[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_94 to perl-5.003_95]

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Don't compile scalar mods of aggregates, like C<@a =~ s/a/b/>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Warn about undef magic values just like non-magic
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/Opcode/Safe.pm sv.c t/lib/db-btree.t t/lib/db-hash.t t/lib/db-recno.t t/pragma/locale.t

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Win32 update (five patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 doio.c dosish.h pp_sys.c lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm t/comp/multiline.t t/op/magic.t t/op/mkdir.t t/op/runlevel.t t/op/stat.t t/op/write.t win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32aux.c win32/*.mak win32/VC-2.0/*.mak

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: INSTALL-1.8 to INSTALL-1.9 updates
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 13:52:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: INSTALL
Msg-ID: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970325135138.3374A-100000@fractal.lafayette.e

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 9b1ae96a0b4301a9588f62b3175bc0312302f4b9)

Subject: Document possible problems with -Mdiagnostics after upgrade
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Mention perldelta in INSTALL
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Describe pod format at top of INSTALL
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: INSTALL

Subject: Document C</a *b/x> fix
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: pods for subroutine argument autovivication
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 07:25:21 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlsub.pod
Msg-ID: E0w9489-0005YT-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit db8878faa51a8a1541a40745a8613adb5db155e4)

Subject: Missing item in perldiag
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 09:24:09 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
Msg-ID: E0w8jVZ-0005va-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit c00a529017138505fcbe538b74c7884abe1d18e1)

Subject: Pod problems & fixes
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:31:51 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: INSTALL lib/Term/Complete.pm lib/subs.pm pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldata.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlembed.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlpod.pod pod/pod2html.PL
Msg-ID: 199703242031.VAA14997@bombur2.uio.no

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 55a864fe4cea1a0586891b83d359ba71e0972da5)

Subject: FAQ update
From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com>
Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Improve 'prototype mismatch' warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym op.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h sv.c t/comp/redef.t

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
index b4c3e9f1dc..7fa34d9c27 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 =head1 NAME
 
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.13 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 1997/03/25 18:15:48 $)
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ grab a binary version of gcc from the net and use that to compile perl
 with.  CPAN only has binaries for systems that are terribly hard to
 get free compilers for, not for Unix systems.
 
+Your first stop should be http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports to see what
+information is already available.  A simple installation guide for
+MS-DOS is available at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet/perl5dos.html , and
+similarly for Windows 3.1 at http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~piet/perlwin3.html
+.
+
+=head2 I don't have a C compiler on my system.  How can I compile perl?
+
+Since you don't have a C compiler, you're doomed and your vendor
+should be sacrificed to the Sun gods.  But that doesn't help you.
+
+What you need to do is get a binary version of gcc for your system
+first.  Consult the Usenet FAQs for your operating system for
+information on where to get such a binary version.
+
 =head2 I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts don't work.
 
 That's probably because you forgot libraries, or library paths differ.
@@ -55,6 +70,9 @@ If this command lists any paths which don't exist on your system, then you
 may need to move the appropriate libraries to these locations, or create
 symlinks, aliases, or shortcuts appropriately.
 
+You might also want to check out L<perlfaq8/"How do I keep my own
+module/library directory?">.
+
 =head2 I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic loading/malloc/linking/... failed.  How do I make it work?
 
 Read the F<INSTALL> file, which is part of the source distribution.
@@ -222,15 +240,18 @@ It is published (on paper, not online) quarterly by Jon Orwant
 (orwant@tpj.com), editor.  Subscription information is at http://tpj.com
 or via email to subscriptions@tpj.com.
 
-Beyond this, two other magazines that frequently carry high-quality articles
-on Perl are Web Techniques (see http://www.webtechniques.com/) and
-Unix Review (http://www.unixreview.com/).
+Beyond this, two other magazines that frequently carry high-quality
+articles on Perl are Web Techniques (see
+http://www.webtechniques.com/) and Unix Review
+(http://www.unixreview.com/).  Randal Schwartz's Web Technique's
+columns are available on the web at
+http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/ .
 
 =head2 Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
 
 To get the best (and possibly cheapest) performance, pick a site from
 the list below and use it to grab the complete list of mirror sites.
->From there you can find the quickest site for you.  Remember, the
+From there you can find the quickest site for you.  Remember, the
 following list is I<not> the complete list of CPAN mirrors.
 
   http://www.perl.com/CPAN	(redirects to another mirror)