to use direct manipulation by setting C<PL_use_safe_putenv = 0;> after
the C<perl_construct()> call.
+=head3 External glob
+
+Before File::Glob entered core in 5.6.0 globbing was implemented by shelling
+out. If the environmental variable PERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB is defined and if the
+F<csh> shell is available, perl will still do this the old way.
+
=head2 Installation Directories
The installation directories can all be changed by answering the
=item Directories for the perl distribution
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.31.6.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.31.10.
$version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
determined by Configure. The full definitions of all Configure
=head1 Reporting Problems
-Wherever possible please use the perlbug tool supplied with this Perl
-to report problems, as it automatically includes summary configuration
-information about your perl, which may help us track down problems far
-more quickly. But first you should read the advice in this file,
-carefully re-read the error message and check the relevant manual pages
-on your system, as these may help you find an immediate solution.
-Once you've exhausted the documentation, please report bugs to us using
-the 'perlbug' tool.
-
-The perlbug tool is installed along with perl, so after you have
-completed C<make install> it should be possible to run it with plain
-C<perlbug>. If the install fails, or you want to report problems with
-C<make test> without installing perl, then you can use C<make nok> to
-run perlbug to report the problem, or run it by hand from this source
-directory with C<./perl -Ilib utils/perlbug>
-
-If the build fails too early to run perlbug uninstalled, then please
-B<run> the C<./myconfig> shell script, and mail its output along with
-an accurate description of your problem to perlbug@perl.org
+Please report problems to the GitHub issue tracker at
+https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues, which will ask for the
+appropriate summary configuration information about your perl, which
+may help us track down problems far more quickly. But first you should
+read the advice in this file, carefully re-read the error message and
+check the relevant manual pages on your system, as these may help you
+find an immediate solution. Once you've exhausted the documentation,
+please report bugs to us using the GitHub tracker.
+
+The summary configuration information can be printed with C<perl -V>.
+If the install fails, or you want to report problems with C<make test>
+without installing perl, then you can run it by hand from this source
+directory with C<./perl -V>.
+
+If the build fails too early to run perl, then please
+B<run> the C<./myconfig> shell script, and include its output along
+with an accurate description of your problem.
If Configure itself fails, and does not generate a config.sh file
-(needed to run C<./myconfig>), then please mail perlbug@perl.org the
+(needed to run C<./myconfig>), then please open an issue with the
description of how Configure fails along with details of your system
--- for example the output from running C<uname -a>
+-- for example the output from running C<uname -a>.
Please try to make your message brief but clear. Brief, clear bug
reports tend to get answered more quickly. Please don't worry if your
necessary. Do not include a complete transcript of your build
session. Just include the failing commands, the relevant error
messages, and whatever preceding commands are necessary to give the
-appropriate context. Plain text should usually be sufficient -- fancy
-attachments or encodings may actually reduce the number of people who
-read your message. Your message will get relayed to over 400
-subscribers around the world so please try to keep it brief but clear.
+appropriate context.
If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it
-inappropriate to send to a publicly archived mailing list, then see
+inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker, then see
L<perlsec/SECURITY VULNERABILITY CONTACT INFORMATION>
for details of how to report the issue.
=head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
-Perl 5.31.6 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.31.10 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules.
In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one stable version of Perl
libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?) One convenient
way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
- sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.31.6
+ sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.31.10
-and adding /opt/perl5.31.6/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.31.10/bin to the shell PATH variable. Such users
may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
yet.
-=head2 Upgrading from 5.31.5 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.31.8 or earlier
-B<Perl 5.31.6 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.31.5 or
+B<Perl 5.31.10 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.31.8 or
earlier Perl releases.> Perl modules having binary parts
(meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.31.6. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.31.6, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.31.10. If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.31.10, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
installations. (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
above.)
print("$f\n");
}
-in Linux with perl-5.31.6 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.31.10 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
./bin/perl
- ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/strict.pm
- ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/warnings.pm
- ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
- ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/feature.pm
- ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/XSLoader.pm
- ./lib/perl5/5.31.6/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+ ./lib/perl5/5.31.10/strict.pm
+ ./lib/perl5/5.31.10/warnings.pm
+ ./lib/perl5/5.31.10/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+ ./lib/perl5/5.31.10/feature.pm
+ ./lib/perl5/5.31.10/XSLoader.pm
+ ./lib/perl5/5.31.10/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591
files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its