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-Version v5.5.650 Development release working toward v5.6
+Version v5.5.660 Development release working toward v5.6
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____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5112] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 20:57:12
+ Log: fix change#5104 under useithreads
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5111] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 20:45:10
+ Log: export list tweak needed by change#5103
+ Branch: perl
+ ! makedef.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5110] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 19:32:56
+ Log: add XS version of Sys::Hostname (from Greg Bacon
+ <gbacon@itsc.uah.edu>)
+ Branch: perl
+ + ext/Sys/Hostname/Hostname.pm ext/Sys/Hostname/Hostname.xs
+ + ext/Sys/Hostname/Makefile.PL
+ - lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
+ ! MANIFEST ext/DynaLoader/Makefile.PL ext/Sys/Syslog/Makefile.PL
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod t/lib/hostname.t win32/Makefile
+ ! win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5109] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 18:35:28
+ Log: UNIVERSAL::can and UNIVERSAL::isa should return undef when
+ given undefined values (from Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! universal.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5108] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 18:25:05
+ Log: avoid accidental #line directives (from Rick Delaney
+ <rick@consumercontact.com>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlsyn.pod toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5107] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 18:04:31
+ Log: locale guards needed (from Simon Cozens <simon@brecon.co.uk>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5106] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 18:02:17
+ Log: incorrect docs about delete() (spotted by Martyn Pearce
+ <martyn@inpharmatica.co.uk>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5105] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 17:43:27
+ Log: s/use vars/our/ (from Gisle Aas)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! bytecode.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5104] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 17:42:06
+ Log: optimize pseudohash slice in array slice at compile time (from
+ John Tobey <jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c t/lib/fields.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5103] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 17:18:12
+ Log: provide malloc stats via get_mstats() (from Ilya Zakharevich)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! embed.h embed.pl global.sym makedef.pl malloc.c objXSUB.h
+ ! perl.h perlapi.c proto.h vos/vos_dummies.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5102] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 17:05:12
+ Log: doc patches from Rick Delaney and Chris Nandor; update Todo-5.6
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Todo-5.6 pod/perldata.pod pod/perlport.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5101] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 17:02:51
+ Log: fix regen_headers target to make all the autogenerated files
+ writable first
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5100] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 16:41:53
+ Log: fix misoptimization of C<my($x,$y); $x = $y = 1 + $z;> (from
+ Ilya Zakharevich)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c t/op/lex_assign.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5099] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 16:17:36
+ Log: more complete File::Spec support for Mac and VMS, tests (from
+ Barrie Slaymaker <barries@slaysys.com>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/File/Spec/Mac.pm lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm
+ ! lib/File/Spec/VMS.pm lib/File/Spec/Win32.pm t/lib/filespec.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5098] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 16:10:46
+ Log: fix incompatibility with bison generated parser (from
+ Ignasi Roca <ignasi.roca@fujitsu.siemens.es>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5097] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 16:07:17
+ Log: propagate st_mode bits to group/other for Borland build
+ (from Vadim Konovalov <vkonovalov@lucent.com>)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5096] By: jhi on 2000/02/15 14:22:23
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ !> win32/Makefile win32/bin/exetype.pl win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5095] By: jhi on 2000/02/15 14:19:22
+ Log: cc_r can be in different places (/usr/ibmcxx/bin or /usr/bin),
+ easier just to drop the paranoid test.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! hints/aix.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5094] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 05:42:17
+ Log: update exetype.pl tool
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/Makefile win32/bin/exetype.pl win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5093] By: jhi on 2000/02/15 05:24:02
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ !> Porting/pumpkin.pod embed.h embed.pl ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
+ !> ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.xs
+ !> ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.xs hv.c
+ !> perl.c proto.h sv.c t/op/ord.t t/pragma/warnings.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5092] By: jhi on 2000/02/15 05:22:09
+ Log: Unroll the libs scan thanks to HP-UX.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH hints/hpux.sh
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/libpth.U U/modified/libs.U
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! Extensions.U dlsrc.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5091] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 05:17:56
+ Log: fix leaks in *DBM_File; safemalloc()ed things need to be freed with
+ safefree() rather than Safefree()
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs
+ ! ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.xs ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs
+ ! ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5090] By: gsar on 2000/02/15 04:54:17
+ Log: fix memory leak in C<$x = *Y> provoked by change#4198, which
+ introduced XPVMG storage in arenas
