[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97a to perl-5.003_97b]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Don't suggest 'Configure -der' in config.sh comments
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Make assignment to C<$)> call setgroups()
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure config_H config_h.SH mg.c plan9/config.plan9 pod/perldelta.pod vms/config.vms win32/config.H win32/config.w32

Subject: Grandfather "$$<digit>" in strings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod toke.c

Subject: Disconnect warn and die hooks _after_ object destruction
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

Subject: Forbid recursive substitutions
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: cop.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Document required module versions
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Updates to Math::Complex and Math::Trig
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm lib/Math/Trig.pm pod/perldelta.pod t/lib/complex.t

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: length($') isn't
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 03:30:44 -0400
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: mg.c
Msg-ID: 199704070730.DAA07310@aatma.engin.umich.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 645a7cbb1f14932f058231f0a4f808b88ebe8703)

Subject: Fix obscure regex bug related to leading C<.*>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: Add warning for glob failure
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pp_hot.c

Subject: Fix C<perl -V> in presence of local patches
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index 467f02c31d..ce590dcb8d 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -833,6 +833,8 @@ file on another machine?
 
 =item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
 
+=item C<$)> is writable
+
 =item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
 
 =item No resetting of $. on implicit close
@@ -887,6 +889,8 @@ constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
 
 =over
 
+=item Required Updates
+
 =item Installation directories
 
 =item Module information summary
@@ -937,18 +941,20 @@ resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant subroutine
 %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did not return
 a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Illegal character %s
 (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: %s, Integer overflow in hex
-number, Integer overflow in octal number, Name "%s::%s" used only once:
-possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
-memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, Possible attempt to put
-comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words with commas,
-Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found while resolving
-method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Too late for "B<-T>" option,
-untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
-character %s, Unsupported function fork, Value of %s can be "0"; test with
-defined(), Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay
-shared, Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in
-prime_env_iter, Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX,
-PERL_SH_DIR too long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+number, Integer overflow in octal number, internal error: glob failed, Name
+"%s::%s" used only once: possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset
+outside string, Out of memory!, Out of memory during request for %s,
+Possible attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate
+words with commas, Recursive substitution detected, Scalar value @%s{%s}
+better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found while resolving method `%s'
+overloading `%s' in package `%s', Too late for "B<-T>" option, untie
+attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized character %s,
+Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean "${$}<digit>" is
+deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(), Variable "%s" may
+be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared, Warning: something's
+wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, Got an error from
+DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too long, Process
+terminated by SIG%s
 
 =item BUGS
 
@@ -2429,6 +2435,8 @@ callback
 
 =item Alternate Stack Manipulation
 
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+
 =back
 
 =item SEE ALSO
@@ -4093,7 +4101,7 @@ functions
 
 =item USAGE
 
-=item CAVEATS
+=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
 
 =item BUGS
 
@@ -4109,12 +4117,18 @@ functions
 
 =over
 
-=item SIMPLE ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
+=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
+
+=item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
 
 =back
 
 =item ANGLE CONVERSIONS
 
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
 =head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
 
 =item SYNOPSIS