version bump: this is now v5.24.0-RC0!

27 files changed, 201 insertions, 200 deletions

diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index 7c4de32760..48578067ac 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='10'
-api_version='23'
-api_versionstring='5.23.10'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='24'
+api_versionstring='5.24.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='cc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/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'
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -816,13 +816,13 @@ 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/perl5/5.23.10'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -956,8 +956,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1022,17 +1022,17 @@ 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/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='10'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1163,8 +1163,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.23.10'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 23 subversion 10'
+version='5.24.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 24 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1177,10 +1177,10 @@ config_arg0='Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=23
-PERL_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_VERSION=24
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=23
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_API_VERSION=24
+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 0a71e53660..a1f4603a0b 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='10'
-api_version='23'
-api_versionstring='5.23.10'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='24'
+api_versionstring='5.24.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/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/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/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'
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -707,13 +707,13 @@ 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/perl5/5.23.10'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -841,8 +841,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -903,17 +903,17 @@ 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/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='10'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1035,8 +1035,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.23.10'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 23 subversion 10'
+version='5.24.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 24 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1049,10 +1049,10 @@ config_arg0='Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=23
-PERL_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_VERSION=24
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=23
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_API_VERSION=24
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ec9235264e..affc9a85b3 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ 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 5.23.10.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.24.0.
 $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
@@ -2437,7 +2437,7 @@ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
 
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
 
-Perl 5.23.10 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.24.0 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
 In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules.
 
 In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl
@@ -2512,9 +2512,9 @@ 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/perl5.23.10
+	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.24.0
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.23.10/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.24.0/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.
 
@@ -2527,13 +2527,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since development
 subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
 yet.
 
-=head2 Upgrading from 5.23.9 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from v5.22 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.23.10 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.23.9 or
+B<Perl 5.24.0 may not be binary compatible with Perl v5.22 or
 earlier Perl releases.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.23.10.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.23.10, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.24.0.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.24.0, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2566,15 +2566,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.23.10 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.24.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.23.10/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.23.10/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.23.10/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.23.10/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.24.0/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.24.0/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.24.0/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.24.0/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.24.0/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
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 5e55ef6344..52c119bf3f 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@
          "url" : "http://perl5.git.perl.org/"
       }
    },
-   "version" : "5.023010",
+   "version" : "5.024000",
    "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 2.27300"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 3ecaa0a3ad..13a2bb3b96 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -111,5 +111,5 @@ resources:
   homepage: http://www.perl.org/
   license: http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
   repository: http://perl5.git.perl.org/
-version: '5.023010'
+version: '5.024000'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff --git a/NetWare/Makefile b/NetWare/Makefile
index 07234f653c..327cb8a9a6 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 5.23.10 for NetWare"
+MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.24.0 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	= \5.23.10
+INST_VER	= \5.24.0
 
 #
 # 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 97313a3400..74143102ed 100644
--- a/NetWare/config_H.wc
+++ b/NetWare/config_H.wc
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
  *	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\\5.23.10\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.24.0\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1073,8 +1073,8 @@
  *	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\\5.23.10\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.23.10\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.24.0\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.24.0\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
 
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *	This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
@@ -3047,7 +3047,7 @@
  *	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\\5.23.10\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.24.0\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -3070,7 +3070,7 @@
  *	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\\5.23.10\\lib"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.24.0\\lib"		/**/
 /*#define SITELIB_EXP ""	/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""		/**/
 
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index b433b50c81..aee95506f2 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='10'
-api_version='23'
-api_versionstring='5.23.10'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='24'
+api_versionstring='5.24.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int'
-archlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int'
+archlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int'
+archlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int'
 archname64='64int'
 archname='i686-linux-64int'
 archobjs=''
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ incpath=''
 incpth='/usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/include-fixed /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../i586-suse-linux/include /usr/include'
 inews=''
 initialinstalllocation='/pro/bin'
-installarchlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int'
+installarchlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int'
 installbin='/pro/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -833,13 +833,13 @@ installman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
 installprefix='/pro'
 installprefixexp='/pro'
-installprivlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
+installprivlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
 installscript='/pro/bin'
-installsitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int'
+installsitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int'
 installsitebin='/pro/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+installsitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 installsiteman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/pro/bin'
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ perl_patchlevel=''
 perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perladmin='hmbrand@cpan.org'
 perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
-perlpath='/pro/bin/perl5.23.10'
+perlpath='/pro/bin/perl5.24.0'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/pro'
 prefixexp='/pro'
-privlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
-privlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10'
+privlib='/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
+privlibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1041,17 +1041,17 @@ 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='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int'
-sitearchexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearch='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearchexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int'
 sitebin='/pro/bin'
 sitebinexp='/pro/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+sitelib='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 sitelib_stem='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10'
+sitelibexp='/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0'
 siteman1dir='/pro/local/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/pro/local/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/pro/local/man/man3'
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ src='.'
 ssizetype='ssize_t'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='8'
-startperl='#!/pro/bin/perl5.23.10'
+startperl='#!/pro/bin/perl5.24.0'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='10'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 sysroot=''
 tail=''
@@ -1189,8 +1189,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.23.10'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 23 subversion 10'
+version='5.24.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 24 subversion 0'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1199,11 +1199,11 @@ yaccflags=''
 zcat=''
 zip='zip'
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=23
-PERL_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_VERSION=24
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=23
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_API_VERSION=24
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=''
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 : Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index ac08cb02ab..12b23f6ebd 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -960,8 +960,8 @@
  *	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/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
  *	This symbol holds a string representing the architecture name.
@@ -2068,8 +2068,8 @@
  *	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/perl5/5.23.10"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.23.10"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.24.0"		/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -2119,8 +2119,8 @@
  *	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/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -2142,8 +2142,8 @@
  *	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/5.23.10"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.23.10"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.24.0"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* SSize_t:
@@ -4282,7 +4282,7 @@
  *	script to make sure (one hopes) that it runs with perl and not
  *	some shell.
  */
-#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.23.10"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.24.0"		/**/
 
 /* 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 cd912cb15d..8167bb174a 100644
--- a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
+++ b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.23.10..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.24.0..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/Porting/todo.pod b/Porting/todo.pod
index fc018fb395..aab7691a08 100644
--- a/Porting/todo.pod
+++ b/Porting/todo.pod
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ Natively 64-bit systems need neither -Duse64bitint nor -Duse64bitall.
 On these systems, it might be the default compilation mode, and there
 is currently no guarantee that passing no use64bitall option to the
 Configure process will build a 32bit perl. Implementing -Duse32bit*
-options would be nice for perl 5.23.10.
+options would be nice for perl 5.24.0.
 
 =head2 Profile Perl - am I hot or not?
 
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ L<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2013-01/msg00339.html>
 =head1 Big projects
 
 Tasks that will get your name mentioned in the description of the "Highlights
-of 5.23.10"
+of 5.24.0"
 
 =head2 make ithreads more robust
 
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index ec12d6c971..95efcb4cec 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 perl5/5.23.10/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.24.0/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.23.10> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.24.0> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx
index 8f997981b8..f07fd879b8 100644
--- a/README.macosx
+++ b/README.macosx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ perlmacosx - Perl under Mac OS X
 
 This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
-  curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.23.10.tar.gz
-  tar -xzf perl-5.23.10.tar.gz
-  cd perl-5.23.10
+  curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.24.0.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf perl-5.24.0.tar.gz
+  cd perl-5.24.0
   ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/local/
   make
   make test
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-The latest Perl release (5.23.10 as of this writing) builds without changes
+The latest Perl release (5.24.0 as of this writing) builds without changes
 under all versions of Mac OS X from 10.3 "Panther" onwards. 
 
 In order to build your own version of Perl you will need 'make',
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 58bd0c3ea1..d27f1d23b3 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ 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/5.23.10/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.24.0/
 
 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 00396c0035..1ad082a6b6 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ You may need to set up a foreign symbol for the unpacking utility of
 choice.  Once you have done so, use a command like the following to
 unpack the archive:
 
-    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.23^.10.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.24^.0.tar
 
 Then set default to the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set default [.perl-5^.23^.10]
+    set default [.perl-5^.24^.0]
 
 and proceed with configuration as described in the next section.
 
diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 46efd62d58..df4170250f 100644
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ 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,
-perl523.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl524.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/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index e66d684e19..b7ea2ffca5 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/perl5/5.23.10
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.24.0
 # 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/perl5/5.23.10
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.24.0
 # 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/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index e5bd14770f..f94d151d7c 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * exactly on the third column */
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
-#define PERL_VERSION	23		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	10		/* generation */
+#define PERL_VERSION	24		/* epoch */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION	0		/* generation */
 
 /* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
    Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
    changing them should not be necessary.
 */
 #define PERL_API_REVISION	5
-#define PERL_API_VERSION	23
-#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	10
+#define PERL_API_VERSION	24
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	0
 /*
    XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
    as -Duselonglong may invalidate these settings.  Currently, Configure
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ hunk.
 #  endif
 static const char * const local_patches[] = {
 	NULL
+  ,"RC0"
 #ifdef PERL_GIT_UNCOMMITTED_CHANGES
 	,"uncommitted-changes"
 #endif
diff --git a/plan9/config.plan9 b/plan9/config.plan9
index e1672bf077..74b353f22f 100644
--- a/plan9/config.plan9
+++ b/plan9/config.plan9
@@ -3329,8 +3329,8 @@
  *	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/5.23.10"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0"		/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -3457,9 +3457,9 @@
  *	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/5.23.10/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/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 06a369bdba..fef2205899 100644
--- a/plan9/config_sh.sample
+++ b/plan9/config_sh.sample
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/uname -n'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='10'
-api_version='23'
-api_versionstring='5.23.10'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='24'
+api_versionstring='5.24.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.23.10/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.23.10/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.24.0/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.24.0/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -802,17 +802,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -937,8 +937,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1003,13 +1003,13 @@ 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/5.23.10/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.23.10/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.24.0/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='10'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1124,8 +1124,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.23.10'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 23 subversion 10'
+version='5.24.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 24 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth=''
@@ -1138,10 +1138,10 @@ config_arg0='./Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=23
-PERL_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_VERSION=24
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=23
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=10
+PERL_API_VERSION=24
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/uconfig.h b/uconfig.h
index cf3369d910..60ef97b266 100644
--- a/uconfig.h
+++ b/uconfig.h
@@ -915,8 +915,8 @@
  *	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/perl5/5.23/unknown"		/ **/
-/*#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define ARCHLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown"		/ **/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
  *	This symbol holds a string representing the architecture name.
@@ -3088,8 +3088,8 @@
  *	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/perl5/5.23"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24"		/**/
 
 /* CAN_PROTOTYPE:
  *	If defined, this macro indicates that the C compiler can handle
@@ -3232,8 +3232,8 @@
  *	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/perl5/5.23/unknown"		/ **/
-/*#define SITEARCH_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define SITEARCH "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define SITEARCH_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown"		/ **/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -3255,8 +3255,8 @@
  *	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/perl5/5.23"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/usr/local/lib/perl5"		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
diff --git a/uconfig.sh b/uconfig.sh
index d0cb2de80d..93a2ee362b 100644
--- a/uconfig.sh
+++ b/uconfig.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ afs='false'
 afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='4'
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
-archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
-archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
+archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
+archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
 archname='unknown'
 asctime_r_proto='0'
 bin='/usr/local/bin'
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ package='perl5'
 perl_static_inline='static'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype=int
-privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
-privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
+privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
+privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='undef'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -815,11 +815,11 @@ sig_name_init='0'
 sig_num_init='0'
 sig_size='1'
 signal_t=int
-sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
-sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
-sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
+sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
+sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
+sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/local/lib/perl5'
-sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
+sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
 sizesize=4
 sizetype='size_t'
 socksizetype='int'
diff --git a/uconfig64.sh b/uconfig64.sh
index 218e92d098..0b121472af 100644
--- a/uconfig64.sh
+++ b/uconfig64.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='8'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
-archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
-archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
+archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
+archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
 archname='unknown64'
 asctime_r_proto='0'
 bin='/usr/local/bin'
@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@ package='perl5'
 perl_static_inline='static'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype=int
-privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
-privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
+privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
+privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='undef'
 ptrsize='8'
@@ -816,11 +816,11 @@ sig_name_init='0'
 sig_num_init='0'
 sig_size='1'
 signal_t=int
-sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
-sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23/unknown'
-sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
+sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
+sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24/unknown'
+sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/local/lib/perl5'
-sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.23'
+sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.24'
 sizesize=4
 sizetype='size_t'
 socksizetype='int'
diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index b447eb3f6c..27c9d17dcb 100644
--- a/win32/GNUmakefile
+++ b/win32/GNUmakefile
@@ -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
-# (perl523.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl524.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
 #
 # The easiest way to customize the build process is to use parameters like this:
 #
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ 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	:= \5.23.10
+#INST_VER	:= \5.24.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ 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 perl523s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl524s.lib will also be created.
 # Ordinary perl.exe is not affected by this option.
 #
 #BUILD_STATIC	:= define
@@ -860,9 +860,9 @@ ifeq ($(CCTYPE),GCC)
 
