PGPLOT module Changes list

v2.21, released Jan 1st, 2011

Semi-dirty hack in Makefile.PL to force i386/x86_64 single arch only builds on Mac OS X. - Karl (for libpgplot compatibility which seems to be generally built this way, e.g. in SciKarl) Note added some clever code to try and match the arch of the pgplot binaries.
PGPLOT::HANDLE warning fix (Chris Phillips Jun 2010)
Make linking order -lcpgplot -lpgplot for cygwin (Chris Marshall Dec 2010)

Doug Burke's Makefile.PL patch - re-org and better OS X support.
Added /usr/local/pgplot to the include search path
Added -png to the default list of libs as just about every pgplot build needs this
Now works cleanly on Intel and PPC OS X with gcc, g77 and gfortran
Added INSTALL, INSTALL-MacOSX and INSTALL-Win32 instruction files and updated README

Diab's patch to allow specifying alternate libary paths on the command line (see HELP)
Added pgpt1 and pgerr1 back for compatibility with latest C PGPLOT
Win32 patches from Rob - Sisyphus <kalinabears@iinet.net.au> (2005/1/25)

Added function struct to allow access to expose certain PGPLOT routines to the outside (currently cpgmove, cpgdraw)

Updated HELP some more.
Removed ExtUtils from distribution and made seperate to avoid confusing CPAN, is now a PREREQ_PM
Removed erroneous reference in PGPLOT.pm (Charles Lane).
Added HINTS.irix

Added PGPLOT_DIR to path for include files.
Removed pgpt1 and pgerrb1 left over from old perl4 version - see pgcompatbility.p if you still need them.
Changed macro names for perl 5.004_53 (Joshua Pritikin <joshua.pritikin@db.com>) and inserted a conditional so older perl's still work.
More ExtUtils::F77 changes (now at v1.09)
Small test.pl patch from Chuck Lane <lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu>
Fixed error in test12.p

CHANGES v2.11 released Sep 11th, 1998

Documented xubpp problem in HELP because I got fed uo with waiting for p5p to fix. No other changes.

Added support for new functions in PGPLOT 5.2.0 library. Note: TK driver looks nice but haven't yet implemented this in perl version. Presumably can be done with perl/Tk.
Extra test12.p for new routines
No longer supporting binary versions in any shape or form. Life is too short. Get a FORTRAN compiler. :-)
Added -lgcc for gcc built perls in ExtUtils::F77

(OK I know I should have been more organised about updating this file!)

Important bug fixes to array packing code which is now called arrays.{c,h}
Added fake MAIN__ symbol to stop annoying bug reports about some versions of gcc. :-)
arrays.c now supports unsigned chars and shorts. (Thanks Tim!)
Additions to HELP and documentation
Patches to improve ExtUtils::F77
Improvements to tests
pgcompatibilty.p (NOT INSTALLED!) defines simple compatibilty routines for perl4 pgperl version. This had some gnarly single point versions of routines which are now superfluous.

No longer providing perl4 version.
All the array packing functions reimplemented in C to improve speed and robustness.
Simplified build procedure - PGPLOT module should now build in standard Perl way. (i.e. 'perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; make install'). Makefile.PL should not have to be edited and upgrading should now be much easier.
Added 'pass by reference' convention to allow explicit use of pre-packed binary data.
Supports pgplot routines up to pgplot v5.1.1.
Added POD documentation.
FORTRAN link support is now via ExtUtils::F77 module (included).
Now providing binaries of pgplot libraries for various architectures rather than statically-linked module binaries. This should make upgrading easier.
Removed special one-point routine versions (hang-over from perl4 version).
Removed pgplot.pl (again a hang-over from old perl4 version).
General tidy up and reorganisation of distribution