1 Revision history for Perl distribution PathTools.
3 3.08 Sat May 28 10:10:29 CDT 2005
5 - Fixed a test failure with fast_abs_path() on Windows - it was
6 sensitive to the rootdir() change from version 3.07. [Steve Hay]
8 3.07 Fri May 6 07:46:45 CDT 2005
10 - Fixed a bug in which the special perl variable $^O would become
11 tainted under certain versions of perl. [Michael Schwern]
13 - File::Spec->rootdir() was returning / on Win32. Now it returns \ .
16 - We now avoid modifying @_ in tmpdir() when it's not strictly
17 necessary, which reportedly provides a modest performance
18 boost. [Richard Soderberg]
20 - Made a couple of slight changes to the Win32 code so that it works
21 (or works better) on Symbian OS phones. [Jarkko Hietaniemi]
23 3.06 Wed Apr 13 20:47:26 CDT 2005
25 (No changes in functionality)
27 - Added a note to the canonpath() docs about why it doesn't collapse
30 - The internal-only function bsd_realpath() in the XS file now uses
31 normal arg syntax instead of K&R syntax. [Nicholas Clark]
33 3.05 Mon Feb 28 07:22:58 CST 2005
35 - Fixed a bug in fast_abs_path() on Win32 in which forward- and
36 backward-slashes were confusing things. [demerphq]
38 - Failure to load the XS code in Cwd is no longer a fatal error
39 (though failure to compile it is still a fatal error in the build
40 process). This lets Cwd work under miniperl in the core. [Rafael
43 - In the t/cwd.t test, don't enforce loading from blib/ if we're
44 testing in the perl core. [Rafael Garcia-Suarez]
46 3.04 Sun Feb 6 17:27:38 CST 2005
48 - For perls older than 5.006, the HAS_GETCWD symbol is not available,
49 because it wasn't checked for in older Configure scripts when perl
50 was built. We therefore just ask the user whether the getcwd() C
51 function is defined on their platform when their perl is old.
52 Maybe in the future we'll try to automate this. [Reported by
55 - Remove lib/ppport.h from the distribution, so that MakeMaker
56 doesn't accidentally pick it up and install it as a lib
59 - Fixed a testing error on VMS that occurred when a user had
60 read-access to the root of the current volume. [Craig A. Berry]
62 3.03 Fri Jan 21 21:44:05 CST 2005
64 - Fixed a testing error if the first file we find in the root
65 directory is a symlink. [Blair Zajac]
67 - Added a test to make sure Cwd.pm is loaded from blib/ during
68 testing, which seems to be an issue in some people's environments
69 and makes it awfully hard to debug things on my end.
71 - Skip the _perl_abs_path() tests on Cygwin - they don't usually
72 pass, and this function isn't used there anyway, so I decided not
73 to push it. Let 'em use `cwd`.
75 3.02 Sun Jan 9 19:29:52 CST 2005
77 - Fixed a bug in which Cwd::abs_path() called on a file in the root
78 directory returned strange results. [Bob Luckin]
80 - Straightened out the licensing details for the portion of the Cwd
81 module that comes from BSD sources. [Hugo van der Sanden]
83 - Removed the prototype from _perl_abs_path() and the XS version of
84 abs_path(), since all they seemed to be doing was causing people
85 grief, and since some platforms didn't have them anyway.
87 - Fixed a testing bug in which sometimes the wrong version of Cwd
88 (the version already installed on the user's machine) would get
89 loaded instead of the one we're building & installing.
