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@@ -42,9 +42,836 @@ current addresses (as of March 1997): And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin: Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> + Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> - Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> + + +---------------- +Version 5.004_04 Maintenance release 4 for 5.004 +---------------- + +"1. Out of clutter, find simplicity. + 2. From discord, find harmony. + 3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." + -- Albert Einstein, three rules of work + + + HEADLINES FOR THIS MAINTENANCE RELEASE + + Fixed gaps in tainting (readdir, readlink, gecos, bit vector ops). + Fixed memory leak in splice(@_). + Fixed debugger core dumps. + IO::Socket now sets autoflush by default. + Several perldoc bugs fixed, now faster and more helpful. + Fixed Win32 handle leak. + Many other improvements to Win32 support. + Many many other bug fixes and enhancements. + + + ------ BUILD PROCESS ------ + + Title: "ExtUtils::Liblist prints diagnostics to STDOUT (vs. STDERR)" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu>, jesse@ginger + (Jesse Glick) + Msg-ID: <199708290032.UAA15663@ginger>, + <Pine.SUN.3.96.970829132217.28552A-100000@newton.phys> + Files: MANIFEST lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm + + Title: "Set LD_RUN_PATH when building suidperl" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Tony Sanders + <sanders@bsdi.com> + Msg-ID: <199708272226.QAA10206@austin.bsdi.com> + Files: Makefile.SH + + Title: "INSTALL version 1.26" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970828143314.27416B-100000@newton.phys> + Files: INSTALL + + Title: "Propagate MAKE=$(MAKE) through perl build" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970908143853.13750C-100000@newton.phys> + Files: Makefile.SH makedepend.SH x2p/Makefile.SH ext/util/make_ext + + Title: "update to installperl for perl5.004_02 to skip CVS dir" + From: Tony Sanders <sanders@bsdi.com> + Msg-ID: <199708272307.RAA13451@austin.bsdi.com> + Files: installperl + + Title: "makedepend loop on HP-UX 10.20" + Msg-ID: <1997Sep20.183731.2297443@cor.newman> + Files: Makefile.SH + + Title: "Tiny Grammaro in INSTALL" + From: koenig@anna.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig) + Msg-ID: <sfcwwkb2pc8.fsf@anna.in-berlin.de> + Files: INSTALL + + Title: "Fix Configured osvers under Linux 1" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu>, Hugo van der + Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709241439.PAA17114@crypt.compulink.co.uk>, + <Pine.SUN.3.96.970924112654.5054D-100000@newton.phys> + Files: Configure + + Title: "INSTALL-1.28" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.971010131207.23751A-100000@newton.phys> + Files: INSTALL + + Title: "makedepend.SH fix for UNICOS" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199710132039.XAA21459@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: makedepend.SH + + ------ CORE LANGUAGE ------ + + Title: "Re: "perl -d" dumps core when loading syslog.ph" + From: Jochen Wiedmann <wiedmann@neckar-alb.de>, Stephen McCamant + <alias@mcs.com>, ilya@math.ohio-state.edu (Ilya + Zakharevich) + Msg-ID: <1997Aug30.034921.2297381@cor.newman.upenn.edu>, + <3407639E.FEBF20BA@neckar-alb.de>, + <m0x4ZGj-000EZYC@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Files: pp_ctl.c + + Title: "Allow $obj->$coderef()" + From: Chip Salzenberg <salzench@nielsenmedia.com> + Msg-ID: <199708291649.MAA23276@nielsenmedia.com> + Files: pp_hot.c + + Title: "Localize PV value in save_gp()", "typeglob differences in perl4 and + perl5" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>, Stephen McCamant + <alias@mcs.com> + Msg-ID: <199708272348.TAA03139@aatma.engin.umich.edu>, + <m0x4u2o-000EZkC@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Files: scope.c t/op/ref.t + + Title: "Avoid assumption that STRLEN == I32" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Hallvard B Furuseth + <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> + Msg-ID: <199708242310.BAA05497@bombur2.uio.no> + Files: hv.c + + Title: "Fix memory leak in