RE: ActiveState is announcing support for Mac OS X
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005, brian pink wrote: My big question, and one I didn't see clearly articulated on their site, is why would you use this install? Some reasons I can come up with: * You want to use the latest maintenance version of Perl and not wait until Apple updates OS X. Panther ships with 5.8.1-RC3 and Tiger with 5.8.6. ActivePerl allows you to install 5.8.7 now. We plan to always have ActivePerl releases shortly after new Perl maintenance releases come out. * You want to install additional CPAN modules without installing the Xcode Tools to get a C compiler etc. ActivePerl includes PPM to install precompiled modules from the ActiveState repository. * You want to get a full set of searchable HTML docs for your Perl installation that is accessible from Apple Help. There are at least 2 reasons right now where the system Perl is better: * ActivePerl does not yet include wxPerl. * ActivePerl does not yet include mod_perl. But since ActivePerl does not modify/overwrite your system Perl you can use both in parallel if you need to. Cheers, -Jan
RE: CamelBones on Intel? Maybe not.
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005, Chris Devers wrote: On Wed, 8 Jun 2005, John Horner wrote: My main question about the change to Intel is why the developer pack, whatever it was, costs so much? What do you get for your $999? I was expecting something free to download to developer members. They throw in a Pentium4 / 3.x gHz computer with the deal. Phrase it that way and it's actually kind of cheap... :-/ Be careful to double-check the agreement. I hear you don't get to own the hardware and have to return it by the end of the year. I may have heard wrong, but you may want to make sure before you sign up for it. Cheers, -Jan
RE: Frickin' CPAN
On Wed, 08 Jun 2005, John Mercer wrote: When I try to run install XML::XPath I get about 20 repetitions of Subroutine AUTOLOAD redefined at /sw/lib/perl5/5.8.6/darwin-thread- multi-2level/Compress/Zlib.pm line 84, FIN line 2 Regarding the first error, I don't see how I can have a permissions error when I'm running CPAN as the root user. Root has--I checked-- read, write, execute permissions in that directory (/System/Library/ etc, etc). Regarding the second error, I have no idea what that's about. Could fink have somehow messed up my perl installation. In case this helps, I'm running Perl 5.8.6 under OSX 10.4 on Macmini. I'm running all the install scripts as root. Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks. Well, you could install ActivePerl, add it to your PATH, and then type ppm install XML-XPath and you should be all set. :) Cheers, -Jan
RE: CPAN modules not included with OS X
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, James Reynolds wrote: On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, James Reynolds wrote: Does anyone know why Apple chooses or not chooses to include modules? I really dislike installing them. And more and more I find I need to. So how would I go about pressuring Apple to include more. No vendor includes a full CPAN library with the stock Perl. Linux, Solaris, etc, they're all doing the same thing. If you install your own copy of Perl, it too will only have a partial standard core fraction of CPAN. Get used to CPAN. You aren't going to find a vendor that provides a full CPAN install -- new ones appear daily, so keeping up is impossible anyway. Hm. I really do not want to install the Dev Tools on my Mac OS X Server boxes. I have been getting around this by installing the files on a client machine and coping them to the servers, but I don't believe this is ideal. Does anyone know what problems I could be causing? I think this should be working fine, and should also gives you the most control over the exact version you are installing. Another option to avoid building modules yourself is to use ActivePerl. It includes the Perl package manager, which allows you to install pre-compiled modules on your system without having to compile them yourself. However, the PPM repository only includes binaries for modules that compiled and ran their regression tests without problems in an automated manner, so not all modules may be available. You can check the compilation status here: http://ppm.activestate.com/BuildStatus/5.8-A.html It is pretty easy to replicate a PPM module set to a different machine: * Install and run the ppmprofile.pl script: ppm install PPM-Profile ppmprofile save * copy the generated profile.xml file to your target machine and run ppm install PPM-Profile ppmprofile restore This installs all the same modules from the PPM repository that had been installed on the original machine. However, if the module version has been updated on the repository, then you will be installing a later version of that module. Cheers, -Jan
RE: Tk Aqua with Perl
On Mon, 15 May 2006, Manfred Bergmann wrote: TclTk Aqua is shipped with Mac OSX Tiger. Is it somehow possible to use it with Perl? You should be able to do this with the Tcl::Tk module: http://search.cpan.org/~vkon/Tcl-Tk/ The Tkx module provides a nice interface on top of Tcl::Tk: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/Tkx/ I have not tried this on OS X though, so it is possible that the modules don't work out of the box there. The Perl/Tk bindings are only for X11, right? Yes. Cheers, -Jan
RE: Tk Aqua with Perl
On Mon, 15 May 2006, David H. Adler wrote: On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:37:08PM -0700, Jan Dubois wrote: You should be able to do this with the Tcl::Tk module: http://search.cpan.org/~vkon/Tcl-Tk/ The Tkx module provides a nice interface on top of Tcl::Tk: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/Tkx/ I have not tried this on OS X though, so it is possible that the modules don't work out of the box there. I haven't checked lately, but it used to be that Perl/Tk wouldn't compile on OS X unless you configured your perl a certain way. This may have changed since I last looked, but be sure to look over the docs if you hit any problems, as that might be it. Tcl::Tk and Tkx don't use the Perl/Tk module; they call the Tcl/Tk code directly. That way you get access to the latest widgets supported by Tcl/Tk. Of course you need a working Tcl installation in addition to just Perl. We use this at ActiveState to create natively themed cross platform Perl applications for Windows, Linux, Solaris and HP-UX. I have heard from other people at ActiveState that they got this to work on OS X too, but I don't remember if they had to do anything special. Cheers, -Jan
RE: Tk Aqua with Perl
On Thu, 18 May 2006, Robert Hicks wrote: Jan Dubois wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2006, Manfred Bergmann wrote: TclTk Aqua is shipped with Mac OSX Tiger. Is it somehow possible to use it with Perl? You should be able to do this with the Tcl::Tk module: http://search.cpan.org/~vkon/Tcl-Tk/ I get a whole lot of errors when I try to install Tcl::Tk. I am using AS Perl and AS Tcl. === ERROR === Tcl config file '/usr/local/lib/tclConfig.sh' not found Running make test Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't test Running make install Make had some problems, maybe interrupted? Won't install = You need to specify the location of the Tcl installation you want to use, e.g. perl Makefile.PL - --tclconfig=/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/tclConfig.sh I don't have my Mac here, but I think the ActiveTcl location would be in /usr/local/ActiveTcl/lib/tclConfig.sh. Should I try the Tkx one? Tkx builds on top of Tcl and Tcl::Tk, so you need to get those working first. Cheers, -Jan
RE: Perl/Tk aqua
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quote the answer that I got from Jan Dubois: TclTk Aqua is shipped with Mac OSX Tiger. Is it somehow possible to use it with Perl? You should be able to do this with the Tcl::Tk module: http://search.cpan.org/~vkon/Tcl-Tk/ The Tkx module provides a nice interface on top of Tcl::Tk: http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/Tkx/ I have not tried this on OS X though, so it is possible that the modules don't work out of the box there. Just as a quick update, we will be including Tkx in ActivePerl for all platforms including OS X. It is already included in the beta release of 5.8.8.817.90. By default it uses a pre-packaged set of Tk widgets and not the local Tcl installation, but you can redirect it by setting an environment variable. The next beta release will include a GUI client for the new version of the Perl Package Manager (PPM4) implemented using Tkx. So you will be able to see how the GUI looks on each platform. It will be another month or so before we make that beta release (5.8.8.817.91) though. Cheers, -Jan
ANNOUNCE: Perl Dev Kit 7.0 Beta 2 available
I'm happy to announce the release of the Perl Dev Kit 7.0 Beta 2. http://www.activestate.com/products/perl_dev_kit/beta.plex If you never heard of the Perl Dev Kit before: ActiveState Perl Dev Kit (PDK) is a suite of tools for rapidly developing and delivering Perl applications. It includes everything you need to turn Perl programs into ready-to-run executables, debug Perl scripts, generate code for sophisticated filters, convert useful VBScript code to Perl, and create .NET and ActiveX components, Windows services and system tray applications. The PDK is commercial software. You will need to purchase a license for PDK 7.0 to continue to use it after the beta period. This release extends the beta expiration period to March 20th 2007. There are only minimal functional changes relative to Beta 1. The purpose of the Beta program is to receive feedback on new features. If you decide to try out the PDK 7 beta then please also subscribe to the PDK-beta mailing list to discuss the beta with both ActiveState and other beta tester. In addition you can always file bugs and enhancement requests at http://bugs.ActiveState.com Major changes since PDK 6 are: * Coverage and Hotspot Analyzer Analyze code coverage and hotspots in Perl programs and test suites. Test different versions or revisions of a program and compare them visually, or compare different test runs on the same code. * Mac OS X Support PerlApp, Filter Builder and the new Coverage and Hotspot Analyzer are now available for Mac OS X (Universal). * 64-Bit Support 64-bit command line versions of PerlApp are available for Linux (x86_64), Solaris (Sparc) and Windows (x64). 