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Changes for version 1.050 - 2020-03-18

  • Rethink use of Filter::PodStrip.
    • Do not add directives
    • #line 1 "file"
    • to packed modules except for "embdeded" files. We still add these directives to "embedded" files as these are extracted with mangled names which makes it hard to make sense of warn() or die() messages caused by them. These are all core modules and don't reference __FILE__.
    • This should make use of __FILE__ in packed modules work without workarounds. __FILE__ is typically used to refer to installed non-module resources, e.g.
      • MIME::Types my $db = File::Spec->catfile(dirname(__FILE__), 'types.db');
      • Mozilla::CA my $ca_file = File::Spec->catfile(dirname(__FILE__), "CA", "cacert.pem");
      • Mojo::File (__FILE__ used implicitly by caller()) sub curfile { __PACKAGE__->new(Cwd::realpath((caller)[1])) }
    • Hence, remove known workarounds from Filter::PatchContent and add a test.
  • Fix RT#130685: core module detection doesn't work with -Duserelocatableinc
    • Original patch by Frank.Lichtenheld@Sophos.com, thanx! Added a test for this.

Documentation

Make and run Perl Archives
Binary PAR Loader
frontend to pp written in Perl/Tk.

Modules

Pack applications in a single executable file
Input filter for PAR
Bleach filter
Bytecode filter
Obfuscating filter
Content patcher
POD-stripping filter
PAR Packager
Base class for the PARL data packages
pp
PAR Packager