X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-Id: Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 01:56:11 +0100 (CET) Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: perl-5.10.0-2 [experimental] From: "Reini Urban" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.8) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com The experimental perl-5.10 package has been slightly improved. It's definitely not worth a redownload, but good to have. Changes of perl-5.10.0-1 to perl-5.10.0-2: Just a little performance and convenience gain: Changed @INC, the include path, from @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10 . to @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10/cygwin /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8 . Binary site_perl modules still have to be re-installed via CPAN, but non-binary old 5.8 modules can stay and will be used. It's nevertheless recommended to follow the upgrade instructions from the -1 release, BEFORE you setup this new perl-5.10. See http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-12/msg00563.html This release is binary incompatible with the previous 5.8 releases, but compatible to all future 5.10.x releases. That's why we named the main perl DLL /bin/cygperl5_10.dll and not cygperl5_10_0.dll. The requirements for the special perl link driver ld2 and perlld had been removed. Cygwin mount point information is now accessible, esp. text/binary detection. Some modules have been added to vendor_perl, but most of the old vendor modules moved to CORE. Included are Bundle::CPAN, CPAN::Reporter, XML::LibXML and several Test modules. Note: Installed modules (e.g. via CPAN) in site_perl have higher precedence than vendor_perl modules. So you can easily update these. See http://www.perl.org/ ChangeLog: http://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta.html Cygwin README: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlcygwin.html Vendor patches: * CYG04 - major.version cygperl5_10.dll and not cygperl5_10_x.dll * CYG11 - no-bs Empty .bs files are not generated anymore * CYG12 - no archlib in otherlibdirs Update recommendations: ----------------------- Since 5.10 is not installed in parallel to 5.8 (it is possible, but not with this package), all your binary 5.8 modules will need to be reinstalled for 5.10. Non-binary packages are added to your @INC, but the below procedure is recommended to get the latest version for each installed package. This will not harm most of your previous 5.8 modules in case you want to switch back to 5.8, just the /bin scripts might get overwritten. BEFORE INSTALLATION of 5.10 ! # get the list of installed 5.8 modules $ perl -MExtUtils::Installed \ -e'print join("\n", new ExtUtils::Installed->modules)' > module.list AFTER INSTALLATION of 5.10 ! # install all previous modules for 5.10 $ cpan `cat module.list` CYGWIN INSTALLATION INFORMATION =============================== To install this package, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Then, run setup and answer all of the questions. You'll find this test package listed in the "All" category when clicking "Exp". After installation, read the documentation at directories: /usr/share/doc//* /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/.README If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list at . CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO ================================ This message has been sent to cygwin-announce list. If you want to unsubscribe from the mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain DOT com AT cygwin DOT com More information on unsubscribing can be found: http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at the above URL. -- Reini Urban -- Reini Urban http://phpwiki.org/ http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/home/rurban/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/