Hi Jan, I haven't tried perl 5.10.0 until now because I don't know yet if it works with WxPerl and mod_perl... but I will do it.
But I've seen that for perl 5.8.8 I could install DBD::Oracle with ppm, and that distribution also included the Oracle instant client. It is OK if the latest version of ActivePerl contains only the DBD::Oracle but not the Oracle client, but that version of DBD::Oracle that works in perl 5.8.8 can also be installed with perl 5.10.0? (If I remember well, I got DBD::Oracle from ActiveState's ppm repository.) Thank you. Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Dubois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <activeperl@listserv.ActiveState.com>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 1:59 AM Subject: ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1003 released > ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1003, a > complete, ready-to-install Perl distribution for Windows, Mac OS X, > Linux, Solaris, and AIX. > > This build is based on the release version of Perl 5.10.0. > > For detailed information or to download this release, see: > > http://www.activestate.com/Products/activeperl > > New in ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1003 > =================================== > > * ActivePerl::Config on Windows now dynamically sets the > $Config{ccversion} to the version of cl.exe. This allows > ExtUtils::MakeMaker to generate and embed manifest files > into extension DLL when required by the specific version of > the C compiler. > > * The GCC support for Windows in ActivePerl::Config now adds the > -mms- bitfields option to the ccflags when compiling with GCC. > This forces identical struct layouts with Visual C++, which is > used to compile ActivePerl itself. This has become important > because core Perl 5.10 now uses bit-fields for some important > structures. > > * On OS X the supplied sitecustomize.pl script adds the > ~/Library/ActivePerl/lib directory to @INC, and PPM will > install into this directory by default because the > /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10/site/lib directory isn't writable > without sudo. Unfortunately ~/Library/ActivePerl/lib was also > used by ActivePerl 5.8, so you could end up with a mixture of > 5.8 and 5.10 modules in that directory. This release uses > ~/Library/ActivePerl-5.10/lib as a per-user Perl 5.10 specific > module area. > > * Signal handling code would segfault with some Linux kernel and > glibc versions. This problem has been fixed. > > * On Windows there is a special form of them system() function to > start processes asynchronously: system(1, $cmd). It returns the > process id instead of the exit status so that the spawning > application can eventually use waitpid() to wait for the > external process to terminate. Previous Perl releases only > returned the lower 16 bits of the process id; this version > returns all 32 bits. > > * The following modules have been added to ActivePerl 5.10.0.1003: > > Algorithm-Diff-1.1902 > Bit-Vector-6.4 > Carp-Clan-6.00 > Class-Accessor-0.31 > Crypt-SSLeay-0.57 > DBD-CSV-0.22 > DBD-ODBC-1.15 > DBD-Oracle-1.21 > Date-Calc-5.4 > File-HomeDir-0.69 > File-Which-0.05 > GD-2.39 > GD-Graph-1.4308 > GD-Text-0.86 > JSON-2.09 > JSON-XS-2.2 > Net-Telnet-3.03 > PPM-Repositories-0.14 > SQL-Statement-1.15 > Sub-Uplevel-0.1901 > Test-Differences-0.47 > Test-Exception-0.27 > Text-CSV_XS-0.45 > Text-Diff-0.35 > Text-Glob-0.08 > WWW-Mechanize-1.34-r1 > Win32-API-0.55 > YAML-LibYAML-0.26 > > The DBD::Oracle module is only included in the 32-bit releases of > ActivePerl for Windows and Linux. It does not include the Oracle > client libraries; instead it requires that either the regular > client libraries or the Oracle Instant Client is already > installed on configured on the system. > > ActiveState recommends DBI and DBD::ODBC for accessing databases > using ODBC. The Win32::ODBC module continues to be provided for > backwards compatibility, but new code should exclusively use > DBD::ODBC. > > The PPM-Repositories module supplies a list of PPM repositories > provided by sources outside ActiveState. It makes it easier to > discover and configure additional repositories in PPM. For > example you can display a list of repositories available for the > current platform with: > > ppm repo suggest > > Adding e.g. the University of Winnipeg repository maintained by Randy > Kobes is then as easy as: > > ppm repo add uwinnipeg > > The PPM-Repositories list is used by the PPM GUI client as well. > > * The following modules have been updated to their latest version: > > DBI upgraded from 1.601 to 1.604 > HTML-Tagset upgraded from 3.10 to 3.20 > LWP upgraded from 5.808 to 5.812-r1 > URI upgraded from 1.35 to 1.36 > > * The libwin32 module collection has been replaced by its > individual modules. This will make it easier to update these > modules via PPM in the future: > > Win32-Clipboard > Win32-Console > Win32-EventLog > Win32-File > Win32-FileSecurity > Win32-IPC > Win32-Internet > Win32-Job > Win32-NetAdmin > Win32-NetResource > Win32-ODBC > Win32-OLE > Win32-PerfLib > Win32-Process > Win32-Registry > Win32-Service > Win32-Shortcut > Win32-Sound > Win32-TieRegistry > Win32-WinError > Win32API-File > Win32API-Net > Win32API-Registry > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Download ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1003 now: > > http://www.activestate.com/Products/activeperl > > Getting Started > =============== > > Whether you're a first-time user or a long-time fan, our free resources > will help you get the most from ActivePerl. > > Mailing list archives: > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/ActivePerl > > Feedback > ======== > > Everyone is encouraged to participate in making Perl an even better > language. > > For bugs related to ActiveState use: > > http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePerl&version=1003 > > For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. > > Enjoy! > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePerl mailing list > ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list ActivePerl@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
