bump version to 5.16.0 RC0

Done with:

  ./perl -Ilib Porting/bump-perl-version -i 5.15.9 5.16.0

...followed by a small edit to INSTALL and patchlevel.h.

27 files changed, 210 insertions, 209 deletions

diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index 59a561f9d2..ba5fdbc0ef 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='9'
-api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.9'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='16'
+api_versionstring='5.16.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/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/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/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/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/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/perl5/5.15.9'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
 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/perl5/5.15.9'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.9'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
 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/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='9'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1076,8 +1076,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.15.9'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 9'
+version='5.16.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1091,10 +1091,10 @@ config_arg0='Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_API_VERSION=16
+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 a4ec45e9c7..7db5a84979 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='9'
-api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.9'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='16'
+api_versionstring='5.16.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/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/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/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/perl5/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0/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/perl5/5.15.9'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
 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/perl5/5.15.9'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.15.9'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.16.0'
 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/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='9'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1040,8 +1040,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.15.9'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 9'
+version='5.16.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ config_arg0='Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e9d20cbcb2..ea9345e3cb 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 5.15.9.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.16.0.
 $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="5.15.9/x86_64-linux 5.14.0" ...
+       sh Configure -Dinc_version_list="5.16.0/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.
@@ -2301,7 +2301,7 @@ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
 
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
 
-Perl 5.15 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.16 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 (e.g.
@@ -2375,9 +2375,9 @@ 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/perl5.15.9
+	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.16.0
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.15.9/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.16.0/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.
 
@@ -2392,11 +2392,11 @@ yet.
 
 =head2 Upgrading from 5.15.6 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.15.9 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.6 and any earlier
+B<Perl 5.16.0 is binary incompatible with Perl 5.15.6 and any earlier
 Perl release.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.15.9.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.15.9, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+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
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2429,15 +2429,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.15.9 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.16.0 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.9/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.9/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.9/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.9/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.9/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.15.9/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./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
 
 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 faa01d5af3..ed5a5ac314 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: perl
-version: 5.015009
+version: 5.016000
 abstract: The Perl 5 language interpreter
 author: perl5-porters@perl.org
 license: perl
diff --git a/NetWare/Makefile b/NetWare/Makefile
index 0ba62c1748..a8384a05e9 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 5.15.9 for NetWare"
+MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.16.0 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	= \5.15.9
+INST_VER	= \5.16.0
 
 #
 # 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 6b46b682f0..cb5b7e1569 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\\5.15.9\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.16.0\\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\\5.15.9\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.15.9\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"	/**/
+#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"	/**/
 
 /* 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\\5.15.9\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.16.0\\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\\5.15.9\\lib"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.16.0\\lib"		/**/
 /*#define SITELIB_EXP ""	/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""		/**/
 
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index c9b4aeb0aa..3db74389c0 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname=''
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='9'
-api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.9'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='16'
+api_versionstring='5.16.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int'
-archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int'
+archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
+archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0/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/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int'
+installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0/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/5.15.9'
+installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0'
 installscript='/opt/perl/bin'
-installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int'
+installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
 installsitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.9'
+installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
 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/perl5.15.9'
+perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.16.0'
 pg='pg'
 phostname=''
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -892,8 +892,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/opt/perl'
 prefixexp='/opt/perl'
-privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.9'
-privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.15.9'
+privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0'
+privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.16.0'
 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/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int'
-sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
+sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/i686-linux-64int'
 sitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitebinexp='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.9'
+sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
 sitelib_stem='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.9'
+sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
 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/perl5.15.9'
+startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.16.0'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='9'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1098,8 +1098,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.15.9'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 9'
+version='5.16.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1122,11 +1122,11 @@ config_arg7='-Duse64bitint'
 config_arg8='-Dusedevel'
 config_arg9='-dE'
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=34948
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 : Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 49d176e3cd..0d4bd2d9cf 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/perl5/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#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"		/**/
 
 /* 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/perl5/5.15.9"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.15.9"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.16.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.16.0"		/**/
 
