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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 17 |
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@@ -103,11 +103,18 @@ L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> for more details. The standard extensions supplied with Perl will be handled automatically. -On a related issue, old modules may possibly be affected by the changes -in the Perl language in the current release. Please see -F<pod/perldelta.pod> for a description of what's changed. See your -installed copy of the perllocal.pod file for a (possibly incomplete) -list of locally installed modules. Also see the L<CPAN> module's +On a related issue, old modules may possibly be affected by the changes in the +Perl language in the current release. We try hard to make new features +"opt-in", such that existing code will work unchanged, and attempt to identify +where bug fixes might expose code which was relying on incorrect interpreter +behaviour. Please see F<pod/perldelta.pod> for a description of what's +changed between this and the previous release. If you are upgrading from an +earlier release, please also check the perldeltas describing changes for the +intermediate releases, to get a full picture of what changes might affect your +installation. + +See your installed copy of the perllocal.pod file for a (possibly +incomplete) list of locally installed modules. Also see the L<CPAN> module's C<autobundle> function for one way to make a "bundle" of your currently installed modules. |