bump version to 5.17.0

28 files changed, 191 insertions, 191 deletions

diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index ba5fdbc0ef..085b056fd3 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
 api_subversion='0'
-api_version='16'
-api_versionstring='5.16.0'
+api_version='17'
+api_versionstring='5.17.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='cc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -736,13 +736,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -937,17 +937,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1076,8 +1076,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.16.0'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
+version='5.17.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 17 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1091,10 +1091,10 @@ config_arg0='Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_VERSION=17
 PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_VERSION=17
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
index 7db5a84979..1d0cbbe249 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
 api_subversion='0'
-api_version='16'
-api_versionstring='5.16.0'
+api_version='17'
+api_versionstring='5.17.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -711,13 +711,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.17.0'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -907,17 +907,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1040,8 +1040,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.16.0'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
+version='5.17.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 17 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ config_arg0='Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_VERSION=17
 PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_VERSION=17
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 17707c97c3..ebc66032fb 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories.
 
 =item Directories for the perl distribution
 
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.16.0.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.17.0.
 $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
 determined by Configure.  The full definitions of all Configure
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ must contain a space separated list of directories under the site_perl
 directory, and has to include architecture-dependent directories separately,
 eg.
 
-       sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.16.0/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
+       sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.17.0/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
 
 When using the newer perl, you can add these paths again in the
 PERL5LIB environment variable or with perl's -I runtime option.
@@ -2380,9 +2380,9 @@ won't interfere with another version.  (The defaults guarantee this for
 libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?)  One convenient
 way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
 
-	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.16.0
+	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.17.0
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.16.0/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.17.0/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
 may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
 scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
 
@@ -2395,13 +2395,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development
 subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
 yet.
 
-=head2 Upgrading from 5.15.6 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.16.0 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.16.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.6 and any earlier
-Perl release.>  Perl modules having binary parts
+B<Perl 5.17.0 may not be is binary incompatible with Perl 5.16.0 or
+earlier Perl release.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.16.0.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.16.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.17.0.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.17.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2434,15 +2434,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.16.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.17.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.16.0/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.16.0/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.16.0/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.16.0/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.16.0/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.16.0/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.17.0/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.17.0/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.17.0/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.17.0/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.17.0/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.17.0/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
 
 Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591 files,
 (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its i386 version.
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 3f7100115c..ae3e6a10fd 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: perl
-version: 5.016000
+version: 5.017000
 abstract: The Perl 5 language interpreter
 author: perl5-porters@perl.org
 license: perl
diff --git a/NetWare/Makefile b/NetWare/Makefile
index a8384a05e9..0d7dfc0939 100644
--- a/NetWare/Makefile
+++ b/NetWare/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ NLM_VERSION    = 3,20,0
 
 
 # Here comes the CW tools - TO BE FILLED TO BUILD WITH CW -
-MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.16.0 for NetWare"
+MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.17.0 for NetWare"
 CCTYPE          = CodeWarrior
 C_COMPILER		= mwccnlm -c
 CPP_COMPILER	= mwccnlm
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ INST_NW_TOP2 = $(INST_NW_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-INST_VER	= \5.16.0
+INST_VER	= \5.17.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/NetWare/config_H.wc b/NetWare/config_H.wc
index cb5b7e1569..040acf71a5 100644
--- a/NetWare/config_H.wc
+++ b/NetWare/config_H.wc
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.16.0\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.17.0\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1079,8 +1079,8 @@
  *	This symbol is the filename expanded version of the BIN symbol, for
  *	programs that do not want to deal with that at run-time.
  */
-#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.16.0\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.16.0\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.17.0\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.17.0\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
@@ -3063,7 +3063,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.16.0\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.17.0\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -3086,7 +3086,7 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.16.0\\lib"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.17.0\\lib"		/**/
 /*#define SITELIB_EXP ""	/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""		/**/
 
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index 3db74389c0..9195879fa9 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ ansi2knr=''
 aphostname=''
 api_revision='5'
 api_subversion='0'
-api_version='16'
-api_versionstring='5.16.0'
+api_version='17'
+api_versionstring='5.17.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
-archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
+archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int'
+archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int'
 archname64='64int'
 archname='i686-linux-64int'
 archobjs=''
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
 initialinstalllocation='/opt/perl/bin'
-installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
+installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int'
 installbin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -754,13 +754,13 @@ installman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
 installprefix='/opt/perl'
 installprefixexp='/opt/perl'
-installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0'
+installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.17.0'
 installscript='/opt/perl/bin'
-installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
+installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int'
 installsitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
+installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0'
 installsiteman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/opt/perl/bin'
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ perl_patchlevel='34948'
 perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perladmin='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
 perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
-perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.16.0'
+perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.17.0'
 pg='pg'
 phostname=''
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/opt/perl'
 prefixexp='/opt/perl'
-privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0'
-privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0'
+privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.17.0'
+privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.17.0'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -959,17 +959,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='69'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
-sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int'
 sitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitebinexp='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
+sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0'
 sitelib_stem='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
+sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0'
 siteman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ src='.'
 ssizetype='ssize_t'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='4'
-startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.16.0'
+startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.17.0'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.16.0'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
+version='5.17.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 17 subversion 0'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1122,10 +1122,10 @@ config_arg7='-Duse64bitint'
 config_arg8='-Dusedevel'
 config_arg9='-dE'
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_VERSION=17
 PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_VERSION=17
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=34948
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 0d4bd2d9cf..cef1f3c980 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -966,8 +966,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
  *	This symbol holds a string representing the architecture name.
@@ -2074,8 +2074,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.16.0"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.16.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.17.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.17.0"		/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -2125,8 +2125,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -2148,8 +2148,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.17.0"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* SSize_t:
@@ -4369,7 +4369,7 @@
  *	script to make sure (one hopes) that it runs with perl and not
  *	some shell.
  */
-#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.16.0"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.17.0"		/**/
 
 /* HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY:
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that there is an array
diff --git a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
index 4503f50f4b..7ee3d6b800 100644
--- a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
+++ b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.16.0..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.17.0..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt b/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt
index 0dc6dcc03c..a885ae6c66 100644
--- a/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt
+++ b/Porting/release_announcement_template.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ the "pod" directory inside the release and on the web.
 [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SECTION FROM PERLDELTA]
 
 We expect to release Perl [NEXT BLEAD VERSION] on [FUTURE DATE].  The next
-major stable release of Perl 5, version 5.16.0, should appear in May 2012.
+major stable release of Perl 5, version 5.18.0, should appear in May 2013.
 
 [YOUR SALUATION HERE]
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index 6dd1311ce8..2ca7417016 100644
--- a/README.haiku
+++ b/README.haiku
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ The build procedure is completely standard:
 Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl:
 
   chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl
-  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.16.0/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.17.0/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.16.0> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.17.0> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index f51cb9df40..e3358f35e1 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ C<set PERLLIB_PREFIX> in F<Config.sys>, see L<"PERLLIB_PREFIX">.
 
 =item Additional Perl modules
 
-  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.17.0/
 
 Same remark as above applies.  Additionally, if this directory is not
 one of directories on @INC (and @INC is influenced by C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>), you
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index 3666ab0525..d194b9f5bd 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ recent versions of vmstar (e.g. V3.4 or later).  Contrary to advice
 provided with previous versions of Perl, do I<not> use the ODS-2
 compatibility qualifier.  Instead, use a command like the following:
 
-    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.16^.0.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.17^.0.tar
 
 Then rename the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.16^.0.dir
-    rename perl-5^.16^.0.dir perl-5_16_0.dir
+    set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.17^.0.dir
+    rename perl-5^.17^.0.dir perl-5_17_0.dir
 
 The reason for this last step is that while filenames with multiple dots
 are generally supported by Perl on VMS, I<directory> names with multiple
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 7095f75a26..5999d5669c 100644
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Be sure to read the instructions near the top of the makefiles carefully.
 Type "dmake" (or "nmake" if you are using that make).
 
 This should build everything.  Specifically, it will create perl.exe,
-perl516.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl517.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
 under the lib\auto directory.  If the build fails for any reason, make
 sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
 
diff --git a/epoc/config.sh b/epoc/config.sh
index a55e4a68e9..8ae2e67b18 100644
--- a/epoc/config.sh
+++ b/epoc/config.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ apirevision=''
 apisubversion=''
 apiversion=''
 ar='arm-epoc-pe-ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0/epoc'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0/epoc'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.17.0/epoc'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.17.0/epoc'
 archname64=''
 archname='epoc'
 archobjs='epoc.o epocish.o epoc_stubs.o'
@@ -714,16 +714,16 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.16.0/epoc'
+installarchlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.17.0/epoc'
 installbin='/home/of/PERL/System/Programs/'
 installman1dir='/home/of/PERL/man1'
 installman3dir='/home/of/PERL/man3'
 installprefix=''
 installprefixexp=''
-installprivlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.16.0/'
+installprivlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.17.0/'
 installscript='/home/of/PERL/bin/'
-installsitearch='/home/of/PERL/site/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/epoc'
-installsitelib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
+installsitearch='/home/of/PERL/site/lib/site_perl/5.17.0/epoc'
+installsitelib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/site_perl/5.17.0'
 installstyle=''
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix=''
 prefixexp=''
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.17.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.17.0'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -909,11 +909,11 @@ sig_num='0'
 sig_num_init='0, 0'
 sig_size='1'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.16.0/epoc'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.16.0/epoc'
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.16.0/'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.17.0/epoc'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.17.0/epoc'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.17.0/'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.16.0/'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.17.0/'
 siteprefix=''
 siteprefixexp=''
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.16.0'
+version='5.17.0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1046,10 +1046,10 @@ config_arg9=''
 config_arg10=''
 config_arg11=''
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_VERSION=17
 PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_VERSION=17
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 CONFIGDOTSH=true
diff --git a/epoc/createpkg.pl b/epoc/createpkg.pl
index 3f84fe1f40..377941e407 100644
--- a/epoc/createpkg.pl
+++ b/epoc/createpkg.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use File::Find;
 use Cwd;
 
-$VERSION="5.16.0";
+$VERSION="5.17.0";
 $EPOC_VERSION=1;
 
 
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index f58ad5f3dd..eeb2a5efa3 100644
--- a/hints/catamount.sh
+++ b/hints/catamount.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.16.0
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.17.0
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/bin
 # cp *.h /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # cp libperl.a /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.16.0
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.17.0
 # cp miniperl perl run.sh cc.sh /opt/perl-catamount/lib
 #
 # With the headers and the libperl.a you can embed Perl to your Catamount
diff --git a/hints/dgux.sh b/hints/dgux.sh
index 2bd7d758a8..31ce2f8cb7 100644
--- a/hints/dgux.sh
+++ b/hints/dgux.sh
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ libpth="/usr/lib"
 #####################################
 
 prefix=/usr/local
-perlpath="$prefix/bin/perl516"
-startperl="#! $prefix/bin/perl516"
-privlib="$prefix/lib/perl516"
+perlpath="$prefix/bin/perl517"
+startperl="#! $prefix/bin/perl517"
+privlib="$prefix/lib/perl517"
 man1dir="$prefix/man/man1"
 man3dir="$prefix/man/man3"
 
-sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl516/$archname"
-sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl516"
+sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl517/$archname"
+sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl517"
 
 #Do not overwrite by default /usr/bin/perl of DG/UX
 installusrbinperl="$undef"
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ unset sde_path default_sde sde
 # <takis@XFree86.Org>
 #####################################
 
-libperl="libperl516.so"
+libperl="libperl517.so"
 
