regenerate win32/config* and fix some inconsistencies in the

makefiles; always export Perl_deb() because it is needed
by ext/re/* (whether perl itself is built with -DDEBUGGING
or not)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7828

5 files changed, 396 insertions, 188 deletions

diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index fafbd2722f..c79c75b2d1 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Makefile to build perl on Windows NT using Microsoft NMAKE.
 #
 # This is set up to build a perl.exe that runs off a shared library
-# (perl56.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
+# (perl57.dll).  Also makes individual DLLs for the XS extensions.
 #
 
 ##
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ INST_TOP	= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-INST_VER	= \5.6.0
+INST_VER	= \5.7.0
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -428,8 +428,12 @@ $(o).dll:
 
 #
 # various targets
-PERLIMPLIB	= ..\perl56.lib
-PERLDLL		= ..\perl56.dll
+
+# makedef.pl must be updated if this changes, and this should normally
+# only change when there is an incompatible revision of the public API.
+# XXX so why did we change it from perl56 to perl57?
+PERLIMPLIB	= ..\perl57.lib
+PERLDLL		= ..\perl57.dll
 
 MINIPERL	= ..\miniperl.exe
 MINIDIR		= .\mini
@@ -1120,7 +1124,8 @@ clean :
 	-@$(DEL) $(WPERLEXE)
 	-@$(DEL) $(PERLDLL)
 	-@$(DEL) $(CORE_OBJ)
-	-if exist $(MINIDIR) deltree /y $(MINIDIR) 
+	-if exist $(MINIDIR) rmdir /s /q $(MINIDIR) 
+	-rmdir /s $(MINIDIR) 
 	-@$(DEL) $(WIN32_OBJ)
 	-@$(DEL) $(DLL_OBJ)
 	-@$(DEL) $(X2P_OBJ)
diff --git a/win32/config_H.bc b/win32/config_H.bc
index d71db9876c..87678caa5a 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.bc
+++ b/win32/config_H.bc
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
  * This file was produced by running the config_h.SH script, which
- * gets its values from config.sh, which is generally produced by
+ * gets its values from undef, which is generally produced by
  * running Configure.
  *
  * Feel free to modify any of this as the need arises.  Note, however,
  * that running config_h.SH again will wipe out any changes you've made.
- * For a more permanent change edit config.sh and rerun config_h.SH.
+ * For a more permanent change edit undef and rerun config_h.SH.
  *
  * $Id: Config_h.U,v 3.0.1.5 1997/02/28 14:57:43 ram Exp $
  */
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : 
- * Configuration time: Tue Mar 21 01:26:35 2000
+ * Configuration time: Wed Nov 22 18:22:25 2000
  * Configured by     : gsar
  * Target system     : 
  */
@@ -183,13 +183,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_FORK		/**/
 
-/* HAS_FREXPL:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the frexpl routine is
- *	available to break a long double floating-point number into
- *	a normalized fraction and an integral power of 2.
- */
-/*#define HAS_FREXPL		/**/
-
 /* HAS_FSETPOS:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the fsetpos routine is
  *	available to set the file position indicator, similar to fseek().
@@ -227,17 +220,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETPGID		/**/
 
-/* HAS_GETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpgrp routine is
- *	available to get the current process group.
- */
-/* USE_BSD_GETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that getpgrp needs one
- *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.
- */
-/*#define HAS_GETPGRP		/**/
-/*#define USE_BSD_GETPGRP	/**/
-
 /* HAS_GETPGRP2:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpgrp2() (as in DG/UX)
  *	routine is available to get the current process group.
@@ -492,18 +474,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_SETPGID	/**/
 
-/* HAS_SETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpgrp routine is
- *	available to set the current process group.
- */
-/* USE_BSD_SETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that setpgrp needs two
- *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.  See also HAS_SETPGID
- *	for a POSIX interface.
- */
-/*#define HAS_SETPGRP		/**/
-/*#define USE_BSD_SETPGRP	/**/
-
 /* HAS_SETPGRP2:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpgrp2() (as in DG/UX)
  *	routine is available to set the current process group.
@@ -1095,7 +1065,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1126,8 +1096,8 @@
  *	This symbol is the filename expanded version of the BIN symbol, for
  *	programs that do not want to deal with that at run-time.
  */
-#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
 
