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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perl5122delta.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perl5122delta.pod deleted file mode 100644 index f441a385812..00000000000 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perl5122delta.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,347 +0,0 @@ -=encoding utf8 - -=head1 NAME - -perl5122delta - what is new for perl v5.12.2 - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -This document describes differences between the 5.12.1 release and -the 5.12.2 release. - -If you are upgrading from an earlier major version, such as 5.10.1, -first read L<perl5120delta>, which describes differences between 5.10.1 -and 5.12.0, as well as L<perl5121delta>, which describes earlier changes -in the 5.12 stable release series. - -=head1 Incompatible Changes - -There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.12.1. If any exist, they -are bugs and reports are welcome. - -=head1 Core Enhancements - -Other than the bug fixes listed below, there should be no user-visible -changes to the core language in this release. - -=head1 Modules and Pragmata - -=head2 New Modules and Pragmata - -This release does not introduce any new modules or pragmata. - -=head2 Pragmata Changes - -In the previous release, C<no I<VERSION>;> statements triggered a bug -which could cause L<feature> bundles to be loaded and L<strict> mode to -be enabled unintentionally. - -=head2 Updated Modules - -=over 4 - -=item C<Carp> - -Upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17. - -L<Carp> now detects incomplete L<caller()|perlfunc/"caller EXPR"> -overrides and avoids using bogus C<@DB::args>. To provide backtraces, Carp -relies on particular behaviour of the caller built-in. Carp now detects -if other code has overridden this with an incomplete implementation, and -modifies its backtrace accordingly. Previously incomplete overrides would -cause incorrect values in backtraces (best case), or obscure fatal errors -(worst case) - -This fixes certain cases of C<Bizarre copy of ARRAY> caused by modules -overriding C<caller()> incorrectly. - -=item C<CPANPLUS> - -A patch to F<cpanp-run-perl> has been backported from CPANPLUS C<0.9004>. This -resolves L<RT #55964|http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=55964> -and L<RT #57106|http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=57106>, both -of which related to failures to install distributions that use -C<Module::Install::DSL>. - -=item C<File::Glob> - -A regression which caused a failure to find C<CORE::GLOBAL::glob> after -loading C<File::Glob> to crash has been fixed. Now, it correctly falls back -to external globbing via C<pp_glob>. - -=item C<File::Copy> - -C<File::Copy::copy(FILE, DIR)> is now documented. - -=item C<File::Spec> - -Upgraded from version 3.31 to 3.31_01. - -Several portability fixes were made in C<File::Spec::VMS>: a colon is now -recognized as a delimiter in native filespecs; caret-escaped delimiters are -recognized for better handling of extended filespecs; C<catpath()> returns -an empty directory rather than the current directory if the input directory -name is empty; C<abs2rel()> properly handles Unix-style input. - -=back - -=head1 Utility Changes - -=over - -=item * - -F<perlbug> now always gives the reporter a chance to change the email address it -guesses for them. - -=item * - -F<perlbug> should no longer warn about uninitialized values when using the C<-d> -and C<-v> options. - -=back - -=head1 Changes to Existing Documentation - -=over - -=item * - -The existing policy on backward-compatibility and deprecation has -been added to L<perlpolicy>, along with definitions of terms like -I<deprecation>. - -=item * - -L<perlfunc/srand>'s usage has been clarified. - -=item * - -The entry for L<perlfunc/die> was reorganized to emphasize its -role in the exception mechanism. - -=item * - -Perl's L<INSTALL> file has been clarified to explicitly state that Perl -requires a C89 compliant ANSI C Compiler. - -=item * - -L<IO::Socket>'s C<getsockopt()> and C<setsockopt()> have been documented. - -=item * - -F<alarm()>'s inability to interrupt blocking IO on Windows has been documented. - -=item * - -L<Math::TrulyRandom> hasn't been updated since 1996 and has been removed -as a recommended solution for random number generation. - -=item * - -L<perlrun> has been updated to clarify the behaviour of octal flags to F<perl>. - -=item * - -To ease user confusion, C<$#> and C<$*>, two special variables that were -removed in earlier versions of Perl have been documented. - -=item * - -The version of L<perlfaq> shipped with the Perl core has been updated from the -official FAQ version, which is now maintained in the C<briandfoy/perlfaq> -branch of the Perl repository at L<git://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git>. - -=back - -=head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements - -=head2 Configuration improvements - -=over - -=item * - -The C<d_u32align> configuration probe on ARM has been fixed. - -=back - -=head2 Compilation improvements - -=over - -=item * - -An "C<incompatible operand types>" error in ternary expressions when building -with C<clang> has been fixed. - -=item * - -Perl now skips setuid C<File::Copy> tests on partitions it detects to be mounted -as C<nosuid>. - -=back - -=head1 Selected Bug Fixes - -=over 4 - -=item * - -A possible segfault in the C<T_PRTOBJ> default typemap has been fixed. - -=item * - -A possible memory leak when using L<caller()|perlfunc/"caller EXPR"> to set -C<@DB::args> has been fixed. - -=item * - -Several memory leaks when loading XS modules were fixed. - -=item * - -C<unpack()> now handles scalar context correctly for C<%32H> and C<%32u>, -fixing a potential crash. C<split()> would crash because the third item -on the stack wasn't the regular expression it expected. C<unpack("%2H", -...)