64-bit command line versions of PerlCtrl, PerlSvc and PerlTray are also included in the Windows builds. * Improved 32-Bit Support The GUI interface to PerlApp, Filter Builder, and the Coverage and Hotspot Analyzer are available for Solaris 10 on Intel (x86) and AIX 5.x. The command line version of PerlApp is available for HP-UX on Itanium. * Visual Package Manager (VPM) VPM has been superseded by the native PPM4 GUI included in ActivePerl 819 and later. This beta release can be installed side-by-side with the PDK 6 release version as long as it's installed in a separate directory. The installer does this by default. Cheers, -Jan
Re: ANNOUNCE: Perl Dev Kit 7.0 Beta 2 available
On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:06:10 +0100, kurtz le pirate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Dubois) wrote: I'm happy to announce the release of the Perl Dev Kit 7.0 Beta 2. http://www.activestate.com/products/perl_dev_kit/beta.plex seems attractive but : System Requirements * Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or later The final release will support 10.3.9 or later. But the current releases have a problem with the Apple installer stripping additional information from executables and libraries during installation, turning Universal binaries into PowerPC binaries during the install. We do have a workaround for that. * ActivePerl build 816 or later -- I assume you are objecting to the requirement of ActivePerl itself, and not that you need build 816 or later. I think ActivePerl is really only required for the PerlApp program; both the Filter Builder and the Code Coverage tool should work with the Apple Perl. The reason PerlApp requires ActivePerl is that we made a few changes to the way it is build that makes it more robust to embed it in other applications. One example is that the DynaLoader code in ActivePerl is in the libperl.dylib and not in the perl executable itself. That means that the embedding application isn't restricted to one specific version of DynaLoader, but could work with an updated DynaLoader as long as it also uses the updated libperl.dylib. Technically even PerlApp works with the Apple Perl, because the PDK includes a copy of libperl.dylib from ActivePerl for its own use, and will use this libperl.dylib if the Perl you are using is not ActivePerl. Note that installing ActivePerl on OS X doesn't replace the Apple Perl installation; it installs into /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.8 and can also be removed without affecting any other part of the system using Apple Perl. Cheers, -Jan
Re: ANNOUNCE: Perl Dev Kit 7.0 Beta 2 available
On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:01:19 -0800 (PST), wren ng thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I had to guess, the objection may be to requiring ActivePerl itself, not in opposition to Apple's Perl specifically, but in opposition to any other Perl. A number of people on this list have traditional `./configure make make install` Perls or Fink Perls installed and configured for their needs. I understand, but this is in general not possible. The Perl Dev Kit contains C code that embeds the Perl interpreter, or provides XS functionality. All this code must be compiled with the same build options as the version of Perl you are going to use it with. You run into the same problem if you compile Perl yourself e.g. without thread support, and then expect that modules from the Apple Perl tree will work with your Perl. They won't; you will have to recompile those modules with your Perl too, so that the XS code gets compiled with the correct options. As I hinted at in my previous message, if you compiled your Perl with the same options as ActivePerl (which uses the same options as Apple Perl), then things will most likely work. But from a support point of view, we have to say: any problem that cannot be reproduced with ActivePerl will not be treated as a Perl Dev Kit bug but as a local configuration problem. Essentially: If you know what you are doing, then you can probably get most stuff working with your own Perl. But if you don't understand why something breaks, when it breaks, then you are better of using the supported combination of ActivePerl and the Perl Dev Kit. Cheers, -Jan
RE: GUI development and deployment
