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Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 23:27:03 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Availability for test: perl-5.6.1-1
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Eric -

perl-5.6.1-1 seems to work okay here (just rudimentary tests).  I've
even removed the cygutils perl from my system.  Also, the -src package
is GREAT.  It contains everything you'd need to rebuild this perl from
scratch, including all the CPAN sources, build logs, build-scripts, etc
etc.  Perfect!

--Chuck


Eric Fifer wrote:
> 
> I have just uploaded perl-5.6.1-1 to sourceware -- it should be on the
> mirrors
> soon.  perl is marked as a 'test' release, so you may have to specifically
> select it in setup to install (see INSTALLATION below).
> 
> This TEST release is based on perl-5.6.1-TRIAL1:
> 
> http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2000-12/msg00922.html
> 
> Despite being a TRIAL and not recommended for production systems,
> it has many bug fixes since 5.6.0 and passes 100% of the test
> suite.  The final perl-5.6.1 release is not expected until late
> January, so this may be a prolonged test phase.
> 
> Be sure to read the /usr/doc/Cygwin/perl-5.6.1.README for details about
> this release.  In particular, it already includes the Bundle::CPAN
> modules so you can quickly start downloading from CPAN.
> 
> INSTALLATION:
> 
> To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
> the http://www.cygwin.com web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
> system.  Run setup and answer all of the questions.
> 
> **********************************************************************
> *** PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, choose a mirror site for your download ***
> **********************************************************************
> 
> even if it might take a while until this new archive is propagated
> to the mirrors.  The 'sources.redhat.com' site is badly overloaded.
> The mirrors below will probably have the latest version of this
> package fairly soon:
> 
>   ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/cygwin/ (US)
>   ftp://ftp.franken.de/pub/win32/develop/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/
>     (Germany)
>   ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/pc/cygwin/ (Greece)
> 
> To install this TEST version of perl you will have to tell setup.exe to
> specifically install it by clicking on the Exp (experimental) button
> and possibly the arrows to the left of the perl package line.
> 
> Happy Holidays,
> 
> Eric Fifer
> 
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