 /* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
@@ -1187,21 +1157,21 @@
  *	This macro surrounds its token with double quotes.
  */
 #if 42 == 1
-#  define CAT2(a,b)	a/**/b
-#  define STRINGIFY(a)	"a"
+#define CAT2(a,b)	a/**/b
+#define STRINGIFY(a)	"a"
 		/* If you can get stringification with catify, tell me how! */
 #endif
 #if 42 == 42
-#  define PeRl_CaTiFy(a, b)	a ## b	
-#  define PeRl_StGiFy(a)	#a
+#define PeRl_CaTiFy(a, b)	a ## b	
+#define PeRl_StGiFy(a)	#a
 /* the additional level of indirection enables these macros to be
  * used as arguments to other macros.  See K&R 2nd ed., page 231. */
-#  define CAT2(a,b)	PeRl_CaTiFy(a,b)
-#  define StGiFy(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
-#  define STRINGIFY(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
+#define CAT2(a,b)	PeRl_CaTiFy(a,b)
+#define StGiFy(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
+#define STRINGIFY(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
 #endif
 #if 42 != 1 && 42 != 42
-#include "Bletch: How does this C preprocessor catenate tokens?"
+#   include "Bletch: How does this C preprocessor catenate tokens?"
 #endif
 
 /* CPPSTDIN:
@@ -1337,11 +1307,24 @@
  */
 #define HAS_FD_SET	/**/
 
+/* FLEXFILENAMES:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system supports filenames
+ *	longer than 14 characters.
+ */
+#define	FLEXFILENAMES		/**/
+
 /* HAS_FPOS64_T:
  *	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
  */
 /*#define	HAS_FPOS64_T    	/**/
 
+/* HAS_FREXPL:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the frexpl routine is
+ *	available to break a long double floating-point number into
+ *	a normalized fraction and an integral power of 2.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_FREXPL		/**/
+
 /* HAS_STRUCT_FS_DATA:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the struct fs_data
  *	to do statfs() is supported.
@@ -1389,6 +1372,12 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETCWD		/**/
 
+/* HAS_GETESPWNAM:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getespwnam system call is
+ *	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETESPWNAM		/**/
+
 /* HAS_GETFSSTAT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getfsstat routine is
  *	available to stat filesystems in bulk.
@@ -1494,6 +1483,13 @@
  */
 /*#define	HAS_GETNET_PROTOS	/**/
 
+/* HAS_GETPAGESIZE:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpagesize system call
+ *	is available to get system page size, which is the granularity of
+ *	many memory management calls.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETPAGESIZE		/**/
+
 /* HAS_GETPROTOENT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getprotoent() routine is
  *	available to look up protocols in some data base or another.
@@ -1519,6 +1515,12 @@
  */
 #define	HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS	/**/
 
+/* HAS_GETPRPWNAM:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getprpwnam system call is
+ *	available to retrieve protected (shadow) password entries by name.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETPRPWNAM		/**/
+
 /* HAS_GETPWENT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpwent routine is
  *	available for sequential access of the passwd database.
@@ -1546,24 +1548,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETSPNAM		/**/
 
-/* HAS_GETESPWNAM:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getespwnam system call is
- *	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
- */
-/*#define HAS_GETESPWNAM		/**/
-
-/* HAS_GETPRPWNAM:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getprpwnam system call is
- *	available to retrieve protected (shadow) password entries by name.
- */
-/*#define HAS_GETPRPWNAM		/**/
-
-/* I_PROT:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <prot.h> exists and
- *	should be included.
- */
-/*#define	I_PROT		/**/
-
 /* HAS_GETSERVBYNAME:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getservbyname()
  *	routine is available to look up services by their name.
@@ -1645,6 +1629,13 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_ISNANL		/**/
 
+/* HAS_LCHOWN:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the lchown routine is
+ *	available to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the
+ *	link).
+ */
+/*#define HAS_LCHOWN		/**/
+
 /* HAS_LDBL_DIG:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this system's <float.h>
  *	or <limits.h> defines the symbol LDBL_DIG, which is the number
@@ -1732,12 +1723,6 @@
 /*#define HAS_MMAP		/**/
 #define Mmap_t void *	/**/
 
-/* HAS_MPROTECT:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mprotect system call is
- *	available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
- */
-/*#define HAS_MPROTECT		/**/
-
 /* HAS_MODFL:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the modfl routine is
  *	available to split a long double x into a fractional part f and
@@ -1745,6 +1730,12 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_MODFL		/**/
 
+/* HAS_MPROTECT:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mprotect system call is
+ *	available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_MPROTECT		/**/
+
 /* HAS_MSG:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the entire msg*(2) library is
  *	supported (IPC mechanism based on message queues).
@@ -1851,6 +1842,12 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_SETPROTOENT		/**/
 
