[inseparable changes from patch from perl-5.003_97d to perl-5.003_97e]perl-5.003_97e

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: New operator: sysseek()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: doio.c ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm global.sym keywords.pl opcode.pl pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c t/op/sysio.t toke.c

Subject: Allow recursive substitution again
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pp_hot.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Use size_t for socket size parameters of GNU libc
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: doio.c pp_sys.c

Subject: Win32 update (four patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 dosish.h ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm perl.c utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL win32/Makefile win32/TEST win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL win32/perllib.c win32/runperl.c win32/win32.c win32/win32io.c win32/win32sck.c

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Add CGI to perldelta.pod and improve its description in MANIFEST
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Describe probs with majordomo 1.94.1
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Fix description of /\G/g
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perlop.pod

Subject: Mention '...' operator in precedence table
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 11:24:16 -0600
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@perl.com>
Files: pod/perlop.pod

    private-msgid: 199704131724.LAA23120@jhereg.perl.com

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: New API function: perl_eval_pv()
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:13:41 -0400
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: perl.c pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlguts.pod proto.h

    private-msgid: 199704142113.RAA06823@postman.osf.org

Subject: Fix C< s//whatever/ >, which reuses old pattern
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c regexec.c

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index 7ffd52a01d..e4767d5e66 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,28 @@ I32 flags;		/* See G_* flags in cop.h */
     return retval;
 }
 
+SV*
+perl_eval_pv(p, croak_on_error)
+char* p;
+I32 croak_on_error;
+{
+    dSP;
+    SV* sv = newSVpv(p, 0);
+
+    PUSHMARK(sp);
+    perl_eval_sv(sv, G_SCALAR);
+    SvREFCNT_dec(sv);
+
+    SPAGAIN;
+    sv = POPs;
+    PUTBACK;
+
+    if (croak_on_error && SvTRUE(GvSV(errgv)))
+	croak(SvPVx(GvSV(errgv), na));
+
+    return sv;
+}
+
 /* Require a module. */
 
 void
@@ -2293,6 +2315,9 @@ register char **env;
 	    if (!(s = strchr(*env,'=')))
 		continue;
 	    *s++ = '\0';
+#ifdef WIN32
+	    (void)strupr(*env);
+#endif
 	    sv = newSVpv(s--,0);
 	    (void)hv_store(hv, *env, s - *env, sv, 0);
 	    *s = '=';