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MacPerl 5.6.1a5 Released

pudge on 2001-09-02T00:57:48

MacPerl 5.6.1a5 (the "a" stands for "alpha"!) is released. It is expected to be the last alpha release before MacPerl 5.6.1b1. You can get it from the MacPerl Development web site.

As always, it can be built with all-free (beer) software, and is available in source and binary form.

Major highlights from this release include:

  • Almost all Mac:: extensions work
  • MPW-style error reporting now the default for printing errors from Matthias Neeracher; can be switched to Unix-style error reporting with MacPerl::ErrorFormat(0) (1 == MPW) or Mac::err pragma, e.g.:

    perl -MMac::err=unix -e '...'

  • Updated with GUSI 2.1.9 and db 1.8.6a, fixing various problems
  • More module test/fixes from Thomas Wegner
  • Almost all tests pass now