document limitation of exec() inside pseudo-processes

From: "Jan Dubois" <jand@activestate.com>
Message-ID: <023a01c7f63e$b9da1170$2d8e3450$@com>

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diff --git a/pod/perlfork.pod b/pod/perlfork.pod
index 8f3b919..48d65ed 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlfork.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfork.pod
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ manipulation functions applied to the ID returned by fork() will affect the
 waiting pseudo-process that called exec(), not the real process it is
 waiting for after the exec().
 
+When exec() is called inside a pseudo-process then DESTROY methods and
+END blocks will still be called after the external process returns.
+
 =item exit()
 
 exit() always exits just the executing pseudo-process, after automatically