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authorJerry D. Hedden <jdhedden@1979.usna.com>2010-09-24 21:42:04 +0100
committerChris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>2010-09-24 21:42:04 +0100
commit414fa04cdda19d4646d695b14dd909e515b70524 (patch)
tree3cd95c125a2e7a0dc1cdfdc944a7bf9a106c1960 /dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
parent7b301413cce02b9a948a0e223b4f6a6c0112f1c1 (diff)
downloadperl-414fa04cdda19d4646d695b14dd909e515b70524.tar.gz
[perl #78000] [PATCH] Upgrade to threads 1.79
Attached is a revised patch to upgrade to v1.79. I needed to fix the tests in the newly added t/kill2.t file. The blead version will be 1.79_01.
Diffstat (limited to 'dist/threads/lib/threads.pm')
-rw-r--r--dist/threads/lib/threads.pm12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm b/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
index 8654f9f6f5..175b8df26c 100644
--- a/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
+++ b/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use 5.008;
use strict;
use warnings;
-our $VERSION = '1.77_03';
+our $VERSION = '1.79_01';
my $XS_VERSION = $VERSION;
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ threads - Perl interpreter-based threads
=head1 VERSION
-This document describes threads version 1.77
+This document describes threads version 1.79
=head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -1005,6 +1005,12 @@ mutexes that are needed to control functionality within the L<threads> module.
For this reason, the use of C<END> blocks in threads is B<strongly>
discouraged.
+=item Open directory handles
+
+Spawning threads with open directory handles (see
+L<opendir|perlfunc/"opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR">) will 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>
Support for threads extends beyond the code in this module (i.e.,
@@ -1034,7 +1040,7 @@ L<threads> Discussion Forum on CPAN:
L<http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/threads>
Annotated POD for L<threads>:
-L<http://annocpan.org/~JDHEDDEN/threads-1.77/threads.pm>
+L<http://annocpan.org/~JDHEDDEN/threads-1.79/threads.pm>
Source repository:
L<http://code.google.com/p/threads-shared/>