+/* HAS_SETPROCTITLE:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setproctitle routine is
+ *	available to set process title.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_SETPROCTITLE		/**/
+
 /* HAS_SETPWENT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpwent routine is
  *	available for initializing sequential access of the passwd database.
@@ -1966,6 +1963,12 @@
 /*#define	HAS_MSG_PROXY	/**/
 /*#define	HAS_SCM_RIGHTS	/**/
 
+/* HAS_SOCKS5_INIT:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the socks5_init routine is
+ *	available to initialize SOCKS 5.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_SOCKS5_INIT		/**/
+
 /* HAS_SQRTL:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the sqrtl routine is
  *	available to do long double square roots.
@@ -2028,12 +2031,23 @@
  *	This symbol is defined if the FILE_cnt macro can be used as an
  *	lvalue.
  */
+/* STDIO_PTR_LVAL_SETS_CNT:
+ *	This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
+ *	to increase the pointer by n has the side effect of decreasing the
+ *	value of File_cnt(fp) by n.
+ */
+/* STDIO_PTR_LVAL_NOCHANGE_CNT:
+ *	This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
+ *	to increase the pointer by n leaves File_cnt(fp) unchanged.
+ */
 #define USE_STDIO_PTR 	/**/
 #ifdef USE_STDIO_PTR
 #define FILE_ptr(fp)	((fp)->curp)
 #define STDIO_PTR_LVALUE 		/**/
 #define FILE_cnt(fp)	((fp)->level)
 #define STDIO_CNT_LVALUE 		/**/
+/*#define STDIO_PTR_LVAL_SETS_CNT	/**/
+/*#define STDIO_PTR_LVAL_NOCHANGE_CNT	/**/
 #endif
 
 /* USE_STDIO_BASE:
@@ -2301,6 +2315,12 @@
  */
 /*#define   I_INTTYPES                /**/
 
+/* I_LIBUTIL:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <libutil.h> exists and
+ *	should be included.
+ */
+/*#define	I_LIBUTIL		/**/
+
 /* I_MACH_CTHREADS:
  *     This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
  *     include <mach/cthreads.h>.
@@ -2331,6 +2351,12 @@
  */
 /*#define	I_POLL		/**/
 
+/* I_PROT:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <prot.h> exists and
+ *	should be included.
+ */
+/*#define	I_PROT		/**/
+
 /* I_PTHREAD:
  *     This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
  *     include <pthread.h>.
@@ -2493,8 +2519,18 @@
  *	This symbol, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
  *	format long doubles (format 'g') for output.
  */
+/* PERL_PRIeldbl:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ *	format long doubles (format 'e') for output.
+ */
+/* PERL_SCNfldbl:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ *	format long doubles (format 'f') for input.
+ */
 /*#define PERL_PRIfldbl	"f"	/**/
 /*#define PERL_PRIgldbl	"g"	/**/
+/*#define PERL_PRIeldbl	"e"	/**/
+/*#define PERL_SCNfldbl	undef	/**/
 
 /* Off_t:
  *	This symbol holds the type used to declare offsets in the kernel.
@@ -2582,6 +2618,16 @@
 #define Netdb_name_t		char * /**/
 #define Netdb_net_t		long /**/
 
+/* PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS:
+ *	This variable contains a colon-separated set of paths for the perl
+ *	binary to search for additional library files or modules.
+ *	These directories will be tacked to the end of @INC.
+ *	Perl will automatically search below each path for version-
+ *	and architecture-specific directories.  See PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST
+ *	for more details.
+ */
+/*#define PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS ""		/**/
+
 /* IVTYPE:
  *	This symbol defines the C type used for Perl's IV.
  */
@@ -2645,9 +2691,12 @@
 /* U64SIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the sizeof(U64).
  */
+/* NVSIZE:
+ *	This symbol contains the sizeof(NV).
+ */
 /* NV_PRESERVES_UV:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that a variable of type NVTYPE
- *	can preserve all the bit of a variable of type UVTYPE.
+ *	can preserve all the bits of a variable of type UVTYPE.
  */
 /* NV_PRESERVES_UV_BITS:
  *	This symbol contains the number of bits a variable of type NVTYPE
@@ -2678,6 +2727,7 @@
 #define	I64SIZE		8	/**/
 #define	U64SIZE		8	/**/
 #endif
+#define	NVSIZE		8		/**/
 #define	NV_PRESERVES_UV
 #define	NV_PRESERVES_UV_BITS	32
 
