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@@ -46,6 +46,119 @@ And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin: ----------------- +Version 5.003_97h +----------------- + +This patch eliminates almost all possible sources of buffer overflow; +in particular, there are no more sprintf() bugs. (!!) This patch +also has a few other fixes. With these changes in place, I can sleep +at night. (Because I've stopped hacking. :-)) + + CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES + + Title: "Support PRINTF for tied handles" + From: Doug MacEachern + Msg-ID: <199704202226.SAA08032@postman.osf.org> + Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 18:26:13 -0400 + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perltie.pod pp_sys.c t/op/misc.t + + CORE PORTABILITY + + Title: "Fix bitwise shifts and pack('w') on Crays" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pp.c + + Title: "Win32 update (two patches)" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy + Files: lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm win32/config.w32 + win32/makedef.pl + + OTHER CORE CHANGES + + Title: "Mondo Cool patch for buffer safety and convenience" + From: Chip Salzenberg + 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 + + Title: "Problems with glob" + From: Ilya Zakharevich + Msg-ID: <1997Apr20.024432.1941365@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu> + Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 02:44:32 -0400 (EDT) + Files: op.c + + Title: "Fix scalar leak in closures" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: op.c scope.c + + Title: "Refine error messages re: anon subs' prototypes" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: op.c + + Title: "Outermost scope is void, not scalar" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pp_ctl.c + + BUILD PROCESS + + Title: "Fix up Linux hints for tcsh, and Configure patch" + From: Andy Dougherty + Msg-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970422101051.2506C-100000@fractal.lafayette.e + Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:02:27 -0400 (EDT) + Files: Configure hints/linux.sh + + Title: "There is no standard answer to 'Use suidperl?'" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: hints/bsdos.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/linux.sh + hints/machten_2.sh + + LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS + + Title: "Math::Complex update" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm t/lib/complex.t + + Title: "Croak on C<use autouse> without module name" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: lib/autouse.pm + + Title: "Silence warnings on simple C<use ops>" + From: Roderick Schertler + Msg-ID: <pzybafum6k.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com> + Date: 19 Apr 1997 10:22:43 -0400 + Files: ext/Opcode/ops.pm + + TESTS + + Title: "Don't put leading newline on numeric strings" + From: Andreas Koenig + Msg-ID: <199704230847.KAA22752@anna.in-berlin.de> + Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 10:47:00 +0200 + Files: t/pragma/constant.t + + UTILITIES + + (no changes) + + DOCUMENTATION + + Title: "FAQ udpate (23-apr-97)" + From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com> + Msg-ID: <199704231822.MAA05074@prometheus.frii.com> + Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 12:22:55 -0600 (MDT) + Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod + + Title: "Two doublewords less" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi + Msg-ID: <199704201938.WAA07722@alpha.hut.fi> + Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 22:38:13 +0300 (EET DST) + Files: pod/perlrun.pod vms/perlvms.pod + + +----------------- Version 5.003_97g ----------------- |