Activeperl system
If ActiveState has fixed their build system and their 'no upgrade to core modules' policy, it's worth revisiting. Support Strawberry Perl and just don't worry about ActiveState. Some of my modules have NO build failures on any operating system - except those with ActiveState Perl. I want my code to run on Windows, but if ActiveState doesn't provide me with that information and doesn't give me any option for upgrading core modules, I just can't use it.
I got so tired of emailing and asking for this information that I eventually gave up.
Thus, everybody who doesn't use Windows can use my code, but they can't do that with ActiveState's Perl.ĪctiveState also has a very dodgy build system which often fails to report exactly why a module failed to build.
#Activeperl system install#
One problem I've repeatedly had with ActiveState is that my modules sometimes fail to install because I need an upgrade to a core module, but they won't allow that. Strawberry Perl is just getting better and better. Tags : windows,perl,debugging,strawberry-perl Other than that, I think Strawberry Perl has all the advantages. IMHO The only advantage that Active Perl still has over Strawberry Perl is the fact that it comes with Perl Tk which means its easy to installĭevel::ptkdb the graphical debugger. The web site provides references to several Perl distributions for MS Windows.įor a long time I have been using ActivePerl from