 /* 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/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9/i686-linux-64int-ld"		/**/
+#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"		/**/
 
 /* 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/5.15.9"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.15.9"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.16.0"		/**/
 #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/perl5.15.9"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.16.0"		/**/
 
 /* 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 9f34b4d040..4503f50f4b 100644
--- a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
+++ b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.15.9..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.16.0..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index 8c24eb89ec..6dd1311ce8 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 perl5/5.15.9/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.16.0/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.15.9> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.16.0> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 96de52df49..f51cb9df40 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/5.15.9/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/
 
 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 4de00d2155..3666ab0525 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^.15^.9.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.16^.0.tar
 
 Then rename the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.15^.9.dir
-    rename perl-5^.15^.9.dir perl-5_15_9.dir
+    set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.16^.0.dir
+    rename perl-5^.16^.0.dir perl-5_16_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 c7c8fd26cd..7095f75a26 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,
-perl515.dll at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+perl516.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 e1e917e9a4..a55e4a68e9 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/5.15.9/epoc'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.9/epoc'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0/epoc'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0/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/5.15.9/epoc'
+installarchlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.16.0/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/5.15.9/'
+installprivlib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/5.16.0/'
 installscript='/home/of/PERL/bin/'
-installsitearch='/home/of/PERL/site/lib/site_perl/5.15.9/epoc'
-installsitelib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/site_perl/5.15.9'
+installsitearch='/home/of/PERL/site/lib/site_perl/5.16.0/epoc'
+installsitelib='/home/of/PERL/perl/lib/site_perl/5.16.0'
 installstyle=''
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix=''
 prefixexp=''
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.9'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.15.9'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl/5.16.0'
 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/5.15.9/epoc'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.9/epoc'
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.9/'
+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/'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.15.9/'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl/site_perl/5.16.0/'
 siteprefix=''
 siteprefixexp=''
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.15.9'
+version='5.16.0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1046,11 +1046,11 @@ config_arg9=''
 config_arg10=''
 config_arg11=''
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
 CONFIGDOTSH=true
 # Variables propagated from previous config.sh file.
diff --git a/epoc/createpkg.pl b/epoc/createpkg.pl
index e016430986..3f84fe1f40 100644
--- a/epoc/createpkg.pl
+++ b/epoc/createpkg.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use File::Find;
 use Cwd;
 
-$VERSION="5.15.9";
+$VERSION="5.16.0";
 $EPOC_VERSION=1;
 
 
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index 1fb9339faa..f58ad5f3dd 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/perl5/5.15.9
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.16.0
 # 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/perl5/5.15.9
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.16.0
 # 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 4850afa735..2bd7d758a8 100644
--- a/hints/dgux.sh
+++ b/hints/dgux.sh
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ libpth="/usr/lib"
 #####################################
 
 prefix=/usr/local
-perlpath="$prefix/bin/perl515"
-startperl="#! $prefix/bin/perl515"
-privlib="$prefix/lib/perl515"
+perlpath="$prefix/bin/perl516"
+startperl="#! $prefix/bin/perl516"
+privlib="$prefix/lib/perl516"
 man1dir="$prefix/man/man1"
 man3dir="$prefix/man/man3"
 
-sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl515/$archname"
-sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl515"
+sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl516/$archname"
+sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl516"
 
 #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="libperl515.so"
+libperl="libperl516.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/perl515/$archname"
-	sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl515"
+	sitearch="$prefix/lib/perl516/$archname"
+	sitelib="$prefix/lib/perl516"
   case "$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 d4918213fc..d6d4deae38 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 (5.15.9),
+			# Has optimizing problems with +O2 for blead (5.16.0),
 			# 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 77e7d3f878..3640282a23 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * exactly on the third column */
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
-#define PERL_VERSION	15		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	9		/* generation */
+#define PERL_VERSION	16		/* 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	15
-#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	9
+#define PERL_API_VERSION	16
+#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 dcc093667b..8cd8f19ea8 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/5.15.9"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0"		/**/
 
 /* 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/5.15.9/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl"		/**/
+#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"		/**/
 
