[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_93 to perl-5.003_94]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Don't use db 2.x, we're not yet ready for it
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: Configure

Subject: Warn if #! command is longer than 32 chars
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

Subject: patches re perl -wc install{perl,man}
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 13:13:16 GMT
From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: installman installperl

    I got the new installhtml from CPAN
    (TOMC/scripts/pod2html-v2.0beta.shar.gz)
    
    I had problems getting the system call to splitpod at line 376 to work.
    
    1. splitroot was not being found
    2. splitroot was not finding its library
    3. I changed htmlroot to podroot at line 175 to match the documentation.
    
    p5p-msgid: 3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk
    private-msgid: 21544.9703111313@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk

Subject: 3_93 doesn't install pods
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 02:21:35 -0500
From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us>
Files: installperl
Msg-ID: 199703160721.CAA08339@Orb.Nashua.NH.US

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 43506a616735d616e03d277d64fbae1e864024bf)

Subject: When installing, use File::Copy instead of `cp`
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: installperl

Subject: Make hint files' warnings more visible
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:18:03 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: hints/3b1.sh hints/apollo.sh hints/cxux.sh hints/dcosx.sh hints/dgux.sh hints/esix4.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_4.sh hints/mips.sh hints/next_3_0.sh hints/os2.sh hints/qnx.sh hints/sco_2_3_3.sh hints/sco_2_3_4.sh hints/solaris_2.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh hints/utekv.sh

    private-msgid: 199703202218.XAA09041@bombur2.uio.no

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Defer creation of array and hash elements as parameters
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: dump.c global.sym mg.c op.c op.h perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c

Subject: New special literal: __PACKAGE__
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: keywords.pl pod/perldata.pod toke.c

Subject: Abort compilation at C<BEGIN{}> or C<use> after errors
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/subs.t

Subject: allow C<substr 'hello', -10>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:55:44 -0800
From: David Dyck <dcd@tc.fluke.com>
Files: pp.c
Msg-ID: 97Mar10.155517pst.35716-2@gateway.fluke.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77f720bf92f3d0100352416caeedd57936807ff2)

Subject: Regularize C<x % y>, esp. when y is negative
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Flush before C<flock(FOO, LOCK_UN)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c

Subject: Close loopholes in prototype mismatch warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c sv.c toke.c

Subject: Warn on C<while ($x = each %y) {}>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod

Subject: Don't warn on C<print $fh func()>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Don't say 'static var = 1'
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:19:57 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: malloc.c

    private-msgid: 199703091319.PAA24714@alpha.hut.fi

Subject: HP/UX hint comments
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:43:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: hints/hpux.sh

    private-msgid: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970321153918.28770B-100000@fractal.lafayette.

Subject: VMS update
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:00:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Test/Harness.pm t/op/taint.t utils/perlbug.PL vms/descrip.mms
Msg-ID: 1997Mar11.220056.1873182@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2b5725676da60b49978f38b85bb7f8ee20b4cb55)

Subject: vmsish.t and related patches
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 01:32:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST perl.h vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/vmsish.t vms/vms.c

    private-msgid: 01IGQW3IP1KK005VFB@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

Subject: Win32 update (four patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Win32.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Path.pm mg.c t/comp/cpp.t t/comp/script.t t/harness t/io/argv.t t/io/dup.t t/io/fs.t t/io/inplace.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_dup.t t/lib/io_sel.t t/lib/io_taint.t t/op/closure.t t/op/exec.t t/op/glob.t t/op/goto.t t/op/magic.t t/op/misc.t t/op/rand.t t/op/split.t t/op/stat.t t/op/sysio.t t/op/taint.t t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t util.c win32/*

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: perlfaq.pod
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:01:40 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq*.pod pod/roffitall

    private-msgid: 199703172301.QAA12566@jhereg.perl.com

Subject: *.pod changes based on the FAQ
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:50:14 -0700 (MST)
From: Nat Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
Files: pod/perldata.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pod/perlvar.pod
Msg-ID: 199703171650.JAA02655@elara.frii.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3c10ad8e31f7d77e71c048b1746912f41cb540f0)

