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gisle
You'll find the following note in the <a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePerl/5.8/changes-58.html">ActivePerl ChangeLog</a>:
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* File::Path's rmtree() function has been replaced to address security vulnerability CAN-2005-0448.
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We have basically adopted the version from Debian Linux.
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BTW, we also publish this <a href="http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/src/5.8/AP819_diff.txt">patch file</a> that documents how the current ActivePerl differs from the official 5.8.8.
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