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| author | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2010-09-27 21:42:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org> | 2010-09-27 22:20:27 -0700 |
| commit | 89cf1afaed1c3e82ca93b9fb348b8e5cb995623f (patch) | |
| tree | 1fc648d5c7a21da68bc648ab713bc51fb07e4ab9 | |
| parent | 07577ec1ef50e76463d80a4545e81fba69adae1e (diff) | |
| download | perl-89cf1afaed1c3e82ca93b9fb348b8e5cb995623f.tar.gz | |
Update the dirhandle entry in thread.pm’s docs
| -rw-r--r-- | dist/threads/lib/threads.pm | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm b/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm index e98fb50d13..a3c5f841c0 100644 --- a/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm +++ b/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm @@ -1007,8 +1007,14 @@ discouraged. =item Open directory handles -Spawning threads with open directory handles (see -L<opendir|perlfunc/"opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR">) will crash the interpreter. +In perl 5.14.0 and higher, if your system does not support the C<fchdir> C +function, directory handles (see +L<opendir|perlfunc/"opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR">) will not be copied to new +threads. You can use the C<d_fchdir> variable in L<Config.pm|Config> to +determine whether your system supports it. + +In prior perl versions, spawning threads with open directory handles would +crash the interpreter. L<[perl #75154]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75154> =item Perl Bugs and the CPAN Version of L<threads> |