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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1997-05-16 10:15:00 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1997-05-16 10:15:00 +1200
commitc90c0ff485be15aaf3ee20121299cb014ee6b1ff (patch)
tree2c69d15977fd7b00642d5daa2115ae1fa27e75f7 /Changes
parent7b05b7e32c22894360c5332cd30232bdea49f5a8 (diff)
downloadperl-c90c0ff485be15aaf3ee20121299cb014ee6b1ff.tar.gz
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_99a to perl5.004]
BUILD PROCESS Subject: Don't use 'unset' in Configure From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: Configure Subject: Protect against having no such command as 'cc' Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl> Files: Configure Msg-ID: 1997May12.163534.2006434@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3bf198a5e20d135d4136d3233d58cf49a70772d9) Subject: minor wording enhancement for Configure Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 13:38:31 +0300 (EET DST) From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi> Files: Configure private-msgid: 199705101038.NAA00471@alpha.hut.fi CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES Subject: Make C<m//g> reset pos on failure; make C<m//gc> not reset From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: dump.c op.c op.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq6.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c t/op/pat.t toke.c Subject: SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{BASH_ENV} is tainted From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c Subject: Allow exec() if $ENV{TERM} is tainted but innocuous From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c Subject: Allow globbing when tainted under VMS (no external program) From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t CORE PORTABILITY Subject: Win32 update (three patches) From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> Files: README.win32 perl.c win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL win32/makedef.pl win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32io.c win32/win32io.h win32/win32iop.h Subject: Don't require executable bit on perl -S if DOSISH Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 12:33:18 -0400 From: Danny Sadinoff <sadinoff@olf.com> Files: perl.c Msg-ID: 337351CE.79B28DE3@olf.com (applied based on p5p patch as commit 7596f71a28f72f9e3abd6d3962d29a7752cd9303) DOCUMENTATION Subject: Tweaks for perldelta Date: Sun, 11 May 97 01:46:00 +0200 From: Unknown Contributor <hansm@euronet.nl> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Msg-ID: 199705102346.BAA17300@mail.euronet.nl (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3e10809228cc961223b894e1639b44f8e2b64de0) Subject: Mention perlfaq.pod and perlmodlib.pod in perldelta.pod From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod Subject: Fix example of use of lexicals with formats From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pod/perldelta.pod OTHER CORE CHANGES Subject: In C<eval &func>, always call &func in scalar context From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: op.c Subject: Fix recursive substitution From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: cop.h global.sym pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c Subject: Fix core dump from get*() functions returning no alias array From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> Files: pp_sys.c Subject: Fix typo Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:28:35 -0500 From: Mark K Trettin <mkt@lucent.com> Files: pp_sys.c private-msgid: 199705102228.RAA11163@gv18c.ih.lucent.com
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@@ -45,6 +45,182 @@ And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin:
Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
+-------------
+Version 5.004
+-------------
+
+"Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a release out of my hat!"
+"Aww, that trick never works..."
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Make C<m//g> reset pos on failure; make C<m//gc> not reset"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: dump.c op.c op.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq6.pod
+ pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c
+ t/op/pat.t toke.c
+
+ Title: "SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{BASH_ENV} is tainted"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t
+ taint.c
+
+ Title: "Allow exec() if $ENV{TERM} is tainted but innocuous"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t
+ taint.c
+
+ Title: "Allow globbing when tainted under VMS (no external program)"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Make Irix hints adapt when n32 libm.so is missing"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: hints/irix_6.sh
+
+ Title: "Fix default HP-UX installation path"
+ From: Jeff Okamoto
+ Msg-ID: <199705132228.AA227042483@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
+ Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 15:28:04 -0700
+ Files: hints/hpux.sh
+
+ Title: "VMS update, including socket support (four patches)"
+ From: Jonathan Hudson <Jonathan.Hudson@jrhudson.demon.co.uk>,
+ Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>,
+ Dan Sugalski <sugalsd@lbcc.cc.or.us>
+ Files: vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/sockadapt.h vms/vms.c
+ vms/vmsish.h
+
+ Title: "Win32 update (three patches)"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Files: README.win32 perl.c win32/Makefile win32/config.H
+ win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL win32/makedef.pl
+ win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32io.c win32/win32io.h
+ win32/win32iop.h
+
+ Title: "Don't require executable bit on perl -S if DOSISH"
+ From: Danny Sadinoff <sadinoff@olf.com>
+ Msg-ID: <337351CE.79B28DE3@olf.com>
+ Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 12:33:18 -0400
+ Files: perl.c
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "In C<eval &func>, always call &func in scalar context"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: op.c
+
+ Title: "Fix recursive substitution"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg; test from Tim Bunce
+ Files: cop.h global.sym pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c t/op/subst.t
+
+ Title: "Make read with <> from a TTY notice EOF"
+ From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us>
+ Msg-ID: <199705121147.HAA03845@jik.saturn.net>
+ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 07:47:13 -0400
+ Files: sv.c
+
+ Title: "Fix core dump from get*() functions returning no alias array"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_sys.c
+
+ Title: "Fix typo"
+ From: Mark K Trettin <mkt@lucent.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199705102228.RAA11163@gv18c.ih.lucent.com>
+ Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:28:35 -0500
+ Files: pp_sys.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Don't use 'unset' in Configure"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: Configure
+
+ Title: "Protect against having no such command as 'cc'"
+ From: Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl>
+ Msg-ID: <1997May12.163534.2006434@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: Configure
+
+ Title: "minor wording enhancement for Configure"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Msg-ID: <199705101038.NAA00471@alpha.hut.fi>
+ Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 13:38:31 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Files: Configure
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Refresh CGI.pm to 2.36"
+ From: Lincoln Stein <lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu>
+ Files: eg/cgi/frameset.cgi eg/cgi/javascript.cgi lib/CGI.pm
+
+ Title: "In IO::File::open, prepend './' less often (for Win32 et al)"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm
+
+ Title: "Fix core dump on IO::Seekable::setpos($fh, undef)"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/IO/IO.xs t/lib/io_xs.t
+
+ TESTS
+
+ Title: "Make rand.t vanishingly unlikely to give false failure"
+ From: Tom Phoenix
+ Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970510190846.23340K-100000@kelly.teleport.com>
+ Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 19:57:30 -0700 (PDT)
+ Files: t/op/rand.t
+
+ Title: "Fix sleep test: sleep(N) is defined to allow sleeping N-1"
+ From: Chuck D. Phillips <cdp@hpescdp.fc.hp.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199705151735.KAA01143@palrel1.hp.com>
+ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:35:41 -0600
+ Files: t/op/sleep.t
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "h2xs and @EXPORT_OK"
+ From: Jeff Okamoto
+ Msg-ID: <199705092348.AA057881699@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
+ Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 16:48:20 -0700
+ Files: utils/h2xs.PL
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Tweaks for perldelta"
+ From: hansm@euronet.nl
+ Msg-ID: <199705102346.BAA17300@mail.euronet.nl>
+ Date: Sun, 11 May 97 01:46:00 +0200
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "Mention perlfaq.pod and perlmodlib.pod in perldelta.pod"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "Fix example of use of lexicals with formats"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "Explain that destruction order is not defined"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
+ Msg-ID: <199705150600.CAA13550@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
+ Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 02:00:23 -0400
+ Files: pod/perltoot.pod
+
+ Title: "Note that DATA filehandle is unavailable during BEGIN {}"
+ From: neilb@cre.canon.co.uk (Neil Bowers)
+ Msg-ID: <199705121227.NAA29718@tardis.cre.canon.co.uk>
+ Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:27:43 +0100
+ Files: pod/perldata.pod
+
+ Title: "More detailed IO::Socket documentation"
+ From: Tom Christiansen
+ Msg-ID: <199705141456.IAA19061@jhereg.perl.com>
+ Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 08:56:30 -0600
+ Files: pod/perlipc.pod
+
+
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