@@ -2695,7 +2745,7 @@
  */
 /* UVxf:
  *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl UV
- *	as an unsigned hexadecimal integer.
+ *	as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
  */
 /* NVef:
  *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl NV
@@ -2734,8 +2784,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\lib"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP (win32_get_privlib("5.6.0"))	/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\lib"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP (win32_get_privlib("5.7.0"))	/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -2833,7 +2883,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -2856,8 +2906,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP (win32_get_sitelib("5.6.0"))	/**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP (win32_get_sitelib("5.7.0"))	/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
@@ -3082,7 +3132,7 @@
 /* PERL_XS_APIVERSION:
  *	This variable contains the version of the oldest perl binary
  *	compatible with the present perl.  perl.c:incpush() and
- *	lib/lib.pm will automatically search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86 for older
+ *	lib/lib.pm will automatically search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86 for older
  *	directories across major versions back to xs_apiversion.
  *	This is only useful if you have a perl library directory tree
  *	structured like the default one.
@@ -3101,7 +3151,7 @@
  *	compatible with the present perl.  (That is, pure perl modules
  *	written for pm_apiversion will still work for the current
  *	version).  perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically
- *	search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib for older directories across major versions
+ *	search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib for older directories across major versions
  *	back to pm_apiversion.  This is only useful if you have a perl
  *	library directory tree structured like the default one.  The
  *	versioned site_perl library was introduced in 5.005, so that's
@@ -3114,17 +3164,67 @@
 #define PERL_XS_APIVERSION "5.6.0"
 #define PERL_PM_APIVERSION "5.005"
 
-/* HAS_LCHOWN:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the lchown routine is
- *	available to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the
- *	link).
+/* HAS_GETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpgrp routine is
+ *	available to get the current process group.
  */
-/*#define HAS_LCHOWN		/**/
+/* USE_BSD_GETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that getpgrp needs one
+ *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETPGRP		/**/
+/*#define USE_BSD_GETPGRP	/**/
 
-/* FLEXFILENAMES:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system supports filenames
- *	longer than 14 characters.
+/* HAS_SETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpgrp routine is
+ *	available to set the current process group.
  */
-#define	FLEXFILENAMES		/**/
+/* USE_BSD_SETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that setpgrp needs two
+ *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.  See also HAS_SETPGID
+ *	for a POSIX interface.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_SETPGRP		/**/
+/*#define USE_BSD_SETPGRP	/**/
+
+/* HAS__FWALK:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the _fwalk system call is
+ *	available to apply a function to all the file handles.
+ */
+/*#define HAS__FWALK		/**/
+
+/* FCNTL_CAN_LOCK:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that fcntl() can be used
+ *	for file locking.  Normally on Unix systems this is defined.
+ *	It may be undefined on VMS.
+ */
+/*#define FCNTL_CAN_LOCK		/**/
+
+/* HAS_FSYNC:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the fsync routine is
+ *	available to write a file's modified data and attributes to
+ *	permanent storage.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_FSYNC		/**/
+
+/* HAS_SBRK_PROTO:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system provides
+ *	a prototype for the sbrk() function.  Otherwise, it is up
+ *	to the program to supply one.  Good guesses are
+ *		extern void* sbrk _((int));
+ *		extern void* sbrk _((size_t));
+ */
+/*#define	HAS_SBRK_PROTO	/**/
+
+/* NEED_VA_COPY:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores
+ *	the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format
+ *	that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some
+ *	other means must be used when copying is required.
+ *	As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision)
+ *	of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform-
+ *	independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job.
+ */
+/*#define	NEED_VA_COPY		/**/
 
 #endif
diff --git a/win32/config_H.gc b/win32/config_H.gc
index 4445f77d1f..745cc38a6e 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.gc
+++ b/win32/config_H.gc
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : 
- * Configuration time: Wed Nov 22 14:17:33 2000
- * Configured by     : nick
+ * Configuration time: Wed Nov 22 18:22:31 2000
+ * Configured by     : gsar
  * Target system     : 
  */
 
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86-multi"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@
  *	where library files may be held under a private library, for
  *	instance.
  */
-#define ARCHNAME "MSWin32-x86-multi"		/**/
+#define ARCHNAME "MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 
 /* HAS_ATOLF:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the atolf routine is
@@ -1096,8 +1096,8 @@
  *	This symbol is the filename expanded version of the BIN symbol, for
  *	programs that do not want to deal with that at run-time.
  */
-#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86-multi"	/**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
 