On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Kevin Walzer wrote: I'm learning GUI programming with Perl on OS X, and I had a few questions: 1. Is CamelBones the only option for developing a native Perl GUI on OS X? Does anyone use wxPerl, or Tcl::Tk (to get access to native Aqua Tk)? I'm not interested in Perl/Tk because it's X11-based. ActivePerl contains a GUI frontend for PPM, the Perl Package Manager, which is written using Tkx (an alternative to Tcl::Tk, but using the same Tcl.pm backend). The same code is used for Windows, OS X and X11. You can download and install ActivePerl along the Perl version provided by Apple; they can co-exist on the same system. http://www.activestate.com/products/activeperl/ The applications in the ActiveState Perl Dev Kit are also using Tkx for their GUIs, and they are turned into OS X .app applications using the PerlApp tool from the PDK. http://www.activestate.com/products/perl_dev_kit/ 2. What options are available for deploying Perl applications as standalone app bundles with all frameworks/libraries shipped with the app? Is there a tool like py2app (Python) for Perl? I know about tools such as PAR and perl2exe, but I don't know how these translate into Mac app deployment. PerlApp from PDK 7.0 supports creation of .app applications using Tcl::Tk or Tkx on OS X. The latest beta expires today, so you should wait a couple of days until it is released and then download the final release. It can be run as a 21-day trial, but will require purchase of a license afterwards. Don't bother with PDK 6.x; it does not yet support OS X. Cheers, -Jan
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
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Download ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1003 now:
http://www.activestate.com/Products/activeperl
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RE: guilty w/explanation - GET ME OFF THIS GODDAM LIST!
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008, Stephen M. Harris wrote: Whining, cussing, whatever it is, I agree I should not have done it, but I have been trying to un-perl myself for four - count 'em - years, starting (many times) with the unsubscribe link, which I have just tried again. If the unsubscribe link isn't working, then maybe you are not subscribed to the mailing list using your current email address. I suspect you subscribed many years ago using a different address. When you changed email addresses, instead of unsubscribing from mailing lists with your old address and re-subscribing with the new one, you just set up email forwarding from the old address and forgot about the whole thing. To unsubscribe you will have to use this old email address again. Try looking at the headers again to see if you find some hint of an older address of yours. E.g. something like this: Received: from lists.develooper.com (x6.develooper.com [63.251.223.186]) by mx.activestate.com (Postfix) with SMTP id EF65150002 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:58:54 -0700 (PDT) The last line should show the actual subscription address. Or look at the return path: Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can see that the mailing list manager has encoded the subscriber email address in there as well (to detect bounces and email loops). Cheers, -Jan
Re: PerlObjCBridge
On October 3 2001 Doug Wiebe wrote: [...] On the subject of why Apple hasn't released PerlObjCBridge, I'll bear the blame for that. I have a one year old son and haven't had spare time lately to get PerlObjCBridge in the kind of shape where I would feel comfortable open sourcing it. But now that 10.0 and 10.1 are out the door I have dusted it off, although it remains a background priority task. The Darwin product manager has requested that it be added to Darwin, and that will happen as soon as I have the time to get it ready. I also hope that it will make it into the next major release of Mac OS X, although management still needs to approve that. My plan is to get the PerlProxy stuff in reasonable shape and then release it to Darwin fairly soon. I will leave it to the open source community to make the other improvements that people need for this to be generally useful for application development. Hi Doug, Any update on this? Your son should be 9 by now, so maybe you can enlist him to wrap up PerlObjCBridge and release it to CPAN. :) Well, kidding aside, is Foundation.pm and the necessary plumbing still approved for open-sourcing by Apple? It would be good if we could build Perl 5.10.1 with it without having to wait for OS X 10.7 to be released... Cheers, -Jan
