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diff --git a/pod/perlrun.pod b/pod/perlrun.pod index 3feab02c71..3238a5cca3 100644 --- a/pod/perlrun.pod +++ b/pod/perlrun.pod @@ -1111,6 +1111,20 @@ fit for interactive use, and setting COMSPEC to such a shell may interfere with the proper functioning of other programs (which usually look in COMSPEC to find a shell fit for interactive use). +=item PERL_ALLOW_NON_IFS_LSP (specific to the Win32 port) + +Set to 1 to allow the use of non-IFS compatible LSP's. +Perl normally searches for an IFS-compatible LSP because this is required +for its emulation of Windows sockets as real filehandles. However, this may +cause problems if you have a firewall such as McAfee Guardian which requires +all applications to use its LSP which is not IFS-compatible, because clearly +Perl will normally avoid using such an LSP. +Setting this environment variable to 1 means that Perl will simply use the +first suitable LSP enumerated in the catalog, which keeps McAfee Guardian +happy (and in that particular case Perl still works too because McAfee +Guardian's LSP actually plays some other games which allow applications +requiring IFS compatibility to work). + =item PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS Relevant only if perl is compiled with the malloc included with the perl |