From: Gurusamy Sarathy Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 19:10:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: perldelta updates X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c35dd67d21bc3e32533d94409f1aabc5d0c23f0a;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git perldelta updates p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4358 --- diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod index 1f39e4f..618ee01 100644 --- a/pod/perldelta.pod +++ b/pod/perldelta.pod @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ In 5.005_0x and earlier, perl's rand() function used the C library rand(3) function. As of 5.005_52, Configure tests for drand48(), random(), and rand() (in that order) and picks the first one it finds. Perl programs that depend on reproducing a specific set of pseudo-random -numbers will now likely produce different output. +numbers will now likely produce different output. You can use +C to obtain the old behavior. =item Hashing function for hash keys has changed @@ -272,7 +273,8 @@ because many scripts assume to find Perl in /usr/bin/perl. =head2 SOCKS support You can use "Configure -Dusesocks" which causes Perl to probe -for the SOCKS proxy protocol library, http://www.socks.nec.com/ +for the SOCKS (v5, not v4) proxy protocol library, +http://www.socks.nec.com/ =head2 C<-A> flag @@ -281,10 +283,14 @@ flag. The editing happens immediately after the platform specific hints files have been processed but before the actual configuration process starts. Run C to find out the full C<-A> syntax. -=head2 New Installation Scheme +=head2 Enhanced Installation Directories -vendorprefix et al -[TODO - Andy Dougherty ] +The installation structure has been enriched to improve the support for +maintaining multiple versions of perl, to provide locations for +vendor-supplied modules and scripts, and to ease maintenance of +locally-added modules and scripts. See the section on Installation +Directories in the INSTALL file for complete details. For most users +building and installing from source, the defaults should be fine. =head1 Core Changes