splice(@_)" + From: "Tuomas J. Lukka" <tjl@fkfuga.pc.helsinki.fi>, Chip Salzenberg + <chip@rio.atlantic.net> + Msg-ID: <m0x3iQE-000CBrC@lukka.student.harvard.edu> + Files: proto.h av.c global.sym pp.c + + Title: "Fix line number of warnings in while() conditional", "misleading + uninit value warning" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Greg Bacon + <gbacon@crp-201.adtran.com> + Msg-ID: <199708271607.LAA01403@crp-201.adtran.com> + Files: proto.h op.c perly.c perly.y + + Title: "-t and POSIX::isatty on IO::Handle objects", "Fix C<-t $handle>" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Greg Ward + <greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca> + Msg-ID: <199708261754.NAA24826@bottom.bic.mni.mcgill.ca> + Files: pp_sys.c + + Title: "Fix output of invalid printf formats" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Hugo van der Sanden + <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199708241529.QAA02457@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Files: sv.c t/op/sprintf.t + + Title: "regexec.c regcppartblow declaration missing an arg" + From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199708290059.BAA05808@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Files: regexec.c + + Title: "taint readlink, readdir, gecos" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199709131651.TAA13471@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlsec.pod pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t + + Title: "clean up old style package' usage in op.c" + From: Stephen Potter <spp@psa.pencom.com> + Msg-ID: <199709151813.NAA14433@psisa.psa.pencom.com> + Files: op.c + + Title: "beautifying usage() code in perl.c" + From: "John L. Allen" <"John L. Allen"<allen@gateway.grumman.com>> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970905091314.5991C-100000@gateway> + Files: perl.c + + Title: "debugger to fix core dumps, adds $^S" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709170823.EAA21359@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: pod/perlvar.pod perl.h gv.c lib/perl5db.pl mg.c perl.c toke.c + + Title: "downgrade "my $foo masks earlier" from mandatory to "-w"" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>, Stephen Potter + <spp@psa.pencom.com> + Msg-ID: <199709091832.NAA14763@psisa.psa.pencom.com>, + <199709102019.QAA09591@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod op.c + + Title: "fix overridden glob() problems" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709171645.MAA13988@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: MANIFEST pod/perlsub.pod lib/File/DosGlob.pm op.c t/lib/dosglob.t + toke.c + + Title: "Reverse previous "Fix C<qq #hi#>" patch" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Kenneth Albanowski + <kjahds@kjahds.com>, Tom Christiansen + <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> + Msg-ID: <199707050155.VAA27394@rio.atlantic.net>, + <199708172326.RAA19344@jhereg.perl.com>, + <Pine.LNX.3.93.970817200236.170F-100000@kjahds.com> + Files: toke.c + + Title: "printf type warning buglets in m3t2" + From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> + Msg-ID: <199708141017.MAA10225@bombur2.uio.no> + Files: regcomp.c regexec.c scope.c sv.c util.c x2p/util.c + + Title: "Localize PV value in save_gp()", "typeglob differences in perl4 and + perl5" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>, Stephen McCamant + <alias@mcs.com> + Msg-ID: <199708272348.TAA03139@aatma.engin.umich.edu>, + <m0x4AUk-000EUJC@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Files: scope.c t/op/ref.t + + Title: "unpack now allows commas but -w warns", "unpack() difference + 5.003->5.004" + From: "John L. Allen" <allen@gateway.grumman.com>, Chip Salzenberg + <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>, + Jim Esten <jesten@wdynamic.com>, Jim Esten + <jesten@wepco.com>, timbo (Tim Bunce) + Msg-ID: <199709031632.LAA29584@wepco.com>, + <199709090257.WAA32670@rio.atlantic.net>, + <199709090917.MAA05602@alpha.hut.fi>, + <199709091000.LAA24094@toad.ig.co.uk>, + <341077FE.132F@wdynamic.com>, + <Pine.SOL.3.91.970905171243.14630A-100000@gateway> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp.c + + Title: "5.004_04 trial 1 assorted minor details" + From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> + Msg-ID: <HBF.970921p5f6@bombur2.uio.no> + Files: Porting/pumpkin.pod hv.c op.c sv.c x2p/util.c + + Title: "A couple of 4_04t1 problems" + From: pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk (Paul Marquess) + Msg-ID: <9709210959.AA28772@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk> + Files: lib/Cwd.pm perl.c + + Title: "Minor changes to ease port to MVS" + From: Len Johnson <lenjay@ibm.net>, SMTP%"BAHUFF@us.oracle.com" , + SMTP%"pfuntner@vnet.ibm.com" , pvhp@forte.com (Peter + Prymmer) + Msg-ID: <199709162058.NAA00952@mailsun2.us.oracle.com> + Files: unixish.h miniperlmain.c + + Title: "Truer version string and more robust perlbug" + From: "Michael A. Chase" <mchase@ix.netcom.com>, Hugo van der Sanden + <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709201514.QAA21187@crypt.compulink.co.uk>, + <1997Sep22.090701.2297448@cor.newman> + Files: perl.c utils/perlbug.PL + + Title: "Fix locale bug for constant (readonly) strings" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199709262125.AAA28292@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: sv.c t/pragma/locale.t + + Title: "Enable truly global glob()" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710080000.UAA18972@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: op.c + + Title: "Fix for $0 truncation" + From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199710081703.SAA02653@toad.ig.co.uk> + Files: mg.c + + Title: "Fix for missing &import leaving stack untidy" + From: Chip Salzenberg <salzench@nielsenmedia.com> + Msg-ID: <199709282252.SAA22915@nielsenmedia.com> + Files: pp_hot.c + + Title: "Larry's proto fix" + From: Chip Salzenberg <salzench@nielsenmedia.com> + Msg-ID: <199709290004.UAA07559@nielsenmedia.com> + Files: op.c t/comp/proto.t + + Title: "Fix bugs with magical arrays and hashes (@ISA)" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net> + Msg-ID: <199709232148.RAA29967@rio.atlantic.net> + Files: perl.h proto.h av.c global.sym gv.c mg.c pp.c pp_hot.c scope.c + t/op/method.t + + Title: "Perl_debug_log stream used for all DEBUG_*(...) macro uses" + From: Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>, Tim Bunce + Msg-ID: <199709230820.JAA11945@tiuk.ti.com> + Files: perl.c taint.c util.c + + Title: "Tainting bitwise vector ops" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net> + Msg-ID: <199710061726.NAA16438@rio.atlantic.net> + Files: doop.c t/op/taint.t + + Title: "Enhance $^E on OS/2" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709232236.SAA04463@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: pod/perlvar.pod mg.c os2/Changes + + Title: "option "!#... -- ..." in perl 5.004.03 seems not to work" + From: "John L. Allen" <allen@gateway.grumman.com>, Urs Thuermann + <urs@isnogud.escape.de> + Msg-ID: <199709232030.WAA30425@isnogud.escape.de>, + <Pine.SOL.3.91.970930105158.10789A-100000@gateway> + Files: perl.c + + Title: "syswrite will again write a zero length buffer" + From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>, Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>, + aml@world.std.com (Andrew M. Langmead) + Msg-ID: <199710042107.AAA28561@alpha.hut.fi>, + <19971007104652-cameron-1-10391@sid.research.canon.com.au> + Files: pp_sys.c + + Title: "make Odd number of elements in hash list warning non-mandatory" + From: Jason Varsoke {81530} <jjv@caesun10.msd.ray.com> + Msg-ID: <199710021651.MAA15690@caesun7.msd.ray.com> + Files: pp.c pp_hot.c + + Title: "Fix defined() bug in m4t3 affecting LWP" + From: chip@atlantic.net@ig.co.uk () + Msg-ID: <199710101822.OAA14249@cyprus.atlantic.net> + Files: pp.c + + Title: "Include $archname in perl -v output" + From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> + Files: perl.c + + Title: "-I flag can easily lead to whitespace in @INC" + From: Kenneth Stephen <y2kmvs@us.ibm.com>, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>, + pvhp@forte.com (Peter Prymmer) + Msg-ID: <199710130922.KAA07780@toad.ig.co.uk>, + <5040400007001448000002L082*@MHS>, + <9710132015.AA12457@forte.com> + Files: perl.c + + ------ DOCUMENTATION ------ + + Title: "perldiag.pod: gotcha in short pattern/char ops" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199709050718.KAA31405@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod + + Title: "Documenting the perl-thanks address" + From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> + Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970913064628.12359F-100000@julie.teleport.com> + Files: pod/perl.pod + + Title: "Missing section for @_ in perlvar." + From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail) + Msg-ID: <199708142146.RAA13146@fnx.com> + Files: pod/perlvar.pod + + Title: "Promised information about AvHASH in perguts is not delivered" + From: mjd@plover.com + Files: pod/perlguts.pod + + Title: "perlfunc.doc - $_ aliasing in map, grep, foreach etc" + From: Ted Ashton <ashted@southern.edu> + Msg-ID: <199708181852.OAA15901@ns.southern.edu> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "-U Unsafe operations need -w to warn" + From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> + Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970826141343.13463h-100000@julie.teleport.com> + Files: pod/perlrun.pod + + Title: "document the return value of syscall" + From: Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl> + Msg-ID: <1997Sep7.160817.2297395@cor.newman> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "minor fix for perltrap.pod" + From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail) + Msg-ID: <199709170500.BAA14805@fnx.com> + Files: pod/perltrap.pod + + Title: "xsubpp: document advanced dynamic typemap usage" + From: "Rujith S. de Silva" <desilva@netbox.com> + Files: pod/perlxs.pod + + Title: "Improved diagnostic docs for here-documents" + From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> + Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970921074004.21358G-100000@julie.teleport.com> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod + + Title: "[POD patch] do-FILE forces scalar context." + From: Robin Houston <robin@oneworld.org> + Msg-ID: <199709221553.QAA28409@carryon.oneworld.org> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "perlop.pop. Behaviour of C<qq#hi#> vs C<qq #hi#>." + From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail) + Msg-ID: <199709220107.VAA27064@fnx.com> + Files: pod/perlop.pod + + Title: "Clarify exec docs in perlfunc.pod" + From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199710081353.OAA00834@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "Documentation patch for perlguts.pod--document tainting routines" + From: Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@osshe.edu> + Msg-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971007165226.02fd2cd4@osshe.edu> + Files: pod/perlguts.pod + + Title: "Man perlfunc: incorrect split example" + From: Joerg Porath <Joerg.Porath@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> + Msg-ID: <199709240620.IAA30928@pandora.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "Improve "Use of inherited AUTOLOAD for non-method" disgnostic" + From: rjray@uswest.com (Randy J. Ray) + Msg-ID: <199709231710.LAA08854@tremere.ecte.uswc.uswest.com> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod + + Title: "Document split-with-limit on empty string perl4/perl5 change" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>, Gisle Aas <aas@bergen.sn.no>, Hugo + van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709221419.PAA03987@crypt.compulink.co.uk>, + <hiuvttdkv.fsf@bergen.sn.no> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perltrap.pod URI/URL/http.pm t/op/split.t + + Title: "Clarify close() docs" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710081653.MAA20611@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "perldiag log & sqrt - refer to Math::Complex package" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi> + Msg-ID: <199710042129.AAA20367@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod + + Title: "perlfunc.pod: sysread, syswrite docs" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@cc.hut.fi> + Msg-ID: <199710061910.WAA15266@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "Document //gc" + From: abigail@fnx.com (Abigail) + Msg-ID: <199709232302.TAA27947@fnx.com> + Files: pod/perlop.pod + + Title: "repeating #! switches" + From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@rio.atlantic.net>, Robin Barker + <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709241736.NAA25855@rio.atlantic.net>, + <24778.9709241501@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk> + Files: pod/perlrun.pod + + Title: "Re: taint documentation bug" + From: Ken Estes <estes@ms.com>, Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com> + Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971006121349.10551X-100000@usertest.teleport.com> + Files: pod/perlsec.pod + + ------ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS ------ + + Title: "FileHandle.pm fails if Exporter has not been loaded previously" + From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois) + Msg-ID: <3445e05b.17874041@smtp2.ibm.net> + Files: lib/FileHandle.pm + + Title: "Prefer startperl path over perlpath in MakeMaker" + From: Andreas Klussmann <andreas@infosys.heitec.de> + Msg-ID: <199709162017.WAA05043@troubadix.infosys.heitec.net> + Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm + + Title: "Sys::Hostname fails under Solaris 2.5 when setuid" + From: Patrick Hayes <Patrick.Hayes.CAP_SESA@renault.fr> + Msg-ID: <199708201240.OAA04243@goblin.renault.fr> + Files: lib/Sys/Hostname.pm + + Title: "Cwd::getcwd cannot handle path contains '0' element" + From: Hironori Ikura <hikura@tcc.co.jp>, Hironori Ikura + <hikura@trans-nt.com>, Stephen Zander <srz@mckesson.com> + Msg-ID: <19970830060142J.hikura@matsu.tcc.co.jp>, + <m0x4TzI-0003F1C@wsuse5.mckesson.com> + Files: lib/Cwd.pm + + Title: "Getopt::Long 2.11" + From: JVromans@squirrel.nl (Johan Vromans) + Msg-ID: <m0xBcdR-000RArC@plume.nl.compuware.com> + Files: lib/Getopt/Long.pm + + Title: "IO::Socket autoflush by default, assume tcp and PeerAddr" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>, Andy Dougherty + <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu>, Gisle Aas + <aas@bergen.sn.no> + Msg-ID: <E0x9WpH-0003HT-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk>, + <Pine.SUN.3.96.970915115856.23236F-100000@newton.phys>, + <hvi07zvo9.fsf@bergen.sn.no> + Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm + + Title: "Syslog.pm and missing _PATH_LOG" + From: Ulrich Pfeifer <upf@de.uu.net> + Msg-ID: <p5iuw1cris.fsf@knowway.de.uu.net> + Files: lib/Sys/Syslog.pm + + Title: "Undocumented: $Test::Harness::switches" + From: Achim Bohnet <ach@mpe.mpg.de> + Msg-ID: <9708272110.AA26904@o09.xray.mpe.mpg.de> + Files: lib/Test/Harness.pm + + Title: "Patches for lib/Math/Complex.pm and t/lib/complex.t" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@anna.in-berlin.de> + Msg-ID: <199709102009.WAA27428@anna.in-berlin.de> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm t/lib/complex.t + + Title: "Win32: Install.pm not correctly comparing binary files." + From: Jeff Urlwin <jurlwin@access.digex.net> + Msg-ID: <01BCBFAA.E325C4A0.jurlwin@access.digex.net> + Files: lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm + + Title: "Document that File::Find doesn't follow symlinks" + From: Greg Ward <greg@bic.mni.mcgill.ca> + Msg-ID: <199708191853.OAA07111@bottom.bic.mni.mcgill.ca> + Files: lib/File/Find.pm + + Title: "fix subroutines called in a void context in perl5db.pl" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk> + Msg-ID: <E0x6Gsa-0004VR-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk> + Files: lib/perl5db.pl + + Title: "xsubpp fix to allow #ifdef's around entire XSubs" + From: John Tobey <jtobey@user1.channel1.com> + Msg-ID: <199709070034.AAA16457@remote119> + Files: lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp + + Title: "Banishing eval from getopt.pl and Getopt/Std.pm" + From: "John L. Allen" <allen@gateway.grumman.com> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970920154720.3683A@gateway> + Files: lib/getopt.pl lib/Getopt/Std.pm + + Title: "further complex number patches" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>, d-lewart@uiuc.edu (Daniel