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authorPerl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>1996-12-20 11:14:00 +1200
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>1996-12-20 11:14:00 +1200
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[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_12 to perl5.003_13]
DOCUMENTATION Subject: small doc tweaks for _12 Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 11:05:57 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: lib/UNIVERSAL.pm pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltie.pod Msg-ID: <1826.851011557@eeyore.ibcinc.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3314ffc68a11690bd9977cbdd7ea0601ad6ced13) PORTABILITY Subject: Add missing backslash in Configure From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> Files: Configure UTILITIES, LIBRARY, AND EXTENSIONS Subject: Include libnet-1.01 instead of old Net::FTP From: Graham Barr <Graham.Barr@tiuk.ti.com> Files: MANIFEST lib/Net/Cmd.pm lib/Net/Domain.pm lib/Net/DummyInetd.pm lib/Net/FTP.pm lib/Net/NNTP.pm lib/Net/Netrc.pm lib/Net/POP3.pm lib/Net/SMTP.pm lib/Net/SNPP.pm lib/Net/Socket.pm lib/Net/Telnet.pm lib/Net/Time.pm pod/perlmod.pod Subject: Use binmode when doing binary FTP From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> Files: lib/Net/FTP.pm Subject: Re: Open3.pm tries to close unopened file handle Date: 18 Dec 1996 22:19:54 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: MANIFEST lib/IPC/Open2.pm lib/IPC/Open3.pm lib/open2.pl lib/open3.pl pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod t/lib/open2.t t/lib/open3.t Msg-ID: <pzloavmd9h.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 982b4e8fc47473059e209787b589853f4c8f8f9e) Subject: Long-standing problem in Socket module Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:18:14 -0500 From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us> Files: Configure Porting/Glossary config_H config_h.SH ext/Socket/Socket.pm ext/Socket/Socket.xs Msg-ID: <199612190418.XAA07291@Orb.Nashua.NH.US> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3e6a22d2723daf415793f9a4fc1b57f4d8a576fd) Subject: flock() constants Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 01:37:17 -0500 From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net> Files: ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs pod/perlfunc.pod Msg-ID: <26669.850977437@eeyore.ibcinc.com> (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3dea0e15e4684f6defe2f25a16bc696b96697ac2)
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diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index da02084b31..58f2cac2f6 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ bin (bin.U):
is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
+bincompat3 (bincompat3.U):
+ This variable contains y if Perl 5.004 should be binary-compatible
+ with Perl 5.003.
+
byteorder (byteorder.U):
This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits
indicate more significance. The variable byteorder is either 4321
@@ -133,6 +137,11 @@ d_bcopy (d_bcopy.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCOPY symbol if
the bcopy() routine is available to copy strings.
+d_bincompat3 (bincompat3.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines BINCOMPAT3 so that embed.h
+ can take special action if Perl 5.004 should be binary-compatible
+ with Perl 5.003.
+
d_bsdgetpgrp (d_getpgrp.U):
This variable conditionally defines USE_BSD_GETPGRP if
getpgrp needs one arguments whereas USG one needs none.
@@ -272,10 +281,20 @@ d_fsetpos (d_fsetpos.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_FSETPOS if fsetpos() is
available to set the file position indicator.
+d_ftime (d_ftime.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTIME symbol, which
+ indicates that the ftime() routine exists. The ftime() routine is
+ basically a sub-second accuracy clock.
+
d_gethent (d_gethent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETHOSTENT if gethostent() is
available to dup file descriptors.
+d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which
+ indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a
+ sub-second accuracy clock).
+
d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
@@ -312,6 +331,11 @@ d_index (d_strchr.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and
rindex() are available for string searching.
+d_inetaton (d_inetaton.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INET_ATON symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available
+ to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
+
d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
@@ -483,6 +507,11 @@ d_safemcpy (d_safemcpy.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_MEMCPY symbol if
the memcpy() routine can do overlapping copies.
+d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SANE_MEMCMP symbol if
+ the memcpy() routine is available and can be used to compare relative
+ magnitudes of chars with their high bits set.
+
d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
available.
@@ -643,6 +672,21 @@ d_strerror (d_strerror.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRERROR if strerror() is
available to translate error numbers to strings.
+d_strtod (d_strtod.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOD symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the strtod() routine is available
+ to provide better numeric string conversion than atof().
+
+d_strtol (d_strtol.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the strtol() routine is available
+ to provide better numeric string conversion than atoi() and friends.
+
+d_strtoul (d_strtoul.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the strtoul() routine is available
+ to provide conversion of strings to unsigned long.
+
d_strxfrm (d_strxfrm.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRXFRM if strxfrm() is
available to transform strings.
@@ -1175,6 +1219,11 @@ path_sep (Unix.U):
perladmin (perladmin.U):
Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator.
+perlpath (perlpath.U):
+ This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol,
+ which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in
+ shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom.
+
prefix (prefix.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory below which the
user will install the package. Usually, this is /usr/local, and