From 89cf1afaed1c3e82ca93b9fb348b8e5cb995623f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Father Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:42:13 -0700
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 dist/threads/lib/threads.pm | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'dist')

diff --git a/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm b/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
index e98fb50d13..a3c5f841c0 100644
--- a/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
+++ b/dist/threads/lib/threads.pm
@@ -1007,8 +1007,14 @@ discouraged.
 
 =item Open directory handles
 
-Spawning threads with open directory handles (see
-L<opendir|perlfunc/"opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR">) will crash the interpreter.
+In perl 5.14.0 and higher, if your system does not support the C<fchdir> C
+function, directory handles (see
+L<opendir|perlfunc/"opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR">) will not be copied to new
+threads. You can use the C<d_fchdir> variable in L<Config.pm|Config> to
+determine whether your system supports it.
+
+In prior perl versions, spawning threads with open directory handles would
+crash the interpreter.
 L<[perl #75154]|http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=75154>
 
 =item Perl Bugs and the CPAN Version of L<threads>
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