Thread-safety doc tweaks from Jörg Walter <jwalt@cpan.org>;

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

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index d08ebb0..fffb1bc 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ Available only on Windows NT (not on Windows 95). (Win32)
 
 =item fork
 
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, AmigaOS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, AmigaOS, S<RISC OS>, VOS, VM/ESA, VMS)
 
 Emulated using multiple interpreters.  See L<perlfork>.  (Win32)
 
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 
 =item getppid
 
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, S<RISC OS>)
 
 =item getpriority WHICH,WHO
 
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>, VOS)
 
 =item setgrent
 
-Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, MPE/iX, VMS, Win32, VMS, S<RISC OS>)
+Not implemented. (S<Mac OS>, MPE/iX, VMS, Win32, S<RISC OS>)
 
 =item setpgrp PID,PGRP
 
@@ -2094,9 +2094,11 @@ available at http://www.cpan.org/src/index.html
         OpenBSD
         OpenVMS         (VMS)
         OS/2
+        PowerUX
         POSIX-BC        (BS2000)
         QNX
         Solaris
+        SunOS 4
         SUPER-UX
         Tru64 UNIX      (DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX)
         UNICOS
@@ -2109,26 +2111,28 @@ available at http://www.cpan.org/src/index.html
         VM/ESA
 
         1) in DOS mode either the DOS or OS/2 ports can be used
-        2) compilers: Borland, Cygwin (GCC), MinGW (GCC), VC6
+        2) compilers: Borland, MinGW (GCC), VC6
 
 The following platforms worked with the previous releases (5.6 and
 5.7), but we did not manage either to fix or to test these in time
 for the 5.8.0 release.  There is a very good chance that many of these
-will work fine with the 5.8.0.  The only one known for certain to be
-broken for 5.8.0 is the AmigaOS.
+will work fine with the 5.8.0.
 
-        AmigaOS
+        BSD/OS
         DomainOS
         Hurd
         LynxOS
         MachTen
         PowerMAX
         SCO SV
-        SunOS 4
         SVR4
         Unixware
         Windows 3.1
 
+Known to be broken for 5.8.0 (but 5.6.1 and 5.7.2 can be used):
+
+       AmigaOS
+
 The following platforms have been known to build Perl from source in
 the past (5.005_03 and earlier), but we haven't been able to verify
 their status for the current release, either because the
@@ -2139,7 +2143,6 @@ of any trouble.
 
         3b1
         A/UX
-        BSD/OS
         ConvexOS
         CX/UX
         DC/OSx
@@ -2160,16 +2163,14 @@ of any trouble.
         OpenSTEP
         Opus
         Plan 9
-        PowerUX
         RISC/os
-        SCO ODT/OSR     
+        SCO ODT/OSR
         Stellar
         SVR2
         TI1500
         TitanOS
         Ultrix
         Unisys Dynix
-        Unixware
 
 The following platforms have their own source code distributions and
 binaries available via http://www.cpan.org/ports/