Update perldelta

p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.8/perl@23479

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perl586delta.pod b/pod/perl586delta.pod
index 4653fc4c51..16182885f7 100644
--- a/pod/perl586delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl586delta.pod
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ see the file README.win32, particularly if you're running Win95.
 
 =item *
 
-Cwd upgraded to version 2.21
+With the C<base> pragma, an intermediate class with no fields used to messes
+up private fields in the base class. This has been fixed.
+
+=item *
+
+Cwd upgraded to version 3.01 (as part of the new PathTools distribution)
 
 =item *
 
@@ -33,11 +38,11 @@ Devel::PPPort upgraded to version 3.03
 
 =item *
 
-File::Spec upgraded to version 0.90
+File::Spec upgraded to version 3.01 (as part of the new PathTools distribution)
 
 =item *
 
-Encode upgraded to version 2.04
+Encode upgraded to version 2.08
 
 =item *
 
@@ -46,6 +51,10 @@ available on CPAN have some issues with core modules on some core platforms.
 
 =item *
 
+I18N::LangTags upgraded to version 0.35
+
+=item *
+
 Math::BigInt upgraded to version 1.73
 
 =item *
@@ -72,8 +81,6 @@ Time::HiRes upgraded to version 1.65
 Perl has a new -dt command-line flag, which enables threads support in the
 debugger.
 
-=head1 New Documentation
-
 =head1 Performance Enhancements
 
 C<reverse sort ...> is now optimized to sort in reverse, avoiding the
@@ -82,13 +89,14 @@ generation of a temporary intermediate list.
 C<for (reverse @foo)> now iterates in reverse, avoiding the generation of a
 temporary reversed list.
 
-=head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
-
 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
 The regexp engine is now more robust when given invalid utf8 input, as is
 sometimes generated by buggy XS modules.
 
+C<foreach> on threads::shared array used to be able to crash Perl. This bug
+has now been fixed.
+
 A regexp in C<STDOUT>'s destructor used to coredump, because the regexp pad
 was already freed. This has been fixed.
 
@@ -98,7 +106,8 @@ have been fixed.
 Using C<delete> on an array no longer leaks memory. A C<pop> of an item from a
 shared array reference no longer causes a leak.
 
-C<eval_sv()> failing a taint test could corrupt the stack - this has been fixed.
+C<eval_sv()> failing a taint test could corrupt the stack - this has been
+fixed.
 
 On platforms with 64 bit pointers numeric comparison operators used to
 erroneously compare the addresses of references that are overloaded, rather
@@ -113,6 +122,8 @@ made, so this optimization was valid. 5.8.0 introduced a guarantee of
 stability in the default C<sort> implementation, rendering this optimization
 invalid in specific cases. This has been fixed.
 
+Localising C<$^D> no longer generates a diagnostic message about valid -D
+flags.
 
 =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
 
@@ -130,12 +141,6 @@ which should help anyone wishing to get an overview of the implementation.
 
 There are significantly more tests for the C<B> suite of modules.
 
-=head1 Known Problems
-
-=head1 Platform Specific Problems
-
-XXX What's failing on VMS?
-
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles