Revision history for XSConfig
6.28 Thu, Oct 24, 2024 12:48:16 AM
-update canned keys for newer perls
6.27 Wed, Jul 11, 2018 4:17:07 PM
-Fixed CPAN RT#125756, DynaLoader.pm broken on 5.8 with XSConfig
6.26 Sun, Jul 01, 2018 4:01:17 PM
-version bump because most CPAN Testers builders dont test alpha
versions
6.25_01 Thu, Jun 28, 2018 3:04:14 PM
-revisited a bug and revised a test in Config.t
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-add Makefile.PL debugging code for
http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/67c67f60-75b5-11e8-8fb1-ef5133556b3f
6.25 Fri Jun 15 13:58:31 EDT 2018
-silence C warnings on 64 bit builds
-revise freezing of ActivePerl's runtime Config code (dlltool key
difference between PP and XS on old AP 5.14)
-more common keys for cperl and CPAN Testers
6.24 Thu, Jun 07, 2018 2:56:27 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-soft delete keys in the pre-generated fallback hash for systems without
gperf, this saves a couple KBs of disk/memory
6.23 Wed, Jun 06, 2018 1:16:20 AM
-import changes from cperl
-fixed cast to pointer not allowed (C++ build)
-changed rurban email address
-patch Config_lookup()'s prototype for key len to be 32 bits as
before because gperf 3.1 changed it to 64 bit key length
See cperl#286
-dont regen canned gperf hash when in core/cperl
-fixed XSConfig.t to work with newer Test::More based off Test2
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-fixed XSConfig.t to work with newer Test::More based off Test2
-fixed genkeys.PL tool generated randomly trailing space at the end of
each qw() line. Now there will be no extra trailing whitespace on those
lines.
-fixed Config_xs.PL to read %Config keys from perl distros using
Portable.pm
6.22 2016-09-10 21:06:56 rurban (never released)
-protect sv in END during global destruction, esp. with B::C
-fixes for no . in @INC (cperl or -Dfortify_inc)
6.21 Sun, Jun 26, 2016 2:02:00 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
6.20 Sat, Jun 25, 2016 11:37:14 PM
-import changes from cperl
-fix for readonly Makefile.PL (in core src tarballs)
-fix wrong SKIP headers
-skip in core make regen tests (--tap)
-more 5.24 and cperl keys
-silence unused classname compiler warning
-link to Mock::Config in the docs to temp. write to %Config in tests.
-Dfortify_inc fixes
-regen the XSConfig.t/Config_xs.PL key lists
-remove now generated/range operator-ed config_arg keys from XSConfig.t
they are redundant
-add common keys d_memmem d_uselocale d_freelocale d_newlocale to CPAN
-clean build product Config_xs_tmp.in
-PERL_UNUSED_ARG fix for 5.8.7
6.19 Wed, Feb 24, 2016 3:39:17 AM
-import changes from cperl
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
6.18 Fri, Feb 19, 2016 2:48:58 PM
-import changes from cperl
6.17 Tue, Feb 16, 2016 10:07:18 PM
-remove diagnostics for PPM builders and CPAN testers, faster and less
noisy build
6.16 Sat, Feb 13, 2016 12:44:56 PM
-1 more common key for AP 5.16 CPAN Tester
-fix freezing of dynamic %Config value ccversion in AP 5.16 CPAN Tester
-fix possible race in timestamps between the older UNINST_* file and
the makefile (PPM Builder)
6.15 Tue, Feb 09, 2016 1:03:44 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-more diagnostics for PPM Builders
6.14 Wed, Feb 03, 2016 5:18:36 PM
-fix breakage caused by 6.13 with 5.8.8/5.8.7
-fix cperl breakage in Makefile.PL
6.13 Tue, Feb 02, 2016 2:54:30 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-more diagnostics for PPM Builders
-build speed improvements
-shared library is some KBs smaller now due to tweaked gperf code gen
-less heap memory used than before
-updated XSConfig with new benchmarks
6.12 Thu, Jan 21, 2016 11:12:51 PM
-Another attempt at fixing the PPM Builder and upgrading maint perl
problem
6.11 Tue, Jan 19, 2016 5:02:50 PM
-fix build failure when inside cperl in Makefile.PL
-removed an unused hash and glob to save memory in Config.pm
-fixed a bug, if XSConfig was installed, then perl was upgraded to a
newer maint perl, then XSConfig is attempted to be installed again
XSConfig.t would fail due to version number mismatch (PPM Builder
"Perl lib version (5.18.1) doesn't match executable 't/XSConfig.t'
version (v5.18.4)")
6.10 Mon, Jan 18, 2016 11:35:23 AM
-fixed incorrect perms inside CPAN tarball, no other changes
6.09 Mon, Jan 18, 2016 10:31:19 AM
-more common keys for 5.8.7
-add compat with very old EUMMs and CPAN.pms (5.8.7 stock versions)
-fix misparsing of 5.8.7's PP Config_heavy.pl
6.08 Sat, Jan 16, 2016 8:06:52 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers and ActivePerl
-added diagnostics for ActiveState PPM builder error "t/XSConfig.t:
Perl lib version (5.20.1) doesn't match executable
'C:\Perl64-5.20\bin\perl.exe' version (5.20.3) at
C:\cpanfly-5.20\var\cpan\build\XSConfig-6.06-tA6CNU\blib\arch/Config_mini.pl
line 62.
