CGI4.70
27.Class-Accessor0.51
28.Class-Accessor-Grouped0.10014
29.Class-Accessor-Lite0.08
30.Class-C30.35
31.Class-C3-Componentised1.001002
32.Class-Data-Inheritable0.10
33.Class-ErrorHandler0.04
34.Class-Inspector1.36
35.Class-Load0.25
36.Class-Load-XS0.10
37.Class-Method-Modifiers2.15
38.Class-Singleton1.6
39.Class-Tiny1.008
40.Class-XSAccessor1.19
41.Clone0.47
42.Clone-Choose0.010
43.Clone-PP1.08
44.common-sense3.75
45.Compress-Raw-Lzma2.213
46.Compress-unLZMA0.05
47.Config-Any0.33
48.Context-Preserve0.03
49.Convert-ASN10.34
50.Convert-PEM0.13
51.CPAN-DistnameInfo0.12
52.CPAN-Meta-Check0.018
53.CPAN-Mini1.111017
54.cpan-outdated0.32
55.CPAN-SQLite0.220
56.Cpanel-JSON-XS4.39
57.CPANPLUS0.9916
58.CPANPLUS-Dist-Build0.90
59.Crypt-Blowfish2.14
60.Crypt-CAST5_PP1.04
61.Crypt-CBC3.07
62.Crypt-DES2.07
63.Crypt-DES_EDE30.03
64.Crypt-DSA1.19
65.Crypt-IDEA1.10
66.Crypt-OpenSSL-AES0.21
67.Crypt-OpenSSL-Bignum0.09
68.Crypt-OpenSSL-DSA0.20
69.Crypt-OpenSSL-Guess0.15
70.Crypt-OpenSSL-Random0.17
71.Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA0.35
72.Crypt-OpenSSL-X5092.0.1
73.Crypt-PBKDF20.161520
74.Crypt-Random-Seed0.03
75.Crypt-Random-TESHA20.01
76.Crypt-RC42.02
77.Crypt-RC61
78.Crypt-Rijndael1.16
79.Crypt-RIPEMD1600.08
80.Crypt-Serpent1.01
81.Crypt-SSLeay0.72
82.Crypt-Twofish2.18
83.Crypt-URandom0.54
84.CryptX0.087
85.Data-Buffer0.06
86.Data-Dump1.25
87.Data-Dump-Streamer2.42
88.Data-Dumper-Concise2.023
89.Data-OptList0.114
90.Data-Printer1.002001
91.DateTime1.66
92.DateTime-Format-DateParse0.05
93.DateTime-Locale1.45
94.DateTime-TimeZone2.65
95.DateTime-TimeZone-Local-Win322.06
96.DB_File1.859
97.DBD-ADO2.99
98.DBD-CSV0.62
99.DBD-ODBC1.61
100.DBD-Pg3.8.0
101.DBD-SQLite1.76
102.DBI1.645
103.DBIx-Class0.082844
104.DBIx-Simple1.37
105.DBM-Deep2.0017
106.Devel-CheckLib1.16
107.Devel-GlobalDestruction0.14
108.Devel-NYTProf6.14
109.Devel-OverloadInfo0.007
110.Devel-PartialDump0.20
111.Devel-Refcount0.10
112.Devel-StackTrace2.05
113.Devel-Symdump2.18
114.Devel-vscode0.02
115.Digest-CMAC0.04
116.Digest-HMAC1.05
117.Digest-MD22.04
118.Digest-Perl-MD51.9
119.Digest-SHA12.13
120.Digest-SHA31.05
121.Digest-Whirlpool2.04
122.Dist-CheckConflicts0.11
123.Email-Abstract3.010
124.Email-Address-XS1.05
125.Email-Date-Format1.008
126.Email-MessageID1.408
127.Email-MIME1.954
128.Email-MIME-ContentType1.028
129.Email-MIME-Encodings1.317
130.Email-MIME-Kit3.000008
131.Email-Sender2.601
132.Email-Simple2.218
133.Email-Stuffer0.020
134.Email-Valid1.204
135.Encode-compat0.07
136.Encode-Locale1.05
137.enum1.12
138.Eval-Closure0.14
139.Excel-Writer-XLSX1.14
140.Exception-Class1.45
141.experimental0.036
142.Exporter-Tiny1.006002
143.ExtUtils-Config0.010
144.ExtUtils-Depends0.8000
145.ExtUtils-F771.26
146.ExtUtils-Helpers0.028
147.ExtUtils-InstallPaths0.014
148.ExtUtils-ParseXS3.58
149.ExtUtils-PkgConfig1.16
150.FCGI0.82
151.FCGI-Client0.09
152.FFI-CheckLib0.31
153.FFI-Platypus2.10
154.FFI-Raw0.32
155.File-chdir0.1011
156.File-CheckTree4.42
157.File-Copy-Recursive0.45
158.File-Fetch1.08
159.File-Find-Rule0.35
160.File-HomeDir1.006
161.File-Listing6.16
162.File-Map0.71
163.File-pushd1.016
164.File-Remove1.61
165.File-ShareDir1.118
