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@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ potential incompatibilities introduced with this release. A few of the most important issues are listed below, but you should refer to F<pod/perldelta.pod> for more detailed information. -B<WARNING:> This version is not binary compatible with earlier versions -of Perl. If you have built extensions (i.e. modules that include C code) -using an earlier version of Perl, you will need to rebuild and reinstall -those extensions. +B<WARNING:> This version is not binary compatible with versions of Perl +earlier than 5.32.0. If you have built extensions (i.e. modules that +include C code) using an earlier version of Perl, you will need to +rebuild and reinstall those extensions. Pure perl modules without XS or C code should continue to work fine without reinstallation. See the discussion below on @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories. =item Directories for the perl distribution -By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.32.0. +By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.32.1. $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g. 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure @@ -2437,7 +2437,8 @@ L<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html> =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5 -Perl 5.32.0 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl. +Perl 5.32.1 is not binary compatible with versions of Perl earlier than +5.32.0. In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules. In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one stable version of Perl @@ -2512,9 +2513,9 @@ won't interfere with another version. (The defaults guarantee this for libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as - sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.32.0 + sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.32.1 -and adding /opt/perl5.32.0/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users +and adding /opt/perl5.32.1/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl. @@ -2527,13 +2528,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out yet. -=head2 Upgrading from 5.31.8 or earlier +=head2 Upgrading from 5.31.11 or earlier -B<Perl 5.32.0 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.31.8 or +B<Perl 5.32.1 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.31.11 or earlier Perl releases.> Perl modules having binary parts (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be -used with 5.32.0. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with -5.32.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older +used with 5.32.1. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with +5.32.1, you may safely do so without disturbing the older installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5"> above.) @@ -2566,15 +2567,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script print("$f\n"); } -in Linux with perl-5.32.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): +in Linux with perl-5.32.1 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}): ./bin/perl - ./lib/perl5/5.32.0/strict.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.32.0/warnings.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.32.0/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.32.0/feature.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.32.0/XSLoader.pm - ./lib/perl5/5.32.0/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so + ./lib/perl5/5.32.1/strict.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.32.1/warnings.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.32.1/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.32.1/feature.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.32.1/XSLoader.pm + ./lib/perl5/5.32.1/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its |