Subject: Document that $. is not reset on implicit open
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Re: Embedding success with _93 
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:55:05 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Msg-ID: 199703112255.RAA22775@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 63a6ff3a1dc8d86edb4d8a7ec1548205e32a7114)

Subject: Patch to document illegal characters
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:08:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970314090558.15346J-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: Document trap with //o and closures
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:08:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: pod/perltrap.pod
Msg-ID: 01IGCHWRNSEU00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a54cb1465fdb400848f23705a6f130bb5c34ab70)

Subject: Illegal character in input
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970310151512.22489a-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: Patch for docs Re: Lost backslash
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 07:28:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perlop.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970319071438.24834G-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: XSUB's doc fix
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:42:06 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: pod/perlcall.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlxstut.pod
Msg-ID: 28804.858012126@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 5f43237038ea7a4151d3bf65aeeecd56ceb78a6a)

Subject: Document return from do FILE
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:50:10 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
Msg-ID: E0w70DK-0001yJ-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit ba8d5fb439878113de8abc9b52d2af237d30fb3c)

Subject: Document $^M in perlvar
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 21:08:33 GMT
From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: pod/perlvar.pod

    private-msgid: 6153.9703202108@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk

Subject: typos in pods of 5.003_93
Date: 19 Mar 1997 10:39:38 -0600
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@asic.sc.ti.com>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoot.pod pod/perlxs.pod
Msg-ID: wpgendbzvhx.fsf@asic.sc.ti.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 76a9873e006cf8f48f57062b2a0dd40b5ed45a95)

Subject: Re: Updates to pod punctuations
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:00:12 -0500
From: Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org>
Files: pod/*.pod

    private-msgid: 9703141700.AA22911@cas.org

Subject: clarify example in perlfunc
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:46:01 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: 199703201746.TAA25195@alpha.hut.fi

Subject: Regularize headings in DB_File documentation
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: New module: autouse.pm
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:34:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: MANIFEST lib/autouse.pm
Msg-ID: 199703210034.TAA13469@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 6757905eccb6dd0440ef65e8128a277a20f7d943)

Subject: Refresh DB_File to 1.12
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 15:51:14 GMT
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
Msg-ID: 9703121551.AA07435@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit b3deed9189f963e9994815307931f9084f60d1d9)

Subject: In File::Path, some systems can't remove read-only files
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/File/Path.pm

Subject: Fix bugs revealed by prototype warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/Getopt/Long.pm

Subject: Problems with SKIP in makemaker
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:13:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
Msg-ID: 199703210413.XAA21601@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 970322a2e8024294ada6e8d1a027cb98f1f48ee3)

Subject: In Exporter, don't C<require Carp> at file scope
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/Exporter.pm

Subject: fix for Exporter's $SIG{__WARN__} handler
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:40:51 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: lib/Exporter.pm
Msg-ID: 2282.858296451@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2768ea1aeef34f42d096f198fbe629c8374ca429)

Subject: Don't try to substr() refs in Carp
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/Carp.pm

Subject: Re: NUL in die and other messages
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:58:17 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: lib/Carp.pm
Msg-ID: E0w815V-0005xs-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 52a267c574cb66c4bc35601dcf148a1d7a3bc557)

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Guard against buffer overflow in yyerror() and related funcs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: For bin compat, rename calllist() and he_{,delay}free
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym hv.c op.c perl.c pod/perlguts.pod proto.h

Subject: Fix C<print> on tied default handle
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Fix C<local($a, undef, $b) = (1,2,3)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

Subject: Improve diagnostic on C<@a++>, C<--%a>, @a =~ s/a/b/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c

Subject: Don't warn on C<$x{y} .= "z"> when %x is tied
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Eliminate 'unreachable code' warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs mg.c pp_ctl.c toke.c

Subject: printf format corrections for -DDEBUGGING
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:42:50 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: doop.c malloc.c op.c pp_ctl.c regexec.c sv.c x2p/str.c x2p/util.c
Msg-ID: 26592.858793370@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit e125f273e351a19a92b69d6244af55abbbf0a26d)

Subject: Warn about missing -DMULTIPLICITY if likely a problem
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:45:53 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: perl.c
Msg-ID: 199703192345.SAA15070@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 71aeea1753924e6e19c2461e241e3f7d8a570e90)

18 files changed, 74 insertions, 67 deletions

diff --git a/hints/3b1.sh b/hints/3b1.sh
index 2ed65c591b..991348af3e 100644
--- a/hints/3b1.sh
+++ b/hints/3b1.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ do
       rm -f $i/3b1cc
       ln ../hints/3b1cc $i
 done
-echo "\nIf you want to use the 3b1 shared libraries, complete this script then"
-echo "read the header in 3b1cc.           [Type carriage return to continue]\c"
+echo "\nIf you want to use the 3b1 shared libraries, complete this script then" >&4
+echo "read the header in 3b1cc.           [Type carriage return to continue]\c" >&4
 read vch
diff --git a/hints/apollo.sh b/hints/apollo.sh
index 2618039634..8c361aa051 100644
--- a/hints/apollo.sh
+++ b/hints/apollo.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ i_malloc='undef'
 malloctype='void *'
 
 # This info is left over from perl4.  
-cat <<'EOF'
+cat <<'EOF' >&4
 Some tests may fail unless you use 'chacl -B'.  Also, op/stat
 test 2 may fail occasionally because Apollo doesn't guarantee
 that mtime will be equal to ctime on a newly created unmodified
diff --git a/hints/cxux.sh b/hints/cxux.sh
index f2e8c17c10..42bfe5d579 100644
--- a/hints/cxux.sh
+++ b/hints/cxux.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /local/gnu/bin/bash
 # Hints for the CX/UX 7.1 operating system running on Concurrent (formerly
 # Harris) NightHawk machines.  written by Tom.Horsley@mail.ccur.com
 #
@@ -7,27 +8,27 @@
 #
 case ${SDE_TARGET:-ELF} in
    [Cc][Oo][Ff][Ff]|[Oo][Cc][Ss]) echo ''
-      echo ''
-      echo WARNING: Do not build perl 5 with the SDE_TARGET set to
-      echo generate coff object - perl 5 must be built in the ELF
-      echo environment.
-      echo ''
+      echo ''								>&2
+      echo WARNING: Do not build perl 5 with the SDE_TARGET set to	>&2
+      echo generate coff object - perl 5 must be built in the ELF	>&2
+      echo environment.							>&2
+      echo ''								>&2
       echo '';;
    [Ee][Ll][Ff]) : ;;
-   *) echo ''
-      echo 'Unknown SDE_TARGET value: '$SDE_TARGET
-      echo '';;
+   *) echo ''								>&2
+      echo 'Unknown SDE_TARGET value: '$SDE_TARGET			>&2
+      echo ''								>&2 ;;
 esac
 
 case `uname -r` in
    [789]*) : ;;
    *) echo ''
-      echo ''
-      echo WARNING: Perl 5 requires shared library support, it cannot
-      echo be built on releases of CX/UX prior to 7.0 with this hints
-      echo file. You\'ll have to do a separate port for the statically
-      echo linked COFF environment.
-      echo ''
+      echo ''								>&2
+      echo WARNING: Perl 5 requires shared library support, it cannot	>&2
+      echo be built on releases of CX/UX prior to 7.0 with this hints	>&2
+      echo file. You\'ll have to do a separate port for the statically	>&2
+      echo linked COFF environment.					>&2
+      echo ''								>&2
       echo '';;
 esac
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ i_ndbm='undef'
 d_mymalloc='undef'
 usemymalloc='n'
 