 # Many functions (eg, gethostent(), killpg(), getpriority(), setruid()
 # dbm_*(), and plenty more) are defined in -ldgc.  Usually you don't
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ $define|true|[yY]*)
 	# DG/UX library!
 	libswanted="dbm posix resolv socket nsl dl m rte"
 	archname="ix86-dgux-thread"
-	sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl516/$archname"
-	sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl516"
+	sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl517/$archname"
+	sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl517"
   case "$cc" in
 	*gcc*)
 	   #### Use GCC -2.95.2/3 rev (DG/UX) and -pthread
diff --git a/hints/hpux.sh b/hints/hpux.sh
index d6d4deae38..143284f2c7 100644
--- a/hints/hpux.sh
+++ b/hints/hpux.sh
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ case "$ccisgcc" in
 			B3910B*A.06.15)
 			# > cc --version
 			# cc: HP C/aC++ B3910B A.06.15 [May 16 2007]
-			# Has optimizing problems with +O2 for blead (5.16.0),
+			# Has optimizing problems with +O2 for blead (5.17.0),
 			# see https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=103668.
 			#
 			# +O2 +Onolimit +Onoprocelim  +Ostore_ordering \
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 17af56e284..e767e80de8 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * exactly on the third column */
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
-#define PERL_VERSION	16		/* epoch */
+#define PERL_VERSION	17		/* epoch */
 #define PERL_SUBVERSION	0		/* generation */
 
 /* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
    changing them should not be necessary.
 */
 #define PERL_API_REVISION	5
-#define PERL_API_VERSION	16
+#define PERL_API_VERSION	17
 #define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	0
 /*
    XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
diff --git a/plan9/config.plan9 b/plan9/config.plan9
index 8cd8f19ea8..b8cee9aa8e 100644
--- a/plan9/config.plan9
+++ b/plan9/config.plan9
@@ -3385,8 +3385,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0"		/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -3513,9 +3513,9 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
  *	This symbol holds the size of a Size_t in bytes.
diff --git a/plan9/config_sh.sample b/plan9/config_sh.sample
index 1c317abe1e..54bd97bab7 100644
--- a/plan9/config_sh.sample
+++ b/plan9/config_sh.sample
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/uname -n'
 api_revision='5'
 api_subversion='0'
-api_version='16'
-api_versionstring='5.16.0'
+api_version='17'
+api_versionstring='5.17.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.16.0/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.16.0/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.17.0/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.17.0/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -722,17 +722,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -852,8 +852,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -918,13 +918,13 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 0'
 sig_size='50'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.17.0/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1037,8 +1037,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.16.0'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
+version='5.17.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 17 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1052,10 +1052,10 @@ config_arg0='./Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_VERSION=17
 PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_VERSION=17
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/uconfig.h b/uconfig.h
index 20b1f23f02..6fd065d403 100644
--- a/uconfig.h
+++ b/uconfig.h
@@ -937,8 +937,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-/*#define ARCHLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown"		/ **/
-/*#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define ARCHLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown"		/ **/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
  *	This symbol holds a string representing the architecture name.
@@ -3026,8 +3026,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17"		/**/
 
 /* CAN_PROTOTYPE:
  *	If defined, this macro indicates that the C compiler can handle
@@ -3170,8 +3170,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-/*#define SITEARCH "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown"		/ **/
-/*#define SITEARCH_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define SITEARCH "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define SITEARCH_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown"		/ **/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -3193,8 +3193,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/usr/local/lib/perl5"		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
diff --git a/uconfig.sh b/uconfig.sh
index e96b7e816b..4d0645e29c 100644
--- a/uconfig.sh
+++ b/uconfig.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ afs='false'
 afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='4'
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
-archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
-archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
+archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
 archname='unknown'
 asctime_r_proto='0'
 bin='/usr/local/bin'
@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ package='perl5'
 perl_static_inline='static'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype=int
-privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
-privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
+privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='undef'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -731,11 +731,11 @@ sig_name_init='0'
 sig_num_init='0'
 sig_size='1'
 signal_t=int
-sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
-sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
-sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
+sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
+sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/local/lib/perl5'
-sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
 sizesize=4
 sizetype='size_t'
 socksizetype='int'
diff --git a/uconfig64.sh b/uconfig64.sh
index 80e6f7fc9a..ad773e71af 100644
--- a/uconfig64.sh
+++ b/uconfig64.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='8'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
-archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
-archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
+archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
 archname='unknown64'
 asctime_r_proto='0'
 bin='/usr/local/bin'
@@ -680,8 +680,8 @@ package='perl5'
 perl_static_inline='static'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype=int
-privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
-privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
+privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='undef'
 ptrsize='8'
@@ -731,11 +731,11 @@ sig_name_init='0'
 sig_num_init='0'
 sig_size='1'
 signal_t=int
-sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
-sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
-sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
+sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17/unknown'
+sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/local/lib/perl5'
-sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.17'
 sizesize=4
 sizetype='size_t'
 socksizetype='int'
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index dd416f2da4..dfe3578216 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #	Windows SDK 64-bit compiler and tools
 #
 # This is set up to build a perl.exe that runs off a shared library
-# (perl516.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl517.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
 #
 
 ##
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INST_TOP	= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	= \5.16.0
+#INST_VER	= \5.17.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ CCTYPE		= MSVC60
 # set this to additionally provide a statically linked perl-static.exe.
 # Note that dynamic loading will not work with this perl, so you must
 # include required modules statically using the STATIC_EXT or ALL_STATIC
-# variables below. A static library perl516s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl517s.lib will also be created.
 # Ordinary perl.exe is not affected by this option.
 #
 #BUILD_STATIC	= define
@@ -516,9 +516,9 @@ $(o).dll:
 
 # makedef.pl must be updated if this changes, and this should normally
 # only change when there is an incompatible revision of the public API.
-PERLIMPLIB	= ..\perl516.lib
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\perl516s.lib
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl516.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	= ..\perl517.lib
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\perl517s.lib
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl517.dll
 
 MINIPERL	= ..\miniperl.exe
 MINIDIR		= .\mini
diff --git a/win32/Makefile.ce b/win32/Makefile.ce
index 7d7b3fde05..2f150d578d 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile.ce
+++ b/win32/Makefile.ce
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 SRCDIR     = ..
 PV         = 59
-INST_VER   = 5.16.0
+INST_VER   = 5.17.0
 
 # INSTALL_ROOT specifies a path where this perl will be installed on CE device
 INSTALL_ROOT=/netzwerk/sprache/perl
diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk
index 2521b60ffb..a5731f9bf8 100644
--- a/win32/makefile.mk
+++ b/win32/makefile.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #	Windows SDK 64-bit compiler and tools
 #
 # This is set up to build a perl.exe that runs off a shared library
-# (perl516.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl517.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
 #
 
 ##
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ INST_TOP	*= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	*= \5.16.0
+#INST_VER	*= \5.17.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ CCTYPE		*= GCC
 # set this to additionally provide a statically linked perl-static.exe.
 # Note that dynamic loading will not work with this perl, so you must
 # include required modules statically using the STATIC_EXT or ALL_STATIC
-# variables below. A static library perl516s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl517s.lib will also be created.
 # Ordinary perl.exe is not affected by this option.
 #
 #BUILD_STATIC	*= define
@@ -705,8 +705,8 @@ CFGH_TMPL	= config_H.gc64nox
 CFGSH_TMPL	= config.gc
 CFGH_TMPL	= config_H.gc
 .ENDIF
-PERLIMPLIB	= ..\libperl516$(a)
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl516s$(a)
+PERLIMPLIB	= ..\libperl517$(a)
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl517s$(a)
 
 .ELSE
 
@@ -722,9 +722,9 @@ CFGH_TMPL	= config_H.vc
 
 # makedef.pl must be updated if this changes, and this should normally
 # only change when there is an incompatible revision of the public API.
-PERLIMPLIB	*= ..\perl516$(a)
-PERLSTATICLIB	*= ..\perl516s$(a)
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl516.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	*= ..\perl517$(a)
+PERLSTATICLIB	*= ..\perl517s$(a)
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl517.dll
 
 XCOPY		= xcopy /f /r /i /d /y
 RCOPY		= xcopy /f /r /i /e /d /y