This is my patch patch.1i for perl5.001.

To apply, change to your perl directory, run the commands above, then
apply with
    patch -p1 -N  < thispatch.

After you apply this patch, I would recommend:
    rm config.sh
    sh Configure [whatever options you use]
    make depend
    make 
    make test

Here are the highlights:
    All pod documentation now installed, along with corresponding man
    pages, if possible (Configure allows you to change this).

    cppstdin no longer points back to the build directory.  This
    necessitated two changes to the test suite:  comp/cpp.t is now a
    front end that punts if cppstdin is not yet available (the old
    perl4 trick doesn't work for perl5).  The  op/misc.t test
    ./perl -P -e 'use POSIX;' has been dropped since I couldn't think
    of an elegant way to bypass it for systems that need the cppstdin
    wrapper.

    Grand autoload patch included (minus the installperl, lib/, and
    ext/ changes).  The lib/ changes are in patch.1g, and the
    ext/ changes are in patch.1h.

    Better detection and use of stdio variants, especially on SVR4.

    Sarathy's consolidated patches (for ties) included.

    New filter stuff included.

    Three patches from Larry (gv.c, toke.c, pp_ctl.c)

Patch and enjoy,
	Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
	Dept. of Physics
	Lafayette College	Easton, PA  18042


Here's the file-by-file breakdown of what's included:

Changes.Conf
    Document changes in the Configure & build process.

Configure
    Upgrade to metaconfig PL55.

    Add /opt hierarchy to paths searched for programs.

    Tye McQueen's updated std stdio testing.

    Prompting for installation info for perl module pages.

    Add possible SITELIB to include site-specific include directories.
    By default this is disabled, but it seemed a neat idea now that
    the standard perl library is getting so big.

    Check that the compiler chosen exists and actually supports the
    options the user specified.

    Correctly sort multiple shared library version numbers.

    Use a compile & link test for gconvert(), dlopen(), and dlerror().

    Do not include build directory name in cppstdin wrapper.

MANIFEST
    Updated.

Makefile.SH
    Reorganized a bit to support separate install.perl and install.man
    targets to use the new installman script and to accomodate those who
    don't want to install the man pages.

    Organize cleanup of .SH files a little better.

    No longer automatically make the pod/*.man files.  This is done by
    installman only if requested.

    Include additional error messages and info for regenerating the
    automatically maintained header files.

    Add 'minitest' target.

README
    Updated.

README.vms
    Fix perl5-porters subscription info.

config_H
    Updated.

config_h.SH
    Updated.

configpm
    Embedded pod.

configure
    GNU configure-like front end to metaconfig's Configure.
    Only supports a few options.

doio.c
    Updated to use new std stdio testing.

embed.h
    Add new symbols for filtering.

global.sym
    see embed.h.

gv.c
    C<sub method;> patch from lwall.

hints/README.hints
    Updated.

hints/aux.sh
    Updated.

hints/cxux.sh
    Updated.

hints/epix.sh
    New file.

hints/freebsd.sh
    Updated.

hints/irix_4.sh
    Updated.

hints/irix_5.sh
    Updated.

hints/irix_6.sh
    Updated.

hints/linux.sh
    Updated.

hints/powerunix.sh
    Updated.

installman
    New file to install pod/*.pod and lib/*.p(m|od) man pages.

installperl
    Move installation of man pages over to installman script.

    Install pod/*.pod files in $privlib/pod/.

    Preserve timestamps on .a files.

makedepend.SH
    Now includes . and .. in PATH to explicitly find cppstdin wrapper.

opcode.h
opcode.pl
    shmwrite fix.

perl.c
    Changed unofficial patchlevel message.

    Included optional SITELIB directory.

perl.h
    #include <memory.h>

    cryptswitch gone/filters added.

    EUNICE replaced by UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS.  Only matters for VMS.

perldoc.SH
    New file.

pod/perl.pod
    Describe where modpods are.

pp_ctl.c
    sort bug fix from lwall.

pp_hot.c
    csh glob bug fix from tchrist.

    Sarathy's consolidated "tie" patch for NETaa13753 N 2 trey

pp_sys.c
    Emulate flock with lockf, if possible.

    Use new std stdio unit.

proto.h
    Filters stuff.

    prototype for unlnk() is only needed #if UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS

sv.c
    Sarathy's consolidated "tie" patch for NETaa13753 N 2 trey

    Sarathy's consolidated patch for nested ties.

