Change 31644 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2007/07/20 09:53:20
Extend the update info regarding Configure changes
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--- perl/pod/perl595delta.pod#35~31561~ 2007-07-07 03:51:08.000000000 -0700
+++ perl/pod/perl595delta.pod 2007-07-20 02:53:20.000000000 -0700
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@
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 @@
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,
End of Patch.
