X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/7969fa3ad87a5c1e868e959d5ff214a5a1b2fdab..5a91a58bdfe7443b1aadff310cbd7f80c36e29ad:/README.freebsd diff --git a/README.freebsd b/README.freebsd index 4bfe974..8e62903 100644 --- a/README.freebsd +++ b/README.freebsd @@ -17,24 +17,24 @@ When perl is configured to use ithreads, it will use re-entrant library calls in preference to non-re-entrant versions. There is a bug in FreeBSD's C function in versions 4.5 and earlier that can cause a SEGV when reading large directories. A patch for FreeBSD libc is available -(see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=misc/30631 ) +(see L ) which has been integrated into FreeBSD 4.6. -=head2 $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD +=head2 C<$^X> doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD perl sets C<$^X> where possible to a full path by asking the operating system. On FreeBSD the full path of the perl interpreter is found by using C with C if that is supported, else by reading the symlink F. FreeBSD 7 and earlier has a bug where either approach sometimes returns an incorrect value -(see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=35703 ). +(see L ). In these cases perl will fall back to the old behaviour of using C's -argv[0] value for C<$^X>. +C value for C<$^X>. =head1 AUTHOR Nicholas Clark , collating wisdom supplied by Slaven Rezic and Tim Bunce. -Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to F. +Please report any errors, updates, or suggestions to L.