Note that I failed to integrate the suidperl patch. me--

p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.8/perl@22139

diff --git a/pod/perl583delta.pod b/pod/perl583delta.pod
index bd0b76a..18057af 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perl583delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl583delta.pod
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ You can now weaken references to read only values.
 =item threads::shared
 
 C<cond_wait> has a new two argument form. C<cond_timedwait> has been added.
- 
+
 =back
 
 =head1 Utility Changes
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ and consider upgrading their glibc.
 Detached threads aren't supported on Windows yet, as they may lead to 
 memory access violation problems.
 
+There is a known race condition opening scripts in C<suidperl>. C<suidperl>
+is neither built nor installed by default, and has been deprecated since
+perl 5.8.0. You are advised to replace use of suidperl with tools such
+as sudo ( http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/ )
+
 We have a backlog of unresolved bugs. Dealing with bugs and bug reports
 is unglamorous work; not something ideally suited to volunteer labour,
 but that is all that we have.