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authorDagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>2017-03-21 17:12:04 +0000
committerDagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>2017-03-25 09:35:05 +0000
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Document PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC in perlrun.pod
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@@ -1379,6 +1379,15 @@ a boolean variable. Setting this to C<"1"> is not the right way to
your shell before starting Perl). See the description of the B<-C>
switch for more information.
+=item PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC
+X<PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC>
+
+If perl has been configured to not have the current directory in
+L<C<@INC>|perlvar/@INC> by default, this variable can be set to C<"1">
+to reinstate it. It's primarily intended for use while building and
+testing modules that have not been updated to deal with "." not being in
+C<@INC> and should not be set in the environment for day-to-day use.
+
=item SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
X<SYS$LOGIN>