 /* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
@@ -2883,7 +2883,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86-multi"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@
  *	be built to use multiplicity.
  */
 #ifndef MULTIPLICITY
-#define	MULTIPLICITY		/**/
+/*#define	MULTIPLICITY		/**/
 #endif
 
 /* USE_PERLIO:
@@ -3132,7 +3132,7 @@
 /* PERL_XS_APIVERSION:
  *	This variable contains the version of the oldest perl binary
  *	compatible with the present perl.  perl.c:incpush() and
- *	lib/lib.pm will automatically search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86-multi for older
+ *	lib/lib.pm will automatically search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86 for older
  *	directories across major versions back to xs_apiversion.
  *	This is only useful if you have a perl library directory tree
  *	structured like the default one.
diff --git a/win32/config_H.vc b/win32/config_H.vc
index 6b8d234f5e..1f7d32243a 100644
--- a/win32/config_H.vc
+++ b/win32/config_H.vc
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
  * This file was produced by running the config_h.SH script, which
- * gets its values from config.sh, which is generally produced by
+ * gets its values from undef, which is generally produced by
  * running Configure.
  *
  * Feel free to modify any of this as the need arises.  Note, however,
  * that running config_h.SH again will wipe out any changes you've made.
- * For a more permanent change edit config.sh and rerun config_h.SH.
+ * For a more permanent change edit undef and rerun config_h.SH.
  *
  * $Id: Config_h.U,v 3.0.1.5 1997/02/28 14:57:43 ram Exp $
  */
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : 
- * Configuration time: Tue Mar 21 01:26:24 2000
+ * Configuration time: Wed Nov 22 18:22:35 2000
  * Configured by     : gsar
  * Target system     : 
  */
@@ -183,13 +183,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_FORK		/**/
 
-/* HAS_FREXPL:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the frexpl routine is
- *	available to break a long double floating-point number into
- *	a normalized fraction and an integral power of 2.
- */
-/*#define HAS_FREXPL		/**/
-
 /* HAS_FSETPOS:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the fsetpos routine is
  *	available to set the file position indicator, similar to fseek().
@@ -227,17 +220,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETPGID		/**/
 
-/* HAS_GETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpgrp routine is
- *	available to get the current process group.
- */
-/* USE_BSD_GETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that getpgrp needs one
- *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.
- */
-/*#define HAS_GETPGRP		/**/
-/*#define USE_BSD_GETPGRP	/**/
-
 /* HAS_GETPGRP2:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpgrp2() (as in DG/UX)
  *	routine is available to get the current process group.
@@ -492,18 +474,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_SETPGID	/**/
 
-/* HAS_SETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpgrp routine is
- *	available to set the current process group.
- */
-/* USE_BSD_SETPGRP:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that setpgrp needs two
- *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.  See also HAS_SETPGID
- *	for a POSIX interface.
- */
-/*#define HAS_SETPGRP		/**/
-/*#define USE_BSD_SETPGRP	/**/
-
 /* HAS_SETPGRP2:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpgrp2() (as in DG/UX)
  *	routine is available to set the current process group.
@@ -1095,7 +1065,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1126,8 +1096,8 @@
  *	This symbol is the filename expanded version of the BIN symbol, for
  *	programs that do not want to deal with that at run-time.
  */
-#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\bin\\MSWin32-x86"	/**/
 
 /* PERL_BINCOMPAT_5005:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this version of Perl should be
@@ -1187,21 +1157,21 @@
  *	This macro surrounds its token with double quotes.
  */
 #if 42 == 1
-#  define CAT2(a,b)	a/**/b
-#  define STRINGIFY(a)	"a"
+#define CAT2(a,b)	a/**/b
+#define STRINGIFY(a)	"a"
 		/* If you can get stringification with catify, tell me how! */
 #endif
 #if 42 == 42
-#  define PeRl_CaTiFy(a, b)	a ## b	
-#  define PeRl_StGiFy(a)	#a
+#define PeRl_CaTiFy(a, b)	a ## b	
+#define PeRl_StGiFy(a)	#a
 /* the additional level of indirection enables these macros to be
  * used as arguments to other macros.  See K&R 2nd ed., page 231. */
-#  define CAT2(a,b)	PeRl_CaTiFy(a,b)
-#  define StGiFy(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
-#  define STRINGIFY(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
+#define CAT2(a,b)	PeRl_CaTiFy(a,b)
+#define StGiFy(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
+#define STRINGIFY(a)	PeRl_StGiFy(a)
 #endif
 #if 42 != 1 && 42 != 42
-#include "Bletch: How does this C preprocessor catenate tokens?"
+#   include "Bletch: How does this C preprocessor catenate tokens?"
 #endif
 
