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diff --git a/README.freebsd b/README.freebsd index 6894e4cf83..77c297bec6 100644 --- a/README.freebsd +++ b/README.freebsd @@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ version 5 (hereafter just Perl) is compiled and/or runs. When perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library calls in preference to non-re-entrant versions. There is a bug in FreeBSD's -C<readdir_r> function that can cause a SEGV when reading large directories. -A patch is available +C<readdir_r> function in versions 4.5 and earlier that can cause a SEGV when +reading large directories. A patch for FreeBSD libc is available (see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=misc/30631 ) -and will hopefully be integrated into FreeBSD 4.6. +which has been integrated into FreeBSD 4.6. =head2 $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ result of reading this symlink is can be wrong in certain circumstances In these cases perl will fall back to the old behaviour of using C's argv[0] value for C<$^X>. -=head2 Perl will no more be part of "base FreeBSD" +=head2 Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD" -Not as bad as it sounds--what is means is that Perl will no more be +Not as bad as it sounds--what this means is that Perl will no longer be part of the B<kernel build system> of FreeBSD. Perl will still very probably be part of the "default install", and in any case the latest version will be in the ports system. The first FreeBSD version this |