91 - Sometimes getdcwd() returns a lower-case drive letter, so don't
92 require an upper-case letter in t/win32.t. [Jan Dubois]
94 - Fixed a memory leak in getdcwd() on win32. [Steve Hay]
96 - Added a copy of ppport.h to the distribution to aid compilation on
97 older versions of perl. [Suggested by Charlie Root]
99 - Don't bother looking for a 'pwd' executable on MSWin32 - there
100 won't be one, and looking for it can be extremely slow when lots of
101 disks are mounted. [Several people, including Andrew Burke]
103 - Eliminated a multi-argument form of open() that was causing a
104 syntax error on older versions of perl. [Fixed by Michael Schwern]
106 - The bug-fix changes for revision 0.90 of File::Spec somehow were
107 lost when I merged it into the PathTools distribution. They're
108 restored now. [Craig A. Berry]
110 - File::Spec->canonpath() will now reduce paths like '[d1.-]foo.dat'
111 down to '[000000]foo.dat' instead of '[]foo.dat' or 'foo.dat'.
112 This is in better accordance with the native filename syntax
113 parser. [Craig A. Berry]
115 - In order to remove a recursive dependency (PathTools -> Test-Simple
116 -> Test-Harness -> PathTools), we now include a copy of Test::More in
117 the distribution. It is only used for testing, it won't be installed
118 with the rest of the stuff.
120 - Removed some 5.6-isms from Cwd in order to get it to build with
121 older perls like 5.005.
123 - abs_path() on Windows was trampling on $ENV{PWD} - fixed. [Spotted
126 - Added licensing/copyright statements to the POD in each .pm
127 file. [Spotted by Radoslaw Zielinski]
129 3.01 Mon Sep 6 22:28:06 CDT 2004
131 - Removed an unnecessary and confusing dependency on File::Spec from
132 the Makefile.PL and the Build.PL.
134 - Added a 'NAME' entry to the Makefile.PL, because otherwise it won't
135 even begin to work. [Reported by many]
137 3.00 Thu Sep 2 22:15:07 CDT 2004
139 - Merged Cwd and File::Spec into a single PathTools distribution.
140 This was done because the two modules use each other fairly
141 extensively, and extracting the common stuff into another
142 distribution was deemed nigh-impossible. The code in revision 3.00
143 of PathTools should be equivalent to the code in Cwd 2.21 and
146 ==================================================================
147 Prior to revision 3.00, Cwd and File::Spec were maintained as two
148 separate distributions. The revision history for Cwd is shown here.
149 The revision history for File::Spec is further below.
150 ==================================================================
152 Cwd 2.21 Tue Aug 31 22:50:14 CDT 2004
154 - Removed "NO_META" from the Makefile.PL, since I'm not building the
155 distribution with MakeMaker anyway. [Rohan Carly]
157 - Only test _perl_abs_path() on platforms where it's expected to work
158 (platforms with '/' as the directory separator). [Craig A. Berry]
160 Cwd 2.20 Thu Jul 22 08:23:53 CDT 2004
162 - On some implementations of perl on Win32, a memory leak (or worse?)
163 occurred when calling getdcwd(). This has been fixed. [PodMaster]
165 - Added tests for getdcwd() on Win32.
167 - Fixed a problem in the pure-perl implementation _perl_abs_path()
168 that caused a fatal error when run on plain files. [Nicholas Clark]
169 To exercise the appropriate test code on platforms that wouldn't
170 otherwise use _perl_abs_path(), run the tests with $ENV{PERL_CORE}
171 or $ENV{TEST_PERL_CWD_CODE} set.
173 Cwd 2.19 Thu Jul 15 08:32:18 CDT 2004
175 - The abs_path($arg) fix from 2.18 didn't work for VMS, now it's
176 fixed there. [Craig Berry]
178 Cwd 2.18 Thu Jun 24 08:22:57 CDT 2004
180 - Fixed a problem in which abs_path($arg) on some platforms could
181 only be called on directories, and died when called on files. This
182 was a problem in the pure-perl implementation _perl_abs_path().
184 - Fixed fast_abs_path($arg) in the same way as abs_path($arg) above.
186 - On Win32, a function getdcwd($vol) has been added, which gets the
187 current working directory of the specified drive/volume.
190 - Fixed a problem on perl 5.6.2 when built with the MULTIPLICITY
191 compile-time flags. [Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes]
193 - When looking for a `pwd` system command, we no longer assume the
194 path separator is ':'.