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5089] By: jhi on 2000/02/15 00:41:36
+ Log: AIX perl linkage tweakage.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5088] By: jhi on 2000/02/15 00:07:06
+ Log: abort instead of just promising.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! hints/aix.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5087] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 23:51:05
+ Log: silly compilers don't know that croak() exits
+ and complain about unitialized RETVALs
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5086] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 21:13:24
+ Log: Add lseektype and lseeksize to myconfig.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! myconfig.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5085] By: gsar on 2000/02/14 18:51:11
+ Log: avoid warnings
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5084] By: gsar on 2000/02/14 18:26:08
+ Log: fix small interpreter leaks identified by Purify
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Porting/pumpkin.pod embed.h embed.pl hv.c perl.c proto.h sv.c
+ ! t/op/ord.t t/pragma/warnings.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5083] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 17:50:52
+ Log: Remove tagged core files.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5082] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 17:41:07
+ Log: Prefer full_ar.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5081] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 17:20:32
+ Log: Add ivtype, ivsize, nvtype, nvsize to myconfig.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! myconfig.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5080] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 15:33:03
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ !> Porting/pumpkin.pod av.c malloc.c sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5079] By: gsar on 2000/02/14 08:50:06
+ Log: notes about running Purify
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Porting/pumpkin.pod av.c sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5078] By: gsar on 2000/02/14 07:27:21
+ Log: use system malloc() instead of sbrk() in Perl_malloc() under -DPURIFY
+ Branch: perl
+ ! malloc.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5077] By: gsar on 2000/02/14 07:25:44
+ Log: integrate cfgperl contents into mainline
+ Branch: perl
+ !> Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+ !> config_h.SH epoc/config.sh hints/aix.sh hints/hpux.sh
+ !> hints/irix_6.sh hints/solaris_2.sh perl.h pod/perldelta.pod
+ !> vms/subconfigure.com vos/config.def vos/config.h
+ !> vos/config_h.SH_orig win32/config.bc win32/config.gc
+ !> win32/config.vc win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc
+ !> win32/config_H.vc
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5076] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 05:01:56
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ !> embed.h embed.pl objXSUB.h perl.c perlapi.c proto.h sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5075] By: jhi on 2000/02/14 04:56:52
+ Log: Configure -A stopped processing of any further options.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/Options.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5074] By: gsar on 2000/02/14 04:45:01
+ Log: remove outdated -DPURIFY code--it reports bogus errors during global
+ destruction since we actually depend on SVs being in arenas there
+ Branch: perl
+ ! embed.h embed.pl objXSUB.h perl.c perlapi.c proto.h sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5073] By: jhi on 2000/02/13 19:28:17
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ - Todo-5.005
+ !> cop.h op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c regcomp.c regexec.c scope.c sv.c
+ !> util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5072] By: gsar on 2000/02/13 19:02:07
+ Log: more purification (pp_require() could access free memory; vdie()
+ could think message was random length when passed a null argument;
+ utilize() didn't set up the hash for the method name leading to
+ pp_method_named() accessing random state; PL_curpm wasn't zeroed
+ properly)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! cop.h op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c regcomp.c regexec.c scope.c sv.c
+ ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5071] By: jhi on 2000/02/12 19:59:35
+ Log: uselonglong sits deep.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH hints/solaris_2.sh
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! use64bits.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5070] By: jhi on 2000/02/12 01:25:41
+ Log: megalomaniac 64-bit update: most importantly,
+ uselonglong is eradicated, only backward
+ compatibility hooks in use64bits remain.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+ ! config_h.SH epoc/config.sh hints/aix.sh hints/hpux.sh
+ ! hints/irix_6.sh hints/solaris_2.sh perl.h vms/subconfigure.com
+ ! vos/config.def vos/config.h vos/config_h.SH_orig
+ ! win32/config.bc win32/config.gc win32/config.vc
+ ! win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/a_dvisory/quadtype.U U/modified/libpth.U U/modified/libs.U
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! use64bits.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5069] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 21:13:41
+ Log: undo #5064 for now; there seems to be no good selection
+ of flags to add the new option.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! hints/hpux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5068] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 21:01:21
+ Log: Guard against accidental long long use.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5067] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 19:50:32
+ Log: logic fixes
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! uselonglong.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5066] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 19:32:30
+ Log: Clarify 64-bit issues.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5065] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 18:13:29
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ !> ext/Devel/Peek/Peek.xs regcomp.c t/comp/require.t t/comp/use.t
+ !> toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5064] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 18:11:47
