integrate cfgperl contents into mainline, update Changes

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5197

11 files changed, 296 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index aeac5505a6..9ce261ea66 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -95,6 +95,177 @@ Version v5.5.660        Development release working toward v5.6
 ----------------
 
 ____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5196] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  10:10:36
+        Log: dos-djgpp updates (from Laszlo Molnar <laszlo.molnar@eth.ericsson.se>)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! djgpp/config.over djgpp/configure.bat djgpp/djgppsed.sh
+	   ! t/lib/glob-basic.t t/lib/glob-case.t t/lib/glob-global.t
+	   ! t/lib/glob-taint.t t/lib/io_unix.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5195] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  10:01:49
+        Log: s/undef/NO_INIT/g in change#5183
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp pod/perlxs.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5194] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  09:44:07
+        Log: perlipc bug (spotted by Ben Low)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! pod/perlipc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5193] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  09:38:58
+        Log: EPOC port update (from Olaf Flebbe <O.Flebbe@science-computing.de>)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! README.epoc epoc/config.sh epoc/createpkg.pl perl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5192] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  09:26:06
+        Log: improvements for high-bit text literals (from Gisle Aas)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! t/pragma/warn/doop t/pragma/warn/pp t/pragma/warn/sv
+	   ! t/pragma/warn/toke t/pragma/warn/utf8 toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5191] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  07:35:47
+        Log: allow C<print v10>, $h{v13.10} etc.
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! t/op/ver.t toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5190] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  05:35:27
+        Log: adjust for lost fp precision in require version check
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! pp_ctl.c t/comp/require.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5189] By: jhi                                   on 2000/02/22  05:14:35
+        Log: Check the alignment of long doubles if they are to be used;
+             regen Configure.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+	   ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+	   ! config_h.SH
+     Branch: metaconfig
+	   ! U/compline/alignbytes.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5188] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/22  04:45:57
+        Log: use same treatment for EINVAL as for ETIMEDOUT
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket/INET.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5187] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  23:15:12
+        Log: type mismatch
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5186] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  21:10:26
+        Log: remove dual-valueness of v-strings (i.e., they are pure strings
+             now); avoid the word "tuple" to describe strings represented as
+             character ordinals; usurp $PERL_VERSION for $^V as suggested by
+             Larry, deprecate $] ; adjust the documentation and testsuite
+             accordingly
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! MANIFEST lib/English.pm op.c pod/perldelta.pod
+	   ! pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlvar.pod
+	   ! t/comp/require.t t/op/ver.t toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5185] By: jhi                                   on 2000/02/21  20:36:05
+        Log: detypo
+     Branch: cfgperl
+	   ! perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5184] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  18:37:38
+        Log: clarify "use Module VERSION LIST" (from Robin Barker)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! pod/perlfunc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5183] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  18:31:42
+        Log: allow optional XSUB parameters without being forced to use a
+             default (from Hugo van der Sanden)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlxs.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5182] By: jhi                                   on 2000/02/21  18:22:47
+        Log: Add Solaris LP64 notes. 
+     Branch: cfgperl
+	   ! hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5181] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  16:53:39
+        Log: generalize "%v" format into a flag for any integral format type:
+             "%vd", "%v#o", "%*vX", etc are allowed
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! perl.c pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod sv.c t/op/ver.t
+	   ! utils/perlbug.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5180] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  07:11:00
+        Log: detypo
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! ext/B/B.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5179] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  07:08:38
+        Log: undo accidental delete
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! ext/B/B.pm ext/B/B.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5178] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  07:02:16
+        Log: get Compiler "working" under useithreads
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! ext/B/B.pm ext/B/B.xs ext/B/B/C.pm ext/B/B/CC.pm
+	   ! ext/B/B/Deparse.pm ext/B/B/Xref.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5177] By: jhi                                   on 2000/02/21  03:16:24
+        Log: Thou shalt not printf longs with %d.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+	   ! malloc.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5176] By: jhi                                   on 2000/02/21  01:37:35
+        Log: Integrate with Sarathy.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+	  +> t/pragma/warn/9enabled
+	  !> (integrate 63 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5175] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  00:25:00
+        Log: misplaced braces
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! malloc.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5174] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  00:09:16
+        Log: more malloc.c tweaks for change#5070
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! malloc.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5173] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/21  00:01:17
+        Log: malloc.c fixups in change#5170 need to fetch thx pointer
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! malloc.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5172] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/20  23:52:39
+        Log: missing file in change#5170
+     Branch: perl
+	   + t/pragma/warn/9enabled
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5171] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/20  23:49:17
+        Log: skip conditionally defined symbols in change#5162
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! makedef.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5170] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/20  22:58:09
+        Log: lexical warnings update, ability to inspect bitmask in calling
+             scope, among other things (from Paul Marquess)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! MANIFEST lib/warnings.pm malloc.c mg.c op.c pod/perldiag.pod
+	   ! pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perllexwarn.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
+	   ! regcomp.c regexec.c sv.c t/op/substr.t t/pragma/warn/op
+	   ! t/pragma/warn/pp t/pragma/warn/pp_ctl t/pragma/warn/pp_hot
+	   ! t/pragma/warn/regcomp t/pragma/warn/regexec t/pragma/warn/sv
+	   ! t/pragma/warn/toke toke.c warnings.h warnings.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5169] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/20  22:22:28
+        Log: windows fixes for virtualizing child std{in,out,err} handles,
+             attempts to lock uninitialized critical section in files that
+             were never explicitly opened (from Doug Lankshear)
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! iperlsys.h win32/perlhost.h win32/win32.c win32/win32.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  5168] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/20  20:19:11
+        Log: update Changes, credits
+     Branch: perl
+	   ! Changes
+____________________________________________________________________________
 [  5167] By: gsar                                  on 2000/02/20  18:54:27
         Log: avoid reading out-of-bounds memory when matching against reference
      Branch: perl
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index f134f87a9d..0bd0aa1090 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Thu Feb 17 01:07:48 EET 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Tue Feb 22 06:52:47 EET 2000 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.com)
 
 cat >/tmp/c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -9518,6 +9518,33 @@ eval $inlibc
 set mktime d_mktime
 eval $inlibc
 
+: see if this is a sys/mman.h system
+set sys/mman.h i_sysmman
+eval $inhdr
+
+: see if mmap exists
+set mmap d_mmap
+eval $inlibc
+: see what shmat returns
+: default to something harmless
+mmaptype='void *'
+case "$i_sysmman$d_mmap" in
+"$define$define")
+	$cat >mmap.c <<'END'
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+void *mmap();
+END
+	if $cc $ccflags -c mmap.c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		mmaptype='void *'
+	else
+		mmaptype='caddr_t'
+	fi
+	echo "and it returns ($mmaptype)." >&4
+	;;
+esac
+
+
+
 : see if mprotect exists
 set mprotect d_mprotect
 eval $inlibc
@@ -11487,11 +11514,20 @@ EOM
 *)
 	case "$alignbytes" in
 	'') echo "Checking alignment constraints..." >&4
-		$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
+		if $test "X$uselongdouble" = Xdefine -a "X$d_longdbl" = Xdefine; then
+			$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
+typedef long double NV;
+EOCP
+		else
+			$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
+typedef double NV;
+EOCP
+		fi
+		$cat >>try.c <<'EOCP'
 #include <stdio.h>
 struct foobar {
 	char foo;
-	double bar;
+	NV bar;
 } try_algn;
 int main()
 {
@@ -12623,33 +12659,6 @@ case "$make_set_make" in
 *) echo "Nope, it doesn't.";;
 esac
 
-: see if this is a sys/mman.h system
-set sys/mman.h i_sysmman
-eval $inhdr
-
-: see if mmap exists
-set mmap d_mmap
-eval $inlibc
-: see what shmat returns
-: default to something harmless
-mmaptype='void *'
-case "$i_sysmman$d_mmap" in
-"$define$define")
-	$cat >mmap.c <<'END'
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-void *mmap();
-END
-	if $cc $ccflags -c mmap.c >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		mmaptype='void *'
-	else
-		mmaptype='caddr_t'
-	fi
-	echo "and it returns ($mmaptype)." >&4
-	;;
-esac
-
-
-
 : see what type is used for mode_t
 rp="What is the type used for file modes for system calls (e.g. fchmod())?"
 set mode_t modetype int stdio.h sys/types.h
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 73b0f1e48e..4a1e9ccc98 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ afs (afs.U):
 
 alignbytes (alignbytes.U):
 	This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a
-	double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8.
+	double-- or a long double when applicable. Usual values are
+	2, 4 and 8.  The default is eight, for safety.
 
 ansi2knr (ansi2knr.U):
 	This variable is set if the user needs to run ansi2knr.  
@@ -2048,6 +2049,10 @@ i_sysmman (i_sysmman.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_MMAN symbol, and
 	indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mman.h>.
 
+i_sysmode (i_sysmode.U):
+	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMODE symbol,
+	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mode.h>.
+
 i_sysmount (i_sysmount.U):
 	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMOUNT symbol,
 	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mount.h>.
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index 9d3d8c1bd6..b9be0758b2 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Package name      : perl5
 # Source directory  : .
-# Configuration time: Wed Feb 16 01:08:43 EET 2000
+# Configuration time: Tue Feb 22 07:10:02 EET 2000
 # Configured by     : jhi
 # Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ccflags='-pthread -std -DLANGUAGE_C'
 ccsymbols='__alpha=1 __LANGUAGE_C__=1 __osf__=1 __unix__=1 _LONGLONG=1 _SYSTYPE_BSD=1 SYSTYPE_BSD=1 unix=1'
 cf_by='jhi'
 cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
-cf_time='Wed Feb 16 01:08:43 EET 2000'
+cf_time='Tue Feb 22 07:10:02 EET 2000'
 charsize='1'
 chgrp=''
 chmod=''
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ i_sysin='undef'
 i_sysioctl='define'
 i_syslog='define'
 i_sysmman='define'
+i_sysmode='define'
 i_sysmount='define'
 i_sysndir='undef'
 i_sysparam='define'
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 39ca93c488..cc65dcc77d 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : .
- * Configuration time: Wed Feb 16 01:08:43 EET 2000
+ * Configuration time: Tue Feb 22 07:10:02 EET 2000
  * Configured by     : jhi
  * Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
  */
@@ -1076,8 +1076,8 @@
 
 /* MEM_ALIGNBYTES:
  *	This symbol contains the number of bytes required to align a
- *	double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8. The default is eight,
- *	for safety.
+ *	double, or a long double when applicable. Usual values are 2,
+ *	4 and 8. The default is eight, for safety.
  */
 #if defined(CROSSCOMPILE) || defined(MULTIARCH)
 #  define MEM_ALIGNBYTES 8
@@ -1682,11 +1682,16 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_MKSTEMPS		/ **/
 
+/* HAS_MMAP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mmap system call is
+ *	available to map a file into memory.
+ */
 /* Mmap_t:
  *	This symbol holds the return type of the mmap() system call
  *	(and simultaneously the type of the first argument).
  *	Usually set to 'void *' or 'cadd_t'.
  */
+#define HAS_MMAP		/**/
 #define Mmap_t void *	/**/
 
 /* HAS_MPROTECT:
@@ -2961,6 +2966,12 @@
 #define PERL_XS_APIVERSION "5.5.660"
 #define PERL_PM_APIVERSION "5.005"
 
+/* I_SYSMODE:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <sys/mode.h> exists and
+ *	should be included.
+ */
+#define	I_SYSMODE		/**/
+
 /* I_SYS_UTSNAME:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <sys/utsname.h> exists and
  *	should be included.
diff --git a/config_h.SH b/config_h.SH
index 9529129c3e..e440274d60 100644
--- a/config_h.SH
+++ b/config_h.SH
@@ -1090,8 +1090,8 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >config.h -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un-
 
 /* MEM_ALIGNBYTES:
  *	This symbol contains the number of bytes required to align a
- *	double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8. The default is eight,
- *	for safety.
+ *	double, or a long double when applicable. Usual values are 2,
+ *	4 and 8. The default is eight, for safety.
  */
 #if defined(CROSSCOMPILE) || defined(MULTIARCH)
 #  define MEM_ALIGNBYTES 8
@@ -1696,11 +1696,16 @@ sed <<!GROK!THIS! >config.h -e 's!^#undef\(.*/\)\*!/\*#define\1 \*!' -e 's!^#un-
  */
 #$d_mkstemps HAS_MKSTEMPS		/**/
 
+/* HAS_MMAP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mmap system call is
+ *	available to map a file into memory.
+ */
 /* Mmap_t:
  *	This symbol holds the return type of the mmap() system call
  *	(and simultaneously the type of the first argument).
  *	Usually set to 'void *' or 'cadd_t'.
  */
+#$d_mmap HAS_MMAP		/**/
 #define Mmap_t $mmaptype	/**/
 
 /* HAS_MPROTECT:
diff --git a/hints/solaris_2.sh b/hints/solaris_2.sh
index a2a4087931..cbc71d834e 100644
--- a/hints/solaris_2.sh
+++ b/hints/solaris_2.sh
@@ -367,10 +367,10 @@ cat > UU/use64bits.cbu <<'EOCBU'
 case "$use64bits" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)
 	    case "`uname -r`" in
-	    2.[1-5])
+	    2.[1-6])
 		cat >&4 <<EOM
-Solaris `uname -r` does not support 64-bit interfaces.
-You should upgrade to at least Solaris 2.6.
+Solaris `uname -r` does not support 64-bit integers.
+You should upgrade to at least Solaris 2.7.
 EOM
 		exit 1
 		;;
@@ -516,5 +516,51 @@ Date: 25 Jul 1995 12:20:18 GMT
 
     Perl 5 compiled out of the box.
 
+7.0) 64-bitness, from Alan Burlison (added by jhi 2000-02-21)
+
+  You need a machine running Solaris 2.7 or above.
+
+  Here's some rules:
+  
+  1. Solaris 2.7 and above will run in either 32 bit or 64 bit mode,
+     via a reboot.
+  2. You can build 64 bit apps whilst running 32 bit mode and vice-versa.
+  3. 32 bit apps will run under Solaris running in either 32 or 64 bit mode.
+  4. 64 bit apps require Solaris to be running 64 bit mode
+  5. It is possible to select the appropriate 32 or 64 bit version of an
+     app at run-time using isaexec(3).
+  6. You can detect the OS mode using "isainfo -v", e.g.
+      fubar$ isainfo -v   # Ultra 30 in 64 bit mode
+      64-bit sparcv9 applications
+      32-bit sparc applications
+  7. To compile 64 bit you need to use the flag "-xarch=v9".
+     getconf(1) will tell you this, e.g.
+      fubar$ getconf -a | grep v9
+      XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS:         -xarch=v9
+      XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS:        -xarch=v9
+      XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LINTFLAGS:      -xarch=v9
+      XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS:       -xarch=v9
+      XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS:      -xarch=v9
+      XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LINTFLAGS:    -xarch=v9
+      _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS:        -xarch=v9
+      _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LDFLAGS:       -xarch=v9
+      _XBS5_LP64_OFF64_LINTFLAGS:     -xarch=v9
+      _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_CFLAGS:      -xarch=v9
+      _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LDFLAGS:     -xarch=v9
+      _XBS5_LPBIG_OFFBIG_LINTFLAGS:   -xarch=v9
+
+  > > Now, what should we do, then?  Should -Duse64bits in a v9 box cause
+  > > Perl to compiled in v9 mode?  Or should we for compatibility stick
+  > > with 32 bit builds and let the people in the know to add the -xarch=v9
+  > > to ccflags (and ldflags?)?
+
+  > I think the second (explicit) mechanism should be the default.  Unless
+  > you want to allocate more than ~ 4Gb of memory inside Perl, you don't
+  > need Perl to be a 64-bit app.  Put it this way, on a machine running
+  > Solaris 8, there are 463 executables under /usr/bin, but only 15 of
+  > those require 64 bit versions - mainly because they invade the kernel
+  > address space, e.g. adb, kgmon etc.  Certainly we don't recommend users
+  > to build 64 bit apps unless they need the address space.
+
 End_of_Solaris_Notes
 
diff --git a/malloc.c b/malloc.c
index 9c6a6d83e1..0dc732cc7d 100644
--- a/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc.c
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ Perl_dump_mstats(pTHX_ char *s)
 			  (long)BUCKET_SIZE(MIN_BUCKET),
 			  (long)BUCKET_SIZE_REAL(buffer.topbucket), 
 			  (long)BUCKET_SIZE(buffer.topbucket));
-  	PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "%8d free:", buffer.totfree);
+  	PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "%8ld free:", buffer.totfree);
   	for (i = MIN_EVEN_REPORT; i <= buffer.topbucket; i += BUCKETS_PER_POW2) {
   		PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, 
 			      ((i < 8*BUCKETS_PER_POW2 || i == 10*BUCKETS_PER_POW2)
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ Perl_dump_mstats(pTHX_ char *s)
 			      buffer.nfree[i]);
   	}
 #endif 
-  	PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "\n%8d used:", buffer.total - buffer.totfree);
+  	PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "\n%8ld used:", buffer.total - buffer.totfree);
   	for (i = MIN_EVEN_REPORT; i <= buffer.topbucket; i += BUCKETS_PER_POW2) {
   		PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, 
 			      ((i < 8*BUCKETS_PER_POW2 || i == 10*BUCKETS_PER_POW2)
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ Perl_dump_mstats(pTHX_ char *s)
 			      buffer.ntotal[i] - buffer.nfree[i]);
   	}
 #endif 
-	PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "\nTotal sbrk(): %d/%d:%d. Odd ends: pad+heads+chain+tail: %d+%d+%d+%d.\n",
+	PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "\nTotal sbrk(): %ld/%ld:%ld. Odd ends: pad+heads+chain+tail: %ld+%ld+%ld+%ld.\n",
 		      buffer.total_sbrk, buffer.sbrks, buffer.sbrk_good,
 		      buffer.sbrk_slack, buffer.start_slack,
 		      buffer.total_chain, buffer.sbrked_remains);
diff --git a/perl.h b/perl.h
index cdf1ecd3fb..10cce9d97b 100644
--- a/perl.h
+++ b/perl.h
@@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ typedef struct am_table_short AMTS;
 
    HAS_GETCWD
 
-   HAS-MMAP
+   HAS_MMAP
    HAS_MPROTECT
    HAS_MSYNC
    HAS_MADVSISE
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index f11623b7da..746c242288 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -650,7 +650,8 @@ Unfortunately bit arithmetics (&, |, ^, ~, <<, >>) for numbers are not
 64-bit clean, they are explictly forced to be 32-bit because of
 tangled backward compatibility issues.  This limitation is subject to
 change.  Bit arithmetics for bit vector scalars (created by vec()) are
-not limited in their width.
+not limited in their width, you can use the & | ^ ~ operators on such
+scalars.
 
 Last but not least: note that due to Perl's habit of always using
 floating point numbers the quads are still not true integers.
diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod
index 7a8d1e5879..0e1df8abd3 100644
--- a/pod/perlhist.pod
+++ b/pod/perlhist.pod
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ the strings?).
 	  5.005_63	1999-Dec-09
 	  5.5.640	2000-Feb-02
 	  5.5.650	2000-Feb-08	5.6 beta1
+	  5.5.660	2000-Feb-22	5.6 beta2
 
 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES