In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/87e54f02df2275a05c923ec51e27d3e176499a4b?hp=0bc0f7314abbd796013eefd04638fd914aaf2cca>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit 87e54f02df2275a05c923ec51e27d3e176499a4b Author: Nicolas R <[email protected]> Date: Wed May 15 10:02:55 2019 -0600 Adjust perlvar doc for @INC RT #134108 dot is not in @INC anymore since 5.26 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlvar.pod | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlvar.pod b/pod/perlvar.pod index 1f9c08ce36..6c54f76bc3 100644 --- a/pod/perlvar.pod +++ b/pod/perlvar.pod @@ -494,12 +494,13 @@ The array C<@INC> contains the list of places that the C<do EXPR>, C<require>, or C<use> constructs look for their library files. It initially consists of the arguments to any B<-I> command-line switches, followed by the default Perl library, probably -F</usr/local/lib/perl>, followed by ".", to represent the current -directory. ("." will not be appended if taint checks are enabled, -either by C<-T> or by C<-t>, or if configured not to do so by the -C<-Ddefault_inc_excludes_dot> compile time option.) If you need to -modify this at runtime, you should use the C<use lib> pragma to get -the machine-dependent library properly loaded also: +F</usr/local/lib/perl>. +Prior to Perl 5.26, C<.> -which represents the current directory, was included +in C<@INC>; it has been removed. This change in behavior is documented +in L<C<PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC>|perlrun/PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC> and it is +not recommended that C<.> be re-added to C<@INC>. +If you need to modify C<@INC> at runtime, you should use the C<use lib> pragma +to get the machine-dependent library properly loaded as well: use lib '/mypath/libdir/'; use SomeMod; -- Perl5 Master Repository