 /* CPPSTDIN:
@@ -1337,11 +1307,24 @@
  */
 #define HAS_FD_SET	/**/
 
+/* FLEXFILENAMES:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system supports filenames
+ *	longer than 14 characters.
+ */
+#define	FLEXFILENAMES		/**/
+
 /* HAS_FPOS64_T:
  *	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
  */
 /*#define	HAS_FPOS64_T    	/**/
 
+/* HAS_FREXPL:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the frexpl routine is
+ *	available to break a long double floating-point number into
+ *	a normalized fraction and an integral power of 2.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_FREXPL		/**/
+
 /* HAS_STRUCT_FS_DATA:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the struct fs_data
  *	to do statfs() is supported.
@@ -1389,6 +1372,12 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETCWD		/**/
 
+/* HAS_GETESPWNAM:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getespwnam system call is
+ *	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETESPWNAM		/**/
+
 /* HAS_GETFSSTAT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getfsstat routine is
  *	available to stat filesystems in bulk.
@@ -1494,6 +1483,13 @@
  */
 /*#define	HAS_GETNET_PROTOS	/**/
 
+/* HAS_GETPAGESIZE:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpagesize system call
+ *	is available to get system page size, which is the granularity of
+ *	many memory management calls.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETPAGESIZE		/**/
+
 /* HAS_GETPROTOENT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getprotoent() routine is
  *	available to look up protocols in some data base or another.
@@ -1519,6 +1515,12 @@
  */
 #define	HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS	/**/
 
+/* HAS_GETPRPWNAM:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getprpwnam system call is
+ *	available to retrieve protected (shadow) password entries by name.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETPRPWNAM		/**/
+
 /* HAS_GETPWENT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpwent routine is
  *	available for sequential access of the passwd database.
@@ -1546,24 +1548,6 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_GETSPNAM		/**/
 
-/* HAS_GETESPWNAM:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getespwnam system call is
- *	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
- */
-/*#define HAS_GETESPWNAM		/**/
-
-/* HAS_GETPRPWNAM:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getprpwnam system call is
- *	available to retrieve protected (shadow) password entries by name.
- */
-/*#define HAS_GETPRPWNAM		/**/
-
-/* I_PROT:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <prot.h> exists and
- *	should be included.
- */
-/*#define	I_PROT		/**/
-
 /* HAS_GETSERVBYNAME:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getservbyname()
  *	routine is available to look up services by their name.
@@ -1645,6 +1629,13 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_ISNANL		/**/
 
+/* HAS_LCHOWN:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the lchown routine is
+ *	available to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the
+ *	link).
+ */
+/*#define HAS_LCHOWN		/**/
+
 /* HAS_LDBL_DIG:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that this system's <float.h>
  *	or <limits.h> defines the symbol LDBL_DIG, which is the number
@@ -1732,12 +1723,6 @@
 /*#define HAS_MMAP		/**/
 #define Mmap_t void *	/**/
 
-/* HAS_MPROTECT:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mprotect system call is
- *	available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
- */
-/*#define HAS_MPROTECT		/**/
-
 /* HAS_MODFL:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the modfl routine is
  *	available to split a long double x into a fractional part f and
@@ -1745,6 +1730,12 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_MODFL		/**/
 
+/* HAS_MPROTECT:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the mprotect system call is
+ *	available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_MPROTECT		/**/
+
 /* HAS_MSG:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the entire msg*(2) library is
  *	supported (IPC mechanism based on message queues).
@@ -1851,6 +1842,12 @@
  */
 /*#define HAS_SETPROTOENT		/**/
 
+/* HAS_SETPROCTITLE:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setproctitle routine is
+ *	available to set process title.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_SETPROCTITLE		/**/
+
 /* HAS_SETPWENT:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpwent routine is
  *	available for initializing sequential access of the passwd database.
@@ -1966,6 +1963,12 @@
 /*#define	HAS_MSG_PROXY	/**/
 /*#define	HAS_SCM_RIGHTS	/**/
 
