perl591delta nits. Regenerate the tables of contents.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@22493

3 files changed, 1609 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perl591delta.pod b/pod/perl591delta.pod
index a120c319d8..a0c966badc 100644
--- a/pod/perl591delta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl591delta.pod
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ overriding the lexical declaration with C<our $_>.
 
 =head2 Tied hashes in scalar context
 
-As of perl 5.8.2, tied hashes did not return anything useful in scalar
-context, for example when used as boolean tests:
+As of perl 5.8.2/5.9.0, tied hashes did not return anything useful in
+scalar context, for example when used as boolean tests:
 
 	if (%tied_hash) { ... }
 
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ The documentation has been revised in places to produce more standard manpages.
 The long-existing feature of C</(?{...})/> regexps setting C<$_> and pos()
 is now documented.
 
+=head1 Performance Enhancements
+
 Sorting arrays in place (C<@a = sort @a>) is now optimized to avoid
 making a temporary copy of the array.
 
-=head1 Performance Enhancements
-
 The operations involving case mapping on UTF-8 strings (uc(), lc(),
 C<//i>, etc.) have been greatly speeded up.
 
@@ -171,9 +171,6 @@ Reading $^E now preserves $!. Previously, the C code implementing $^E
 did not preserve C<errno>, so reading $^E could cause C<errno> and therefore
 C<$!> to change unexpectedly.
 
-Reentrant functions will (once more) work with C++. 5.8.2 introduced a bugfix
-which accidentally broke the compilation of Perl extensions written in C++.
-
 C<strict> wasn't in effect in regexp-eval blocks (C</(?{...})/>).
 
 =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
@@ -261,8 +258,10 @@ list of things to do (or nice to have) for perl 5.10.0 :
 Clean up and finish support for assertions. See L<assertions>.
 
 Reimplement the mechanism of lexical pragmas to be more extensible. Fix
-current pragmas that don't work well with lexical scopes (C<sort>, for
-example). MJD has ideas on this.
+current pragmas that don't work well with lexical scopes or in
+eval(STRING) (C<sort>, C<re> for example). MJD has ideas on this.
+
+Fix (or rewrite) the implementation of the C</(?{...})/> closures.
 
 Conversions from byte strings to UTF-8 currently map high bit characters
 to Unicode without translation (or, depending on how you look at it, by
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ XS coders miserable.)
 Introduce a new special block, UNITCHECK, which is run at the end of a
 compilation unit (module, file, eval(STRING) block). This will correspond to
 the Perl 6 CHECK. Perl 5's CHECK cannot be changed or removed because the
-O/B framework depends on it.
+O.pm/B.pm backend framework depends on it.
 
 Study the possibility of adding a new prototype character, C<_>, meaning
 "this argument defaults to $_".
diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index 4df51c4929..d76b5c167c 100644
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Postpone load of modules until a function is used
 
 =item base
 
-Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
 
 =item bigint
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
 
 =item Carp::Heavy
 
-No user serviceable parts inside
+Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
 
 =item Class::ISA
 
@@ -381,6 +381,10 @@ Get pathname of current working directory
 
 Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
 
+=item DBM_Filter
+
+Filter DBM keys/values 
+
 =item DB_File
 
 Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
@@ -917,9 +921,13 @@ Arbitrary size integer math package
 
 Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
 
+=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu
+
+Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
 =item Math::BigRat
 
-Arbitrarily big rationals
+Arbitrarily big rational numbers
 
 =item Math::Complex
 
diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index c2ac02d923..ebad35b8d7 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -3619,20 +3619,21 @@ B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
 B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
 CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
 CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
-Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Data::Dumper, Devel::DProf,
-Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, Digest::MD5,
-Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode, Encode::Alias,
-Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN, Encode::CN::HZ,
-Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder, Encode::Encoding,
-Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR,
-Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::PerlIO,
-Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW, Encode::Unicode,
-Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
-ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM, ExtUtils::Constant,
-ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
-ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
-ExtUtils::MM_DOS, ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2,
-ExtUtils::MM_UWIN, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
+Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DBM_Filter, DB_File, Data::Dumper,
+Devel::DProf, Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest,
+Digest::MD5, Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode,
+Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN,
+Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder,
+Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z,
+Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header,
+Encode::PerlIO, Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW,
+Encode::Unicode, Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter,
+Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM,
+ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
+ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any,
+ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_DOS,
+ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_UWIN,
+ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
 ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
@@ -3651,16 +3652,16 @@ IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
 Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
-Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
-Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
-Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
-Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain,
-Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP,
-Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent,
-Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO, PerlIO::encoding,
-PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint, Pod::Checker,
-Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX,
-Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
+Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::CalcEmu, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
+Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
+Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
+Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
+Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
+Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
+PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
+Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
+Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
@@ -4242,6 +4243,8 @@ C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
 
 =item The RETVAL Variable
 
+=item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
+
 =item The MODULE Keyword
 
 =item The PACKAGE Keyword
@@ -4731,15 +4734,15 @@ newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
 SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off,
 SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
 SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvIV_nomg, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
-SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX,
-SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx,
+SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
 SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
 SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
-SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
+SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
 SvPV_nolen, SvPV_nomg, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
 SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off,
 SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8,
-SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool,
+SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool,
 sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv_flags, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte,
 sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen,
 sv_2uv_flags, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg,
@@ -5505,7 +5508,7 @@ B<-V>
 
 =back
 
-=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
 
 =over 4
 
@@ -5513,6 +5516,14 @@ B<-V>
 
 =item Incompatible Changes
 
+=over 4
+
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
+
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
+
+=back
+
 =item Core Enhancements
 
 =over 4
@@ -5523,15 +5534,99 @@ B<-V>
 
 =item Formats
 
+=item Stacked filetest operators
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item UTF-8 bugs
+
+=item Threading bugs
+
+=item More bugs
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
+
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
+
+=item Less space is used by ops
+
+=item New parser
+
+=back
+
+=item Configuration and Building
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=back
+
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
+
 =item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
 
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Lexical C<$_>
+
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
+
+=item Formats
+
 =item Stacked filetest operators
 
 =back
 
 =item Modules and Pragmata
 
-Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
 
 =item Utility Changes
 
@@ -5539,13 +5634,11 @@ Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
 
 =item Performance Enhancements
 
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-
 =item Selected Bug Fixes
 
 =over 4
 
-=item UTF8 bugs
+=item UTF-8 bugs
 
 =item Threading bugs
 
@@ -5557,14 +5650,30 @@ Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
 
 =item Changed Internals
 
-=item Configuration and Building
+=over 4
 
-=item New Tests
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
+
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
+
+=item Less space is used by ops
+
+=item New parser
+
+=back
+
+=item Configuration and Building
 
 =item Known Problems
 
+=over 4
+
 =item Platform Specific Problems
 
+=back
+
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
+
 =item Reporting Bugs
 
 =item SEE ALSO
@@ -7767,6 +7876,1430 @@ a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
 