S. Lewart) + Msg-ID: <199709221009.FAA21216@staff2.cso.uiuc.edu>, + <199709221216.PAA15130@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm t/lib/complex.t + + Title: "Trap Time::Local infinite loop" + From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199710030030.BAA17372@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Files: lib/Time/Local.pm + + Title: "Cosmetic Test::Harness patch" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710032226.SAA15354@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: lib/Test/Harness.pm + + Title: "ExtUtil::Install sub my_cmp needs to binmode its files" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>, Stephen Potter + <spp@psa.pencom.com> + Msg-ID: <199710010617.BAA02037@psisa.psa.pencom.com>, + <199710011819.OAA03288@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm + + Title: "Enable make test "TEST_FILES=t/*.t.were_failing"" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710032231.SAA15364@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm + + Title: "Fix for autouse.pm" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710071734.NAA19462@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: lib/autouse.pm + + Title: "Math::Complex fixes - fixes problems on m68-linux" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jarkko.hietaniemi@research.nokia.com> + Msg-ID: <199709301422.HAA24368@koah.research.nokia.com> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm + + Title: "Updated CPAN.pm for 5.004_04" + From: koenig@anna.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig) + Msg-ID: <sfcpvpv8teo.fsf@anna.in-berlin.de> + Files: lib/CPAN.pm lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm + + Title: "debugger bug with 'c subname'" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709232331.TAA04546@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: lib/perl5db.pl + + Title: "Fix atan2 & restrict $t to (-pi,pi] instead of to [-pi,pi]" + From: Daniel S. Lewart, Jarkko Hietaniemi + <jarkko.hietaniemi@research.nokia.com> + Msg-ID: <199710010939.CAA00964@koah.research.nokia.com> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm + + Title: "Cwd::fastcwd needs changes to work with tainting" + From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>, Ulrich Pfeifer + <pfeifer@wait.de>, Tim Bunce + Msg-ID: <yfmwwk6y0bc.ulp@gretchen.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> + Files: lib/Cwd.pm + + Title: "use autouse: requires prototype now" + From: user@agate.berkeley.edu + Msg-ID: <9709220450.AA0380@tuzik.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> + Files: lib/autouse.pm + + Title: ""use base qw(Foo Bar);" to set @ISA at compile time" + From: Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>, Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>, Graham Barr + <gbarr@ti.com>, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>, + jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois), larry@wall.org (Larry + Wall) + Msg-ID: <199710022151.WAA21250@toad.ig.co.uk>, + <199710031613.JAA11286@wall.org>, + <199710040829.KAA16739@furu.g.aas.no>, + <3434E4C6.AE24135E@ti.com>, <343C2278.7DC1ADC6@pobox.com>, + <343ec306.50394803@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> + Files: lib/base.pm + + Title: "Further Math/Complex.pm enhancements" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199710132055.XAA02086@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm t/lib/complex.t + + Title: "Further Math::Complex fixes" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199710120933.MAA01165@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm + + ------ OTHER CHANGES ------ + + Title: "POD patches w.r.t. $^S" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710030001.UAA14241@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: ../pod/perlfunc.pod ../pod/perlvar.pod + + Title: "libperl.sl on HP-UX 10.20" + From: "Darren/Torin/Who Ever..." <torin@daft.com>, Hugo van der Sanden + <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709250003.BAA18085@crypt.compulink.co.uk>, + <873emkbpit.fsf@perv.daft.com> + Files: + + Title: "myconfig / perl -V: remove randbits and