HP-UX 11i Version 2 June 2007 Release Notes

Libraries and Programming
Perl
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Summary of Change
Summary
Java 1.4.2.12, Java 1.4.2.13, Java 5.0.06 and Java 5.0.07 contain defect fixes.
Impact
There is no impact.
Compatibility
There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
For the latest documentation, refer to the Java Technology for HP-UX 11i Web site at
http://hp.com/go/java and select “information library” in the left navigation bar.
Obsolescence
SDK/RTE 1.3 has reached end-of-life and is not included in this release. The ObsJava13
(Obsolescence for Java 1.3) bundle removes SDK/RTE 1.3 upon installation of the
HP-UX 11i v2 Operating Environments.
Perl
Perl is a high-level programming language created and enhanced by the Open Source
community. Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh,
and BASIC, among others and at least a dozen other tools and languages.
Summary of Change
Perl has been updated to version 5.8.8 build 817.1 with the following changes:
chdir, chmod and chown can now work on file handles as well as filenames, if the
system supports respectively fchdir, fchmod and fchown.
h2xs implements new option --use-xsloader to force use of XSLoader even in
backwards compatible modules. Any enums with negative values are now skipped.
perlivp implements new option -a and will not check for *.ph files by default any
more. Use the -a option to run all tests.
Some of the modules are upgraded to latest revisions.