Configure regen to pick up the new installation directories

[perl5.git] / pod / perllocale.pod

diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod
index 08b50e0..510117f 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perllocale.pod
+++ b/pod/perllocale.pod
@@ -608,8 +608,12 @@ obeys the current C<LC_TIME> locale.
 
 The remaining locale category, C<LC_MESSAGES> (possibly supplemented
 by others in particular implementations) is not currently used by
-Perl--except possibly to affect the behavior of library functions called
-by extensions outside the standard Perl distribution.
+Perl--except possibly to affect the behavior of library functions
+called by extensions outside the standard Perl distribution and by the
+operating system and its utilities.  Note especially that the string
+value of C<$!> and the error messages given by external utilities may
+be changed by C<LC_MESSAGES>.  If you want to have portable error
+codes, use C<%!>.  See L<Errno>.
 
 =head1 SECURITY