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# New Ticket Created by (Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason) # Please include the string: [perl #74504] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=74504 > From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avar@cpan.org> --- pod/perl5130delta.pod | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perl5130delta.pod b/pod/perl5130delta.pod index 93cd22e..a1a2d0e 100644 --- a/pod/perl5130delta.pod +++ b/pod/perl5130delta.pod @@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ still be dispatched within the same statement as they were previously - if this is not the case, or it is possible to create uninterruptable loops, this is a bug, and reports are encouraged of how to recreate such issues. +=head2 Assignment to C<$0> sets the legacy process name with C<prctl()> on Linux + +On Linux the legacy process name will be set with L<prctl(2)>, in +addition to altering the POSIX name via C<argv[0]> as perl has done +since version 4.000. Now system utilities that read the legacy process +name such as ps, top and killall will recognize the name you set when +assigning to C<$0>. The string you supply will be cut off at 16 bytes, +this is a limitation imposed by Linux. + =head1 New Platforms XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous -- 1.7.1.rc1Thread Next