> would return both the unpacked result and the checksum on the stack, -as would C<unpack("%2u", ...)>. -L<[perl #73814]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=73814> - -=item * - -Perl now avoids using memory after calling C<free()> in F<pp_require> -when there are CODEREFs in C<@INC>. - -=item * - -A bug that could cause "C<Unknown error>" messages when -"C<call_sv(code, G_EVAL)>" is called from an XS destructor has been fixed. - -=item * - -The implementation of the C<open $fh, 'E<gt>' \$buffer> feature -now supports get/set magic and thus tied buffers correctly. - -=item * - -The C<pp_getc>, C<pp_tell>, and C<pp_eof> opcodes now make room on the -stack for their return values in cases where no argument was passed in. - -=item * - -When matching unicode strings under some conditions inappropriate backtracking would -result in a C<Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)> error. This should no longer occur. -See L<[perl #75680]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75680> - -=back - -=head1 Platform Specific Notes - -=head2 AIX - -=over - -=item * - -F<README.aix> has been updated with information about the XL C/C++ V11 compiler -suite. - -=back - -=head2 Windows - -=over - -=item * - -When building Perl with the mingw64 x64 cross-compiler C<incpath>, -C<libpth>, C<ldflags>, C<lddlflags> and C<ldflags_nolargefiles> values -in F<Config.pm> and F<Config_heavy.pl> were not previously being set -correctly because, with that compiler, the include and lib directories -are not immediately below C<$(CCHOME)>. - -=back - -=head2 VMS - -=over - -=item * - -F<git_version.h> is now installed on VMS. This was an oversight in v5.12.0 which -caused some extensions to fail to build. - -=item * - -Several memory leaks in L<stat()|perlfunc/"stat FILEHANDLE"> have been fixed. - -=item * - -A memory leak in C<Perl_rename()> due to a double allocation has been -fixed. - -=item * - -A memory leak in C<vms_fid_to_name()> (used by C<realpath()> and -C<realname()>) has been fixed. - -=back - -=head1 Acknowledgements - -Perl 5.12.2 represents approximately three months of development since -Perl 5.12.1 and contains approximately 2,000 lines of changes across -100 files from 36 authors. - -Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant -community of users and developers. The following people are known to -have contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.12.2: - -Abigail, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Ben Morrow, brian d foy, Brian -Phillips, Chas. Owens, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Chris Williams, -Craig A. Berry, Curtis Jewell, Dan Dascalescu, David Golden, David -Mitchell, Father Chrysostomos, Florian Ragwitz, George Greer, H.Merijn -Brand, Jan Dubois, Jesse Vincent, Jim Cromie, Karl Williamson, Lars -Dɪᴇᴄᴋᴏᴡ 迪拉斯, Leon Brocard, Maik Hentsche, Matt S Trout, -Nicholas Clark, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Rainer Tammer, Ricardo Signes, -Salvador Ortiz Garcia, Sisyphus, Slaven Rezic, Steffen Mueller, Tony Cook, -Vincent Pit and Yves Orton. - -=head1 Reporting Bugs - -If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles -recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl -bug database at http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be -information at http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. - -If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug> -program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down -to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the -output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be -analysed by the Perl porting team. - -If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it -inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send -it to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription -unarchived mailing list, which includes -all the core committers, who will be able -to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help -co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all -platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for -security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently -distributed on CPAN. - -=head1 SEE ALSO - -The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details -on what changed. - -The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. - -The F<README> file for general stuff. - -The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. - -=cut |