platform/upstream/perl.git
24 years agowindows build fixups from uniform DLL name change to perl56.dll
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 25 Jan 2000 01:32:57 +0000 (01:32 +0000)]
windows build fixups from uniform DLL name change to perl56.dll

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4884

24 years agomore fixes for warnings from change#4840
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 25 Jan 2000 01:31:27 +0000 (01:31 +0000)]
more fixes for warnings from change#4840

p4raw-link: @4840 on //depot/perl: 2a28b791c040b17cd26931dd9a159635db5fe244

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4883

24 years agoassorted little nits
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 15:35:12 +0000 (15:35 +0000)]
assorted little nits

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4882

24 years agoadd new warnings to perldelta
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:32:31 +0000 (14:32 +0000)]
add new warnings to perldelta

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4881

24 years agoforce linkage of the function wrappers for globals in change#4878
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 14:14:20 +0000 (14:14 +0000)]
force linkage of the function wrappers for globals in change#4878

p4raw-link: @4878 on //depot/perl: 6f4183fe04888927cb36b966262c959c5166404b

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4879

24 years agoenable function wrappers for access to globals under MULTIPLICITY
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 13:04:45 +0000 (13:04 +0000)]
enable function wrappers for access to globals under MULTIPLICITY
(provides binary compatibility in the face of changes in interpreter
structure)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4878

24 years agofix typos; avoid use constant for lowercase constants (produces
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:43:03 +0000 (10:43 +0000)]
fix typos; avoid use constant for lowercase constants (produces
warnings now)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4874

24 years agoavoid warnings when there's no subs to autosplit
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:40:24 +0000 (09:40 +0000)]
avoid warnings when there's no subs to autosplit

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4873

24 years agotypos in change#4623
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:15:20 +0000 (09:15 +0000)]
typos in change#4623

p4raw-link: @4623 on //depot/perl: 9426adcd48655815b65cea5a9f1eebbe7e23a9df

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4871

24 years agoon windows, set seek position to end for files opened in append mode
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:49:28 +0000 (21:49 +0000)]
on windows, set seek position to end for files opened in append mode
(improves compatibility with Unix, avoids buffering issues)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4868

24 years agochange#4866 was flawed; revert and add better fix for warning
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 21:19:31 +0000 (21:19 +0000)]
change#4866 was flawed; revert and add better fix for warning

p4raw-link: @4866 on //depot/perl: ef8040b067557994d471dfa4e5ac3900907e94ce

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4867

24 years agooptimize away runtime code for our($foo) (also avoid warnings)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 20:43:56 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
optimize away runtime code for our($foo) (also avoid warnings)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4866

24 years agoDB_File 1.72 update from Paul Marquess <paul.marquess@bt.com>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:17:18 +0000 (13:17 +0000)]
DB_File 1.72 update from Paul Marquess <paul.marquess@bt.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4865

24 years agosystem('VAR123=foo cmd') wasn't invoking shell (de-locale-ized patch
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:12:31 +0000 (13:12 +0000)]
system('VAR123=foo cmd') wasn't invoking shell (de-locale-ized patch
suggested by Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4864

24 years agofix misclassified warnings
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 13:01:35 +0000 (13:01 +0000)]
fix misclassified warnings

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4863

24 years agodocument bareword prototype incompatibility
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:52:12 +0000 (12:52 +0000)]
document bareword prototype incompatibility

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4862

24 years agofaulty edit
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:32:25 +0000 (12:32 +0000)]
faulty edit

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4861

24 years agos/use vars/our/g modules that aren't independently maintained on CPAN
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:23:48 +0000 (12:23 +0000)]
s/use vars/our/g modules that aren't independently maintained on CPAN

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4860

24 years agofix diagnostics to report "our" vs "my" correctly
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:29:22 +0000 (11:29 +0000)]
fix diagnostics to report "our" vs "my" correctly

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4859

24 years agoset api_version to 5.5.0 (binary compatibility needs to get tested
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:14:46 +0000 (10:14 +0000)]
set api_version to 5.5.0 (binary compatibility needs to get tested
more widely)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4858

24 years agodisallow our($foo::bar)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 10:04:03 +0000 (10:04 +0000)]
disallow our($foo::bar)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4857