-cat <<'EOM'
+cat <<'EOM' >&4
 
 WARNING: If you are using ksh to run the Configure script, you may find it
 failing in mysterious ways (such as failing to find library routines which
diff --git a/hints/dcosx.sh b/hints/dcosx.sh
index 36afd3b921..c1b0d0ac42 100644
--- a/hints/dcosx.sh
+++ b/hints/dcosx.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ libswanted="$*"
 # Here's another draft of the perl5/solaris/gcc sanity-checker. 
 
 case $PATH in
-*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin:*|*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin) cat <<END
+*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin:*|*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin) cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE:  /usr/ucb/cc does not function properly.
 Remove /usr/ucb from your PATH.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ esac
 case $? in
 0) ;;
 *)
-      cat <<END
+      cat <<END >&4
 
 NOTE: Your system does not have /dev/fd mounted.  If you want to
 be able to use set-uid scripts you must ask your system administrator
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ esac
 /usr/bin/ls /usr/lib/libucb* >/dev/null 2>&1
 case $? in
 0)
-      cat <<END
+      cat <<END >&4
 
 NOTE: libucb has been found in /usr/lib.  libucb should reside in
 /usr/ucblib.  You may have trouble while building Perl extensions.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if grep GNU make.vers > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     tmp=`/usr/bin/ksh -c "whence make"`
     case "`/usr/bin/ls -l $tmp`" in
     ??????s*)
-          cat <<END
+          cat <<END >&2
       
 NOTE: Your PATH points to GNU make, and your GNU make has the set-group-id
 bit set.  You must either rearrange your PATH to put /usr/ccs/bin before the
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ case "`${cc:-cc} -v 2>&1`" in
       case $verbose in
       */usr/ccs/bin/as*) ;;
       *)
-          cat <<END
+          cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU as(1).  GNU as(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin/as, perhaps by setting
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ END
       case $verbose in
       */usr/ccs/bin/ld*) ;;
       *)
-          cat <<END
+          cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU ld(1).  GNU ld(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin/ld, perhaps by setting
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ END
       # See if as(1) is GNU as(1).  GNU as(1) won't work for this job.
       case `as --version < /dev/null 2>&1` in
       *GNU*)
-              cat <<END
+              cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU as(1).  GNU as(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin, perhaps by adding it to the
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ END
       # See if ld(1) is GNU ld(1).  GNU ld(1) won't work for this job.
       case `ld --version < /dev/null 2>&1` in
       *GNU*)
-              cat <<END
+              cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU ld(1).  GNU ld(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin, perhaps by adding it to the
diff --git a/hints/dgux.sh b/hints/dgux.sh
index 0b9dd11766..d751e63a64 100644
--- a/hints/dgux.sh
+++ b/hints/dgux.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ do
     do
 	[ -d "$sde_path/$sde" ] && break 2
     done
-    cat <<END
+    cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE:  I can't figure out what SDE is used by default on this machine (I
 didn't find a likely directory under $sde_path).  This is bad news.  If
diff --git a/hints/esix4.sh b/hints/esix4.sh
index c8dec8a8b8..3d3145d255 100644
--- a/hints/esix4.sh
+++ b/hints/esix4.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if test "$osvers" = "3.0"; then
 	d_gconvert='undef'
 	grep 'define[ 	]*AF_OSI[ 	]' /usr/include/sys/socket.h | grep '/\*[^*]*$' >/tmp/esix$$
 	if test -s /tmp/esix$$; then
-		cat <<EOM
+		cat <<EOM >&2
 
 WARNING: You are likely to have problems compiling the Socket extension
 unless you fix the unterminated comment for AF_OSI in the file
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ EOM
 	rm -f /tmp/esix$$
 fi
 
-cat <<'EOM'
+cat <<'EOM' >&4
 
 If you wish to use dynamic linking, you must use 
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
diff --git a/hints/freebsd.sh b/hints/freebsd.sh
index 4d2ba22b10..4b7653a784 100644
--- a/hints/freebsd.sh
+++ b/hints/freebsd.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ esac
 # Configure should test for this.  Volunteers?
 pp_sys_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DHAS_TELLDIR_PROTOTYPE"'
 
