[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97g to perl-5.003_97h]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Fix up Linux hints for tcsh, and Configure patch
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:02:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
Files: Configure hints/linux.sh
Msg-ID: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970422101051.2506C-100000@fractal.lafayette.e

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 1eb1b1cb9647b817d039bb17afa3e74940b5ef92)

Subject: There is no standard answer to 'Use suidperl?'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: hints/bsdos.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/linux.sh hints/machten_2.sh

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Support PRINTF for tied handles
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 18:26:13 -0400
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltie.pod pp_sys.c t/op/misc.t
Msg-ID: 199704202226.SAA08032@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit e7c5525577c16ee25e3521e86aca2b5105dba394)

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Fix bitwise shifts and pack('w') on Crays
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: FAQ udpate (23-apr-97)
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:22:55 -0600 (MDT)
From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com>
Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod

    private-msgid: 199704231822.MAA05074@prometheus.frii.com

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Mondo Cool patch for buffer safety and convenience
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: XSUB.h doop.c dump.c ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_next.xs ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs global.sym gv.c interp.sym mg.c op.c perl.c perl.h pod/perlguts.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c pp_sys.c proto.h regcomp.c regexec.c sv.c toke.c util.c

Subject: Problems with glob
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 02:44:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: op.c
Msg-ID: 1997Apr20.024432.1941365@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a1230b335277820e65b8a9454ab751341204cf4f)

Subject: Fix scalar leak in closures
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c scope.c

Subject: Refine error messages re: anon subs' prototypes
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

Subject: Outermost scope is void, not scalar
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_ctl.c

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod
index 388a672f50..a70ed6e74e 100644
--- a/pod/perltoc.pod
+++ b/pod/perltoc.pod
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ expression enhancements, Innumerable Unbundled Modules, Compilability
 
 =item NOTES
 
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1997/03/25
-18:20:48 $)
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1997/04/23
+18:11:06 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ authors
 
 =item Changes
 
-25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version, Initial Release: 11/March/97
+23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version, Initial
+Release: 11/March/97
 
 =head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date:
 1997/03/19 17:23:09 $)
@@ -119,8 +120,8 @@ Scheme, or Tcl?
 
 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.15 $,
-$Date: 1997/03/25 18:15:48 $)
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.16 $,
+$Date: 1997/04/23 18:04:09 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ MacPerl, Perl5-Porters, NTPerl, Perl-Packrats
 
 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 1997/03/19
-17:23:43 $)
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.21 $, $Date: 1997/04/23
+18:04:23 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -226,11 +227,11 @@ MacPerl, Perl5-Porters, NTPerl, Perl-Packrats
 
 =item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
 
-=item How can I get '#!perl' to work on [MS-DOS,Windows NT,...]?
+=item How can I get '#!perl' to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
 
 =item Can I write useful perl programs on the command line?
 
-=item Why don't perl one-liners work on my MS-DOS/Macintosh/VMS system?
+=item Why don't perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
 
 =item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
 
@@ -250,8 +251,8 @@ mean?
 
 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 1997/03/25
-18:16:24 $)
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.18 $, $Date: 1997/04/23
+18:04:37 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -259,6 +260,9 @@ mean?
 
 =over
 
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+
 =item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
 
 =item Does perl have a round function?	What about ceil() and floor()?
@@ -441,8 +445,8 @@ or array of hashes or arrays?
 
 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 1997/03/19
-17:24:51 $)
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.21 $, $Date: 1997/04/23
+18:05:19 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -511,7 +515,7 @@ in the file.  How can I do this?
 
 =item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
 
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in MS-DOS paths?  What doesn't
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths?  What doesn't
 `C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
 
 =item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
@@ -619,6 +623,8 @@ commas?
 
 =item What's a closure?
 
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+
 =item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
 Regexp}?
 
@@ -649,12 +655,14 @@ is in scope?
 
 =item How can I find out my current package?
 
+=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+
 =back
 
 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 1997/03/25
-18:17:12 $)
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 1997/04/23
+18:11:50 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -738,8 +746,6 @@ complete?
 
 =item How do I make my program run with sh and csh?
 
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-
 =item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
 
 =item How do I timeout a slow event?
@@ -756,11 +762,18 @@ complete?
 
 =item How do I install a CPAN module?
 
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
+
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+
 =back
 
 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
 
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 1997/03/25 18:17:20
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.16 $, $Date: 1997/04/23 18:12:06
 $)
 
 =item DESCRIPTION
@@ -789,6 +802,9 @@ file on another machine?
 
 =item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
 
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
+
 =item How do I parse an email header?
 
 =item How do I decode a CGI form?
@@ -871,8 +887,8 @@ isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
 
 =item TIEHANDLE now supported
 
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READ this LIST, READLINE this,
-GETC this, DESTROY this
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
 
 =item Malloc enhancements
 
@@ -1774,8 +1790,8 @@ this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this
 
 =item Tying FileHandles
 
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READ this LIST, READLINE this,
-GETC this, DESTROY this
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
 
 =item The C<untie> Gotcha
 
@@ -2346,21 +2362,22 @@ perl_require_pv, perl_run, POPi, POPl, POPp, POPn, POPs, PUSHMARK, PUSHi,
 PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, RETVAL, safefree, safemalloc,
 saferealloc, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE,
 strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
-sv_catpvn, sv_catsv, sv_cmp, sv_cmp, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, sv_dec, sv_dec,
-SvEND, sv_eq, SvGROW, sv_grow, sv_inc, SvIOK, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on,
+sv_catpvn, sv_catpvf, sv_catsv, sv_cmp, sv_cmp, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, sv_dec,
+sv_dec, SvEND, sv_eq, SvGROW, sv_grow, sv_inc, SvIOK, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on,
 SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only, SvIOKp, sv_isa, SvIV, sv_isobject, SvIVX, SvLEN,
 sv_len, sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, SvOK, sv_newmortal, sv_no, SvNIOK,
 SvNIOK_off, SvNIOKp, SvNOK, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNOK_only,
 SvNOKp, SvNV, SvNVX, SvPOK, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only,
 SvPOKp, SvPV, SvPVX, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
 SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, sv_setiv, sv_setnv, sv_setpv, sv_setpvn,
-sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, SvSTASH,
-SVt_IV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SVt_NV, SvTRUE,
-SvTYPE, svtype, SvUPGRADE, sv_upgrade, sv_undef, sv_unref, sv_usepvn,
-sv_yes, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XS,
-XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
-XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNV, XST_mNO,
-XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
+sv_setpvf, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn,
+sv_setsv, SvSTASH, SVt_IV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG,
+SVt_NV, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, svtype, SvUPGRADE, sv_upgrade, sv_undef, sv_unref,
+sv_usepvn, sv_yes, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp,
+XPUSHs, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO,
+XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNV,
+XST_mNO, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK,
+Zero
 
 =item EDITOR