perl 5.32

[Ken Brown]

On 12/26/2020 12:43 PM, Achim Gratz wrote:
> Achim Gratz writes:
>> Achim Gratz writes:
>>> I've cleaned up the patches so they still apply on top of 5.32.0 where
>>> applicable and built the initial packages.  For the rest I'll have to
>>> set up one of my old build machines as I don't want to move my main
>>> build box from the official state (which would mean I could no longer
>>> update other packages).
>>
>> I ended up creating a completely new build environment and staging
>> repository on that machine.  I have completed the stage-1 bootstrap,
>> when I have reviewed the build logs for (new) errors I'll start the
>> stage-2 bootstrap.  That'll take about a bit on that machine, but I
>> should get a repo that I can upload for your tests out of it.
> 
> 
> The Perl 5.32 test repository is now up at:
> 
> root=http://cygwin.stromeko.net/
> $root/perl-5.32
> 
> including all Perl distributions that I maintain or co-maintain.  This
> is purely for initial testing of the 5.32 mainline, there is no
> intention of releasing this version of Perl on Cygwin.  Once the first
> maintenance update becomes available in January (if everything comes
> together as planned), I'll just start over.  I'll also just replace any
> packages in the repo when I have to rework them for whatever reason.
> 
> Therefore, don't expect to be able to update installations with these
> packages installed without manual intervention.  I recommend to use
> either a throwaway installation or having a full backup of the original
> installation.

Thanks very much!  It worked fine for building biber.

Ken