-cat <<'EOM'
+cat <<'EOM' >&4
 
 Some users have reported that Configure halts when testing for
 the O_NONBLOCK symbol with a syntax error.  This is apparently a
diff --git a/hints/hpux.sh b/hints/hpux.sh
index 695ae6e08f..2e8b16cd21 100644
--- a/hints/hpux.sh
+++ b/hints/hpux.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /local/gnu/bin/bash
 # hints/hpux.sh
 # Perl Configure hints file for Hewlett Packard HP-UX 9.x and 10.x
 # This file is based on 
@@ -8,14 +9,19 @@
 # hints/hpux_10.sh, Perl Configure hints file for Hewlett Packard HP-UX 10.x
 # From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
 
-# This version: December 27, 1996
+# This version: March 21, 1997
 # Current maintainer: Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@corp.hp.com>
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Use Configure -Dcc=gcc to use gcc.
 # Use Configure -Dprefix=/usr/local to install in /usr/local.
-
+#
 # Some users have reported problems with dynamic loading if the 
 # environment variable LDOPTS='-a archive' .
+#
+# If you get a message about "too much defining", you might have to
+# add the following to your ccflags: '-Wp,-H256000'
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Turn on the _HPUX_SOURCE flag to get many of the HP add-ons
 ccflags="$ccflags -D_HPUX_SOURCE"
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ case "$cc" in
     then
 	case "$usedl" in
 	 '') usedl="$undef"
-	     cat <<'EOM'
+	     cat <<'EOM' >&4
 
 The bundled C compiler can not produce shared libraries, so you will
 not be able to use dynamic loading. 
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ then
 	then
 		archname='PA-RISC2'
 	else
-		echo "This 10.0 system is of a PA-RISC type I don't recognize."
+		echo "This 10.0 system is of a PA-RISC type I don't recognize." >&2
 		echo "Debugging output: $xxcontext"
 		archname=''
 	fi
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ else
 	then
 		archname='HP-MC68K'
 	else
-		echo "I cannot recognize what chip set this system is using."
+		echo "I cannot recognize what chip set this system is using." >&2
 		echo "Debugging output: $xxcontext"
 		archname=''
 	fi
diff --git a/hints/irix_4.sh b/hints/irix_4.sh
index a5d08e05b6..f5883f38cb 100644
--- a/hints/irix_4.sh
+++ b/hints/irix_4.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ esac
 # I don't know if they affect versions of perl other than 5.000 or
 # versions of IRIX other than 4.0.4.
 #
-cat <<'EOM'
+cat <<'EOM' >&4
 If you have problems, you might have try including
 	-DSTANDARD_C -cckr 
 in ccflags.
diff --git a/hints/mips.sh b/hints/mips.sh
index 7ed058e4ad..bc0b7e8073 100644
--- a/hints/mips.sh
+++ b/hints/mips.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ glibpth="/usr/lib/cmplrs/cc $glibpth"
 groupstype=int
 nm_opt='-B'
 case $PATH in
-*bsd*:/bin:*) cat <<END
+*bsd*:/bin:*) cat <<END >&4
 NOTE:  Some people have reported having much better luck with Mips CC than
 with the BSD cc.  Put /bin first in your PATH if you have difficulties.
 END
diff --git a/hints/next_3_0.sh b/hints/next_3_0.sh
index 080829bd27..b8cc2c2d90 100644
--- a/hints/next_3_0.sh
+++ b/hints/next_3_0.sh
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 # <klwhite@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, based on suggestions by Andreas
 # Koenig and Andy Dougherty.
 