 CFGSH_TMPL	= config.gc
 CFGH_TMPL	= config_H.gc
-PERLIMPLIB	= $(COREDIR)\libperl523$(a)
-PERLIMPLIBBASE	= libperl523$(a)
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl523s$(a)
+PERLIMPLIB	= $(COREDIR)\libperl524$(a)
+PERLIMPLIBBASE	= libperl524$(a)
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl524s$(a)
 INT64		= long long
 
 else
@@ -875,11 +875,11 @@ endif
 
 # 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	?= $(COREDIR)\perl523$(a)
-PERLIMPLIBBASE	?= perl523$(a)
-PERLEXPLIB	?= $(COREDIR)\perl523.exp
-PERLSTATICLIB	?= ..\perl523s$(a)
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl523.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	?= $(COREDIR)\perl524$(a)
+PERLIMPLIBBASE	?= perl524$(a)
+PERLEXPLIB	?= $(COREDIR)\perl524.exp
+PERLSTATICLIB	?= ..\perl524s$(a)
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl524.dll
 
 # don't let "gmake -n all" try to run "miniperl.exe make_ext.pl"
 PLMAKE		= gmake
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 6ebdde784d..a94ef2d737 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
-# (perl523.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl524.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	= \5.23.10
+#INST_VER	= \5.24.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ 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 perl523s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl524s.lib will also be created.
 # Ordinary perl.exe is not affected by this option.
 #
 #BUILD_STATIC	= define
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@ $(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	= ..\perl523.lib
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\perl523s.lib
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl523.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	= ..\perl524.lib
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\perl524s.lib
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl524.dll
 
 MINIPERL	= ..\miniperl.exe
 MINIDIR		= .\mini
diff --git a/win32/Makefile.ce b/win32/Makefile.ce
index b9a979cd5c..1886be2f14 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile.ce
+++ b/win32/Makefile.ce
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #
 
 SRCDIR     = ..
-PV         = 523
+PV         = 524
 
 # 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 4165a13020..ca4fcf8644 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
-# (perl523.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl524.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
 #
 
 ##
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 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	*= \5.23.10
+#INST_VER	*= \5.24.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ 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 perl523s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl524s.lib will also be created.
 # Ordinary perl.exe is not affected by this option.
 #
 #BUILD_STATIC	*= define
@@ -846,8 +846,8 @@ UTILS		=			\
 
 CFGSH_TMPL	= config.gc
 CFGH_TMPL	= config_H.gc
-PERLIMPLIB	= $(COREDIR)\libperl523$(a)
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl523s$(a)
+PERLIMPLIB	= $(COREDIR)\libperl524$(a)
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl524s$(a)
 INT64		= long long
 
 .ELSE
@@ -860,10 +860,10 @@ INT64		= __int64
 
 # 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	*= $(COREDIR)\perl523$(a)
-PERLEXPLIB	*= $(COREDIR)\perl523.exp
-PERLSTATICLIB	*= ..\perl523s$(a)
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl523.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	*= $(COREDIR)\perl524$(a)
+PERLEXPLIB	*= $(COREDIR)\perl524.exp
+PERLSTATICLIB	*= ..\perl524s$(a)
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl524.dll
 
 #EUMM on Win32 isn't ready for parallel make, so only allow this file to be parallel
 #$(MAKE) will contain the -P that this makefile was called with, which is bad for