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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1997-05-16 10:15:00 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-05-16 10:15:00 +1200
commitc90c0ff485be15aaf3ee20121299cb014ee6b1ff (patch)
tree2c69d15977fd7b00642d5daa2115ae1fa27e75f7 /pod/perltoc.pod
parent7b05b7e32c22894360c5332cd30232bdea49f5a8 (diff)
downloadperl-c90c0ff485be15aaf3ee20121299cb014ee6b1ff.tar.gz
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_99a to perl5.004]
BUILD PROCESS Subject: Don't use 'unset' in Configure From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: Configure Subject: Protect against having no such command as 'cc' Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl> Files: Configure Msg-ID: 1997May12.163534.2006434@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3bf198a5e20d135d4136d3233d58cf49a70772d9) Subject: minor wording enhancement for Configure Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 13:38:31 +0300 (EET DST) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi> Files: Configure private-msgid: 199705101038.NAA00471@alpha.hut.fi CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Make C<m//g> reset pos on failure; make C<m//gc> not reset From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: dump.c op.c op.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq6.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c t/op/pat.t toke.c Subject: SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{BASH_ENV} is tainted From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c Subject: Allow exec() if $ENV{TERM} is tainted but innocuous From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c Subject: Allow globbing when tainted under VMS (no external program) From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Win32 update (three patches) From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: README.win32 perl.c win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL win32/makedef.pl win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32io.c win32/win32io.h win32/win32iop.h Subject: Don't require executable bit on perl -S if DOSISH Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 12:33:18 -0400 From: Danny Sadinoff <sadinoff@olf.com> Files: perl.c Msg-ID: 337351CE.79B28DE3@olf.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 7596f71a28f72f9e3abd6d3962d29a7752cd9303) DOCUMENTATION Subject: Tweaks for perldelta Date: Sun, 11 May 97 01:46:00 +0200 From: Unknown Contributor <hansm@euronet.nl> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Msg-ID: 199705102346.BAA17300@mail.euronet.nl (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3e10809228cc961223b894e1639b44f8e2b64de0) Subject: Mention perlfaq.pod and perlmodlib.pod in perldelta.pod From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Fix example of use of lexicals with formats From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: In C<eval &func>, always call &func in scalar context From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Fix recursive substitution From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: cop.h global.sym pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c Subject: Fix core dump from get*() functions returning no alias array From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_sys.c Subject: Fix typo Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:28:35 -0500 From: Mark K Trettin <mkt@lucent.com> Files: pp_sys.c private-msgid: 199705102228.RAA11163@gv18c.ih.lucent.com
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perltoc.pod')
-rw-r--r--pod/perltoc.pod37
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index 0340059b15..d58f12cf86 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ CGI script to do bad things?
=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, and C<-m>, and B<-T> options
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
=item More precise warnings
@@ -916,6 +916,9 @@ CGI script to do bad things?
=item Changes to tainting checks
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+
=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
=item Embedding improvements
@@ -940,7 +943,7 @@ $^E, $^H, $^M
delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
-VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//g> does not
+VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
@@ -1027,8 +1030,8 @@ manipulating hashes
=item Documentation Changes
-L<perldelta>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>, L<perldebug>,
-L<perlsec>
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
=item New Diagnostics
@@ -1941,7 +1944,7 @@ safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
=item Safe Pipe Opens
-=item Bidirectional Communication
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
=back
@@ -1953,13 +1956,29 @@ safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=back
+
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+
+=over
+
+=item A Simple Client
+
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+
+=item A Webget Client
+
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
=back
-=item SysV IPC
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=item WARNING
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+
+=item UDP: Message Passing
+
+=item SysV IPC
=item NOTES
@@ -3005,6 +3024,8 @@ B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
the <FORM> tag
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+
=item DEBUGGING
=over