A package has been updated on tug.ctan.org. It should make its way to your favorite mirror in a day or two.
Thanks for the upload, Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: PerlTeX Author's name: Scott Pakin Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/perltex Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This upgrade (v1.1) corrects some unintuitive behavior regarding the way that macro parameters are expanded. Now, egin, end, and all robust commands are left unexpanded. PerlTeX v1.1 also supports new perlnewenvironment and perlrenewenvironment macros that enable environments to be constructed from Perl code. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/perltex although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors