[inseparable changes from patch from perl5.003_24 to perl5.003_25]perl-5.003_25

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Make $] read-only
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: gv.c

Subject: New variable C<$^S> is a native version of C<$?>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: doio.c global.sym gv.c interp.sym lib/English.pm mg.c perl.c perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlvar.pod pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c proto.h util.c

Subject: Make $^T work with undump, and don't taint it
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: VMS patches for _24
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 02:34:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm perl.h pp_hot.c t/lib/filehand.t t/op/closure.t vms/Makefile vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/filespec.t vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h

    private-msgid: <01IEUIFP5038004GQP@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: Document how extension pms go in $archlib
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: perlfunc.pod tweaks
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:20:55 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@gate.net>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: <20526.854659255@eeyore.ibcinc.com>

Subject: Error lines must not have trailing periods
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: Make IO::Handle::gets() an alias of getline
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 12:03:15 +0100
From: Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>
Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm lib/IO/Handle.pm

    private-msgid: <199701301103.MAA11291@bergen.sn.no>

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Require '-T' in argv[], not just on #! line
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: perl.c pod/perldiag.pod

Subject: Fix C<return @_> and associated stack bugs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: cop.h pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c t/op/misc.t

Subject: Fix never-closing handle after C<select>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_sys.c

Subject: Fix /\G/g with patterns that match empty string
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Don't create AV, HV, IO when assigning glob
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: mg.c

 TESTS

Subject: More Amiga test patches
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 16:07:33 +0100
From: "Norbert Pueschel" <pueschel@imsdd.meb.uni-bonn.de>
Files: README.amiga t/lib/safe2.t t/op/closure.t

    private-msgid: <77724725@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vms/ext/filespec.t b/vms/ext/filespec.t
index 38cd5368c9..a0a274bfee 100644
--- a/vms/ext/filespec.t
+++ b/vms/ext/filespec.t
@@ -36,18 +36,30 @@ some:[where.over]the.rainbow	unixify	/some/where/over/the.rainbow
 [.some.where.over]the.rainbow	unixify	some/where/over/the.rainbow
 [-.some.where.over]the.rainbow	unixify	../some/where/over/the.rainbow
 [.some.--.where.over]the.rainbow	unixify	some/../../where/over/the.rainbow
+[.some...where.over]the.rainbow	unixify	some/.../where/over/the.rainbow
+[...some.where.over]the.rainbow	unixify	.../some/where/over/the.rainbow
+[.some.where.over...]the.rainbow	unixify	some/where/over/.../the.rainbow
+[.some.where.over...]	unixify	some/where/over/.../
+[.some.where.over.-]	unixify	some/where/over/../
 []	unixify		./
 [-]	unixify		../
 [--]	unixify		../../
+[...]	unixify		.../
 
 # and back again
 /some/where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	some:[where.over]the.rainbow
 some/where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	[.some.where.over]the.rainbow
 ../some/where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	[-.some.where.over]the.rainbow
 some/../../where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	[-.where.over]the.rainbow
+.../some/where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	[...some.where.over]the.rainbow
+some/.../where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	[.some...where.over]the.rainbow
+/some/.../where/over/the.rainbow	vmsify	some:[...where.over]the.rainbow
+some/where/...	vmsify	[.some.where...]
+/where/...	vmsify	where:[...]
 .	vmsify	[]
 ..	vmsify	[-]
 ../..	vmsify	[--]
+.../	vmsify	[...]
 
 # Fileifying directory specs
 down:[the.garden.path]	fileify	down:[the.garden]path.dir;1
@@ -73,12 +85,16 @@ down:[the]garden.path	pathify
 /down/the/garden.path	pathify	
 down:[the.garden]path.dir;2	pathify	#N.B. ;2
 path	pathify	path/
+/down/the/garden/.	pathify	/down/the/garden/./
+/down/the/garden/..	pathify	/down/the/garden/../
+/down/the/garden/...	pathify	/down/the/garden/.../
 path.notdir	pathify	
 
 # Both VMS/Unix and file/path conversions
 down:[the.garden]path.dir;1	unixpath	/down/the/garden/path/
 /down/the/garden/path	vmspath	down:[the.garden.path]
 down:[the.garden.path]	unixpath	/down/the/garden/path/
+down:[the.garden.path...]	unixpath	/down/the/garden/path/.../
 /down/the/garden/path.dir	vmspath	down:[the.garden.path]
 [.down.the.garden]path.dir	unixpath	down/the/garden/path/
 down/the/garden/path	vmspath	[.down.the.garden.path]