add prototype" + From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709290857.JAA07706@toad.ig.co.uk> + Files: myconfig + + Title: "Emacs CPerl update for 5.004_04" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710140835.EAA26825@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: emacs/cperl-mode.el + + Title: "Enhance perly.fixer to help porters." + From: Tim Bunce + Files: perly.fixer + + ------ PORTABILITY - WIN32 ------ + + Title: "Fix win32/Makefile for perl95" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Files: win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk + + Title: "Win32 archnames" + From: Bill Middleton <wmiddlet@Adobe.COM>, Gurusamy Sarathy + <gsar@engin.umich.edu>, Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>, Tim + Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk> + Msg-ID: <199709111929.PAA22488@aatma.engin.umich.edu>, + <341719E4.4923@forte.com>, + <Pine.GSO.3.95.970905123145.12361B-100000@ducks> + Files: win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.vc + + Title: "pl2bat.bat -> pl2bat.pl change in win32/pod.mak" + From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois) + Msg-ID: <3411ee6f.9143607@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> + Files: win32/pod.mak + + Title: "Add test-notty target to Win32 Makefile" + From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois) + Msg-ID: <343f5106.12461608@smtp2.ibm.net> + Files: win32/Makefile + + Title: "Bug in Win32::GetShortPathName" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710092229.SAA21556@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: win32/win32.c + + Title: "Fix NT handles leak." + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710111319.JAA10918@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: win32/win32io.c win32/win32sck.c + + Title: "fix socket init duality on win32" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710111523.LAA12407@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: win32/win32sck.c + + ------ PORTABILITY - GENERAL ------ + + Title: "Tweak to hints/machten.sh: stop t/lib/complex.t from failing" + From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@tcp.ip.lu> + Msg-ID: <v03110700b06a30bdfc42@[194.51.248.80]> + Files: hints/machten.sh + + Title: "Irix 6.2 build problem - so_locations" + From: "Billinghurst, David" <David.Billinghurst@riotinto.com.au> + Msg-ID: <D54B1932FFB4CF11B5C80000F8018BD2907E31@CRCMAIL> + Files: hints/irix_6.sh + + Title: "Porting/pumpkin.pod version 1.13" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970828142011.27416A-100000@newton.phys> + Files: Porting/pumpkin.pod + + Title: "lib/timelocal.t fails test 1 for VMS 7.1" + From: Dan Sugalski <sugalsd@lbcc.cc.or.us> + Msg-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970908112449.0087bc90@stargate.lbcc.cc.or.us> + Files: vms/vmsish.h vms/vms.c + + Title: "Patches to updated README.VMS for Perl 5.004_04" + From: Dan Sugalski <sugalsd@stargate.lbcc.cc.or.us> + Msg-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970918100648.008b1c60@stargate.lbcc.cc.or.us> + Files: README.vms + + Title: "Fix perl build on Digital UNIX after JDK installs libnet.so" + From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us> + Msg-ID: <199709191826.OAA18040@Orb.Nashua.NH.US> + Files: hints/dec_osf.sh + + Title: "Updated README.VMS for Perl 5.004_04" + From: Dan Sugalski <sugalsd@stargate.lbcc.cc.or.us> + Msg-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970912091524.008a3620@stargate.lbcc.cc.or.us> + Files: README.vms + + Title: "Dynixptx hints" + From: bruce@aps.org ("Bruce P. Schuck") + Msg-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.95.971002104651.12112G-200000@lancelot.aps.org> + Files: hints/dynixptx.sh + + Title: "Minor OS/2 patch for 4_03" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710032224.SAA15345@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: os2/os2.c + + Title: "OS2::REXX improvements" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709272214.SAA08638@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: os2/Changes os2/OS2/REXX/Makefile.PL os2/OS2/REXX/REXX.pm + + Title: "hints/qnx.sh update" + From: Norton Allen <allen@huarp.harvard.