perl5280delta – what is new for perl v5.28.0 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.26.0 release and the 5.28.0 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.24.0, first read perl5260delta, which describes differences between 5.24.0 and 5.26.0. Core EnhancementsUnicode 10.0 is supportedA list of changes is at <http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0>. delete on key/value…
perl5263delta – what is new for perl v5.26.3 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.26.2 release and the 5.26.3 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.26.1, first read perl5262delta, which describes differences between 5.26.1 and 5.26.2. Security[CVE-2018-12015] Directory traversal in module Archive::TarBy default, Archive::Tar doesn’t allow extracting files outside the…
perl5262delta – what is new for perl v5.26.2 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.26.1 release and the 5.26.2 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.26.0, first read perl5261delta, which describes differences between 5.26.0 and 5.26.1. Security[CVE-2018-6797] heap-buffer-overflow (WRITE of size 1) in S_regatom (regcomp.c)A crafted regular expression could cause…
perl5261delta – what is new for perl v5.26.1 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.26.0 release and the 5.26.1 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.24.0, first read perl5260delta, which describes differences between 5.24.0 and 5.26.0. Security[CVE-2017-12837] Heap buffer overflow in regular expression compilerCompiling certain regular expression patterns with the…
perl5260delta – what is new for perl v5.26.0 DescriptionThis document describes the differences between the 5.24.0 release and the 5.26.0 release. NoticeThis release includes three updates with widespread effects: • "." no longer in @INC For security reasons, the current directory (".") is no longer included by default at the end of the module search…
perl5244delta – what is new for perl v5.24.4 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.24.3 release and the 5.24.4 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.24.2, first read perl5243delta, which describes differences between 5.24.2 and 5.24.3. Security[CVE-2018-6797] heap-buffer-overflow (WRITE of size 1) in S_regatom (regcomp.c)A crafted regular expression could cause…
perl5243delta – what is new for perl v5.24.3 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.24.2 release and the 5.24.3 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.24.1, first read perl5242delta, which describes differences between 5.24.1 and 5.24.2. Security[CVE-2017-12837] Heap buffer overflow in regular expression compilerCompiling certain regular expression patterns with the…
perl5242delta – what is new for perl v5.24.2 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.24.1 release and the 5.24.2 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.24.0, first read perl5241delta, which describes differences between 5.24.0 and 5.24.1. SecurityImproved handling of ‘.’ in @INC in base.pmThe handling of (the removal of) ‘.’…
perl5241delta – what is new for perl v5.24.1 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.24.0 release and the 5.24.1 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.22.0, first read perl5240delta, which describes differences between 5.22.0 and 5.24.0. Security-Di switch is now required for PerlIO debugging outputPreviously PerlIO debugging output would be…
perl5240delta – what is new for perl v5.24.0 DescriptionThis document describes the differences between the 5.22.0 release and the 5.24.0 release. Core EnhancementsPostfix dereferencing is no longer experimentalUsing the "postderef" and "postderef_qq" features no longer emits a warning. Existing code that disables the "experimental::postderef" warning category that they previously used will continue to work. The…
perl5224delta – what is new for perl v5.22.4 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.22.3 release and the 5.22.4 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.22.2, first read perl5223delta, which describes differences between 5.22.2 and 5.22.3. SecurityImproved handling of ‘.’ in @INC in base.pmThe handling of (the removal of) ‘.’…
perl5223delta – what is new for perl v5.22.3 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.22.2 release and the 5.22.3 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.22.1, first read perl5222delta, which describes differences between 5.22.1 and 5.22.2. Security-Di switch is now required for PerlIO debugging outputPreviously PerlIO debugging output would be…
perl5222delta – what is new for perl v5.22.2 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.22.1 release and the 5.22.2 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.22.0, first read perl5221delta, which describes differences between 5.22.0 and 5.22.1. SecurityFix out of boundary access in Win32 path handlingThis is CVE-2015-8608. For more information…
perl5221delta – what is new for perl v5.22.1 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.22.0 release and the 5.22.1 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.20.0, first read perl5220delta, which describes differences between 5.20.0 and 5.22.0. Incompatible ChangesThere are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.20.0 other than the following single…
perl5220delta – what is new for perl v5.22.0 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.20.0 release and the 5.22.0 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.18.0, first read perl5200delta, which describes differences between 5.18.0 and 5.20.0. Core EnhancementsNew bitwise operatorsA new experimental facility has been added that makes the four…
perl5203delta – what is new for perl v5.20.3 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.20.2 release and the 5.20.3 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.20.1, first read perl5202delta, which describes differences between 5.20.1 and 5.20.2. Incompatible ChangesThere are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.20.2. If any exist, they are…
perl5202delta – what is new for perl v5.20.2 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.20.1 release and the 5.20.2 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.20.0, first read perl5201delta, which describes differences between 5.20.0 and 5.20.1. Incompatible ChangesThere are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.20.1. If any exist, they are…
perl5201delta – what is new for perl v5.20.1 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.20.0 release and the 5.20.1 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.18.0, first read perl5200delta, which describes differences between 5.18.0 and 5.20.0. Incompatible ChangesThere are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.20.0. If any exist, they are…
perl5200delta – what is new for perl v5.20.0 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.18.0 release and the 5.20.0 release. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.16.0, first read perl5180delta, which describes differences between 5.16.0 and 5.18.0. Core EnhancementsExperimental Subroutine signaturesDeclarative syntax to unwrap argument list into lexical variables. "sub foo…
perl5184delta – what is new for perl v5.18.4 DescriptionThis document describes differences between the 5.18.4 release and the 5.18.2 release. Please note: This document ignores perl 5.18.3, a broken release which existed for a few hours only. If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.18.1, first read perl5182delta, which describes differences between…