Hi all, I have just uploaded PAR::Packer 0.982 to CPAN. The release was overdue and contains various fixes which have accumulated since the last release. Thanks to everyone who contributed and sorry that I haven't been able to contribute a lot to this release myself.
Change log attached. Best regards, Steffen P.S.: Any volunteers for a win32 .par binary with 5.8.8 and 5.10.0? [Changes for 0.982 - Jul 29, 2008] * Bug fixes, etc. - Fix bleadperl compilation. - Ensure extracted files are marked executable on HP-UX so they can be used by the dynamic linker. (Scott Stanton) - Fixed incorrect error handling code in test for directory existence when creating a private temporary directory. (Scott Stanton) - On Windows, attempt to use the system temp directory before trying the temp_dirs locations. (Scott Stanton) - Don't remove the top level par-<user> directory for PAR_CLEAN=1 because doing so introduces a race condition with other applications trying to create the directory on startup. (Scott Stanton) - When creating the temporary directory for PAR_CLEAN=1, ensure that the directory does not already exist to avoid picking up stale files from a prior invocation of a different par application. This eliminates the need to rename the temp directory before removing it, which was causing race conditions in multi-threaded apps. (Scott Stanton) - Now officially requires Perl 5.6.1 and up in the Makefile.PL. This has been the case for a long time anyway, but this change should suppress some spurious CPAN testers failures. * Documentation - Clarified examples in the pp documentation, thanks to Dave Howorth.
