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[perl.git] branch maint-5.10, updated. GitLive-maint-5.10-186-g8f089f6

From:
David Mitchell
Date:
February 14, 2009 17:48
Subject:
[perl.git] branch maint-5.10, updated. GitLive-maint-5.10-186-g8f089f6
Message ID:
E1LYW7h-0003zx-Fc@camel.booking.com
In perl.git, the branch maint-5.10 has been updated

<http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/8f089f6646fb9d8cf7c65d7a9d8a2273000bd9d6?hp=4db21bfad06530d3063fc385c0308b314c3c1c6b>

- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 8f089f6646fb9d8cf7c65d7a9d8a2273000bd9d6
Author: David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>
Date:   Sun Feb 15 01:47:51 2009 +0000

    Update perl5101delta.pod with merges from 12th and 14th Feb 2009
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Summary of changes:
 pod/perl5101delta.pod |   39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pod/perl5101delta.pod b/pod/perl5101delta.pod
index 4ddcb91..7d4ceed 100644
--- a/pod/perl5101delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5101delta.pod
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ C<Attribute::Handlers> upgraded from version 0.79 to 0.81
 
 =item *
 
+C<Archive::Extract> upgraded from version 0.24 to 0.30
+
+=item *
+
+C<Archive::Tar> upgraded from version 1.38 to 1.42
+
+=item *
+
 C<B> upgraded from version 1.17 to 1.22
 
 =item *
@@ -63,7 +71,20 @@ C<ExtUtils::Install> upgraded from version 1.44 to 1.52
 
 =item *
 
-C<Unicode::UCD> upgraded from version 0.25 to 0.26
+C<Module::CoreList> upgraded from version 2.13 to 2.17
+
+
+=item *
+
+C<Test::Simple> upgraded from version 0.80 to 0.86_01 XXX not a CPAN release
+
+=item *
+
+C<Unicode::UCD> upgraded from version 0.25 to 0.27
+
+=item *
+
+C<Win32API::File> upgraded from version 0.1001_01 to 0.1101
 
 =back
 
@@ -109,9 +130,21 @@ The debugger now works with lvalue subroutines
 
 =item *
 
+The debugger's C<m> command was broken on modules that defined constants
+[RT #61222].
+
+
+=item *
+
 C<crypt()> and string complement could return tainted values for untainted
 arguments [RT # 59998].
 
+=item *
+
+The C<-i.sufffix> command-line switch now recreates the file using
+restricted permissions, before changing its mode to match the original
+file. This eliminates a potential race condition.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
@@ -120,6 +153,10 @@ arguments [RT # 59998].
 
 C<vcroak()> now accepts a null first argument.
 
+New macros C<dSAVEDERRNO>, C<dSAVE_ERRNO>, C<SAVE_ERRNO>, C<RESTORE_ERRNO>
+have been added to formalise the temporary saving of the C<errno>
+variable.
+
 =head1 Known Problems
 
 =head2 Platform Specific Problems

--
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