    Use new std stdio unit.

t/comp/cpp.aux

    New file.  This only gets called if cppstdin is avaiable.

t/comp/cpp.t
    Calls cpp.aux test only if cppstdin is available.

t/op/misc.t
    Drop
	perl -P -e 'use POSIX;' test.
    it couldn't work on systems without the cppstdin wrapper
    installed, and is usually misleading when it fails anyway.

toke.c
    filter stuff.

    fix for NETaa13798 from lwall.

unixish.h
    undef UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS since it's irrelevant for unix.

util.c
    s/EUNICE/UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS/ for the unlnk() function.

vms/config.vms
    VMS updates from Charles Bailey.

    std stdio updates to match changes in perl sources.

    add UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS constant, but leave it #undef.

vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm
vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.xs
vms/perlvms.pod
vms/vms.c
    VMS updates from Charles Bailey.

x2p/Makefile.SH
    Updated to match man page Configure questions.

    Slight clean-up on .SH targets.

x2p/str.c
    Use new std stdio unit.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh
index 00643ca2f9..66c28dc01c 100644
--- a/hints/linux.sh
+++ b/hints/linux.sh
@@ -8,31 +8,28 @@
 #
 # Consolidated by Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
 #
-# Last updated Thu Apr  6 12:22:03 EDT 1995
+# Last updated Tue May 30 14:25:02 EDT 1995
 #
 # If you wish to use something other than 'gcc' for your compiler,
 # you should specify it on the Configure command line.  To use
-# gcc-elf, for exmample, type 
+# gcc-elf, for exmample, type
 # ./Configure -Dcc=gcc-elf
 
 # perl goes into the /usr tree.  See the Filesystem Standard
 # available via anonymous FTP at tsx-11.mit.edu in
 # /pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd.
-# This used to be
-# bin='/usr/bin'
-# but it doesn't seem sensible to put the binary in /usr and all the
-# rest of the support stuff (lib, man pages) into /usr/local.
-# However, allow a command line override, e.g. Configure -Dprefix=/foo/bar
+# Allow a command line override, e.g. Configure -Dprefix=/foo/bar
 case "$prefix" in
 '') prefix='/usr' ;;
 esac
 
 # Perl expects BSD style signal handling.
-# gcc defines _G_HAVE_BOOL to 1, but doesn't actually supply bool.
+# gcc-2.6.3 defines _G_HAVE_BOOL to 1, but doesn't actually supply bool.
 ccflags="-D__USE_BSD_SIGNAL -Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL $ccflags"
 
 # The following functions are gcc built-ins, but the Configure tests
-# may fail because it doesn't supply a proper prototype.
+# may fail because they don't supply proper prototypes.
+# This should be fixed as of 5.001f.  I'd appreciate reports.
 d_memcmp=define
 d_memcpy=define
 
@@ -40,9 +37,13 @@ d_memcpy=define
 # function in <sys/stat.h>.
 d_lstat=define
 
+# Explanation?
 d_dosuid='define'
 
+# I think Configure gets this right now, but I'd appreciate reports.
 malloctype='void *'
+
+# Explanation?
 usemymalloc='n'
 
 case "$optimize" in
@@ -73,10 +74,16 @@ if ${cc:-gcc} try.c >/dev/null 2>&1 && ./a.out; then
 
 You appear to have ELF support.  I'll try to use it for dynamic loading.
 EOM
-    # Configure now handles these automatically.
 else
-    echo "You don't have an ELF gcc, using dld if available."
-    # We might possibly have a version of DLD around.
+    cat <<'EOM'
+
+You don't have an ELF gcc.  I will use dld if possible.  If you are
+using a version of DLD earlier than 3.2.6, or don't have it at all, you
+should probably upgrade. If you are forced to use 3.2.4, you should
+uncomment a couple of lines in hints/linux.sh and rerun Configure to
+disallow shared libraries.
+
+EOM
     lddlflags="-r $lddlflags"
     # These empty values are so that Configure doesn't put in the
     # Linux ELF values.
@@ -91,16 +98,21 @@ else
 fi
 rm -rf try.c a.out
 
-cat <<'EOM'
+case "$BASH_VERSION" in
+1.14.3*)
+    cat <<'EOM'
+
+If you get failure of op/exec test #5 during the test phase, you probably
+have a buggy version of bash. Upgrading to a recent version (1.14.4 or
+later) should fix the problem.
 
-You should take a look at hints/linux.sh. There are a some lines you
-may wish to change.
 EOM
+;;
+esac
+
+# In addition, on some systems there is a problem with perl and NDBM, which
+# causes AnyDBM and NDBM_File to lock up. This is evidenced in the tests as
+# AnyDBM just freezing.  Currently we disable NDBM for all linux systems.
+# If someone can suggest a more robust test, that would be appreciated.
+d_dbm_open=undef
 
-# And -- reported by one user:
-# We need to get -lc away from the link lines.
-# If we leave it there we get SEGV from miniperl during the build.
-# This may have to do with bugs in the pre-release version of libc for ELF.
-# Uncomment the next two lines to remove -lc from the link line.
-# set `echo " $libswanted " | sed -e 's@ c @ @'`
-# libswanted="$*"