-echo With NS 3.0 you won\'t be able to use the POSIX module.
-echo Be aware that some of the tests that are run during "make test"
-echo will fail due to the lack of POSIX support on this system.
-echo
-echo Also, if you have the GDBM installed, make sure the header file
-echo is located at a place on the system where the C compiler will
-echo find it.  By default, it is placed in /usr/local/include/gdbm.h.
-echo It will not be found there.  Try moving it to
-echo /NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/gdbm.h.
+echo With NS 3.0 you won\'t be able to use the POSIX module.		>&4
+echo Be aware that some of the tests that are run during \"make test\"	>&4
+echo will fail due to the lack of POSIX support on this system.		>&4
+echo									>&4
+echo Also, if you have the GDBM installed, make sure the header file	>&4
+echo is located at a place on the system where the C compiler will	>&4
+echo find it.  By default, it is placed in /usr/local/include/gdbm.h.	>&4
+echo It will not be found there.  Try moving it to			>&4
+echo /NextDeveloper/Headers/bsd/gdbm.h.					>&4
 
 ccflags='-DUSE_NEXT_CTYPE -DNEXT30_NO_ATTRIBUTE'
 POSIX_cflags='ccflags="-posix $ccflags"'
diff --git a/hints/os2.sh b/hints/os2.sh
index 70e478b96f..c442a08086 100644
--- a/hints/os2.sh
+++ b/hints/os2.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cc='gcc'
 usrinc='/emx/include'
 libemx="`../UU/loc . X c:/emx/lib d:/emx/lib e:/emx/lib f:/emx/lib g:/emx/lib h:/emx/lib /emx/lib`"
 
-if test "$libemx" = "X"; then echo "Cannot find C library!"; fi
+if test "$libemx" = "X"; then echo "Cannot find C library!" >&2; fi
 
 # Acute backslashitis:
 libpth="`echo \"$LIBRARY_PATH\" | tr ';\\\' ' /'`"
diff --git a/hints/qnx.sh b/hints/qnx.sh
index e0ce55c249..9334c94339 100644
--- a/hints/qnx.sh
+++ b/hints/qnx.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ selecttype='fd_set *'
 libswanted="$libswanted unix"
 
 if [ -z "`which ar 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
-  cat <<-'EOF'
+  cat <<-'EOF' >&4
 	I don't see an 'ar', so I'm guessing you are running
 	Watcom 9.5 or earlier. You may want to install the ar
 	cover found in the qnx subdirectory of this distribution.
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ fi
 
 cppstdin=`which cpp 2>/dev/null`
 if [ -n "$cppstdin" ]; then
-  cat <<-EOF
+  cat <<-EOF >&4
 	I found a cpp at $cppstdin and will assume it is a good
 	thing to use. If this proves to be false, there is a
 	thin cover for cpp in the qnx subdirectory of this
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ if [ -n "$cppstdin" ]; then
 	EOF
   cpprun="$cppstdin"
 else
-  cat <<-EOF
+  cat <<-EOF >&4
 	
 	There is a cpp cover in the qnx subdirectory of this
 	distribution which works a little better than the
diff --git a/hints/sco_2_3_3.sh b/hints/sco_2_3_3.sh
index 10baafd6a3..6d398fccf2 100644
--- a/hints/sco_2_3_3.sh
+++ b/hints/sco_2_3_3.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 yacc='/usr/bin/yacc -Sm25000'
-echo "NOTE: you may have problems due to a spurious semicolon on the strerror()"
-echo "macro definition in /usr/include/string.h.  If so, delete the semicolon."
+echo "NOTE: you may have problems due to a spurious semicolon on the strerror()" >&4
+echo "macro definition in /usr/include/string.h.  If so, delete the semicolon."  >&4
diff --git a/hints/sco_2_3_4.sh b/hints/sco_2_3_4.sh
index 84f58172b3..34bcadae5f 100644
--- a/hints/sco_2_3_4.sh
+++ b/hints/sco_2_3_4.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 yacc='/usr/bin/yacc -Sm25000'
 ccflags="$ccflags -UM_I86"
 usemymalloc='y'
-echo "NOTE: you may have problems due to a spurious semicolon on the strerror()"
-echo "macro definition in /usr/include/string.h.  If so, delete the semicolon."
+echo "NOTE: you may have problems due to a spurious semicolon on the strerror()" >&4
+echo "macro definition in /usr/include/string.h.  If so, delete the semicolon."  >&4
diff --git a/hints/solaris_2.sh b/hints/solaris_2.sh
index 255811f2a6..89dde018de 100644
--- a/hints/solaris_2.sh
+++ b/hints/solaris_2.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ esac
 # Here's another draft of the perl5/solaris/gcc sanity-checker. 
 
