In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/3ee934f736b227950f308b9a5c319ad34a53b323?hp=0ebc1fcf4e0367e3ec8364cced4293968af32424>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 3ee934f736b227950f308b9a5c319ad34a53b323 Author: Karl Williamson <[email protected]> Date: Mon May 22 16:10:33 2017 -0600 perldelta: Clarify -Di switch entry I didn't understand this, and looked at the actual commits to figure it out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perldelta.pod | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 073274b1ab..17a6e460ac 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -359,7 +359,8 @@ in that example. =head2 C<-Di> switch is now required for PerlIO debugging output -Previously PerlIO debugging output would be sent to the file specified +This is used for debugging of code within PerlIO to avoid recursive +calls. Previously this output would be sent to the file specified by the C<PERLIO_DEBUG> environment variable if perl wasn't running setuid and the C<-T> or C<-t> switches hadn't been parsed yet. @@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ output. By default this is written to C<stderr>, but can optionally be redirected to a file by setting the C<PERLIO_DEBUG> environment variable. -If perl is running setuid or the C<-T> switch has supplied +If perl is running setuid or the C<-T> switch was supplied, C<PERLIO_DEBUG> is ignored and the debugging output is sent to C<stderr> as for any other C<-D> switch. -- Perl5 Master Repository
