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    NAME

    perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
     
    

    DESCRIPTION

    This document describes differences between the 5.8.1 release and the 5.8.2 release.

    If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.6.1, first read the perl58delta, which describes differences between 5.6.0 and 5.8.0, and the perl581delta, which describes differences between 5.8.0 and 5.8.1.  

    Incompatible Changes

    For threaded builds for modules calling certain re-entrant system calls, binary compatibility was accidentally lost between 5.8.0 and 5.8.1. Binary compatibility with 5.8.0 has been restored in 5.8.2, which necessitates breaking compatibility with 5.8.1. We see this as the lesser of two evils.

    This will only affect people who have a threaded perl 5.8.1, and compiled modules which use these calls, and now attempt to run the compiled modules with 5.8.2. The fix is to re-compile and re-install the modules using 5.8.2.  

    Core Enhancements

     

    Hash Randomisation

    The hash randomisation introduced with 5.8.1 has been amended. It transpired that although the implementation introduced in 5.8.1 was source compatible with 5.8.0, it was not binary compatible in certain cases. 5.8.2 contains an improved implementation which is both source and binary compatible with both 5.8.0 and 5.8.1, and remains robust against the form of attack which prompted the change for 5.8.1.

    We are grateful to the Debian project for their input in this area. See ``Algorithmic Complexity Attacks'' in perlsec for the original rationale behind this change.  

    Threading

    Several memory leaks associated with variables shared between threads have been fixed.  

    Modules and Pragmata

     

    Updated Modules And Pragmata

    The following modules and pragmata have been updated since Perl 5.8.1:
    Devel::PPPort
    Digest::MD5
    I18N::LangTags
    libnet
    MIME::Base64
    Pod::Perldoc
    strict
    Documentation improved
    Tie::Hash
    Documentation improved
    Time::HiRes
    Unicode::Collate
    Unicode::Normalize
    UNIVERSAL
    Documentation improved
     

    Selected Bug Fixes

    Some syntax errors involving unrecognized filetest operators are now handled correctly by the parser.  

    Changed Internals

    Interpreter initialization is more complete when -DMULTIPLICITY is off. This should resolve problems with initializing and destroying the Perl interpreter more than once in a single process.  

    Platform Specific Problems

    Dynamic linker flags have been tweaked for Solaris and OS X, which should solve problems seen while building some XS modules.

    Bugs in OS/2 sockets and tmpfile have been fixed.

    In OS X "setreuid" and friends are troublesome - perl will now work around their problems as best possible.  

    Future Directions

    Starting with 5.8.3 we intend to make more frequent maintenance releases, with a smaller number of changes in each. The intent is to propagate bug fixes out to stable releases more rapidly and make upgrading stable releases less of an upheaval. This should give end users more flexibility in their choice of upgrade timing, and allow them easier assessment of the impact of upgrades. The current plan is for code freezes as follows
    *
    5.8.3 23:59:59 GMT, Wednesday December 31st 2003
    *
    5.8.4 23:59:59 GMT, Wednesday March 31st 2004
    *
    5.8.5 23:59:59 GMT, Wednesday June 30th 2004

    with the release following soon after, when testing is complete.

    See ``Future Directions'' in perl581delta for more soothsaying.  

    Reporting Bugs

    If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup and the perl bug database at http://bugs.perl.org/. There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/, the Perl Home Page.

    If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the perlbug program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the output of "perl -V", will be sent off to perlbug@perl.org to be analysed by the Perl porting team. You can browse and search the Perl 5 bugs at http://bugs.perl.org/  

    SEE ALSO

    The Changes file for exhaustive details on what changed.

    The INSTALL file for how to build Perl.

    The README file for general stuff.

    The Artistic and Copying files for copyright information.


     

    Index

    NAME
    DESCRIPTION
    Incompatible Changes
    Core Enhancements
    Hash Randomisation
    Threading
    Modules and Pragmata
    Updated Modules And Pragmata
    Selected Bug Fixes
    Changed Internals
    Platform Specific Problems
    Future Directions
    Reporting Bugs
    SEE ALSO


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