196 - On platforms where cwd() is implemented internally (like Win32),
197 don't look for a `pwd` command externally. This can greatly speed
198 up load time. [Stefan Scherer]
200 - The pure-perl version of abs_path() now has the same prototype as
203 Cwd 2.17 Wed Mar 10 07:55:36 CST 2004
205 - The change in 2.16 created a testing failure when tested from
206 within a path that contains symlinks (for instance, /tmp ->
209 Cwd 2.16 Sat Mar 6 17:56:31 CST 2004
211 - For VMS compatibility (and to conform to Cwd's documented
212 interface), in the regression tests we now compare output results
213 to an absolute path. [Craig A. Berry]
215 Cwd 2.15 Fri Jan 16 08:09:44 CST 2004
217 - Fixed a problem on static perl builds - while creating
218 Makefile.aperl, it was loading a mismatched version of Cwd from
219 blib/ . [Reported by Blair Zajac]
221 Cwd 2.14 Thu Jan 8 18:51:08 CST 2004
223 - We now use File::Spec->canonpath() and properly-escaped regular
224 expressions when comparing paths in the regression tests. This
225 fixes some testing failures in 2.13 on non-Unix platforms. No
226 changes were made in the actual Cwd module code. [Steve Hay]
228 Cwd 2.13 Fri Jan 2 22:29:42 CST 2004
230 - Changed a '//' comment to a '/* */' comment in the XS code, so that
231 it'll compile properly under ANSI C rules. [Jarkko Hietaniemi]
233 - Fixed a 1-character buffer overrun problem in the C code. [The BSD
236 Cwd 2.12 Fri Dec 19 17:04:52 CST 2003
238 - Fixed a bug on Cygwin - the output of realpath() should have been
239 tainted, but wasn't. [Reported by Tom Wyant]
241 Cwd 2.10 Mon Dec 15 07:50:12 CST 2003
243 (Note that this release was mistakenly packaged as version 2.11, even
244 though it had an internal $VERSION variable of 2.10. Not sure how
247 - There was a dependency in the Makefile.PL on Module::Build, which
248 isn't necessary. I've removed it.
250 Cwd 2.09 Thu Dec 11 20:30:58 CST 2003
252 - The module should now build & install using version 5.6 of perl.
254 - We now note a build-time dependency on version 0.19 of
255 Module::Build, which is necessary because we don't use the standard
256 lib/-based file layout. No version of Module::Build is required if
257 you use the Makefile.PL, just if you use the Build.PL .
259 - Removed some gratuitous uses of 5.6-isms like our(), with the aim
260 of backporting this module to perl 5.005.
262 - Simplified all code that autoloads Carp.pm and calls
265 - Removed some redundant OS/2 code at the suggestion of Michael
266 Schwern and Ilya Zakharevich.
268 - Make sure the correct version of Cwd.pm is loaded in the regression
271 Cwd 2.08 Wed Oct 15 20:56 CDT 2003
273 - Code extracted from perl 5.8.1 and packaged as a separate CPAN
274 release by Ken Williams.
276 ==================================================================
277 Prior to revision 3.00, Cwd and File::Spec were maintained as two
278 separate distributions. The revision history for File::Spec is shown
279 here. The revision history for Cwd is above.
280 ==================================================================
282 File::Spec 0.90 Tue Aug 31 22:34:50 CDT 2004
284 - On VMS, directories use vmspath() and files use vmsify(), so
285 rel2abs() has to use some 'educated guessing' when dealing with
286 paths containing slashes. [Craig A. Berry]
288 File::Spec 0.89 Sun Aug 29 19:02:32 CDT 2004
290 - Fixed some pathological cases on VMS which broke canonpath() and
291 splitdir(). [Richard Levitte and Craig A. Berry]
293 - Fixed rel2abs() on VMS when passed a unix-style relative
294 path. [Craig A. Berry]
296 File::Spec 0.88 Thu Jul 22 23:14:32 CDT 2004
298 - rel2abs() on Win32 will now use the new Cwd::getdcwd() function, so
299 that things like rel2abs('D:foo.txt') work properly when the
300 current drive isn't 'D'. This requires Cwd version 2.18.
