Integrate mainline + lib/open.t patch from Chromatic

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

diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod
index 340e15c..86a09ba 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfunc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod
@@ -563,9 +563,9 @@ previous time C<caller> was called.
 Changes the working directory to EXPR, if possible. If EXPR is omitted,
 changes to the directory specified by C<$ENV{HOME}>, if set; if not,
 changes to the directory specified by C<$ENV{LOGDIR}>. (Under VMS, the
-variable C<$ENV{SYS$LOGIN}> is used instead.) If neither is set,
-C<chdir> does nothing. It returns true upon success, false otherwise.
-See the example under C<die>.
+variable C<$ENV{SYS$LOGIN}> is also checked, and used if it is set.) If
+neither is set, C<chdir> does nothing. It returns true upon success,
+false otherwise. See the example under C<die>.
 
 =item chmod LIST
 
@@ -3882,6 +3882,9 @@ C<main>.)  Here is a typical code layout:
     # In the main program
     push @INC, new Foo(...);
 
+Note that these hooks are also permitted to set the %INC entry
+corresponding to the files they have loaded. See L<perlvar/%INC>.
+
 For a yet-more-powerful import facility, see L</use> and L<perlmod>.
 
 =item reset EXPR