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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfreebsd.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfreebsd.pod deleted file mode 100644 index 4bfe9741373..00000000000 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perlfreebsd.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you -see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is -specifically designed to be readable as is. - -=head1 NAME - -perlfreebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -This document describes various features of FreeBSD that will affect how Perl -version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. - -=head2 FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads - -When perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library calls -in preference to non-re-entrant versions. There is a bug in FreeBSD's -C<readdir_r> function in versions 4.5 and earlier that can cause a SEGV when -reading large directories. A patch for FreeBSD libc is available -(see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=misc/30631 ) -which has been integrated into FreeBSD 4.6. - -=head2 $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD - -perl sets C<$^X> where possible to a full path by asking the operating -system. On FreeBSD the full path of the perl interpreter is found by using -C<sysctl> with C<KERN_PROC_PATHNAME> if that is supported, else by reading -the symlink F</proc/curproc/file>. FreeBSD 7 and earlier has a bug where -either approach sometimes returns an incorrect value -(see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35703 ). -In these cases perl will fall back to the old behaviour of using C's -argv[0] value for C<$^X>. - -=head1 AUTHOR - -Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>, collating wisdom supplied by Slaven Rezic -and Tim Bunce. - -Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F<perlbug@perl.org>. - |