24 years agodprofpp can't find Devel::DProf::VERSION due to change#4852
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:50:54 +0000 (09:50 +0000)]
dprofpp can't find Devel::DProf::VERSION due to change#4852

p4raw-link: @4852 on //depot/perl: 117c97cc8bc4f8d1e649a798c680208c2e87c6d9

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4856

24 years agonew test (from Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:36:51 +0000 (09:36 +0000)]
new test (from Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4855

24 years agoadd PREREQ_PM to default template (suggested by Michael G Schwern
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:24:40 +0000 (09:24 +0000)]
add PREREQ_PM to default template (suggested by Michael G Schwern
<schwern@pobox.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4854

24 years agocygwin update (from Eric Fifer <EFifer@sanwaint.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:08:30 +0000 (09:08 +0000)]
cygwin update (from Eric Fifer <EFifer@sanwaint.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4853

24 years agomark some extensions as "special versions" to avoid CPAN indexer
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:52:44 +0000 (08:52 +0000)]
mark some extensions as "special versions" to avoid CPAN indexer
confusion (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4852

24 years agoprefer POSIX::uname() rather than syscalls, which require attempting
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:48:46 +0000 (08:48 +0000)]
prefer POSIX::uname() rather than syscalls, which require attempting
to load syscall.ph (from David Huggins-Daines <dhd@eradicator.org>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4851

24 years agointegrate cfgperl contents into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:36:43 +0000 (08:36 +0000)]
integrate cfgperl contents into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4850

24 years agofix localization in while BLOCK when there is a continue BLOCK
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 08:17:30 +0000 (08:17 +0000)]
fix localization in while BLOCK when there is a continue BLOCK
by introducing an explicit scope (c.f. change#4848)

p4raw-link: @4848 on //depot/perl: 1ee987245c095afd177d3e2ca6255cec8dbb53ca

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4849

24 years agofix scope cleanup when next jumps to a continue block; this is rather
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 06:43:51 +0000 (06:43 +0000)]
fix scope cleanup when next jumps to a continue block; this is rather
in the nature of a kludge; it doesn't fix the longstanding bug that
makes C<while (!$x++) { local $x = 7 } continue { print $x }> print "7"
instead of "1")

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4848

24 years agodon't warn about masked lexical in C<if (my $x = 1) { my $x; }>,
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:47:25 +0000 (04:47 +0000)]
don't warn about masked lexical in C<if (my $x = 1) { my $x; }>,
C<while (my $x = foo()) { my $x = bar(); }> etc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4847

24 years agoavoid warnings in change#4839
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:44:17 +0000 (04:44 +0000)]
avoid warnings in change#4839

p4raw-link: @4839 on //depot/perl: 191f2cf3f90fff5e4eb7a8663a83ed6c7031cf5d

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4846

24 years agoConfigure typos (from Ray Phillips <r.phillips@mailbox.uq.edu.au>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:12:38 +0000 (13:12 +0000)]
Configure typos (from Ray Phillips <r.phillips@mailbox.uq.edu.au>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4845

24 years agowrong category for exec() warning
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:46:26 +0000 (12:46 +0000)]
wrong category for exec() warning

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4844

24 years agofix line continuations in argument lists (from Helmut Jarausch)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:42:40 +0000 (12:42 +0000)]
fix line continuations in argument lists (from Helmut Jarausch)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4843

24 years agoCGI.pm upgraded to v2.56 from CPAN
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:34:39 +0000 (12:34 +0000)]
CGI.pm upgraded to v2.56 from CPAN

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4842

24 years agoavoid warnings due to lack of forward declarations
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:07:23 +0000 (12:07 +0000)]
avoid warnings due to lack of forward declarations

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4841

24 years agoheavy cleanup of Pod::Html bug fixes (from Wolfgang Laun
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:04:30 +0000 (12:04 +0000)]
heavy cleanup of Pod::Html bug fixes (from Wolfgang Laun
<wolfgang.laun@alcatel.at>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4840

24 years agobetter Carp reporting within subclassed modules (from Wolfgang Laun
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 11:57:24 +0000 (11:57 +0000)]
better Carp reporting within subclassed modules (from Wolfgang Laun
<wolfgang.laun@alcatel.at>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4839

24 years agotruncate(FH) flushes FH before truncating it
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:53:06 +0000 (10:53 +0000)]
truncate(FH) flushes FH before truncating it

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4838

24 years ago#line directives without a filename leave the file name as it was
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:37:16 +0000 (10:37 +0000)]
#line directives without a filename leave the file name as it was
instead of setting it to the script name (from Andrew Pimlott
<andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4837

24 years agoadd patch for printf-style format typechecks (from Robin Barker
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:06:53 +0000 (10:06 +0000)]
add patch for printf-style format typechecks (from Robin Barker
<rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>); fixes for problems so identified

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4836

24 years ago[ID 19991216.006] [PATCH 5.005_63] Reloading modules that use 'fields'
John Tobey [Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:20:38 +0000 (15:20 -0500)]
[ID 19991216.006] [PATCH 5.005_63] Reloading modules that use 'fields'

Message-Id: <E11ym4U-0000c7-00@einstein.localnet>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4835

24 years agofix deeply nested closures that have no references to lexical in
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sat, 22 Jan 2000 08:08:08 +0000 (08:08 +0000)]
fix deeply nested closures that have no references to lexical in
intervening subs

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4834

24 years agoadd $VERSION
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:04:21 +0000 (17:04 +0000)]
add $VERSION

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4833

24 years agofix bug in dumping self-referential scalars
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:49:09 +0000 (16:49 +0000)]
fix bug in dumping self-referential scalars

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4832

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:16:07 +0000 (09:16 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4831

24 years agopatch to report warnings on bogus filehandles passed to flock(),
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 04:28:08 +0000 (04:28 +0000)]
patch to report warnings on bogus filehandles passed to flock(),
more consistent warnings, from Greg Bacon <gbacon@itsc.uah.edu>
(slightly modified)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4830

24 years agotypo fix
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 03:43:46 +0000 (03:43 +0000)]
typo fix

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4829

24 years agonotes about $^H and %^H from Ilya Zakharevich; substantial
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 03:32:31 +0000 (03:32 +0000)]
notes about $^H and %^H from Ilya Zakharevich; substantial
fixups of faulty facts and prose

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4828

24 years agosupport for C<exists &func> (from Spider Boardman)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:45:51 +0000 (01:45 +0000)]
support for C<exists &func> (from Spider Boardman)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4827

24 years agomention the fact that open(my $foo, ...) covers all handle
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 21 Jan 2000 01:35:46 +0000 (01:35 +0000)]
mention the fact that open(my $foo, ...) covers all handle
constructors

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4826

24 years agoh2xs goof and a depessimization
Ilya Zakharevich [Wed, 19 Jan 2000 15:05:11 +0000 (10:05 -0500)]
h2xs goof and a depessimization

Message-ID: <20000119150511.A22859@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4825

24 years agoINSTALL updates from Andy Dougherty
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 20 Jan 2000 19:14:26 +0000 (19:14 +0000)]
INSTALL updates from Andy Dougherty

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4824

24 years agosv_true() has a superfluous test
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 20 Jan 2000 08:40:13 +0000 (08:40 +0000)]
sv_true() has a superfluous test

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4823

24 years agoMore robust inc_version_list from Andy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 19 Jan 2000 22:46:42 +0000 (22:46 +0000)]
More robust inc_version_list from Andy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4820

24 years agoAdd NV_PRESERVES_UV.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 19 Jan 2000 17:36:56 +0000 (17:36 +0000)]
Add NV_PRESERVES_UV.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4819

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 19 Jan 2000 08:13:05 +0000 (08:13 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4818

24 years agoregen win32/config*
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 19 Jan 2000 05:25:43 +0000 (05:25 +0000)]
regen win32/config*

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4817

24 years agoPolicy patch from Andy for installation directories,
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:19:10 +0000 (21:19 +0000)]
Policy patch from Andy for installation directories,
removing the $apiversion.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4816

24 years agoMove _GNU_SOURCE into config_h.SH awaay from Configure
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 18 Jan 2000 21:11:03 +0000 (21:11 +0000)]
Move _GNU_SOURCE into config_h.SH awaay from Configure
as suggested by Andy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4815

24 years agointegrate cfgperl changes into mainline
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:48:10 +0000 (20:48 +0000)]
integrate cfgperl changes into mainline

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4814

24 years agometaconfig todo note from Andy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:41:33 +0000 (19:41 +0000)]
metaconfig todo note from Andy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4813

24 years agoMore -V.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:02:55 +0000 (15:02 +0000)]
More -V.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4812

24 years agoMore compile-time options shown with -V.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Tue, 18 Jan 2000 10:35:30 +0000 (10:35 +0000)]
More compile-time options shown with -V.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4811

24 years agoAdd -D_GNU_SOURCE into ccflags for gcc (for now to expose
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:35:49 +0000 (08:35 +0000)]
Add -D_GNU_SOURCE into ccflags for gcc (for now to expose
the strtold() and qgcvt() prototypes for long doubles, but
it should be okay in any case); fix bad assumptions in the
test suite about string->float conversions; though the out
parameter of strtold() (and strtoll()) is unused, it is nicer
to have it in correct type.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4810

24 years agostrtoll works better ternary.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:21:18 +0000 (19:21 +0000)]
strtoll works better ternary.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4809

24 years agoKnow strtoll.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:12:58 +0000 (19:12 +0000)]
Know strtoll.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4808

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:57:03 +0000 (17:57 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4807

24 years agoContinue qgcvt work; closer now but not yet there.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:37:47 +0000 (16:37 +0000)]
Continue qgcvt work; closer now but not yet there.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4806

24 years agoMetaconfig and Porting patches from Andy; start using the new
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 15 Jan 2000 22:26:16 +0000 (22:26 +0000)]
Metaconfig and Porting patches from Andy; start using the new
long long and long double thingies from #4804; regen Configure.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4805

24 years agoMetaconfig and Porting patches from Andy; start using the new
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 15 Jan 2000 22:26:16 +0000 (22:26 +0000)]
Metaconfig and Porting patches from Andy; start using the new
long long and long double thingies from #4804; regen Configure.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4805

24 years agominor optimization (avoid double sv_upgrade() for "our Foo $bar;")
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:40:49 +0000 (04:40 +0000)]
minor optimization (avoid double sv_upgrade() for "our Foo $bar;")

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4803

24 years agoadd note about "our"
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:35:55 +0000 (04:35 +0000)]
add note about "our"

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4802

24 years agonailed "our" declarations, and better warnings on duplicate
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 14 Jan 2000 04:16:51 +0000 (04:16 +0000)]
nailed "our" declarations, and better warnings on duplicate
"our" declarations

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4801

24 years agoavoid spurious "Useless use of variable" warning on C<our $foo;>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:27:13 +0000 (01:27 +0000)]
avoid spurious "Useless use of variable" warning on C<our $foo;>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4800

24 years agodoc typo
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 14 Jan 2000 01:17:15 +0000 (01:17 +0000)]
doc typo

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4799

24 years agoIntegrate with Sarathy.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 13 Jan 2000 16:31:34 +0000 (16:31 +0000)]
Integrate with Sarathy.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4798

24 years agoclearer docs for change#4796; faster av_exists()
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:12:56 +0000 (08:12 +0000)]
clearer docs for change#4796; faster av_exists()

p4raw-link: @4796 on //depot/perl: 010205895f86f073b0b2a20bd4cfbb05f0134888

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4797

24 years agosupport delete() and exists() on array, tied array, and pseudo-hash
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 13 Jan 2000 06:49:03 +0000 (06:49 +0000)]
support delete() and exists() on array, tied array, and pseudo-hash
elements or slices

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4796

24 years agoextend site_perl changes change#4773 to vendor_perl as well
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 11 Jan 2000 20:52:30 +0000 (20:52 +0000)]
extend site_perl changes change#4773 to vendor_perl as well

p4raw-link: @4773 on //depot/perl: 273cf8d1f309172b4416e78e4a8e80c12d941254

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4795

24 years agorework INSTALL to reflect new logic for versioning sitelibs
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 11 Jan 2000 19:18:50 +0000 (19:18 +0000)]
rework INSTALL to reflect new logic for versioning sitelibs

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4794

24 years agotest for change#4792
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 11 Jan 2000 01:44:00 +0000 (01:44 +0000)]
test for change#4792

p4raw-link: @4792 on //depot/perl: ad4e2db76417dc3c9feb57d207a4bcf3bf734aaf

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4793

24 years agopseudo forked children inherit environment correctly
Gurusamy Sarathy [Tue, 11 Jan 2000 01:22:36 +0000 (01:22 +0000)]
pseudo forked children inherit environment correctly

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4792

24 years agotest tweak
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:14:03 +0000 (19:14 +0000)]
test tweak

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4791

24 years agocheck for USE_ITHREADS sanity was too restrictive
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:56:16 +0000 (18:56 +0000)]
check for USE_ITHREADS sanity was too restrictive

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4790

24 years agoadd workaround for textmode read() bug in MSVCRT; make chdir() do
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:30:24 +0000 (18:30 +0000)]
add workaround for textmode read() bug in MSVCRT; make chdir() do
a real SetCurrentDirectory() in toplevel host

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4789

24 years agoEPOC port update (from Olaf Flebbe <O.Flebbe@science-computing.de>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:27:03 +0000 (05:27 +0000)]
EPOC port update (from Olaf Flebbe <O.Flebbe@science-computing.de>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4782

24 years agopod typos (from Abigail <abigail@delanet.com>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:11:03 +0000 (05:11 +0000)]
pod typos (from Abigail <abigail@delanet.com>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4781

24 years agofailing RE test added (from Robert Cunningham <rkc@ll.mit.edu>)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:07:35 +0000 (05:07 +0000)]
failing RE test added (from Robert Cunningham <rkc@ll.mit.edu>)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4780

24 years agoterminate -s switch processing only on C<-->, not on C<--foo>
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 05:06:16 +0000 (05:06 +0000)]
terminate -s switch processing only on C<-->, not on C<--foo>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4779

24 years agouseithreads needs usemultiplicity
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 04:38:45 +0000 (04:38 +0000)]
useithreads needs usemultiplicity

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4778

24 years agouse $Config{version} rather than $] where appropriate
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 01:18:04 +0000 (01:18 +0000)]
use $Config{version} rather than $] where appropriate

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4777

24 years agoenable fork.t on windows
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:11:34 +0000 (00:11 +0000)]
enable fork.t on windows

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4776

24 years agobroken test for use5005threads
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 10 Jan 2000 00:07:29 +0000 (00:07 +0000)]
broken test for use5005threads

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4775

24 years agomore windows build tweaks
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 9 Jan 2000 23:56:37 +0000 (23:56 +0000)]
more windows build tweaks

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4774

24 years agomore changes for new-style version numbers (versions numbers on
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 9 Jan 2000 22:27:19 +0000 (22:27 +0000)]
more changes for new-style version numbers (versions numbers on
the filesystem look like 5.5.640, except on DOS-DJGPP and VMS where
they look like 5_5_640; delete @Config{pm_apiversion,xs_apiversion};
split $Config{apiversion} into three, @Config{apirevision,apiversion,
apisubversion} for CPP friendliness; $Config{sitelib} now defaults
to .../site_perl/$version, just like $Config{privlib}, making sitelib
completely independent across versions and substantially eliminating
chances of breaking older installations by overwriting newly built
extensions; all this means compatibility inclusions for @INC will need
to take into account older sitelib versions (this still TODO)

windows, vms, dos tweaks for the above

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4773

24 years agos/usethreads/use5005threads/g
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:05:33 +0000 (19:05 +0000)]
s/usethreads/use5005threads/g

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4772

24 years agoConfigure changes for new-style version numbers (from Andy Dougherty,
Gurusamy Sarathy [Sun, 9 Jan 2000 18:51:50 +0000 (18:51 +0000)]
Configure changes for new-style version numbers (from Andy Dougherty,
slightly altered)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4771

24 years agofix for 'make utest' failures (from Ilya Zakharevich)
Gurusamy Sarathy [Fri, 7 Jan 2000 22:18:54 +0000 (22:18 +0000)]
fix for 'make utest' failures (from Ilya Zakharevich)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4770