 case $PATH in
-*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin:*|*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin) cat <<END
+*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin:*|*/usr/ucb*:/usr/bin) cat <<END >&4
 
 NOTE:  Some people have reported problems with /usr/ucb/cc.  
 Remove /usr/ucb from your PATH if you have difficulties.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ esac
 case $? in
 0) ;;
 *)
-	cat <<END
+	cat <<END >&4
 
 NOTE: Your system does not have /dev/fd mounted.  If you want to
 be able to use set-uid scripts you must ask your system administrator
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ esac
 /usr/bin/ls /usr/lib/libucb* >/dev/null 2>&1
 case $? in
 0)
-	cat <<END
+	cat <<END >&4
 
 NOTE: libucb has been found in /usr/lib.  libucb should reside in
 /usr/ucblib.  You may have trouble while building Perl extensions.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ if grep GNU make.vers > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     tmp=`/usr/bin/which make`
     case "`/usr/bin/ls -l $tmp`" in
     ??????s*)
-	    cat <<END
+	    cat <<END >&2
 	
 NOTE: Your PATH points to GNU make, and your GNU make has the set-group-id
 bit set.  You must either rearrange your PATH to put /usr/ccs/bin before the
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ case "`${cc:-cc} -v 2>&1`" in
 	case $verbose in
 	*/usr/ccs/bin/as*) ;;
 	*)
-	    cat <<END
+	    cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU as(1).  GNU as(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin/as, perhaps by setting
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ END
 	case $verbose in
 	*/usr/ccs/bin/ld*) ;;
 	*)
-	    cat <<END
+	    cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU ld(1).  GNU ld(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin/ld, perhaps by setting
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ END
 	# See if as(1) is GNU as(1).  GNU as(1) won't work for this job.
 	case `as --version < /dev/null 2>&1` in
 	*GNU*)
-		cat <<END
+		cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU as(1).  GNU as(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin, perhaps by adding it to the
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ END
 		esac
 	fi
 	if $gnu_ld ; then
-		cat <<END
+		cat <<END >&2
 
 NOTE: You are using GNU ld(1).  GNU ld(1) will not build Perl.
 You must arrange to use /usr/ccs/bin, perhaps by adding it to the
diff --git a/hints/ultrix_4.sh b/hints/ultrix_4.sh
index d3c4a39880..d8d2063b22 100644
--- a/hints/ultrix_4.sh
+++ b/hints/ultrix_4.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ esac
 # Then run "sh5 Configure.sh5 [your options]"
 
 case "$myuname" in
-*risc*) cat <<EOF
+*risc*) cat <<EOF >&4
 Note that there is a bug in some versions of NFS on the DECStation that
 may cause utime() to work incorrectly.  If so, regression test io/fs
 may fail if run under NFS.  Ignore the failure.
diff --git a/hints/utekv.sh b/hints/utekv.sh
index ebc7809c60..95a31fdedf 100644
--- a/hints/utekv.sh
+++ b/hints/utekv.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ccflags="$ccflags -X18"
 
 usemymalloc='y'
 
-echo " "
-echo "NOTE: You may have to take out makefile dependencies on the files in"
-echo "/usr/include (i.e. /usr/include/ctype.h) or the make will fail.  A"
-echo "simple 'grep -v /usr/include/ makefile' should suffice."
+echo " "								    >&4
+echo "NOTE: You may have to take out makefile dependencies on the files in" >&4
+echo "/usr/include (i.e. /usr/include/ctype.h) or the make will fail.  A"   >&4
+echo "simple 'grep -v /usr/include/ makefile' should suffice."		    >&4