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@@ -657,6 +657,19 @@ architecture-dependent library for your -DDEBUGGING version of perl. You can do this by changing all the *archlib* variables in config.sh to point to your new architecture-dependent library. +=head3 Environment access + +Perl often needs to write to the program's environment, such as when C<%ENV> +is assigned to. Many implementations of the C library function C<putenv()> +leak memory, so where possible perl will manipulate the environment directly +to avoid these leaks. The default is now to perform direct manipulation +whenever perl is running as a stand alone interpreter, and to call the safe +but potentially leaky C<putenv()> function when the perl interpreter is +embedded in another application. You can force perl to always use C<putenv()> +by compiling with -DPERL_USE_SAVE_PUTENV. You can force an embedded perl to +use direct manipulation by setting C<PL_use_safe_putenv = 0;> after the +C<perl_construct()> call. + =head2 Installation Directories The installation directories can all be changed by answering the |