166.File-ShareDir-Install0.14
167.File-Slurp9999.32
168.File-Slurper0.014
169.File-Which1.27
170.Getopt-ArgvFile1.11
171.Graphics-ColorUtils0.17
172.Hash-Merge0.302
173.HTML-Form6.12
174.HTML-Parser3.83
175.HTML-Tagset3.24
176.HTML-Tree5.07
177.HTTP-Cookies6.11
178.HTTP-Daemon6.16
179.HTTP-Date6.06
180.HTTP-Message7.00
181.HTTP-Negotiate6.01
182.HTTP-Server-Simple0.52
183.Imager1.028
184.indirect0.39
185.IO-All0.87
186.IO-Compress-Lzma2.213
187.IO-HTML1.004
188.IO-Interactive1.027
189.IO-SessionData1.03
190.IO-Socket-INET62.73
191.IO-Socket-Socks0.74
192.IO-Socket-SSL2.095
193.IO-String1.08
194.IO-Stringy2.113
195.IPC-Run20231003.0
196.IPC-Run30.049
197.IPC-System-Simple1.30
198.JSON4.10
199.JSON-MaybeXS1.004008
200.JSON-XS4.03
201.libwww-perl6.79
202.List-MoreUtils0.430
203.List-MoreUtils-XS0.430
204.local-lib2.000029
205.Log-Message0.08
206.Log-Message-Simple0.10
207.Log-Report1.40
208.Log-Report-Optional1.07
209.LWP-MediaTypes6.04
210.LWP-Online1.08
211.LWP-Protocol-https6.14
212.MailTools2.22
213.Math-Base-Convert0.11
214.Math-BigInt2.005003
215.Math-BigInt-GMP1.7003
216.Math-GMP2.25
217.Math-Int640.57
218.Math-MPC1.33
219.Math-MPFR4.43
220.Math-Random-ISAAC1.004
221.Math-Round0.08
222.MIME-Base321.303
223.MIME-Charset1.013.1
224.MIME-Types2.28
225.Mixin-Linewise0.111
226.Mock-Config0.04
227.Modern-Perl1.20250607
228.Module-Build0.4234
229.Module-Build-Tiny0.052
230.Module-CoreList5.20250720
231.Module-Find0.17
232.Module-Implementation0.09
233.Module-Pluggable6.3
234.Module-Runtime0.018
235.Module-Runtime-Conflicts0.003
236.Module-ScanDeps1.37
237.Mojolicious9.41
238.Moo2.005005
239.Moose2.4000
240.MooseX-ClassAttribute0.29
241.MooseX-NonMoose0.27
242.MooseX-Role-Parameterized1.11
243.MooseX-Types0.51
244.MooseX-Types-Structured0.36
245.MooX-Types-MooseLike0.29
246.Mozilla-CA20250602
247.MRO-Compat0.15
248.multidimensional0.014
249.namespace-autoclean0.31
250.namespace-clean0.27
251.Net-DNS1.52
252.Net-Domain-TLD1.75
253.Net-HTTP6.23
254.Net-IMAP-Client0.9507
255.Net-SMTPS0.10
256.Net-SSH20.74
257.Net-SSLeay1.94
258.Net-Telnet3.05
259.Number-Compare0.03
260.Object-Accessor0.48
261.Object-Tiny1.09
262.OLE-Storage_Lite0.22
263.Package-Constants0.06
264.Package-DeprecationManager0.18
265.Package-Stash0.40
266.Package-Stash-XS0.30
267.PadWalker2.5
268.PAR1.021
269.PAR-Dist0.53
270.PAR-Dist-FromPPD0.03
271.PAR-Dist-InstallPPD0.02
272.PAR-Packer1.064
273.PAR-Repository-Client0.25
274.PAR-Repository-Query0.14
275.Params-Util1.102
276.Params-ValidationCompiler0.31
277.Parse-Binary0.10
278.Parse-RecDescent1.967015
279.Path-Class0.37
280.Path-Tiny0.150
281.Perl-Tidy20250711
282.PerlIO-utf8_strict0.010
283.PkgConfig0.26026
284.pler1.06
285.Pod-Coverage0.23
286.Pod-Coverage-TrustPod0.100006
287.Pod-Eventual0.094003
288.Pod-Markdown3.400
289.Pod-Parser1.65_01
290.Pod-Simple3.47
291.Portable1.23
292.PPM11.11_04
293.Probe-Perl0.03
294.Role-Tiny2.002004
295.Scalar-List-Utils1.70
296.Scope-Guard0.21
297.SOAP-Lite1.27
298.Socket2.040
299.Socket60.29_02
300.Specio0.51
301.Spiffy0.46
302.Spreadsheet-ParseExcel0.66
303.Spreadsheet-ParseXLSX0.36
304.Spreadsheet-WriteExcel2.40
305.SQL-Abstract2.000001
306.SQL-Abstract-Classic1.91
307.SQL-Statement1.414
308.strictures2.000006
309.String-Escape2010.002
310.String-Print0.94
311.String-RewritePrefix0.009
312.Sub-Exporter0.991
313.Sub-Exporter-ForMethods0.100055
314.Sub-Exporter-Progressive0.001013
315.Sub-Install0.929
316.Sub-Name0.28
317.Sub-Quote2.006008
318.Sub-Uplevel0.2800
319.superclass0.003
320.Sys-Syslog0.36
321.TAP-Harness-Restricted0.004
322.Task-Weaken1.06
323.Template-Tiny1.16
324.Template-Toolkit3.102
325.Term-ReadLine-Perl1.0303
326.Term-UI0.50
327.TermReadKey2.38
328.Test-Base0.89
329.Test-Deep1.205
330.Test-Differences0.72
331.Test-Exception0.43
332.Test-FailWarnings0.008
333.Test-Fatal0.017
334.Test-File1.995
335.Test-File-ShareDir1.001002
336.Test-Harness3.52
337.Test-LeakTrace0.17
338.Test-MockObject1.20200122
339.Test-Needs0.002010
340.Test-NoWarnings1.06
341.Test-Number-Delta1.06
342.Test-Output1.036
343.Test-Pod1.52
344.Test-Pod-Coverage1.10
345.Test-Requires0.11
346.Test-RequiresInternet0.05
347.Test-Script1.29
348.Test-Simple1.302214
349.Test-Warn0.37
350.Test-Warnings0.038
351.Test-Without-Module0.23
352.Test-YAML1.07
353.Test2-Plugin-NoWarnings0.10
354.Text-CSV2.06
355.Text-CSV_XS1.61
356.Text-Diff1.45
357.Text-Glob0.11
358.Text-Patch1.8
359.Text-Soundex3.05
360.Text-Unidecode1.30
361.Throwable1.001
362.Tie-Array-CSV0.08
363.Time-Moment0.44
364.TimeDate2.33
365.Tree-DAG_Node1.35
366.Try-Tiny0.32
367.Type-Tiny2.008002
368.Types-Serialiser1.01
369.Unicode-LineBreak2019.001
370.Unicode-UTF80.62
371.UNIVERSAL-can1.20140328
372.UNIVERSAL-isa1.20171012
373.URI5.32
374.V0.22
375.Variable-Magic0.64
376.Win32-API0.84
377.Win32-Clipboard0.58
378.Win32-Console0.10
379.Win32-Console-ANSI1.11_001
380.Win32-Daemon20200728
381.Win32-EventLog0.077
382.Win32-Exe0.17
383.Win32-File0.07
384.Win32-File-Object0.02
385.Win32-GuiTest1.64
386.Win32-IPHelper0.08
387.Win32-Job0.05
388.Win32-LongPath2.3
389.Win32-OLE0.1713
390.Win32-Pipe0.025
391.Win32-Process0.17
392.Win32-SerialPort0.22
393.Win32-Service0.07
394.Win32-ServiceManager0.003000
395.Win32-ShellQuote0.003001
396.Win32-TieRegistry0.30
397.Win32-UTCFileTime1.60
398.Win32-WinError0.04
399.Win32API-Registry0.33
400.WWW-Mechanize2.19
401.WWW-RobotRules6.02
402.XML-LibXML2.0210
403.XML-LibXSLT2.003000
404.XML-NamespaceSupport1.12
405.XML-Parser2.47
406.XML-Parser-Lite0.722
407.XML-SAX1.02
408.XML-SAX-Base1.09
409.XML-SAX-Expat0.51
410.XML-Simple2.25
411.XML-Twig3.54
412.XString0.005
413.YAML1.31
414.YAML-LibYAMLv0.904.0
415.YAML-Tiny1.76

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

IDPackageHomepageNote
1.bzip2-1.0.6http://bzip.org/
2.db-6.2.38http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/downloads/index.html
3.expat-2.6.2http://expat.sourceforge.net/
4.fontconfig-2.15.0http://www.fontconfig.org/
5.freeglut-3.4.0http://freeglut.sourceforge.net/
6.freetype-2.13.2http://www.freetype.org/
7.fribidi-1.0.14http://fribidi.org
8.gdbm-1.19http://www.gnu.org/software/gdbm/
9.giflib-5.2.2http://giflib.sourceforge.net/
10.gmp-6.3.0http://gmplib.org/
11.graphite2-1.3.14https://graphite.sil.org/
12.harfbuzz-8.4.0http://harfbuzz.org
13.jpeg-9fhttp://www.ijg.org/
14.libXpm-3.5.12http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xlibs
