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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perldelta.pod

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 7a759b8..37c2a31 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ contain the strings 'UTF-8' or 'UTF8' (case-insensitive matching),
 the default encoding of your STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR, and of
 B<any subsequent file open>, is UTF-8.
 
+=item *
+
+If your filesystem supports returning UTF-8 encoded filenames,
+it is possible to make Perl to understand that the filenames
+returned by readdir() and glob() are in Unicode.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Safe Signals
@@ -563,7 +569,7 @@ elicits a new warning: C<Use of /c modifier is meaningless without /g>.
 Use of C</c> in substitutions, even with C</g>, elicits 
 C<Use of /c modifier is meaningless in s///>.  
 
-Use of C</g> with C<split> elicits <Use of /g modifier is meaningless
+Use of C</g> with C<split> elicits C<Use of /g modifier is meaningless
 in split>.
 
 =back
@@ -726,7 +732,8 @@ Ilya Zakharevich.
 
 L<libnet> is a collection of perl5 modules related to network
 programming, from Graham Barr.  See L<Net::FTP>, L<Net::NNTP>,
-L<Net::Ping>, L<Net::POP3>, L<Net::SMTP>, and L<Net::Time>.
+L<Net::Ping> (not part of libnet, but related), L<Net::POP3>,
+L<Net::SMTP>, and L<Net::Time>.
 
 Perl installation leaves libnet unconfigured, use F<libnetcfg> to configure.
 
@@ -1115,10 +1122,19 @@ Math::Complex handles inf, NaN etc., better.
 
 =item *
 
-Net::Ping has been muchly enhanced.  Multihoming is now supported.
-There is now "external" protocol which uses Net::Ping::External module
-which runs external ping(1) and parses the output.  A version of
-Net::Ping::External is available in CPAN.
+Net::Ping has been muchly enhanced: multihoming is now supported,
+Win32 functionality is better, there is now time measuring
+functionality (optionally high-resolution using Time::HiRes),
+and there is now "external" protocol which uses Net::Ping::External
+module which runs your external ping utility and parses the output.
+A version of Net::Ping::External is available in CPAN.
+
+Note that some of the Net::Ping tests are disabled when running
+under the Perl distribution since one cannot assume one or more
+of the following: enabled echo port at localhost, full Internet
+connectivity, or sympathetic firewalls.  You can set the environment
+variable PERL_TEST_Net_Ping to "1" (one) before running the Perl test
+suite to enable all the Net::Ping tests.
 
 =item *
 
@@ -1250,6 +1266,15 @@ C<pod2html> now allows specifying a cache directory.
 
 =item *
 
+C<pod2html> now produces XHTML 1.0.
+
+=item *
+
+C<pod2html> now understands POD written using different line endings
+(PC-like CRLF versus UNIX-like LF versus MacClassic-like CR).
+
+=item *
+
 C<s2p> has been completely rewritten in Perl.  (It is in fact a full
 implementation of sed in Perl: you can use the sed functionality by
 using the C<psed> utility.)
@@ -2796,6 +2821,10 @@ as of 5.7.3:
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ..\ext/threads/t/end.t                6    4  66.67%  3-6
 
+=head2 XML::Parser not working
+
+Use XML::Parser 2.31 or later.
+
 =head2 Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
 
     use Tie::Hash;