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl New in ActivePerl 5.12.0 Build 1200 === * New package NAME VERSION syntax * The ... operator * Implicit use strict * Unicode improvements * Y2038 compliance * qr// overloading * Pluggable keywords * Experimental \N regexp escape Read an expanded version of this list on our blog: http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/whats-new-in-activeperl-rollout-of-features-from-perl-5-12/ Or read the exhaustive list of changes in the perl5120delta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5120delta.html For some background information about the renewed Perl 5 development efforts you may also want to read: http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/perl-5-is-alive/ 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 Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business_edition/ Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/enterprise 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=ActivePerlversion=1200 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
RE: ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Jan Dubois wrote: ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12. Oops, forgot to mention 2 things: * The PPM repositories for ActivePerl 5.12 are currently being built. Some modules are already there, but it may take another week or so to attempt to build *all* modules on CPAN for all platforms. * The Perl Dev Kit does not yet support Perl 5.12. This support will be added in an upcoming release. Cheers, -Jan
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.12.1 build 1201
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.1 build 1201, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.1. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl New in ActivePerl 5.12.1 Build 1201 === This is a bug fix maintenance release; there are no new features. For a summary of all changes please read the perl5121delta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5121delta.html The PPM repositories for ActivePerl 5.12 are mostly up-to-date by now. Note though that the ActiveState Perl Dev Kit (PDK) does not yet include support for Perl 5.12; if you need to wrap your application with PerlApp or any of the other PDK deployment tools, then you should not yet update to ActivePerl 5.12. New in ActivePerl 5.12.0 Build 1200 === * New package NAME VERSION syntax * The ... operator * Implicit use strict * Unicode improvements * Y2038 compliance * qr// overloading * Pluggable keywords * Experimental \N regexp escape Read an expanded version of this list on our blog: http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/whats-new-in-activeperl-rollout-of-features-from-perl-5-12/ Or read the exhaustive list of changes in the perl5120delta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5120delta.html For some background information about the renewed Perl 5 development efforts you may also want to read: http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/perl-5-is-alive/ 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 Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business_edition/ Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/enterprise 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=ActivePerlversion=1201 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.12.2 build 1202
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.2 build 1202, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.2. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl New in ActivePerl 5.12.2 Build 1202 === * Based on the new Perl 5.12.2 release * Contains many additional modules, including Devel::NYTProf, Moose and Perl::Critic * Includes a GUI frontend for Perl::Critic that was previously only available as part of the ActiveState Perl Dev Kit Read the full release notes here: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/release.html For a summary of all changes in Perl 5.12.2 please read the perl5122delta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5122delta.html ActivePerl 5.12 is now fully supported by the ActiveState Perl Dev Kit 9.0.1, and ActivePerl 5.12.2.1202 is the recommended Perl version for all new users! New in ActivePerl 5.12 (relative to 5.10) = * New package NAME VERSION syntax * The ... operator * Implicit use strict * Unicode improvements * Y2038 compliance * qr// overloading * Pluggable keywords * Experimental \N regexp escape Read an expanded version of this list on our blog: http://www.activestate.com/blog/2010/04/whats-new-activeperl-rollout-features-perl-512 Or read the exhaustive list of changes in 5.12.0 and 5.12.1 in the perl5120delta and perl5121delta documents: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5120delta.html http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5121delta.html For some background information about the renewed Perl 5 development efforts you may also want to read: http://www.activestate.com/blog/2010/04/perl-5-is-alive 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1202 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces new ActivePerl builds of 5.8.9, 5.10.1, and 5.12.2