303 - Got rid of a redundant double-backslash in a character
304 class. [Alexander Farber]
306 - Added much markup to pod for enhanced readability. [Andy Lester]
308 File::Spec 0.87 Fri Dec 19 08:03:28 CST 2003
310 - With a one-line change in the tests, backported to perl 5.004.
311 [Issue reported by Barry Kemble]
313 File::Spec 0.86 Fri Sep 26 10:07:39 CDT 2003
315 - This is the version released with perl 5.8.1. It is identical to
316 the code in the File::Spec beta 0.85_03.
318 File::Spec 0.85_03 Mon Sep 15 09:35:53 CDT 2003
320 - On VMS, if catpath() receives volume specifiers in both its first
321 two arguments, it will now use the volume in the first argument
322 only. Previously it returned a non-syntactical result which
323 included both volumes. This change is the same in spirit to the
324 catpath() MacOS change from version 0.85_02.
326 - Fixed an abs2rel() bug on VMS - previously
327 abs2rel('[t1.t2.t3]file','[t1.t2]') returned '[t3]file', now it
328 properly returns '[.t3]file'.
330 File::Spec 0.85_02 Fri Sep 12 17:11:13 CDT 2003
332 - abs2rel() now behaves more consistently across platforms with the
333 notion of a volume. If the volumes of the first and second
334 argument (the second argument may be implicit) do not agree, we do
335 not attempt to reconcile the paths, and simply return the first
336 argument. Previously the volume of the second argument was
337 (usually) ignored, resulting in sometimes-garbage output.
339 - catpath() on MacOS now looks for a volume element (i.e. "Macintosh HD:")
340 in its first argument, and then its second argument. The first
341 volume found will be used, and if none is found, none will be used.
343 - Fixed a problem in abs2rel() on Win32 in which the volume of the
344 current working directory would get added to the second argument if
345 none was specified. This might have been somewhat helpful, but it
346 was contrary to the documented behavior. For example,
347 abs2rel('C:/foo/bar', '/foo') used to return 'bar', now it returns
348 'C:/foo/bar' because there's no guarantee /foo is actually C:/foo .
350 - catdir('/', '../') on OS2 previously erroneously returned '//..',
351 and now it returns '/'.
353 File::Spec 0.85_01 Thu Sep 11 16:18:54 CDT 2003
355 Working toward 0.86, the version that will be released with perl 5.8.1.
357 - The t/rel2abs2rel.t test now is a little friendlier about emitting
358 its diagnostic debugging output. [Jarkko Hietaniemi]
360 - We now only require() Cwd when it's needed, on demand. [Michael
363 - Fixed some POD errors and redundancies in OS2.pm and Cygwin.pm.
366 - The internal method cwd() has been renamed to _cwd(), since it was
367 never meant for public use. [Michael Schwern]
369 - Several methods in File::Spec::Unix that just return constant
370 strings have been sped up. catdir() has also been sped up there.
373 - Several canonpath() and catdir() bugs on Win32 have been fixed, and
374 tests added for them:
375 catdir('/', '../') -> '\\' (was '\..')
376 catdir('/', '..\\') -> '\\ (was '')
377 canonpath('\\../') -> '\\' (was '')
378 canonpath('\\..\\') -> '\\' (was '')
379 canonpath('/../') -> '\\' (was '\..')
380 canonpath('/..\\') -> '\\' (was '')
381 catdir('\\', 'foo') -> '\foo' (was '\\foo')
383 - catpath($volume, $dirs, $file) on Mac OS now ignores any volume
384 that might be part of $dirs, enabling catpath($volume,
385 catdir(rootdir(), 'foo'), '') to work portably across platforms.