 =back
 
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+
+=item OS level
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The usenm option
+
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
+
+=item Threaded Perl
+
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+
+=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+
+=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+
+R4 x86, R4 PPC
+
+=item Contact Information
+
+=item Update 2002-05-30
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item gzip on BS2000
+
+=item bison on BS2000
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+
+=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+
+=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+
+=item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
+celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
+
+=item Make
+
+go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run	  compile.bat, run 
+  compile.bat dist
+
+=back
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+
+=item Cygwin Configuration
+
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+
+=back
+
+=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+
+=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
+
+=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
+C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Errors on Cygwin
+
+=item ld2 on Cygwin
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+
+=item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+=item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+
+=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+
+DJGPP, Pthreads
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+
+=item Building Perl on DOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on DOS
+
+=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Editors on Epoc
+
+=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+
+=back
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
+
+=item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
+
+=item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+
+=item Using perl from HP's porting centre
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+
+=item PA-RISC
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
+
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
+
+=item Itanium
+
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+
+=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The GNU C Compiler
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Oracle on HP-UX
+
+=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+
+=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+
+=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd 
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item About Compiler Versions of Irix
+
+=item Linker Problems in Irix
+
+=item Malloc in Irix
+
+=item Building with threads in Irix
+
+=item Irix 5.3
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl version 5.8.x and greater not supported
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5.6.x on MachTen
+
+=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+
+=item Building external modules on MachTen
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installation Prefix
+
+=item libperl and Prebinding
+
+=item Updating Panther
+
+=item Known problems
+
+=item MacPerl
+
+=item Carbon
+
+=item Cocoa
+
+=back
+
+=item Starting From Scratch
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item Binary distribution from HP
+
+=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+
+=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+
+=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+
+=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+
+README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
+public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+
+=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+
+ 4,  6
+
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+
+=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+
+=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+
+=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+
+=item Perl/iX Change History
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+=item Setup
+
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
+
+=item Make
+
+=item Interpreter
+
+=item Extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Target
+
+=item Other OSes
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item Frequently asked questions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item "It does not work"
+
+=item I cannot run external programs
+
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program. 
+
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Automatic binary installation
+
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+
+=item Manual binary installation
+
+Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
+(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
+Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
+and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
+Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+
+=item B<Warning>
+
+=back
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+
+=item Plain text
+
+=item Manpages
+
+=item HTML
+
+=item GNU C<info> files
+
+=item F<PDF> files
+
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The short story
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Getting perl source
+
+=item Application of the patches
+
+=item Hand-editing
+
+=item Making
+
+=item Testing
+
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
+
+=back
+
+=item Building a binary distribution
+
+=item Building custom F<.EXE> files
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Making executables with a custom collection of statically loaded
+extensions
+
+=item Making executables with a custom search-paths
+
+=back
+
+=item Build FAQ
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+
+=item Problems with tr or sed
+
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
+
+=back
+
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>,  C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>,  C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>, 
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>,	C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>, 
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>,	C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>, 
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>,  C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>, 
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
+
+=item Prebuilt variables:
+
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl flavors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item F<perl.exe>
+
+=item F<perl_.exe>
+
+=item F<perl__.exe>
+
+=item F<perl___.exe>
+
+=item Why strange names?
+
+=item Why dynamic linking?
+
+=item Why chimera build?
+
+=back
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+
+=back
+
+=item Evolution
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Text-mode filehandles
+
+=item Priorities
+
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
+
+=item DLL forwarder generation
+
+=item Threading
+
+=item Calls to external programs
+
+=item Memory allocation
+
+=item Threads
+
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools
+
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Perl on ILE
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Invoking Perl
+
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+
+=item QNX auxiliary files
+
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+
+=back
+
+=item RESOURCES
+
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+
+=item SETTING UP
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
+
+=back
+
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
+
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
+
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+
+Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
+relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
+DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
+
+=item MAKE TEST
+
+=over 4
+
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=back
+
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+
+=back
+
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
+
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+
+=back
+
+=item SunOS 4.x
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST MODIFIED
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+
+=back
+
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
+
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
+
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
+
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Installation
+
+=item Organization of Perl Images
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Core Images
+
+=item Perl Extensions
+
+=item Installing static extensions
+
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item File specifications
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Syntax
+
+=item Wildcard expansion
+
+=item Pipes
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+
+=item Command line
+
+=over 4
+
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
+
+=item Command line switches
+
+-i, -S, -u
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl functions
+
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+
+=item Perl variables
+
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SDBM_File
+
+=back
+
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST STATUS
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
+SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW32 with gcc, MinGW release 1
+
+=item Building
+
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
+
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
+
+=item Running Perl Scripts
+
+Miscellaneous Things
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
+E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
+E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
 =head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
 
 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
@@ -9114,8 +10647,8 @@ B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
 B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
 B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
 B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
-B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+B<#seq>, B<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>,
+B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
 
 =item ABBREVIATIONS
 
@@ -10298,8 +11831,8 @@ C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
 
 C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
 C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
-C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
-C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
+C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
 
 =item q
 
@@ -10365,7 +11898,7 @@ C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
 
 =item x
 
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+C<xlibpth>
 
 =item y
 
@@ -10405,6 +11938,8 @@ abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
 
 =item NOTES
 
+=item AUTHOR
+
 =item SEE ALSO
 
 =back
@@ -12703,6 +14238,8 @@ fixpath
 
 os_flavor
 
+blibdirs_target (override)
+
 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
 
@@ -13045,6 +14582,18 @@ B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
 
 =back
 
+=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
 =head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
 
 =over 4