15.libffi-3.4.6http://sourceware.org/libffi/
16.libgd-2.3.3http://www.libgd.org/
17.libiconv-1.17http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/
18.libidn2-2.3.7http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/
19.libpng-1.6.43http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
20.libssh2-1.11.0http://www.libssh2.org
21.libunistring-1.2https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/
22.libwebp-1.4.0https://developers.google.com/speed/webp
23.libxml2-2.12.10http://xmlsoft.org/
24.libxslt-1.1.39http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/
25.mpc-1.3.1http://www.multiprecision.org/
26.mpfr-4.2.1http://www.mpfr.org/
27.openssl-3.3.0http://www.openssl.org/
28.patch-2.5.9-7http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm
29.postgresql-16.2http://www.postgresql.org/
30.readline-8.2https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
31.termcap-1.3.1https://www.gnu.org/software/termutils/manual/termcap-1.3/termcap.html
32.tiff-4.6.0http://remotesensing.org/libtiff/
33.xz-5.4.6http://tukaani.org/xz/
34.zlib-1.3.1http://www.zlib.net/

Version details: Collapse

Perl version details:


Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 42 subversion 0) configuration:
   
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32
    osvers=10.0.26100.4652
    archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.42.0.1 # 05:37:25 Fri August 01 2025 x64'
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended
    useposix=true
    d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define
    usemultiplicity=define
    use64bitint=define
    use64bitall=undef
    uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n
    default_inc_excludes_dot=define
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc'
    ccflags ='-std=c99 -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DMULTIPLICITY -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -D
USE_PERLIO -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields'
    optimize='-O2'
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion=''
    gccversion='13.2.0'
    gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4
    longsize=4
    ptrsize=8
    doublesize=8
    byteorder=12345678
    doublekind=3
    d_longlong=define
    longlongsize=8
    d_longdbl=define
    longdblsize=16
    longdblkind=3
    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\13.1.0
    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 -lol
e32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32
    libc=-lucrt
    so=dll
    useshrplib=true
    libperl=libperl542.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs
    dlext=xs.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_LONG_DOUBLE
    HAS_TIMES
    HAVE_INTERP_INTERN
    MULTIPLICITY
    PERLIO_LAYERS
    PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
    PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
    PERL_HASH_FUNC_SIPHASH13
    PERL_HASH_USE_SBOX32
    PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
    PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
    PERL_OP_PARENT
    PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV
    PERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV
    USE_64_BIT_INT
    USE_ITHREADS
    USE_LARGE_FILES
    USE_LOCALE
    USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
    USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
    USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC
    USE_LOCALE_TIME
    USE_PERLIO
    USE_PERL_ATOF
    USE_THREAD_SAFE_LOCALE
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Aug  1 2025 15:42:55
  %ENV:
    PERLEXE="c:\perls\5.38.2.2_PDL\perl\bin\perl"
  @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-mingw32/13.2.0/lto-wrapper.exe
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none
Target: x86_64-w64-mingw32
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/R/winlibs64ucrt_stage/inst_gcc-13.2.0/share/gcc --build=x86_
64-w64-mingw32 --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --with-pkgversion='MinG
W-W64 x86_64-ucrt-posix-seh, built by Brecht Sanders, r8' --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=rele
ase --enable-threads=posix --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-serial
-configure --disable-bootstrap --enable-host-shared --enable-plugin --disable-default-ssp --disable-
rpath --disable-libstdcxx-debug --disable-version-specific-runtime-libs --with-stabs --disable-symve
rs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,lto,objc,obj-c++ --disable-gold --disable-nls --disable-stage1-c
hecking --disable-win32-registry --disable-multilib --enable-ld --enable-libquadmath --enable-libada
 --enable-libssp --enable-libstdcxx --enable-lto --enable-fully-dynamic-string --enable-libgomp --en
able-graphite --enable-mingw-wildcard --enable-libstdcxx-time --enable-libstdcxx-pch --with-mpc=/d/P
rog/winlibs64ucrt_stage/custombuilt --with-mpfr=/d/Prog/winlibs64ucrt_stage/custombuilt --with-gmp=/
d/Prog/winlibs64ucrt_stage/custombuilt --with-isl=/d/Prog/winlibs64ucrt_stage/custombuilt --disable-
libstdcxx-backtrace --enable-install-libiberty --enable-__cxa_atexit --without-included-gettext --wi
th-diagnostics-color=auto --enable-clocale=generic --with-libiconv --with-system-zlib --with-build-s
ysroot=/R/winlibs64ucrt_stage/gcc-13.2.0/build_mingw/mingw-w64 CFLAGS='-I/d/Prog/winlibs64ucrt_stage
/custombuilt/include/libdl-win32   -march=nocona -msahf -mtune=generic -O2' CXXFLAGS='-Wno-int-conve
rsion  -march=nocona -msahf -mtune=generic -O2' LDFLAGS='-pthread -Wl,--no-insert-timestamp -Wl,--dy
namicbase -Wl,--high-entropy-va -Wl,--nxcompat -Wl,--tsaware' LD=/d/Prog/winlibs64ucrt_stage/customb
uilt/share/binutils/bin/ld.exe
Thread model: posix
Supported LTO compression algorithms: zlib zstd
gcc version 13.2.0 (MinGW-W64 x86_64-ucrt-posix-seh, built by Brecht Sanders, r8) 


OpenSSL version details:


OpenSSL 3.3.0 9 Apr 2024 (Library: OpenSSL 3.3.0 9 Apr 2024)
built on: Wed May 15 02:32:35 2024 UTC
platform: mingw64
options:  bn(64,64)
compiler: gcc -m64 -Wall -O3 -DL_ENDIAN -DOPENSSL_PIC -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_
MT -DOPENSSL_BUILDING_OPENSSL -DZLIB -DNDEBUG -I/z/extlib/_5040__/include -DOPENSSLBIN="\"/z/extlib/
_5040__/bin\""