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diff --git a/pod/perl561delta.pod b/pod/perl561delta.pod index 1b9d7bba3e..ccd9c8d281 100644 --- a/pod/perl561delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl561delta.pod @@ -3444,7 +3444,9 @@ is executed: =over -=item 64-bit builds +=item + +64-bit builds Subtest #15 of lib/b.t may fail under 64-bit builds on platforms such as HP-UX PA64 and Linux IA64. The issue is still being investigated. @@ -3457,21 +3459,27 @@ in 64-bit HP-UX. The test attempts to create and connect to Note that 64-bit support is still experimental. -=item Failure of Thread tests +=item + +Failure of Thread tests The subtests 19 and 20 of lib/thr5005.t test are known to fail due to fundamental problems in the 5.005 threading implementation. These are not new failures--Perl 5.005_0x has the same bugs, but didn't have these tests. (Note that support for 5.005-style threading remains experimental.) -=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure +=item + +NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure In NEXTSTEP 3.3p2 the implementation of the strftime(3) in the operating system libraries is buggy: the %j format numbers the days of a month starting from zero, which, while being logical to programmers, will cause the subtests 19 to 27 of the lib/posix test may fail. -=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc +=item + +Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc If compiled with gcc 2.95 the lib/sdbm test will fail (dump core). The cure is to use the vendor cc, it comes with the operating system |