+/* HAS_SOCKS5_INIT:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the socks5_init routine is
+ *	available to initialize SOCKS 5.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_SOCKS5_INIT		/**/
+
 /* HAS_SQRTL:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the sqrtl routine is
  *	available to do long double square roots.
@@ -2028,12 +2031,23 @@
  *	This symbol is defined if the FILE_cnt macro can be used as an
  *	lvalue.
  */
+/* STDIO_PTR_LVAL_SETS_CNT:
+ *	This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
+ *	to increase the pointer by n has the side effect of decreasing the
+ *	value of File_cnt(fp) by n.
+ */
+/* STDIO_PTR_LVAL_NOCHANGE_CNT:
+ *	This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
+ *	to increase the pointer by n leaves File_cnt(fp) unchanged.
+ */
 #define USE_STDIO_PTR 	/**/
 #ifdef USE_STDIO_PTR
 #define FILE_ptr(fp)	((fp)->_ptr)
 #define STDIO_PTR_LVALUE 		/**/
 #define FILE_cnt(fp)	((fp)->_cnt)
 #define STDIO_CNT_LVALUE 		/**/
+/*#define STDIO_PTR_LVAL_SETS_CNT	/**/
+#define STDIO_PTR_LVAL_NOCHANGE_CNT	/**/
 #endif
 
 /* USE_STDIO_BASE:
@@ -2301,6 +2315,12 @@
  */
 /*#define   I_INTTYPES                /**/
 
+/* I_LIBUTIL:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <libutil.h> exists and
+ *	should be included.
+ */
+/*#define	I_LIBUTIL		/**/
+
 /* I_MACH_CTHREADS:
  *     This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
  *     include <mach/cthreads.h>.
@@ -2331,6 +2351,12 @@
  */
 /*#define	I_POLL		/**/
 
+/* I_PROT:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that <prot.h> exists and
+ *	should be included.
+ */
+/*#define	I_PROT		/**/
+
 /* I_PTHREAD:
  *     This symbol, if defined, indicates to the C program that it should
  *     include <pthread.h>.
@@ -2493,8 +2519,18 @@
  *	This symbol, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
  *	format long doubles (format 'g') for output.
  */
+/* PERL_PRIeldbl:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ *	format long doubles (format 'e') for output.
+ */
+/* PERL_SCNfldbl:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ *	format long doubles (format 'f') for input.
+ */
 /*#define PERL_PRIfldbl	"f"	/**/
 /*#define PERL_PRIgldbl	"g"	/**/
+/*#define PERL_PRIeldbl	"e"	/**/
+/*#define PERL_SCNfldbl	undef	/**/
 
 /* Off_t:
  *	This symbol holds the type used to declare offsets in the kernel.
@@ -2582,6 +2618,16 @@
 #define Netdb_name_t		char * /**/
 #define Netdb_net_t		long /**/
 
+/* PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS:
+ *	This variable contains a colon-separated set of paths for the perl
+ *	binary to search for additional library files or modules.
+ *	These directories will be tacked to the end of @INC.
+ *	Perl will automatically search below each path for version-
+ *	and architecture-specific directories.  See PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST
+ *	for more details.
+ */
+/*#define PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS ""		/**/
+
 /* IVTYPE:
  *	This symbol defines the C type used for Perl's IV.
  */
@@ -2645,9 +2691,12 @@
 /* U64SIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the sizeof(U64).
  */
+/* NVSIZE:
+ *	This symbol contains the sizeof(NV).
+ */
 /* NV_PRESERVES_UV:
  *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that a variable of type NVTYPE
- *	can preserve all the bit of a variable of type UVTYPE.
+ *	can preserve all the bits of a variable of type UVTYPE.
  */
 /* NV_PRESERVES_UV_BITS:
  *	This symbol contains the number of bits a variable of type NVTYPE
@@ -2678,6 +2727,7 @@
 #define	I64SIZE		8	/**/
 #define	U64SIZE		8	/**/
 #endif
+#define	NVSIZE		8		/**/
 #define	NV_PRESERVES_UV
 #define	NV_PRESERVES_UV_BITS	32
 
