=item *
-C<Encode>, by Nick Ing-Simmons, provides a mechanism to translate
-between different character encodings. Support for Unicode,
-ISO-8859-*, ASCII, CP*, KOI8-R, and three variants of EBCDIC are
-compiled in to the module. Several other encodings (like Chinese,
-Japanese, Korean, and MacIntosh encodings) are included and will be
-loaded at runtime. (For space considerations, the largest Chinese
-encodings have been separated into their own CPAN module,
-Encode::HanExtra). See L<Encode>.
+C<Encode>, by Nick Ing-Simmons and Dan Kogai, provides a mechanism to
+translate between different character encodings. Support for Unicode,
+ISO-8859-1, and ASCII are compiled in to the module. Several other
+encodings (like the rest of the ISO-8859, CP*/Win*, Mac, KOI8-R, three
+variants EBCDIC, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean encodings) are included
+and can be loaded at runtime. (For space considerations, the largest
+Chinese encodings have been separated into their own CPAN module,
+Encode::HanExtra, which Encode will use if available). See L<Encode>.
Any encoding supported by Encode module is also available to the
":encoding()" layer if PerlIO is used.
=item *
+In Sys::Syslog there is now a failover mechanism that will go
+through alternative connection mechanisms until the message
+is successfully logged.
+
+=item *
+
The Test module has been significantly enhanced.
=item *
vac version 5.0.1.0, that has been known to compile Perl correctly.
"lslpp -L|grep vac.C" will tell you the vac version. See README.aix.
+=item *
+
+If building threaded Perl, you may get compilation warning from pp_sys.c:
+
+ "pp_sys.c", line 4651.39: 1506-280 (W) Function argument assignment between types "unsigned char*" and "const void*" is not allowed.
+
+This is harmless; it is caused by the getnetbyaddr() and getnetbyaddr_r()
+having slightly different types for their first argument.
+
=back
=head2 Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
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 mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
+In Linux, building mod_perl with B<threaded> Perl 5.8.0 does not work
+because starting from 5.8.0 building a threaded Perl uses the
+-D_GNU_SOURCE flag. The Apache 1.3.23 sources that are built
+alongside mod_perl don't like that flag and the compilation dies
+because of function prototype conflicts. This may or may not get
+fixed in later releases of mod_perl than the current 1.26 or in later
+releases of Apache than the current 1.3.23 (fixing the problem in Perl
+is less likely since threaded Perl in Linux now needs the -D_GNU_SOURCE>).
+Workarounds include using non-threaded Perl and using Apache 2.0.
+An obvious workaround would be to stop the -D_GNU_SOURCE from reaching
+the Apache 1.3.23 sources, but as of Perl 5.8.0, the complex build
+system of mod_perl has foiled this idea.
+
=head2 lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
Don't panic. Read INSTALL 'make test' section instead.