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4 | 284167a smueller Add C define to remove taint support from perl | |
5 | ba593ad davem clone() wasn't cloning the whole stack | |
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44691e6f AB |
8 | =head1 NAME |
9 | ||
5d8c8c8a FR |
10 | [ this is a template for a new perldelta file. Any text flagged as XXX needs |
11 | to be processed before release. ] | |
12 | ||
7e7cfa2d | 13 | perldelta - what is new for perl v5.17.6 |
e128ab2c | 14 | |
4eabcf70 | 15 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
6db9054f | 16 | |
7e7cfa2d | 17 | This document describes differences between the 5.17.5 release and the 5.17.6 |
e08634c5 | 18 | release. |
6db9054f | 19 | |
7e7cfa2d FR |
20 | If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.17.4, first read |
21 | L<perl5175delta>, which describes differences between 5.17.4 and 5.17.5. | |
5faa50e9 | 22 | |
5d8c8c8a | 23 | =head1 Notice |
b932b266 | 24 | |
5d8c8c8a | 25 | XXX Any important notices here |
b932b266 | 26 | |
5d8c8c8a | 27 | =head1 Core Enhancements |
4db91b87 | 28 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
29 | XXX New core language features go here. Summarize user-visible core language |
30 | enhancements. Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go | |
31 | here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section. | |
4db91b87 | 32 | |
5d8c8c8a | 33 | [ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ] |
4db91b87 | 34 | |
bde9e88d KW |
35 | =head2 Character name aliases may now include non-Latin1-range characters |
36 | ||
37 | It is possible to define your own names for characters for use in | |
38 | C<\N{...}>, C<charnames::vianame()>, etc. These names can now be | |
39 | comprised of characters from the whole Unicode range. This allows for | |
40 | names to be in your native language, and not just English. Certain | |
41 | restrictions apply to the characters that may be used (you can't define | |
42 | a name that has punctuation in it, for example). See L<charnames/CUSTOM | |
43 | ALIASES>. | |
44 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 45 | =head1 Security |
4db91b87 | 46 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
47 | XXX Any security-related notices go here. In particular, any security |
48 | vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the | |
49 | L</Selected Bug Fixes> section. | |
4db91b87 | 50 | |
5d8c8c8a | 51 | [ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ] |
4db91b87 | 52 | |
916c45d9 | 53 | =head1 Incompatible Changes |
9c5f5e7a | 54 | |
5d8c8c8a | 55 | XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be: |
4db91b87 | 56 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
57 | There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX |
58 | If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a | |
59 | report. See L</Reporting Bugs> below. | |
4db91b87 | 60 | |
5d8c8c8a | 61 | [ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ] |
4db91b87 | 62 | |
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63 | =head2 An unknown character name in C<\N{...}> is now a syntax error |
64 | ||
65 | Previously, it warned, and the Unicode REPLACEMENT CHARACTER was | |
66 | substituted. Unicode now recommends that this situation be a syntax | |
67 | error. Also, the previous behavior led to some confusing warnings and | |
68 | behaviors, and since the REPLACEMENT CHARACTER has no use other than as | |
69 | a stand-in for some unknown character, any code that has this problem is | |
70 | buggy. | |
71 | ||
4d7cd482 KW |
72 | =head2 Formerly deprecated characters in C<\N{}> character name aliases are now errors. |
73 | ||
74 | Since v5.12.0, it has been deprecated to use certain characters in | |
75 | user-defined C<\N{...}> character names. These now cause a syntax | |
76 | error. For example, it is now an error to begin a name with a digit, | |
77 | such as in | |
78 | ||
79 | my $undraftable = "\N{4F}"; # Syntax error! | |
80 | ||
81 | or to have commas anywhere in the name. See L<charnames/CUSTOM ALIASES> | |
82 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 83 | =head1 Deprecations |
4db91b87 | 84 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
85 | XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here. In |
86 | particular, deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed as | |
87 | an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
4db91b87 | 88 | |
5d8c8c8a | 89 | [ List each deprecation as a =head2 entry ] |
4db91b87 | 90 | |
5d8c8c8a | 91 | =head1 Performance Enhancements |
45f11e9c | 92 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
93 | XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here. |
94 | There may well be none in a stable release. | |
45f11e9c | 95 | |
5d8c8c8a | 96 | [ List each enhancement as a =item entry ] |
9c5f5e7a | 97 | |
916c45d9 | 98 | =over 4 |
338a1057 SH |
99 | |
100 | =item * | |
101 | ||
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102 | Lists of lexical variable declarations (C<my($x, $y)>) are now optimised |
103 | down to a single op, and are hence faster than before. | |
0ace302a | 104 | |
5d8c8c8a | 105 | =back |
5faa50e9 | 106 | |
5d8c8c8a | 107 | =head1 Modules and Pragmata |
5faa50e9 | 108 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
109 | XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/> |
110 | go here. If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the | |
111 | following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>, which prints stub | |
112 | entries to STDOUT. Results can be pasted in place of the '=head2' entries | |
113 | below. A paragraph summary for important changes should then be added by hand. | |
114 | In an ideal world, dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be | |
115 | cribbed. | |
5faa50e9 | 116 | |
5d8c8c8a | 117 | [ Within each section, list entries as a =item entry ] |
5faa50e9 | 118 | |
5d8c8c8a | 119 | =head2 New Modules and Pragmata |
5faa50e9 | 120 | |
5d8c8c8a | 121 | =over 4 |
5faa50e9 FR |
122 | |
123 | =item * | |
124 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 125 | XXX |
5faa50e9 | 126 | |
916c45d9 | 127 | =back |
0ace302a | 128 | |
916c45d9 | 129 | =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata |
4cc02608 | 130 | |
916c45d9 | 131 | =over 4 |
e7b92d54 SH |
132 | |
133 | =item * | |
134 | ||
11e375e0 FC |
135 | L<Carp> has been upgraded from version 1.27 to 1.28. |
136 | ||
137 | Carp is no longer confused when C<caller> returns undef for a package that | |
138 | has been deleted. | |
139 | ||
140 | =item * | |
141 | ||
7b379596 CB |
142 | L<CPAN> has been upgraded from version 1.98 to 1.99_51. |
143 | ||
5c26a176 SH |
144 | =item * |
145 | ||
146 | L<DynaLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.16 to 1.17. | |
147 | ||
cb077ed2 DD |
148 | =item * |
149 | ||
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150 | L<Env> has been upgraded from version 1.03 to 1.04. |
151 | ||
152 | Its SPLICE implementation no longer misbehaves in list context. | |
153 | ||
154 | =item * | |
155 | ||
cb077ed2 DD |
156 | L<Tie::Hash::NamedCapture> has been upgraded from version 0.08 to 0.09. |
157 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 158 | =back |
5f877a7f | 159 | |
5d8c8c8a | 160 | =head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata |
5f877a7f | 161 | |
5d8c8c8a | 162 | =over 4 |
2a527d37 SH |
163 | |
164 | =item * | |
165 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 166 | XXX |
5faa50e9 | 167 | |
5d8c8c8a | 168 | =back |
5faa50e9 | 169 | |
5d8c8c8a | 170 | =head1 Documentation |
5faa50e9 | 171 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
172 | XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here. Consider grouping entries by |
173 | file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>. | |
9c5f5e7a | 174 | |
5d8c8c8a | 175 | =head2 New Documentation |
5faa50e9 | 176 | |
5d8c8c8a | 177 | XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here. |
eebee32b | 178 | |
5d8c8c8a | 179 | =head3 L<XXX> |
eebee32b | 180 | |
5d8c8c8a | 181 | XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here |
1ea91bbe | 182 | |
5d8c8c8a | 183 | =head2 Changes to Existing Documentation |
1ea91bbe | 184 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
185 | XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here. |
186 | However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics> | |
187 | section. | |
5faa50e9 | 188 | |
c9ac5216 | 189 | =head3 L<perlref> |
5faa50e9 | 190 | |
5d8c8c8a | 191 | =over 4 |
1ea91bbe FR |
192 | |
193 | =item * | |
194 | ||
c9ac5216 FC |
195 | C<*foo{NAME}> and C<*foo{PACKAGE}>, which have existed since perl 5.005, |
196 | are now documented. | |
5faa50e9 | 197 | |
916c45d9 | 198 | =back |
9c5f5e7a | 199 | |
4eabcf70 | 200 | =head1 Diagnostics |
05c8f9ed | 201 | |
4eabcf70 TC |
202 | The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output, |
203 | including warnings and fatal error messages. For the complete list of | |
204 | diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>. | |
ceb0881c | 205 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
206 | XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here. Also |
207 | include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code. | |
90519d0f | 208 | |
5d8c8c8a | 209 | =head2 New Diagnostics |
4db91b87 | 210 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
211 | XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors |
212 | and New Warnings | |
4db91b87 | 213 | |
5d8c8c8a | 214 | =head3 New Errors |
4db91b87 | 215 | |
5d8c8c8a | 216 | =over 4 |
4db91b87 FC |
217 | |
218 | =item * | |
219 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 220 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
4db91b87 | 221 | |
5d8c8c8a | 222 | =back |
4db91b87 | 223 | |
5d8c8c8a | 224 | =head3 New Warnings |
4db91b87 | 225 | |
5d8c8c8a | 226 | =over 4 |
90519d0f | 227 | |
1ea91bbe FR |
228 | =item * |
229 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 230 | XXX L<message|perldiag/"message"> |
1ea91bbe | 231 | |
61174fb5 | 232 | =back |
422287bf | 233 | |
916c45d9 | 234 | =head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics |
c95d4104 | 235 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
236 | XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here |
237 | ||
4eabcf70 | 238 | =over 4 |
7ab2ea42 | 239 | |
916c45d9 | 240 | =item * |
7ab2ea42 | 241 | |
7e7cfa2d | 242 | XXX Describe change here |
4db91b87 | 243 | |
5d8c8c8a | 244 | =back |
1ea91bbe | 245 | |
5d8c8c8a | 246 | =head1 Utility Changes |
1ea91bbe | 247 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
248 | XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here. |
249 | Most of these are built within the directories F<utils> and F<x2p>. | |
1ea91bbe | 250 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
251 | [ List utility changes as a =head3 entry for each utility and =item |
252 | entries for each change | |
253 | Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ] | |
1ea91bbe | 254 | |
7e7cfa2d | 255 | =head3 L<XXX> |
d7f7c515 | 256 | |
916c45d9 | 257 | =over 4 |
afc04f16 | 258 | |
b4cf37f5 FC |
259 | =item * |
260 | ||
7e7cfa2d | 261 | XXX |
b4cf37f5 | 262 | |
916c45d9 | 263 | =back |
b4cf37f5 | 264 | |
5d8c8c8a | 265 | =head1 Configuration and Compilation |
a21a3918 | 266 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
267 | XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools |
268 | go here. Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here. | |
269 | However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the | |
270 | L</Platform Support> section, instead. | |
a21a3918 | 271 | |
5d8c8c8a | 272 | [ List changes as a =item entry ]. |
a21a3918 | 273 | |
916c45d9 | 274 | =over 4 |
60ca243a | 275 | |
5d8c8c8a | 276 | =item * |
eebee32b | 277 | |
5d8c8c8a | 278 | XXX |
eebee32b | 279 | |
916c45d9 | 280 | =back |
d91f1bc9 | 281 | |
5d8c8c8a | 282 | =head1 Testing |
d91f1bc9 | 283 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
284 | XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be |
285 | listed here. Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any | |
286 | large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added). | |
287 | Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs | |
288 | that they represent may be covered elsewhere. | |
3c774534 | 289 | |
5d8c8c8a | 290 | [ List each test improvement as a =item entry ] |
050862bb | 291 | |
5d8c8c8a | 292 | =over 4 |
050862bb DM |
293 | |
294 | =item * | |
295 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 296 | XXX |
050862bb | 297 | |
916c45d9 | 298 | =back |
d91f1bc9 | 299 | |
5d8c8c8a | 300 | =head1 Platform Support |
4db91b87 | 301 | |
5d8c8c8a | 302 | XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below. |
4db91b87 | 303 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
304 | [ Within the sections, list each platform as a =item entry with specific |
305 | changes as paragraphs below it. ] | |
4db91b87 | 306 | |
5d8c8c8a | 307 | =head2 New Platforms |
4db91b87 | 308 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
309 | XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous |
310 | versions did not. These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/> | |
311 | directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the | |
312 | source tree. | |
4db91b87 | 313 | |
5d8c8c8a | 314 | =over 4 |
4db91b87 | 315 | |
5d8c8c8a | 316 | =item XXX-some-platform |
4db91b87 | 317 | |
5d8c8c8a | 318 | XXX |
4db91b87 | 319 | |
5d8c8c8a | 320 | =back |
4db91b87 | 321 | |
5d8c8c8a | 322 | =head2 Discontinued Platforms |
4db91b87 | 323 | |
5d8c8c8a | 324 | =over 4 |
4db91b87 | 325 | |
739a0b84 | 326 | =item EPOC |
4db91b87 | 327 | |
739a0b84 NC |
328 | Support code relating to EPOC has been removed. EPOC was a family of |
329 | operating systems developed by Psion for mobile devices. It was the | |
330 | predecessor of Symbian. The port was last updated in April 2002. | |
4db91b87 | 331 | |
5d8c8c8a | 332 | =back |
5faa50e9 | 333 | |
5d8c8c8a | 334 | =head2 Platform-Specific Notes |
5faa50e9 | 335 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
336 | XXX List any changes for specific platforms. This could include configuration |
337 | and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility. However, | |
338 | changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the | |
339 | L</Modules and Pragmata> section. | |
5faa50e9 | 340 | |
5d8c8c8a | 341 | =over 4 |
5faa50e9 | 342 | |
7e7cfa2d | 343 | =item XXX-some-platform |
5faa50e9 | 344 | |
7e7cfa2d | 345 | XXX |
5faa50e9 | 346 | |
5d8c8c8a | 347 | =back |
5faa50e9 | 348 | |
5d8c8c8a | 349 | =head1 Internal Changes |
5faa50e9 | 350 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
351 | XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here. Other |
352 | significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as | |
353 | well. | |
5faa50e9 | 354 | |
5d8c8c8a | 355 | [ List each change as a =item entry ] |
5faa50e9 | 356 | |
5d8c8c8a | 357 | =over 4 |
5faa50e9 FR |
358 | |
359 | =item * | |
360 | ||
cb077ed2 DD |
361 | The private Perl_croak_no_modify has had its context parameter removed. It is |
362 | now has a void prototype. Users of the public API croak_no_modify remain | |
363 | unaffected. | |
364 | ||
365 | =item * | |
366 | ||
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367 | Copy-on-write (shared hash key) scalars are no longer marked read-only. |
368 | C<SvREADONLY> returns false on such an SV, but C<SvIsCOW> still returns | |
369 | true. | |
90814a4e | 370 | |
5ce83ae9 DM |
371 | =item * |
372 | ||
373 | A new op type, C<OP_PADRANGE> has been introduced. The perl peephole | |
374 | optimiser will, where possible, substitute a single padrange op for a | |
375 | pushmark followed by one or more pad ops, and possibly also skipping list | |
376 | and nextstate ops. In addition, the op can carry out the tasks associated | |
377 | with the RHS of a my(...) = @_ assignment, so those ops may be optimised | |
378 | away too. | |
379 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 380 | =back |
31c15ce5 | 381 | |
5d8c8c8a | 382 | =head1 Selected Bug Fixes |
4db91b87 | 383 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
384 | XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here. Bug fixes in |
385 | files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>. | |
4db91b87 | 386 | |
5d8c8c8a | 387 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
4db91b87 | 388 | |
5d8c8c8a | 389 | =over 4 |
4db91b87 FC |
390 | |
391 | =item * | |
392 | ||
11e375e0 FC |
393 | Uninitialized warnings mentioning hash elements would only mention the |
394 | element name if it was not in the first bucket of the hash, due to an | |
395 | off-by-one error. | |
396 | ||
397 | =item * | |
398 | ||
399 | A regular expression optimizer bug could cause multiline "^" to behave | |
400 | incorrectly in the presence of line breaks, such that | |
401 | C<"/\n\n" =~ m#\A(?:^/$)#im> would not match [perl #115242]. | |
402 | ||
403 | =item * | |
404 | ||
405 | Failed C<fork> in list context no longer currupts the stack. | |
406 | C<@a = (1, 2, fork, 3)> used to gobble up the 2 and assign C<(1, undef, 3)> | |
407 | if the C<fork> call failed. | |
408 | ||
409 | =item * | |
410 | ||
411 | Numerous memory leaks have been fixed, mostly involving tied variables that | |
412 | die, regular expression character classes and code blocks, and syntax | |
413 | errors. | |
414 | ||
415 | =item * | |
416 | ||
417 | Assigning a regular expression (C<${qr//}>) to a variable that happens to | |
418 | hold a floating point number no longer causes assertion failures on | |
419 | debugging builds. | |
420 | ||
421 | =item * | |
422 | ||
423 | Assigning a regular expression to a scalar containing a number no longer | |
424 | causes subsequent nummification to produce random numbers. | |
425 | ||
426 | =item * | |
427 | ||
428 | Assigning a regular expression to a magic variable no longer wipes away the | |
429 | magic. This is a regression from 5.10. | |
430 | ||
431 | =item * | |
432 | ||
433 | Assigning a regular expression to a blessed scalar no longer results in | |
434 | crashes. This is also a regression from 5.10. | |
435 | ||
436 | =item * | |
437 | ||
438 | Regular expression can now be assigned to tied hash and array elements with | |
439 | flattening into strings. | |
440 | ||
441 | =item * | |
442 | ||
443 | Nummifying a regular expression no longer results in an uninitialized | |
