PaulHowarth/Blog/2011-10-27

Thursday 27th October 2011

Local Packages

  • Updated perl-File-Remove to 1.51:

    • END-time deletion by clear() is now fork-safe; it will only remove paths created in the same process

  • Updated perl-NetAddr-IP to 4.053:

    • In Lite.pm v1.36:

      • Fix CPAN RT#71925, a sub-variant of CPAN RT#62521 that showed up only for short notation for IPv4, e.g. 127/n, 127.0/n, 127.0.0/n but not 127.0.0.0/n

  • Updated perl-Variable-Magic to 0.47:

    • The new constant VMG_COMPAT_HASH_DELETE_NOUVAR_VOID evaluates to true when "delete $hash{key}" does not call 'delete' uvar magic in void context

    • The MAGIC tokens created by this module no longer use the mg_private member for storing a "magical" signature

    • Triggering magic in a thread on a variable cloned from the main interpreter, and when the wizard already went out of scope, will no longer segfault
    • The pointer table is no longer needed to ensure thread safety; the size of the object code is about 8% smaller for threaded perls
    • Threads tests will not fail any more if resource constraints prevent the system from creating all the required threads


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