Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl

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Re: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 27, 2009 at 09:20 UTC
Nice ... and we now have (in lib/ExtUtils/Liblist/Kid.pm): `if ($GC and exists $ENV{LIBRARY_PATH} and $ENV LIBRARY_PATH}) { push @libpath, split /;/, $ENV{LIBRARY_PATH}; }` [download] This means that (with MinGW), if I have my 3rd party headers & libraries in places like `C:\_32\msys\1.0\local\include` and `C:\_32\msys\1.0\local\lib` I can set my CPATH environment variable to `C:\_32\msys\1.0\local\include` and my LIBRARY_PATH environment variable to `C:\_32\msys\1.0\local\lib`, and I can build modules that need to find those 3rd party libraries using CPAN. Without that crucial piece of code the libraries would not be found and I would either have to modify the Makefile.PL or manually run (eg) `perl Makefile.PL LIBS="-LC:/_32/msys/1.0/local/lib -lmpc -lmpfr -lgmp"` And they did it all for me !! (Well ... probably not just for me ... but, afaik, I'm the only person who wants to take advantage of this.) Thanks jand. I'm rapt. Schwern declined my request to include the same piece of code into the official EU::MM release. Hopefully, this change will eventually be built into the official EU::MM, whereupon the same convenience would automatically become available to those who use Strawberry Perl, and to those who build their own MinGW perl from source. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl by Anonymous Monk on Aug 27, 2009 at 02:31 UTC
To see how it differs from the regular release examine src/5.10/AP1006_diff.txt	[reply]
Re: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 27, 2009 at 23:12 UTC
I installed 5.10.1 x64 from AS. And -V reports the AS version as 1006; but the perl subversion as 0. Does that constitute a bug? c:\test>perl -V Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration +: Platform: osname=MSWin32, osvers=5.2, archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread uname='' config_args='undef' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef useithreads=define, usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define, usesocks=und +ef use64bitint=define, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='cl', ccflags ='-nologo -GF -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -Ox -GL -fp:pr +ecise -DWI optimize='-MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -Ox -GL -Wp64 -fp:precise', cppflags='-DWIN32' ccversion='14.00.40310.41', gccversion='', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=8, doublesize=8, byteorder=12345678 d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10 ivtype='__int64', ivsize=8, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='__in +t64', lsee alignbytes=8, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt:ref,icf -lt +cg -libpa libpth=\lib libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib + comdlg32 perllibs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool +.lib comd libc=msvcrt.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=true, libperl=perl510.lib gnulibc_version='' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' ' cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -debug -opt: +ref,icf -l Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS PERL_MALLOC_WRAP PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC USE_64_BIT_I +NT USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_SITECUSTOMIZE Locally applied patches: ActivePerl Build 1006 [291086] 32728 64-bit fix for Time::Local Built under MSWin32 Compiled at Aug 24 2009 13:45:20 @INC: C:/Perl64/site/lib C:/Perl64/lib . [download] Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 27, 2009 at 23:54 UTC
Something is wrong, yes. 1006 is .1 for 32-bit .msi	[reply]
Re^2: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 28, 2009 at 04:01 UTC
I installed the same (also "Compiled at Aug 24 2009 13:45:20") and it correctly reports "revision 5 version 10 subversion 1". I installed from the zip package. Did you install from the msi package ? Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 28, 2009 at 05:19 UTC
Did you install from the msi package ? Yes. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply]
Re^4: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by syphilis (Archbishop) on Aug 28, 2009 at 07:44 UTC
Re^5: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 28, 2009 at 07:50 UTC
Re^2: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by jand (Friar) on Aug 29, 2009 at 00:33 UTC
I cannot reproduce this (installing the 64-bit MSI on Windows XP64). Did you do a fresh install or did you install on top of an existing 5.10.0 installation?	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 30, 2009 at 11:53 UTC
It appears that installing 5.10.1 (x64) over an existing 5.10.0 (using the msi) does not work correctly, leaving various bits of the 5.10.0 install unreplaced. Bizarely, this includes `/perl64/lib/CORE/perl.h`? I could perhaps understand conflicts with in-use binaries, but not source files? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl 5.10.1 builds now available from ActivePerl (Version bug?) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 29, 2009 at 01:27 UTC
I installed over 1004. (Also, I'm on Vista64 if that would make any difference?) I noticed this when I was checking the install had completed successfully, and initially thought that it had failed when I saw the subversion=0. Then I noticed the 1006 further down. I made a half-hearted attempt to work out where the values used at the top came from and found that patchlevel.h contains both sets of version info. One for the actual version, and one for the binary compatibility. But I couldn't see how they could be getting mixed up? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. RIP PCW It is as I've been saying!(Audio until 20090817)	[reply]