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.8.9 build 828, ActivePerl 5.10.1 build 1008, and ActivePerl 5.12.2 build 1203, complete, ready-to-install binary distributions of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's new in ActivePerl * All bundled modules have been updated to their latest stable releases. * DBD::Pg has been added for all builds. * DBD::Oracle has been included in 64-bit builds for Linux and Windows (it was already included in 32-bit builds for Linux and Windows in earlier releases). * PerlScript has been added in the 64-bit Windows release of ActivePerl 5.12.2 build 1203. 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1203 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces new ActivePerl builds of 5.12.3 (and 5.8.9)
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.8.9 build 829, and ActivePerl 5.12.3 build 1204, complete, ready-to-install binary distributions of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's new in ActivePerl * ActivePerl 5.12 is now based on the recent 5.12.3 release. * The -d switch on the #! line will now properly invoke the debugger in Perl 5.12 (it already worked in 5.8.9 and 5.10.1). * For Perl 5.8 on Mac OS X the Tk module has been compiled to avoid absolute references to the installed Perl version. This makes it possible to run packaged Tk applications (using PerlApp) to run on OS X systems that don't have ActivePerl installed. * All bundled modules have been updated to their latest stable releases. 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1204 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.14.0
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.14.0 build 1400,
a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl.
Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available.
Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business
Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see:
http://www.activestate.com/activeperl
What's new in ActivePerl
ActivePerl 5.14 is now based on the 5.14.0 release. You can read about all
the changes since Perl 5.12.0 in the perldelta document:
http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.14/lib/pods/perl5140delta.html
Some highlights of 5.14 are:
- Improved Unicode support, especially for regular expressions. You
can now explicitly request ASCII/Unicode/locale semantics with the
/a, /u, and /l regexp modifiers.
- The s/// substitution operator has a non-destructive /r option. For
example this statement will not modify the elements of @orig:
my @copy = map { s/cat/dog/r } @orig;
- Exception handling is more reliable; $@ doesn't get clobbered by
destructors anymore.
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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/
Supported Platforms
===
ActivePerl is available for the following platforms:
- Windows/x86 (32-bit)
- Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64)
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86 (32 bit)
- Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64)
- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only)
- Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only)
More information about the Business Edition can be found here:
http://www.activestate.com/business-edition
Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:
http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition
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=ActivePerlversion=1400
For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility.
Enjoy!
RE: New Perl-Installation on new OS X
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sherm Pendley wrote: Yes, but since .profile is evaluated later, whatever it does will override what's set in the plist. Thus, changes in the plist will have no effect on shell sessions that set the same variable. I use this line in my .bash_profile to make sure I use the same PATH everywhere (and only have to edit it in one place): export PATH=`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :PATH' ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist` The same can be done for PERL5LIB. Cheers, -Jan
RE: New Perl-Installation on new OS X
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Sherm Pendley wrote:
But the question is, should it be done for PERL5LIB? That affects
*all* Perls, and if you've included the path to modules compiled for
(say) 5.12, but you're running 5.10, those modules won't work.
Ah, yes, sorry, lost track of the real topic of the thread.
I think a better way to modify your @INC is on a per-installation
basis. For Apple's Perl you have the AppendToPath and PrependToPath
mechanism, e.g.
$ cat /Library/Perl/5.10.0/AppendToPath
/System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0
There is no PrependToPath file by default, but you can create one
yourself, and all directories listed in there will be put at the
front of @INC, just as if you put them into PERL5LIB.
If you build your own Perl, then you may want to ./Configure it
with -Dusesitecustomize. That way you can modify @INC in a
perl/site/lib/sitecustomize.pl file at runtime.