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709261508.LAA07889@dolores.harvard.edu> + Files: hints/qnx.sh + + Title: "New hints file for IBM OS/390 OpenEdition (MVS)" + From: pvhp@forte.com (Peter Prymmer) + Msg-ID: <9709240106.AA26484@forte.com> + Files: hints/os390.sh + + Title: "OS/2 Hints" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199710130631.CAA25426@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: hints/os2.sh + + ------ TESTS ------ + + Title: "op/glob.t test failure under Win32 with CVS" + From: Warren Jones <wjones@tc.fluke.com> + Msg-ID: <97Aug26.091048pdt.35761-1@gateway.fluke.com> + Files: t/op/glob.t + + Title: "tests fail if localhost/loopback address not defined" + From: David McLean <David McLean<davem@icc.gsfc.nasa.gov>>, David McLean + <davem@icc.gsfc.nasa.gov> + Msg-ID: <34048947.2944@icc.gsfc.nasa.gov> + Files: t/lib/io_sock.t t/lib/io_udp.t + + Title: "Improve pragma/locale test 102 - and don't fail, just warn" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@anna.in-berlin.de> + Files: t/pragma/locale.t + + Title: "Invalid test output in t/op/taint.t in trial 1" + From: Dan Sugalski <sugalsd@lbcc.cc.or.us> + Msg-ID: <3.0.3.32.19970919160918.00857a50@stargate.lbcc.cc.or.us> + Files: t/op/taint.t + + Title: "Identify t/*/*.t test failing because of file permissions" + From: koenig@anna.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig) + Msg-ID: <sfcraah0xvy.fsf@anna.in-berlin.de> + Files: t/TEST + + Title: "fix poor t/op/runlevel.t test" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>, Hugo van der Sanden + <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>, Norton Allen + <allen@huarp.harvard.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709261458.KAA28611@dolores.harvard.edu> + Files: t/op/runlevel.t + + ------ UTILITIES ------ + + Title: "Missing 'require' in auto-generated .pm by h2xs" + From: davidk@tor.securecomputing.com (David Kerry) + Msg-ID: <97Aug27.131618edt.11650@janus.tor.securecomputing.com> + Files: utils/h2xs.PL + + Title: "Perldoc tiny patch to avoid $0" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199709122141.RAA16846@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + + Title: "h2ph broken in 5.004_02" + From: David Mazieres <dm@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu>, + kstar@www.chapin.edu (Kurt D. Starsinic) + Msg-ID: <199708201454.KAA05122@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu>, + <199708201700.KAA02621@www.chapin.edu> + Files: utils/h2ph.PL + + Title: "add key_t caddr_t to h2ph", "eg/sysvipc/ipcsem bug", "update + hints/bsdos.sh" + From: Tony Sanders <sanders@bsdi.com> + Msg-ID: <199708272301.RAA12803@austin.bsdi.com> + Files: eg/sysvipc/ipcsem utils/h2ph.PL + + Title: "perldoc search ., lib and blib/* if -f 'Makefile.PL'" + From: Tim Bunce + Msg-ID: <199708251732.KAA19299@gadget.cscaper.com> + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + + Title: "5.004m4t1: perlbug: NIS domainname gets into wrong places" + From: koenig@anna.mind.de (Andreas J. Koenig) + Msg-ID: <sfcg1qy38as.fsf@anna.in-berlin.de> + Files: utils/perlbug.PL + + Title: "add better local patch info to perlbug", "perlbug checks perl + build/run version changes" + From: Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk + Files: utils/perlbug.PL + + Title: "perldoc - suggest modules if requested module not found" + From: Anthony David <adavid@netinfo.com.au> + Msg-ID: <3439CD83.6969@netinfo.com.au> + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + + Title: "perldoc mail::foo tries to read binary /usr/ucb/mail" + From: "Joseph Moof-in' Hall" <joseph@cscaper.com>, Tim Bunce + Msg-ID: <199710082014.NAA00808@gadget.cscaper.com> + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + + Title: "perldoc -f setpwent (for example) returns no descriptive text" + From: Tim Bunce + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + + Title: "perldoc diffs: don't search auto - much faster" + From: "Joseph N. Hall" <joseph@5sigma.com> + Msg-ID: <MailDrop1.2d7dPPC.971012211957@screechy.cscaper.com> + Files: utils/perldoc.PL + ---------------- |