 /* 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 fd7a64da44..1c317abe1e 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='9'
-api_version='15'
-api_versionstring='5.15.9'
+api_subversion='0'
+api_version='16'
+api_versionstring='5.16.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.15.9/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.15.9/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.16.0/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.16.0/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -722,17 +722,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -852,8 +852,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0'
 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/5.15.9/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.16.0/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.15.9/site_perl'
+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'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='9'
+subversion='0'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1037,8 +1037,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.15.9'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 15 subversion 9'
+version='5.16.0'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 16 subversion 0'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 voidflags='15'
@@ -1052,10 +1052,10 @@ config_arg0='./Configure'
 config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
-PERL_VERSION=15
-PERL_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_VERSION=16
+PERL_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
-PERL_API_VERSION=15
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=9
+PERL_API_VERSION=16
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/uconfig.h b/uconfig.h
index fc958ed17d..7885bddc7e 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/perl5/5.15/unknown"		/ **/
-/*#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define ARCHLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/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/perl5/5.15"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
 
 /* 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/perl5/5.15/unknown"		/ **/
-/*#define SITEARCH_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define SITEARCH "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown"		/ **/
+/*#define SITEARCH_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/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/perl5/5.15"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/usr/local/lib/perl5"		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
diff --git a/uconfig.sh b/uconfig.sh
index 11ad8947a5..e96b7e816b 100644
--- a/uconfig.sh
+++ b/uconfig.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ afs='false'
 afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='4'
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
-archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown'
-archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown'
+archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/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/perl5/5.15'
-privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15'
+privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
 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/perl5/5.15/unknown'
-sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown'
-sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15'
+sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/local/lib/perl5'
-sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15'
+sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
 sizesize=4
 sizetype='size_t'
 socksizetype='int'
diff --git a/uconfig64.sh b/uconfig64.sh
index 5ccef37fde..80e6f7fc9a 100644
--- a/uconfig64.sh
+++ b/uconfig64.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ afsroot='/afs'
 alignbytes='8'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
-archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown'
-archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown'
+archlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+archlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/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/perl5/5.15'
-privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15'
+privlib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
+privlibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
 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/perl5/5.15/unknown'
-sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15/unknown'
-sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15'
+sitearch='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+sitearchexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16/unknown'
+sitelib='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/local/lib/perl5'
-sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.15'
+sitelibexp='/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.16'
 sizesize=4
 sizetype='size_t'
 socksizetype='int'
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index d5685428ef..30618dbbb4 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
-# (perl515.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl516.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	= \5.15.9
+#INST_VER	= \5.16.0
 
 #
 # 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 perl515s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl516s.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	= ..\perl515.lib
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\perl515s.lib
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl515.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	= ..\perl516.lib
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\perl516s.lib
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl516.dll
 
 MINIPERL	= ..\miniperl.exe
 MINIDIR		= .\mini
diff --git a/win32/Makefile.ce b/win32/Makefile.ce
index ba58a33430..7d7b3fde05 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile.ce
+++ b/win32/Makefile.ce
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 SRCDIR     = ..
 PV         = 59
-INST_VER   = 5.15.9
+INST_VER   = 5.16.0
 
 # 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 b3aca56628..2be7c4e0e9 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
-# (perl515.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl516.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	*= \5.15.9
+#INST_VER	*= \5.16.0
 
 #
 # 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 perl515s.lib will also be created.
+# variables below. A static library perl516s.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	= ..\libperl515$(a)
-PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl515s$(a)
+PERLIMPLIB	= ..\libperl516$(a)
+PERLSTATICLIB	= ..\libperl516s$(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	*= ..\perl515$(a)
-PERLSTATICLIB	*= ..\perl515s$(a)
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl515.dll
+PERLIMPLIB	*= ..\perl516$(a)
+PERLSTATICLIB	*= ..\perl516s$(a)
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl516.dll
 
 XCOPY		= xcopy /f /r /i /d /y
 RCOPY		= xcopy /f /r /i /e /d /y