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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2003-02-24 20:04:36 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2003-02-24 20:04:36 +0000
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PERL_SIGNALS=unsafe enables the old unsafe/immediate signals.
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@@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@ affect perl on VMS include PERLSHR, PERL_ENV_TABLES, and
SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL but are optional and discussed further in
L<perlvms> and in F<README.vms> in the Perl source distribution.
+=item PERL_SIGNALS
+
+In Perls 5.8.1 and later. If set to C<unsafe> the pre-Perl-5.8.0
+signals behaviour (immediate but unsafe) is restored. If set to
+C<safe> the safe signals are used.
+
=item PERL_UNICODE
Equivalent to the B<-C> command-line switch.