444 | warning. | |
445 | ||
446 | =item * | |
447 | ||
448 | Negative array indices no longer cause EXISTS methods of tied variables to | |
449 | be ignored. This is a regression from 5.12. | |
450 | ||
451 | =item * | |
452 | ||
453 | Negative array indices no longer result in crashes on arrays tied to | |
454 | non-objects. | |
455 | ||
456 | =item * | |
457 | ||
458 | C<$x = "(?{})"; /a++(?{})+$x/x> no longer erroneous produces an error (just | |
459 | a warning, as expected). This was broken in 5.17.1. | |
460 | ||
461 | =item * | |
462 | ||
463 | C<$byte_overload .= $utf8> no longer results in doubly-encoded UTF8 if the | |
464 | left-hand scalar happened to have produced a UTF8 string the last time | |
465 | overloading was invoked. | |
466 | ||
467 | =item * | |
468 | ||
469 | C<goto &sub> now uses the current value of @_, instead of using the array | |
470 | the subroutine was originally called with. This means | |
471 | C<local @_ = (...); goto &sub> now works [perl #43077]. | |
472 | ||
473 | =item * | |
474 | ||
475 | If a debugger is invoked recursively, it no longer stomps on its own | |
476 | lexical variables. Formerly under recursion all calls would share the same | |
477 | set of lexical variables [perl #115742]. | |
2d9cd31f | 478 | |
c9ac5216 FC |
479 | =item * |
480 | ||
481 | C<*_{ARRAY}> returned from a subroutine no longer spontaneously | |
482 | becomes empty. | |
483 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 484 | =back |
4db91b87 | 485 | |
5d8c8c8a | 486 | =head1 Known Problems |
4db91b87 | 487 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
488 | XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here. Any |
489 | tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here. Unfixed | |
490 | platform specific bugs also go here. | |
4db91b87 | 491 | |
5d8c8c8a | 492 | [ List each fix as a =item entry ] |
4db91b87 | 493 | |
5d8c8c8a | 494 | =over 4 |
4db91b87 | 495 | |
45f11e9c FC |
496 | =item * |
497 | ||
5d8c8c8a | 498 | XXX |
45f11e9c | 499 | |
916c45d9 | 500 | =back |
d91f1bc9 | 501 | |
5d8c8c8a | 502 | =head1 Obituary |
d91f1bc9 | 503 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
504 | XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary |
505 | here. | |
90519d0f | 506 | |
916c45d9 | 507 | =head1 Acknowledgements |
05bee12a | 508 | |
5d8c8c8a FR |
509 | XXX Generate this with: |
510 | ||
7e7cfa2d | 511 | perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.5..HEAD |
29cf780c | 512 | |
44691e6f AB |
513 | =head1 Reporting Bugs |
514 | ||
e08634c5 SH |
515 | If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently |
516 | posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at | |
517 | http://rt.perl.org/perlbug/ . There may also be information at | |
518 | http://www.perl.org/ , the Perl Home Page. | |
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520 | If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the L<perlbug> program |
521 | included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but | |
522 | sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of C<perl -V>, | |
523 | will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team. | |
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524 | |
525 | If the bug you are reporting has security implications, which make it | |
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526 | inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then please send it |
527 | to perl5-security-report@perl.org. This points to a closed subscription | |
528 | unarchived mailing list, which includes all the core committers, who will be | |
529 | able to help assess the impact of issues, figure out a resolution, and help | |
f9001595 | 530 | co-ordinate the release of patches to mitigate or fix the problem across all |
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531 | platforms on which Perl is supported. Please only use this address for |
532 | security issues in the Perl core, not for modules independently distributed on | |
533 | CPAN. | |
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534 | |
535 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
536 | ||
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537 | The F<Changes> file for an explanation of how to view exhaustive details on |
538 | what changed. | |
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539 | |
540 | The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl. | |
541 | ||
542 | The F<README> file for general stuff. | |
543 | ||
544 | The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information. | |
545 | ||
546 | =cut |