ActivePerl uses this mechanism to add a per-user install directory
to @INC:
$ cat /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib/sitecustomize.pl
# ~/Library/ActivePerl-5.14 is the default location for PPM install
# So make sure we look for modules there
if (my $home = (getpwuid($))[7]) {
my $lib = $home/Library/ActivePerl-5.14/lib;
unless (grep { $_ eq $lib } @INC) {
# Insert $lib just ahead of 'site/lib' so that overrides
# via $ENV{PERL5LIB} or 'perl -I...' still works
(my $site = __FILE__) =~ s,/sitecustomize\.pl\z,,;
my $i = $#INC;
$i-- while $i 0 $INC[$i] ne $site;
splice(@INC, $i, 0, $lib);
}
}
This sitecustomize.pl script is a little more complicated because
it inserts the directory behind the ones specified with PERL5LIB
and -I, but before the builtin ones:
$ PERL5LIB=~/mylib perl -E 'say for @INC'
/Users/jan/mylib
/Users/jan/Library/ActivePerl-5.14/lib
/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/site/lib
/usr/local/ActivePerl-5.14/lib
.
So again, you can customize your @INC setup for each Perl installation
independently without resorting to global environment variables, which
will just get in the way at the wrong time...
Cheers,
-Jan
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.14.1 and 5.12.4
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.14.1 build 1401 and ActivePerl 5.12.4.1205, complete, ready-to-install binary distributions of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's new in ActivePerl ActivePerl 5.14 is now based on the 5.14.1 release. You can read about all the changes since Perl 5.14.0 in this perldelta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.14/lib/pods/perl5141delta.html In addition, PerlScript and Perl for ISAPI support have been fixed in build 1401 for Windows as well. ActivePerl 5.12 is now based on the 5.12.4 release. You can read about all the changes since Perl 5.12.3 in this perldelta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl5124delta.html 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1401 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.14.2
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.14.2 build 1402, a complete, ready-to-install binary distributions of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's new in ActivePerl ActivePerl 5.14 is now based on the 5.14.2 release. You can read about all the changes since Perl 5.14.1 in this perldelta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.14/lib/pods/perl5142delta.html 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1402 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.16.0
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.16.0 build 1600, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's new in ActivePerl ActivePerl 5.16 is now based on the 5.16.0 release. You can read about all the changes since Perl 5.14.0 in the perldelta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.16/lib/pods/perl5160delta.html 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1600 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ActiveState announces ActivePerl 5.16.1
ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.16.1 build 1601, a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's new in ActivePerl ActivePerl 5.16 is now based on the 5.16.1 release. You can read about all the changes since Perl 5.16.0 in the perldelta document: http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.16/lib/pods/perl5161delta.html In addition, the 64-bit version of ActivePerl 5.16.1 for Windows now automatically supports building and installing additional modules with MinGW64 and dmake. These tools are available via PPM the same way MinGW has already been supported in the 32-bit version. Also improved is the way Perl will automatically configure itself on Mac OS X to the installed version of XCode to locate the GCC compiler and tools. 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://code.activestate.com/lists/activeperl/ Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1601 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ANNOUNCE: ActivePerl 5.12.5.1206, 5.14.3.1404, and 5.16.2.1602 released
ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of - ActivePerl 5.12.5 build 1206 (Business Edition only) - ActivePerl 5.14.3 build 1404 - ActivePerl 5.16.2 build 1602 complete, ready-to-install binary distributions of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's New? === All builds are based on the latest corresponding core release of Perl and include updated bundled modules as well. Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1601 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
ANNOUNCE: ActivePerl 5.14.4.1405 and 5.16.3.1603 released
ActiveState is pleased to announce the release of - ActivePerl 5.14.4 build 1405 - ActivePerl 5.16.3 build 1603 complete, ready-to-install binary distributions of Perl. Builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are made freely available. Builds for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see: http://www.activestate.com/activeperl What's New? === All builds are based on the latest corresponding core release of Perl and include updated bundled modules as well. Supported Platforms === ActivePerl is available for the following platforms: - Windows/x86 (32-bit) - Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Mac OS X - Linux/x86 (32 bit) - Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka AMD64) - Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only) - Solaris/x86 (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) - AIX/PowerPC (32-bit)(Business Edition only) More information about the Business Edition can be found here: http://www.activestate.com/business-edition Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition: http://www.activestate.com/enterprise-edition 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=ActivePerlversion=1603 For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility. Enjoy!
