=item *
+The 5.005 threads model (module C<Thread>) is deprecated and expected
+to be removed in Perl 5.10. Multithreaded code should be migrated to
+the new ithreads model (see L<threads> and L<threads::shared>).
+
+=item *
+
The long deprecated uppercase aliases for the string comparison
operators (EQ, NE, LT, LE, GE, GT) have now been removed.
=item *
+The return value of Cwd::fastcwd() is now tainted.
+
+=item *
+
Data::Dumper has now an option to sort hashes.
=item *
=item *
+Devel::Peek now has an interface for the Perl memory statistics
+(this works only if you are using perl's malloc, and if you have
+compiled with debugging).
+
+=item *
+
The English module can now be used without the infamous performance
hit by saying
=item *
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker now uses File::Spec internally, which hopefully
+leads into better portability.
+
+=item *
+
Fcntl, Socket, and Sys::Syslog have been rewritten to use the
new-style constant dispatch section (see L<ExtUtils::Constant>).
This means that they will be more robust and hopefully faster.
=item *
-Devel::Peek now has an interface for the Perl memory statistics
-(this works only if you are using perl's malloc, and if you have
-compiled with debugging).
-
-=item *
-
IPC::Open3 now allows the use of numeric file descriptors.
=item *
=item *
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker now uses File::Spec internally, which hopefully
-leads into better portability.
-
-=item *
-
Math::BigFloat and Math::BigInt have undergone a full rewrite.
They are now magnitudes faster, and they support various
bignum libraries such as GMP and PARI as their backends.
=item *
-If binary compatibility with the 5.005 release is not wanted, Configure
-no longer suggests including the 5.005 modules in @INC.
+Since Perl 5.8 is not binary-compatible with previous releases
+of Perl, Configure no longer suggests including the 5.005
+modules in @INC.
=item *
rules for the conversion. Some platforms that used to use gcvt may
now resort to the slower sprintf.
+=item *
+
+The obsolete method of making a special (e.g., debugging) flavor
+of perl by saying
+
+ make LIBPERL=libperld.a
+
+has been removed. Use -DDEBUGGING instead.
+
=back
=head2 New Or Improved Platforms
=item *
+Stratus VOS is now supported using Perl's native build method
+(Configure). This is the recommended method to build Perl on
+VOS. The older methods, which build miniperl, are still
+available. See L<perlvos>.
+
+=item *
+
Amdahl UTS UNIX mainframe platform is now supported.
=item *
=item *
+Stratus VOS
+
+The native build method requires at least VOS Release 14.5.0
+and GNU C++/GNU Tools 2.0.1 or later. The Perl pack function
+now maps overflowed values to +infinity and underflowed values
+to -infinity.
+
+=item *
+
Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1)
The operating system version letter now recorded in $Config{osvers}.
works, but for example C<bin:perl -v> doesn't. The exact reason isn't
known but the current suspect is the F<ixemul> library.
+=head2 ext/threads/t/libc
+
+If this test fails, it indicates that your libc (C library) is not
+threadsafe. This particular test stress tests the localtime() call to
+find out whether it is threadsafe. See L<perlthrtut> for more information.
+
=head2 FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO8859-15 Locales
The ISO8859-15 locales may fail the locale test 117 in FreeBSD.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
../ext/DB_File/t/db-btree.t 0 11 ?? ?? % ??
../ext/DB_File/t/db-recno.t 149 3 2.01% 61 63 65
- ../ext/POSIX/t/posix.t 31 1 3.23% 10
If you are building on a UFS partition, you will also probably see
t/op/stat.t subtest #9 fail. This is caused by Darwin's UFS not
supporting inode change time.
+Also the ext/POSIX/t/posix.t subtest #10 fails but it is skipped for
+now because the failure is Apple's fault, not Perl's (blocked signals
+are lost).
+
+If you Configure with ithreads, ext/threads/t/libc.t will fail, again
+not Perl's fault-- the libc of Mac OS X is not threadsafe (in this
+particular test the localtime() call is found to be threadunsafe.)
+
=head2 op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
The op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130 are known to fail on some platforms.
experience failures (the test core dumping) in lib/locale.t.
The suggested cure is to upgrade your Solaris.
+=head2 Stratus VOS
+
+When Perl is built using the native build process on VOS Release
+14.5.0 and GNU C++/GNU Tools 2.0.1, all attempted tests either
+pass or result in TODO (ignored) failures.
+
=head2 Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
-B<Note that support for 5.005-style threading remains experimental
-and practically unsupported.>
+B<Note that support for 5.005-style threading is deprecated,
+experimental and practically unsupported. In 5.10 it is expected
+to be removed.>
The following tests are known to fail due to fundamental problems in
the 5.005 threading implementation. These are not new failures--Perl
../lib/autouse.t 10 1 10.00% 4
op/flip.t 15 1 6.67% 15
-These failures are unlikely to get fixed as the 5.005-style
-threads are considered fundamentally broken.
+These failures are unlikely to get fixed as the 5.005-style threads
+are considered fundamentally broken. (Basically what happens is that
+competing threads can corrupt shared global state.)
=head2 UNICOS
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ../ext/Socket/socketpair.t 1 256 45 1 2.22% 12
../lib/Math/Trig.t 26 1 3.85% 25
../lib/warnings.t 460 1 0.22% 425
- io/fs.t 36 1 2.78% 31
op/numconvert.t 1440 13 0.90% 208 509-510
657-658 665-666 829-830 989-990 1149-1150
+The Trig and numconvert failures are caused by the slighly differing
+(from IEEE) floating point implementation of UNICOS. The warnings
+failure is also related: the test assumes a certain floating point
+output format, this assumption fails in UNICOS.
+
=head2 UNICOS/mk
=over 4
tests have been added.
Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ../ext/Data/Dumper/t/dumper.t 339 8 2.36% 311 314 325 327
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ ../ext/Data/Dumper/t/dumper.t 357 8 2.24% 311 314 325 327
331 333 337 339
../ext/IO/lib/IO/t/io_unix.t 5 4 80.00% 2-5
- ../ext/Storable/t/utf8hash.t 10 2560 148 10 6.76% 1 5 72 76 143-148
- ../lib/utf8.t 94 13 13.83% 27 30-31 43 46 73
- 76 79 82 85 88 91
- 94
+ ../ext/Storable/t/downgrade.t 12 3072 169 12 7.10% 14-15 46-47 78-79
+ 110-111 150 161
../lib/ExtUtils/t/Constant.t 121 30976 48 48 100.00% 1-48
../lib/ExtUtils/t/Embed.t 9 9 100.00% 1-9
- op/pat.t 900 9 1.00% 242-243 665 776
- 785 832-834 845
+ op/pat.t 910 7 0.77% 665 776 785 832-
+ 834 845
op/sprintf.t 224 3 1.34% 98 100 136
op/tr.t 97 5 5.15% 63 71-74
- run/fresh_perl.t 94 3 3.19% 92-94
uni/fold.t 780 6 0.77% 61 169 196 661
710-711
+The dumper.t and downgrade.t are problems in the tests, the io_unix
+and sprintf are problems in the USS (UDP sockets and printf formats).
+The pat, tr, and fold are genuine Perl problems caused by EBCDIC (and
+in the pat and fold cases, combining that with Unicode). The Constant
+and Embed are probably problems in the tests (since they test Perl's
+ability to build extensions, and that seems to be working reasonably well.)
+
=head2 Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
local %tied_array;
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