diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Changes')
| -rw-r--r-- | Changes | 176 |
1 files changed, 176 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -45,6 +45,182 @@ And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> +------------- +Version 5.004 +------------- + +"Hey, Rocky! Watch me pull a release out of my hat!" +"Aww, that trick never works..." + + CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES + + Title: "Make C<m//g> reset pos on failure; make C<m//gc> not reset" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: dump.c op.c op.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq6.pod + pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c + t/op/pat.t toke.c + + Title: "SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{BASH_ENV} is tainted" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t + taint.c + + Title: "Allow exec() if $ENV{TERM} is tainted but innocuous" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t + taint.c + + Title: "Allow globbing when tainted under VMS (no external program)" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t + + CORE PORTABILITY + + Title: "Make Irix hints adapt when n32 libm.so is missing" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: hints/irix_6.sh + + Title: "Fix default HP-UX installation path" + From: Jeff Okamoto + Msg-ID: <199705132228.AA227042483@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> + Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 15:28:04 -0700 + Files: hints/hpux.sh + + Title: "VMS update, including socket support (four patches)" + From: Jonathan Hudson <Jonathan.Hudson@jrhudson.demon.co.uk>, + Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>, + Dan Sugalski <sugalsd@lbcc.cc.or.us> + Files: vms/config.vms vms/descrip.mms vms/sockadapt.h vms/vms.c + vms/vmsish.h + + Title: "Win32 update (three patches)" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Files: README.win32 perl.c win32/Makefile win32/config.H + win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL win32/makedef.pl + win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32io.c win32/win32io.h + win32/win32iop.h + + Title: "Don't require executable bit on perl -S if DOSISH" + From: Danny Sadinoff <sadinoff@olf.com> + Msg-ID: <337351CE.79B28DE3@olf.com> + Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 12:33:18 -0400 + Files: perl.c + + OTHER CORE CHANGES + + Title: "In C<eval &func>, always call &func in scalar context" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: op.c + + Title: "Fix recursive substitution" + From: Chip Salzenberg; test from Tim Bunce + Files: cop.h global.sym pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c t/op/subst.t + + Title: "Make read with <> from a TTY notice EOF" + From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@kamens.brookline.ma.us> + Msg-ID: <199705121147.HAA03845@jik.saturn.net> + Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 07:47:13 -0400 + Files: sv.c + + Title: "Fix core dump from get*() functions returning no alias array" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pp_sys.c + + Title: "Fix typo" + From: Mark K Trettin <mkt@lucent.com> + Msg-ID: <199705102228.RAA11163@gv18c.ih.lucent.com> + Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:28:35 -0500 + Files: pp_sys.c + + BUILD PROCESS + + Title: "Don't use 'unset' in Configure" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: Configure + + Title: "Protect against having no such command as 'cc'" + From: Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl> + Msg-ID: <1997May12.163534.2006434@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> + Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:34 -0400 (EDT) + Files: Configure + + Title: "minor wording enhancement for Configure" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Msg-ID: <199705101038.NAA00471@alpha.hut.fi> + Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 13:38:31 +0300 (EET DST) + Files: Configure + + LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS + + Title: "Refresh CGI.pm to 2.36" + From: Lincoln Stein <lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu> + Files: eg/cgi/frameset.cgi eg/cgi/javascript.cgi lib/CGI.pm + + Title: "In IO::File::open, prepend './' less often (for Win32 et al)" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm + + Title: "Fix core dump on IO::Seekable::setpos($fh, undef)" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: ext/IO/IO.xs t/lib/io_xs.t + + TESTS + + Title: "Make rand.t vanishingly unlikely to give false failure" + From: Tom Phoenix + Msg-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.970510190846.23340K-100000@kelly.teleport.com> + Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 19:57:30 -0700 (PDT) + Files: t/op/rand.t + + Title: "Fix sleep test: sleep(N) is defined to allow sleeping N-1" + From: Chuck D. Phillips <cdp@hpescdp.fc.hp.com> + Msg-ID: <199705151735.KAA01143@palrel1.hp.com> + Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:35:41 -0600 + Files: t/op/sleep.t + + UTILITIES + + Title: "h2xs and @EXPORT_OK" + From: Jeff Okamoto + Msg-ID: <199705092348.AA057881699@hpcc123.corp.hp.com> + Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 16:48:20 -0700 + Files: utils/h2xs.PL + + DOCUMENTATION + + Title: "Tweaks for perldelta" + From: hansm@euronet.nl + Msg-ID: <199705102346.BAA17300@mail.euronet.nl> + Date: Sun, 11 May 97 01:46:00 +0200 + Files: pod/perldelta.pod + + Title: "Mention perlfaq.pod and perlmodlib.pod in perldelta.pod" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pod/perldelta.pod + + Title: "Fix example of use of lexicals with formats" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pod/perldelta.pod + + Title: "Explain that destruction order is not defined" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199705150600.CAA13550@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 02:00:23 -0400 + Files: pod/perltoot.pod + + Title: "Note that DATA filehandle is unavailable during BEGIN {}" + From: neilb@cre.canon.co.uk (Neil Bowers) + Msg-ID: <199705121227.NAA29718@tardis.cre.canon.co.uk> + Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 13:27:43 +0100 + Files: pod/perldata.pod + + Title: "More detailed IO::Socket documentation" + From: Tom Christiansen + Msg-ID: <199705141456.IAA19061@jhereg.perl.com> + Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 08:56:30 -0600 + Files: pod/perlipc.pod + + ----------------- Version 5.003_99a ----------------- |