387 File::Spec 0.85 Tue Jul 22 11:31 CDT 2003
389 A bug-fix release relative to 0.84. I've forked development into a
390 "stable" branch (this one) and a more aggressive branch (as yet
391 unreleased), with an eye toward getting the stable features in perl
394 - File::Spec::Mac->case_tolerant() returned 0 when it should have
397 - Many cases in File::Spec::Win32->abs2rel() were broken, because of
398 the way in which volumes were/weren't ignored. Unfortunately, part
399 of the regression tests were broken too. Now, if the $path
400 argument to abs2rel() is on a different volume than the $base
401 argument, the result will be an absolute path rather than the
402 broken relative path previous versions returned.
404 - Fixed a problem in File::Spec::Win32->canonpath, which was turning
405 \../foo into "foo" rather than \foo
407 - Greatly simplified the code in File::Spec::Unix->splitdir().
409 File::Spec 0.84_01 Fri Jul 11 16:14:29 CDT 2003
411 No actual code changes, just changes in other distribution files
413 - Dependencies are now listed explicitly in the Makefile.PL and
414 Build.PL scripts, as well as in the META.yml file.
416 - The t/abs2rel2abs.t test should now be more friendly about skipping
417 on platforms where it can't run properly.
419 File::Spec 0.84 Wed Jul 9 22:21:23 CDT 2003
421 I (Ken)'ve taken the changes from bleadperl and created a new CPAN release
422 from them, since they're pretty important changes. The highlights,
423 from what I can tell, are listed here.
425 - A huge number of changes to File::Spec::Mac in order to bring it in
426 line with the other platforms. This work was mostly/completely
427 done by Thomas Wegner.
429 - The Epoc and Cygwin platforms are now supported.
431 - Lots of generically-applicable documentation has been taken from
432 File::Spec::Unix and put in File::Spec.
434 - A Build.PL has been provided for people who wish to install via
437 - Some spurious warnings and errors in the tests have been
438 eliminated. [Michael Schwern]
440 - canonpath() on File::Spec::Unix now honors a //node-name at the
443 - Cwd.pm wasn't being loaded properly on MacOS. [Chris Nandor]
447 - Several testing patches for the Epoc and Cygwin platforms [Tels]
449 - When running under taint mode and perl >= 5.8, all the tmpdir()
450 implementations now avoid returning a tainted path.
452 - File::Spec::OS2 now implements canonpath(), splitpath(),
453 splitdir(), catpath(), abs2rel(), and rel2abs() directly rather
454 than inheriting them from File::Spec::Unix.
456 - Added 'SYS:/temp' and 'C:/temp' to the list of possible tmpdir()s
459 - catfile() on Win32 and VMS will now automatically call canonpath()
460 on its final argument.
462 - canonpath() on Win32 now does a much more extensive cleanup of the
465 - abs2rel() on Win32 now defaults to using cwd() as the base of
466 relativity when no base is given.
468 - abs2rel() on Win32 now explicitly ignores any volume component in
471 - canonpath() on VMS now does []foo ==> foo, and foo.000000] ==> foo].
472 It also fixes a bug in multiple [000000.foo ==> [foo translations.
474 - tmpdir() on VMS now uses 'sys$scratch:' instead of 'sys$scratch'.
476 - abs2rel() on VMS now uses '000000' in both the path and the base.
478 File::Spec 0.82 Wed Jun 28 11:24:05 EDT 2000
479 - Mac.pm: file_name_is_absolute( '' ) now returns TRUE on all platforms
480 - Spec.pm: unbreak C<$VERSION = '0.xx'> to be C<$VERSION = 0.xx>, so
481 underscores can be used when I want to update CPAN without anyone
482 needing to update the perl repository.
483 - abs2rel, rel2abs doc tweaks
484 - VMS.pm: get $path =~ /\s/ checks from perl repository.
485 - Makefile.PL: added INSTALLDIRS => 'perl', since these are std. modules.
486 - Remove vestigial context prototypes from &rel2abs until some future
487 arrives where method prototypes are honored.