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Re^2: strawberry perl updates

by BernieC (Pilgrim)
on Nov 29, 2022 at 16:22 UTC ( [id://11148444]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: strawberry perl updates
in thread strawberry perl updates

Thanks very much!! I didn't know about "perl -V" {what a giant amount of information :o) } and indeed,
uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.32.1.1 #1 Sun Jan 24 15:00:15 2021 x64'
I'm a bit dismayed that it sounds like Strawberry Perl may be going away. I used to use Activestate, years ago, but for some reason I decided I didn't like it so much {it's been so long that I forget what my issue was with it}. Is there a third alternative for windows Perl?

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Re^3: strawberry perl updates
by rwp (Initiate) on Nov 29, 2022 at 19:51 UTC

    > what a giant amount of information

    In theory, you could also use perl -V:uname to derive just that string.

    But it didn't work for me though the other variables from perl -V do.

    Strange.

      > In theory, you could also use perl -V:uname to derive just that string. But it didn't work for me though the other variables from perl -V do.

      https://metacpan.org/dist/perl/source/Porting/Glossary#L5553:

      uname: This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the full pathname (if any) of the uname program. After Configure runs, the value is reset to a plain "uname" and is not useful.

      https://metacpan.org/dist/perl/source/Porting/Glossary#L4456:

      myuname: The output of 'uname -a' if available, otherwise the hostname. The whole thing is then lower-cased and slashes and single quotes are removed.

      There are a few of the other %Config / -V: entries that have the "my" versions, as listed in the glossary near myuname . And you can find others that have "is not useful" in their description, indicating that the $Config{xxx} or -V:xxx will not be useful. (edit: Though their "is not useful" assessment doesn't always match my experience: on Strawberry perl, 'make' stays with either dmake (for older versions) or gmake (for more recent strawberries), and is useful.)

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