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diff --git a/README.beos b/README.beos
index 155f291..8d2c109 100644
--- a/README.beos
+++ b/README.beos
@@ -57,18 +57,16 @@ please email me.
 Tom Spindler
 dogcow@isi.net
 
-=head2 Update 2001-12-26
+=head2 Update 2002-05-30
 
-I managed to compile one of the developer snapshots (13885 plus a few
-tweaks) leading up to (some day) Perl 5.8.0, and the following tests
-fail:
+The following tests fail on 5.8.0 Perl in BeOS Personal 5.03:
 
-        op/magic                        24-26
-        ext/POSIX/t/sigaction           13
-        ext/POSIX/t/waitpid             1
-        lib/ExtUtils/t/Installed        9-10 25-27 29-30 33-36
+  t/op/magic..........................FAILED at test 24
+  ext/File/Glob/t/basic...............FAILED at test 3
+  ext/POSIX/t/sigaction...............FAILED at test 13
+  ext/POSIX/t/waitpid.................FAILED at test 1
 
-None of the failures look too serious:
+The reasons for the failures are as follows: 
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -81,23 +79,24 @@ in ways that define logic.
 
 =item *
 
-The sigaction #13 means that signal mask doesn't get properly restored
-if sigaction returns early.
+The Glob/t/basic indicates a bug in the getpw*() functions of Perl:
+they do not always return the correct user db entries.
 
 =item *
 
-The waitpid failure means that after there are no more child
-processes, waitpid is supposed to start returning -1 (and set errno
-to ECHILD).  In BeOS, it doesn't seem to.
+The sigaction #13 means that signal mask doesn't get properly restored
+if sigaction returns early.
 
 =item *
 
-The Installed test has some filesystem portability assumptions.
+The waitpid failure means that after there are no more child
+processes, waitpid is supposed to start returning -1 (and set
+errno to ECHILD).  In BeOS, it doesn't seem to.
 
 =back
 
 Disclaimer: I just installed BeOS Personal Edition 5.0 and the
 Developer Tools, that is the whole extent of my BeOS expertise,
-so pelase don't ask for further help in BeOS Perl problems, sorry.
+so please don't ask me for further help in BeOS Perl problems.
 
 jhi@iki.fi