+ Log: Silence linker warnings about binary backward incompatibilities.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! hints/hpux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5063] By: gsar on 2000/02/11 16:36:14
+ Log: fix uninitialized memory reads found by purify
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Devel/Peek/Peek.xs regcomp.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5062] By: jhi on 2000/02/11 00:11:39
+ Log: de-fancify the largefiles hints
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! hints/hpux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5061] By: gsar on 2000/02/10 19:17:09
+ Log: longstanding bug in parsing "require VERSION", could reallocate
+ current line and not know it; exposed by change#5004; manifested
+ as parse failure of C<{require 5.003}>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/comp/require.t t/comp/use.t toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5060] By: jhi on 2000/02/10 13:29:25
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ !> makedef.pl pp_ctl.c t/op/write.t win32/vdir.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5059] By: gsar on 2000/02/10 06:21:21
+ Log: make global symbol exports AIX-specific
+ Branch: perl
+ ! makedef.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5058] By: gsar on 2000/02/10 06:16:57
+ Log: integrate cfgperl contents into mainline
+ Branch: perl
+ !> Configure Makefile.SH Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh
+ !> Porting/config_H config_h.SH makedef.pl perl.h
+ !> vms/subconfigure.com vos/config.def win32/config.bc
+ !> win32/config.gc win32/config.vc win32/config_H.bc
+ !> win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc win32/config_h.PL
+ !> win32/config_sh.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5057] By: gsar on 2000/02/10 01:08:01
+ Log: windows bugfixes for virtual directories under USE_ITHREADS:
+ allows path mapping to unknown devices to work properly;
+ special file names like CONOUT$ can be opened with sysopen()
+ again
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/vdir.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5056] By: gsar on 2000/02/10 00:56:27
+ Log: formline() could wipe out readonly-ness, freeing constants
+ prematurely, or affect cloning of pad constants
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp_ctl.c t/op/write.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5055] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 19:48:58
+ Log: Regenerate Configure for I_SYSLOG.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+ ! config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5054] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 19:38:04
+ Log: fix AIX and multiplicity problems
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Makefile.SH makedef.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5053] By: bailey on 2000/02/09 10:58:11
+ Log: remove redundant archcore directory prefix in installperl
+ Branch: vmsperl
+ ! installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5052] By: bailey on 2000/02/09 10:44:22
+ Log: Work around prefixing bug in older DECC preprocessors
+ Branch: vmsperl
+ ! vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5051] By: bailey on 2000/02/09 09:52:06
+ Log: Eliminate unnecessary (and sometimes confounding) test for
+ word boundary
+ Branch: vmsperl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5050] By: bailey on 2000/02/09 09:29:06
+ Log: Minor fixes to assuage picky compilers (unsigned comparisons and
+ alias rules lead to compilation warnings)
+ Branch: vmsperl
+ ! av.c mg.h pp_sys.c scope.c sv.c vms/vms.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5049] By: bailey on 2000/02/09 09:09:45
+ Log: Resync with mainline
+ Branch: vmsperl
+ +> Todo-5.6 ext/Sys/Syslog/Makefile.PL ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm
+ +> ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.xs lib/Pod/Find.pm lib/Pod/ParseUtils.pm
+ +> pod/perlapi.pod pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlunicode.pod
+ +> t/op/exists_sub.t t/op/ver.t t/pragma/diagnostics.t
+ +> vos/config.def vos/config.pl win32/bin/exetype.pl
+ - Todo-5.005 lib/Sys/Syslog.pm lib/caller.pm
+ ! vms/subconfigure.com
+ !> (integrate 358 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5048] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 03:54:05
+ Log: OS/2 gcc doesn't like -o foo.exe and -Zexe simultaneously
+ (reported by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes in p5p)
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/Cppsym.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5047] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 02:56:43
+ Log: (fake) use of getcwd.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+ ! config_h.SH perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5046] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 02:22:50
+ Log: lib scan fix
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/libs.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5045] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 02:17:34
+ Log: Reintroduce #5019 via metaconfig.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/installdirs/inc_version_list.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5044] By: jhi on 2000/02/09 02:07:08
+ Log: Add/restore probes for getcwd/mk*temp*/mmap.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+ ! config_h.SH perl.h vms/subconfigure.com vos/config.def
+ ! win32/config.bc win32/config.gc win32/config.vc
+ ! win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc
+ ! win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/d_mkstemp.U U/modified/libs.U
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ + d_mkdtemp.U d_mkstemps.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5043] By: jhi on 2000/02/08 20:58:02
+ Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+ Branch: cfgperl
+ +> Todo-5.6 t/op/ver.t win32/bin/exetype.pl
+ !> (integrate 110 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5042] By: gsar on 2000/02/08 20:32:12
+ Log: avoid exiting just because we didn't scan for libm ('libs' may still
+ have it, but we avoided scan for things in 'libs')
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+
+----------------
+Version v5.5.650
+----------------
+
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 5041] By: gsar on 2000/02/08 07:57:11
+ Log: update Changes
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 5040] By: gsar on 2000/02/08 07:51:20
Log: documentation patches (from Michael Schwern and Yitzchak
Scott-Thoennes)