G:\perls>perldoc perldelta NAME perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.x DESCRIPTION This document describes differences between the 5.005 release and the 5.6.2 release. Summary of changes between 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 The 5.6.2 release is aimed at providing only a minimal update to perl 5.6.1, which wasn't being compatible with some of the newest compilers (most notably gcc 3.x), libraries and operating systems that have appeared since 5.6.1 was released. Note also that perl no longer installs itself as /usr/bin/perl by default if it exists. (see the INSTALL file.) The following modules have been upgraded : Data::Dumper 2.121 DB_File 1.806 ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.17 File::Spec 0.86 File::Temp 0.14 Safe 2.10 Test 1.24 Test::Harness 2.30 The following modules were added : Test::Builder 0.17 Test::More 0.47 Test::Simple 0.47 if 0.03