-slightly smaller machine code that makes up the XSUBs
6.07 Thu, Jan 14, 2016 12:02:13 AM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers ("ARCH") and ActivePerl
("config_arg21"-"config_arg23")
-Hardcode the pathsep logic for all supported platforms, w/o
File::Spec. (rurban)
-Config: fix length test with inc_version_list_init (rurban)
-Another fix attempt at CPAN RT#110631 and CPANTesters
-Move very rarely executed subs from Config.pm to Config_xs_heavy.pl to
match how PP Config does it, this saves a little bit of memory
6.06 Thu, Dec 31, 2015 11:18:29 PM
-Fixed ActivePerl specific test fail
-Fix Config_xs.in warning: request for implicit conversion from 'void *'
to 'const char *' not permitted in C++ [-Wc++-compat] for strict C++
compilation. (rurban)
6.05_04 Tue, Dec 29, 2015 5:26:20 AM
-Fixed CPAN RT#110631 "make install UNINST=1" broke the installed perl
6.05_03 Sun, Dec 27, 2015 11:15:33 PM
-revert a Config_xs.out disk space saving tweak added in 6.04, with
newer GCCs this causes walls of warnings while building XS Config, ex.
Config_xs.in:1214:8: warning: cast from pointer to integer of
different size [-Wpointer-to-int-cast]
readdir_r_proto, T_INV,0,ALN64I"@@readdir_r_proto@@"
^
-move key dlltool from CPAN-only to cperl (everywhere), this fixes an
XSConfig.t failure with Mingw GCC builds of cperl
6.05_02 Sun, Dec 27, 2015 6:50:48 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-"Invalid type 'W' in unpack at xsc_test.pl line 299." fixed for Perl
5.8.*
6.05_01 Not released on CPAN
-cperl improvements to core "make regen"
https://github.com/perl11/cperl/issues/99
6.05 Fri, Dec 25, 2015 2:52:37 PM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-fix Config.t test fail when inside cperl (revision of fix in 6.03)
6.04 Fri, Dec 25, 2015 12:07:38 AM
-short strings in the Config table/DB are stored more efficiently
now, 1 KB reduction in disk size of XS Config's DLL on Win32 observed
-around 200KB of text was removed from the uncompressed size of XS
Config's source code
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-perl 5.8.7/5.8.8 XS fixes
6.03 Wed, Dec 23, 2015 5:22:57 PM
-wrong test.pl used in t/Config.t fixed
-CPAN Testers diagnostics removed
6.02 *UNSTABLE* Wed, Dec 23, 2015 11:57:11 AM
-perl 5.8.7 XS fix
-minimum perl version is now 5.8.7, 5.8.6 doesn't have Config_heavy.pl
6.01_01 Wed, Dec 23, 2015 3:35:52 AM
-more common keys for Strawberry Perl 5.8.9 without gperf
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers (test.pl failures)
6.01 *UNSTABLE* Wed, Dec 23, 2015 2:23:43 AM
-change to non-alpha because many CPAN Testers ignore dev releases
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers
6.00_09 Tue, Dec 22, 2015 11:35:08 PM
-perl 5.8.8 and older XS fix
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
6.00_08 Tue, Dec 22, 2015 6:31:58 PM
-more common keys for HPUX
-refactor a tiny bit of code for smaller tarball
6.00_07 Tue, Dec 22, 2015 4:15:30 PM
-fix attempt for "Empty input keyword is not allowed."
-dont distribute genkeys.PL on CPAN, it is a dev tool
6.00_06 Tue, Dec 22, 2015 12:06:04 PM
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers, specifically
"Empty input keyword is not allowed."
-added XSConfig.pod (p5-Config PR #1)
6.00_05 Tue, Dec 22, 2015 4:16:08 AM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers
-removed a branch in FETCH() that was unused on some build configs
6.00_04 Tue, Dec 22, 2015 1:40:10 AM
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers
6.00_03 Mon, Dec 21, 2015 1:13:15 PM
-minimum Perl version added for Kwalitee, 5.6 is tested as a no-go
-more common keys for CPAN Testers
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers
-Solaris diff fix
6.00_02 Mon, Dec 21, 2015 2:40:53 AM
-more diagnostics for CPAN Testers
6.00_01 Sun, Dec 20, 2015 10:20:43 PM
-CPAN Testers fixes
-appveyor console log fix
6.00 Sun, Dec 20, 2015 10:50:17 AM
First version, released on an unsuspecting world.