@@ -2695,7 +2745,7 @@
  */
 /* UVxf:
  *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl UV
- *	as an unsigned hexadecimal integer.
+ *	as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
  */
 /* NVef:
  *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl NV
@@ -2734,8 +2784,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "c:\\perl\\5.6.0\\lib"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP (win32_get_privlib("5.6.0"))	/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "c:\\perl\\5.7.0\\lib"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP (win32_get_privlib("5.7.0"))	/**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *	This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -2833,7 +2883,7 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86"		/**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""	/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -2856,8 +2906,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP (win32_get_sitelib("5.6.0"))	/**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP (win32_get_sitelib("5.7.0"))	/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""		/**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
@@ -3082,7 +3132,7 @@
 /* PERL_XS_APIVERSION:
  *	This variable contains the version of the oldest perl binary
  *	compatible with the present perl.  perl.c:incpush() and
- *	lib/lib.pm will automatically search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86 for older
+ *	lib/lib.pm will automatically search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib\\MSWin32-x86 for older
  *	directories across major versions back to xs_apiversion.
  *	This is only useful if you have a perl library directory tree
  *	structured like the default one.
@@ -3101,7 +3151,7 @@
  *	compatible with the present perl.  (That is, pure perl modules
  *	written for pm_apiversion will still work for the current
  *	version).  perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically
- *	search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.6.0\\lib for older directories across major versions
+ *	search in c:\\perl\\site\\5.7.0\\lib for older directories across major versions
  *	back to pm_apiversion.  This is only useful if you have a perl
  *	library directory tree structured like the default one.  The
  *	versioned site_perl library was introduced in 5.005, so that's
@@ -3114,17 +3164,67 @@
 #define PERL_XS_APIVERSION "5.6.0"
 #define PERL_PM_APIVERSION "5.005"
 
-/* HAS_LCHOWN:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the lchown routine is
- *	available to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the
- *	link).
+/* HAS_GETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the getpgrp routine is
+ *	available to get the current process group.
  */
-/*#define HAS_LCHOWN		/**/
+/* USE_BSD_GETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that getpgrp needs one
+ *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_GETPGRP		/**/
+/*#define USE_BSD_GETPGRP	/**/
 
-/* FLEXFILENAMES:
- *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system supports filenames
- *	longer than 14 characters.
+/* HAS_SETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the setpgrp routine is
+ *	available to set the current process group.
  */
-#define	FLEXFILENAMES		/**/
+/* USE_BSD_SETPGRP:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that setpgrp needs two
+ *	arguments whereas USG one needs none.  See also HAS_SETPGID
+ *	for a POSIX interface.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_SETPGRP		/**/
+/*#define USE_BSD_SETPGRP	/**/
+
+/* HAS__FWALK:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the _fwalk system call is
+ *	available to apply a function to all the file handles.
+ */
+/*#define HAS__FWALK		/**/
+
+/* FCNTL_CAN_LOCK:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that fcntl() can be used
+ *	for file locking.  Normally on Unix systems this is defined.
+ *	It may be undefined on VMS.
+ */
+/*#define FCNTL_CAN_LOCK		/**/
+
+/* HAS_FSYNC:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the fsync routine is
+ *	available to write a file's modified data and attributes to
+ *	permanent storage.
+ */
+/*#define HAS_FSYNC		/**/
+
+/* HAS_SBRK_PROTO:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system provides
+ *	a prototype for the sbrk() function.  Otherwise, it is up
+ *	to the program to supply one.  Good guesses are
+ *		extern void* sbrk _((int));
+ *		extern void* sbrk _((size_t));
+ */
+/*#define	HAS_SBRK_PROTO	/**/
+
+/* NEED_VA_COPY:
+ *	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores
+ *	the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format
+ *	that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some
+ *	other means must be used when copying is required.
+ *	As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision)
+ *	of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform-
+ *	independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job.
+ */
+/*#define	NEED_VA_COPY		/**/
 
 #endif
diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk
index cbdc86da7d..50fbdd4690 100644
--- a/win32/makefile.mk
+++ b/win32/makefile.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ INST_ARCH	*= \$(ARCHNAME)
 # uncomment to enable multiple interpreters.  This is need for fork()
 # emulation.
 #
-USE_MULTI	*= define
+#USE_MULTI	*= define
 
 #
 # Beginnings of interpreter cloning/threads; still very incomplete.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CCTYPE		*= GCC
 # If not enabled, we automatically try to use maximum optimization
 # with all compilers that are known to have a working optimizer.
 #
-CFG		*= Debug
+#CFG		*= Debug
 
 #
 # uncomment to enable use of PerlCRT.DLL when using the Visual C compiler.
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ CFGH_TMPL	= config_H.vc
 
 .ENDIF
 
+# makedef.pl must be updated if this changes, and this should normally
+# only change when there is an incompatible revision of the public API.
+# XXX so why did we change it from perl56 to perl57?
 PERLIMPLIB	*= ..\perl57$(a)
 PERLDLL		= ..\perl57.dll