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diff --git a/pod/perl595delta.pod b/pod/perl595delta.pod index f6abe09919..8ad962abef 100644 --- a/pod/perl595delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl595delta.pod @@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ ben Jore) As the old 5005thread threading model has been removed, in favor of the ithreads scheme, the C<Thread> module is now a compatibility wrapper, to -be used in old code only. +be used in old code only. It has been removed from the default list of +dynamic extensions. =back @@ -435,16 +436,38 @@ It's now possible to build a C<perl-static.exe> that doesn't depend on C<perl59.dll> on Win32. See the Win32 makefiles for details. (Vadim Konovalov) -=head2 C<d_pseudofork> +=head2 win32 builds + +All win32 builds (MS-Win, WinCE) have been merged and cleaned up. + +=head2 C<d_pseudofork> and C<d_printf_format_null> A new configuration variable, available as C<$Config{d_pseudofork}> in the L<Config> module, has been added, to distinguish real fork() support from fake pseudofork used on Windows platforms. +A new configuration variable, C<d_printf_format_null>, has been added, +to see if printf-like formats are allowed to be NULL. + +=head2 Help + +C<Configure -h> has been extended with the most used option. + +Much less 'Whoa there' messages. + +=head2 64bit systems + +Better detection of 64bit(only) systems, and setting all the (library) +paths accordingly. + =head2 Ports Perl has been reported to work on MidnightBSD. +Support for Cray XT4 Catamount/Qk has been added. + +Vendor patches have been merged for RedHat and GenToo. + =head1 Selected Bug Fixes PerlIO::scalar will now prevent writing to read-only scalars. Moreover, |