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Utility Changes

dprofpp

dprofpp is used to display profile data generated using Devel::DProf. See dprofpp.

find2perl

The find2perl utility now uses the enhanced features of the File::Find module. The -depth and -follow options are supported. Pod documentation is also included in the script.

h2xs

The h2xs tool can now work in conjunction with C::Scan (available from CPAN) to automatically parse real-life header files. The -M, -a, -k, and -o options are new.

perlcc

perlcc now supports the C and Bytecode backends. By default, it generates output from the simple C backend rather than the optimized C backend.

Support for non-Unix platforms has been improved.

perldoc

perldoc has been reworked to avoid possible security holes. It will not by default let itself be run as the superuser, but you may still use the -U switch to try to make it drop privileges first.

The Perl Debugger

Many bug fixes and enhancements were added to perl5db.pl, the Perl debugger. The help documentation was rearranged. New commands include < ?, > ?, and { ? to list out current actions, man docpage to run your doc viewer on some perl docset, and support for quoted options. The help information was rearranged, and should be viewable once again if you're using less as your pager. A serious security hole was plugged--you should immediately remove all older versions of the Perl debugger as installed in previous releases, all the way back to perl3, from your system to avoid being bitten by this.

 

  

 

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