[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_26 to perl5.003_27]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Fix eval "" in Configure
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:09:53 -0500
From: John L. Allen <allen@gateway.grumman.com>
Files: Configure

    Subject: Re: Configure problem on IRIX - me dumb
    
    p5p-msgid: <9702141809.AA17001@gateway.grumman.com>

Subject: Don't link with -lsfio if sfio is not requested
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

Subject: perl5.003_26 Configure change "win" for AIX 4
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:59:02 -0600 (CST)
From: Tim Mooney <mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>
Files: Configure

    p5p-msgid: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970214135751.32654A-100000@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>
    private-msgid: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970214135751.32654A-100000@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoD

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Better looks_like_number() function [sv.c]
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:08:52 +0100
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: sv.c
Msg-ID: <199702141708.SAA17546@bergen.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 8dbaa58ee2aba7cc22d84199a674c58bbf108b46)

Subject: Remove redundant functions UNIVERSAL::{class,is_instance}
Date: 14 Feb 1997 15:52:21 +0000
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlobj.pod t/op/universal.t universal.c
Msg-ID: <hwwsbpeq2.fsf@bergen.sn.no>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77bb9b23081b62119e8fbe9f5655b8802e4537ae)

Subject: Allow C<setpgrp $$>
Date: 16 Feb 1997 23:19:12 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pp_sys.c
Msg-ID: <pzraigyshr.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3d2573a84a1aa655d5da58c57b3fc20e04d40f9f)

Subject: Fix syntax error on C<&$1>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Fix grep() with refs in array context
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Eliminate $^S; add C<use vmsish qw(status exit time)>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 02:45:26 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST gv.c lib/English.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp mg.c op.c perl.c perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlvar.pod pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c utils/perldoc.PL vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.pm vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.xs vms/ext/XSSymSet.pm vms/ext/vmsish.pm vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h win32/makedef.pl

    private-msgid: <01IFI9CFKL0S004R2V@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Remove Fatal.pm
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST lib/Fatal.pm pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/roffitall t/lib/fatal.t

Subject: Refresh MakeMaker to 5.40
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Fix core dump when embedding
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

Subject: Re: Fragile signals
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:44:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: mg.c
Msg-ID: <199702130644.BAA07572@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 09df8c7df7dfc9853902f1fdd8a6d95f53be66fc)

Subject: Make format strings correspond exactly to parameters
Date: 13 Feb 1997 17:24:31 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: doio.c ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs gv.c op.c perl.c pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c regcomp.c toke.c
Msg-ID: <pz7mkc1h0g.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit bf81aadd817bdea29720b072eef945df2da8463b)

Subject: Don't try to attach 'o' magic to read-only values
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: sv.c

Subject: Fix carriage-return message
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: In <=>, test for equality first
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Don't mark sv_{true,false} PADTMP
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm
index b56b1b8cf5..12350aaab5 100644
--- a/lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm
+++ b/lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm
@@ -459,22 +459,32 @@ sub path {
 
 Follows VMS naming conventions for executable files.
 If the name passed in doesn't exactly match an executable file,
-appends F<.Exe> to check for executable image, and F<.Com> to check
-for DCL procedure.  If this fails, checks F<Sys$System:> for an
-executable file having the name specified.  Finally, appends F<.Exe>
-and checks again.
+appends F<.Exe> (or equivalent) to check for executable image, and F<.Com>
+to check for DCL procedure.  If this fails, checks directories in DCL$PATH
+and finally F<Sys$System:> for an executable file having the name specified,
+with or without the F<.Exe>-equivalent suffix.
 
 =cut
 
 sub maybe_command {
     my($self,$file) = @_;
     return $file if -x $file && ! -d _;
-    return "$file.exe" if -x "$file.exe";
-    return "$file.com" if -x "$file.com";
+    my(@dirs) = ('');
+    my(@exts) = ('',$Config{'exe_ext'},'.exe','.com');
+    my($dir,$ext);
     if ($file !~ m![/:>\]]!) {
-	my($shrfile) = 'Sys$System:' . $file;
-	return $file if -x $shrfile && ! -d _;
-	return "$file.exe" if -x "$shrfile.exe";
+	for (my $i = 0; defined $ENV{"DCL\$PATH;$i"}; $i++) {
+	    $dir = $ENV{"DCL\$PATH;$i"};
+	    $dir .= ':' unless $dir =~ m%[\]:]$%;
+	    push(@dirs,$dir);
+	}
+	push(@dirs,'Sys$System:');
+	foreach $dir (@dirs) {
+	    my $sysfile = "$dir$file";
+	    foreach $ext (@exts) {
+		return $file if -x "$sysfile$ext" && ! -d _;
+	    }
+	}
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -517,8 +527,8 @@ sub maybe_command_in_dirs {	# $ver is optional argument if looking for perl
 
 =item perl_script (override)
 
-If name passed in doesn't specify a readable file, appends F<.pl> and
-tries again, since it's customary to have file types on all files
+If name passed in doesn't specify a readable file, appends F<.com> or
+F<.pl> and tries again, since it's customary to have file types on all files
 under VMS.
 
 =cut
@@ -526,7 +536,8 @@ under VMS.
 sub perl_script {
     my($self,$file) = @_;
     return $file if -r $file && ! -d _;
-    return "$file.pl" if -r "$file.pl" && ! -d _;
+    return "$file.com" if -r "$file.com";
+    return "$file.pl" if -r "$file.pl";
     return '';
 }
 
@@ -748,7 +759,7 @@ INST_STATIC =
 INST_DYNAMIC =
 INST_BOOT =
 EXPORT_LIST = $(BASEEXT).opt
-PERL_ARCHIVE = ',($ENV{'PERLSHR'} ? $ENV{'PERLSHR'} : 'Sys$Share:PerlShr.Exe'),'
+PERL_ARCHIVE = ',($ENV{'PERLSHR'} ? $ENV{'PERLSHR'} : "Sys\$Share:PerlShr.$Config{'dlext'}"),'
 ';
     }
 
@@ -1002,7 +1013,10 @@ sub xsubpp_version
     my $command = "$self->{PERL} \"-I$self->{PERL_LIB}\" $xsubpp -v";
     print "Running: $command\n" if $Verbose;
     $version = `$command` ;
-    warn "Running '$command' exits with status " . $? unless ($? & 1);
+    if ($?) {
+	use vmsish 'status';
+	warn "Running '$command' exits with status $?";
+    }
     chop $version ;
 
     return $1 if $version =~ /^xsubpp version (.*)/ ;
@@ -1325,7 +1339,7 @@ INST_DYNAMIC_DEP = $inst_dynamic_dep
     push @m, '
 $(INST_DYNAMIC) : $(INST_STATIC) $(PERL_INC)perlshr_attr.opt rtls.opt $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR).exists $(EXPORT_LIST) $(PERL_ARCHIVE) $(INST_DYNAMIC_DEP)
 	$(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)
-	$(NOECHO) If F$TrnLNm("PerlShr").eqs."" Then Define/NoLog/User PerlShr Sys$Share:PerlShr.Exe
+	$(NOECHO) If F$TrnLNm("PerlShr").eqs."" Then Define/NoLog/User PerlShr Sys$Share:PerlShr.',$Config{'dlext'},'
 	Link $(LDFLAGS) /Shareable=$(MMS$TARGET)$(OTHERLDFLAGS) $(BASEEXT).opt/Option,rtls.opt/Option,$(PERL_INC)perlshr_attr.opt/Option
 ';
 
@@ -2220,7 +2234,7 @@ $(MAP_TARGET) :: $(MAKE_APERL_FILE)
 	}
     }
 
-    $target = "Perl.Exe" unless $target;
+    $target = "Perl$Config{'exe_ext'}" unless $target;
     ($shrtarget,$targdir) = fileparse($target);
     $shrtarget =~ s/^([^.]*)/$1Shr/;
     $shrtarget = $targdir . $shrtarget;