path: root/Changes.Conf

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Version 5.002
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Summary of user-visible Configure and build changes since 5.001:

Yet more enhancements and fixes have been made to the Configure and
build process for perl.  Most of these will not be visible to the
ordinary user--they just make the process more robust and likely to
work on a wider range of platforms.

This is a brief summary of the most important changes.  A more
detailed description is given below.

    Slightly changed installation directories.  See INSTALL.

    Include 5.000 - 5.001 upgrage notes :-) (see below).  You might
    want to read through them as well as these notes.

    Install documentation for perl modules and pod2* translators.  You can
    now view perl module documentation with either your system's man(1)
    program or with the supplied perldoc script.

    Many hint file updates.

    Improve and simplify detection of local libraries and header files.

    Expand documentation of installation process in new INSTALL file.

    Try to reduce Unixisms (such as SH file extraction) to enhance
    portability to other platforms.  There's still a long way to go.

Upgrade Traps and Pitfalls:

Since a lot has changed in the build process, you are probably best off
starting with a fresh copy of the perl5.002 sources.  In particular,
your 5.000 or 5.001 config.sh will contain several variables that are no
longer needed.  Further, improvements in the Configure tests may mean
that some of the answers will be different than they were in previous
versions, and which answer to keep can be difficult to sort out. 
Therefore, you are probably better off ignoring your old config.sh, as
in the following:

	make -k distclean 	# (if you've built perl before)
	rm -f config.sh 	# (in case distclean mysteriously fails)
	sh Configure [whatever options you like]
	make depend
	make
	make test

This, and much more, is described in the new INSTALL file.

Here are the detailed changes from 5.001m to 5.002beta1:

# rm -f Doc/perl5-notes		# Obsolete
# rm -f c2ph.SH			# Replaced by c2ph.PL
# rm -f emacs/cperl-mode		# Obsolete
# rm -f emacs/emacs19		# Obsolete
# rm -f emacs/perl-mode.el	# Obsolete
# rm -f emacs/perldb.el		# Obsolete
# rm -f emacs/perldb.pl		# Obsolete
# rm -f emacs/tedstuff		# Obsolete
# rm -f h2ph.SH			# Replaced by h2ph.PL
# rm -f h2xs.SH			# Replaced by h2xs.PL
# rm -f hints/hpux_9.sh		# Replaced by generic hpux.sh
# rm -f hints/sco_3.sh		# Replaced by generic sco.sh
# rm -f perldoc.SH		# Replaced by perldoc.PL
# rm -f pod/pod2html.SH		# Replaced by pod2html.PL
# rm -f pod/pod2latex.SH		# Replaced by pod2latex.PL
# rm -f pod/pod2man.SH		# Replaced by pod2man.PL
# rm -f x2p/find2perl.SH		# Replaced by find2perl.PL
# rm -f x2p/s2p.SH		# Replaced by s2p.PL
# exit


Index: patchlevel.h
Incremented to 2!
*** perl5.001.lwall/patchlevel.h	Sun Mar 12 22:29:12 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/patchlevel.h	Sat Nov 18 15:41:15 1995
***************

Index: Changes
This includes the Changes file Larry sent me.  I added the first
paragraph.
*** perl5.001.lwall/Changes	Mon Mar 13 00:44:07 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/Changes	Sat Nov 18 15:43:29 1995
***************

Index: Changes.Conf
An all too brief summary.
*** perl5.001.lwall/Changes.Conf	Thu Oct 19 21:00:06 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/Changes.Conf	Mon Nov 20 10:08:05 1995
***************

Index: Configure

Upgraded to metaconfig PL60 (despite the erroneous metaconfig message.

Layed some groundwork for support on non Unix systems, such as OS/2.
Define things such as  .o vs. .obj,  '' vs. .exe, .a vs. .lib, etc.

Include I_LOCALE testing.

Include checks for new library set-up.  I don't want to ever have to
change this again.  It's documented more clearly in INSTALL.

Figure out correct string for $startperl (usually
#!/usr/local/bin/perl).

Improve signal detection even more.  Once again, the signal number
corresponding to sig_name[n] is n (up to NSIG-1).  Gaps in signal
numbers (e.g. on Solaris) are allowed and are filled with
innocuous names such as NUM37 NUM38, etc., where the 37 or 38
represents the actual signal number.

Prereq:  3.0.1.8 
*** perl5.001.lwall/Configure	Mon Oct 23 14:08:59 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/Configure	Mon Nov 20 10:00:33 1995
***************

Index: INSTALL

Explain the library directory structure.

Remove some tailing whitespace.

Indicate that only the interfaces to gdbm and db are provided, not
the libraries themselves.

Add section on upgrading from previous versions of perl5.00x.

Mention how to override old config.sh with Configure -D and -O.

*** perl5.001.lwall/INSTALL	Mon Oct 23 14:10:26 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/INSTALL	Mon Nov 20 10:46:48 1995
***************

Index: MANIFEST

In an attempt to make the distribution slightly less Unix specific,
I've changed .SH extraction to a .PL extraction where possible.
That way folks on systems without a shell can still get the
auxilliarly files such as find2perl (assuming they *can* build
perl).

The emacs/ directory was hopelessly out of date.  I don't use emacs,
but included a current cperl-mode.el

*** perl5.001.lwall/MANIFEST	Tue Nov 14 15:21:03 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/MANIFEST	Mon Nov 20 12:40:41 1995
***************

Index: Makefile.SH

Add variables for non unix systems.

Add .PL file extraction logic.

*** perl5.001.lwall/Makefile.SH	Tue Nov 14 20:25:48 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/Makefile.SH	Mon Nov 20 15:56:12 1995
***************

Index: XSUB.h

Protect arguments of macros with ().

*** perl5.001.lwall/XSUB.h	Tue Mar  7 14:10:00 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/XSUB.h	Fri Nov 10 13:11:02 1995
***************

Index: c2ph.PL
Replaces c2ph.SH. 
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/c2ph.PL	Mon Nov 20 12:36:17 1995
***************

Index: cflags.SH
Allow for .o or .obj in file names.
*** perl5.001.lwall/cflags.SH	Thu Jan 19 19:06:13 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/cflags.SH	Tue Nov 14 15:18:41 1995
***************

Index: config_H
Updated.
Prereq:  3.0.1.3 
*** perl5.001.lwall/config_H	Thu Oct 19 21:01:14 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/config_H	Mon Nov 20 15:41:49 1995
***************

Index: config_h.SH
Updated to match new Configure.
Prereq:  3.0.1.3 
*** perl5.001.lwall/config_h.SH	Mon Oct 23 14:10:38 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/config_h.SH	Mon Nov 20 10:00:33 1995
***************

Index: configpm
Add in routine to print out full config.sh file.
*** perl5.001.lwall/configpm	Wed Jun  7 19:46:01 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/configpm	Tue Oct 31 11:51:52 1995
***************

Index: doop.c
Check for sprintf memory overflow that can arise from things
like %999999s.

*** perl5.001.lwall/doop.c	Sun Jul  2 23:33:44 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/doop.c	Wed Nov 15 15:08:01 1995
***************

Index: emacs/cperl-mode.el
New version.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/emacs/cperl-mode.el	Sat Nov 11 16:29:33 1995
***************

Index: embed.h
Remove unnecessary whichsigname introduced in patch.1n.
*** perl5.001.lwall/embed.h	Tue Nov 14 15:21:08 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/embed.h	Wed Nov 15 14:48:47 1995
***************

Index: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
Updated to version 1.01.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm	Wed Jun  7 19:46:14 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm	Tue Nov 14 14:14:25 1995
***************

Index: ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
Updated to version 1.01.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs	Wed Jun  7 19:46:17 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs	Tue Nov 14 14:14:37 1995
***************

Index: ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL
Updated to version 1.01.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL	Wed Feb 22 14:36:32 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL	Tue Nov 14 14:14:17 1995
***************

Index: ext/DB_File/typemap
Fix typemap to avoid core dump.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/DB_File/typemap	Tue Oct 18 12:27:52 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/DB_File/typemap	Tue Oct 31 11:53:28 1995
***************

Index: ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
Add parentheses to Carp::confess call.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm	Thu Oct 19 20:13:25 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm	Fri Nov 10 11:49:00 1995
***************

Index: ext/DynaLoader/dl_os2.xs
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/DynaLoader/dl_os2.xs	Mon Nov 13 22:58:42 1995
***************

Index: ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs
Add O_BINARY define for OS/2.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs	Mon Oct 23 14:10:54 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs	Mon Nov 13 23:01:40 1995
***************

Index: ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm
Added a tiny bit of documentation, including how to get gdbm.
Shamelessly stolen from the DB_File.pm documentation.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm	Wed Jun  7 19:46:34 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm	Mon Nov 20 10:22:26 1995
***************

Index: ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs
Add gdbm_EXISTS #define.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs	Sat Jul  1 18:44:02 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs	Sat Nov 11 14:25:50 1995
***************

Index: ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl
Updated for MakeMaker 5.0x.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl	Wed Jun  7 19:46:39 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl	Fri Nov 10 10:39:23 1995
***************

Index: ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl
Updated for MakeMaker 5.0x.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl	Wed Jun  7 19:46:44 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl	Fri Nov 10 10:39:32 1995
***************

Index: ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl
Updated for MakeMaker 5.0x.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl	Wed Jun  7 19:46:46 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl	Fri Nov 10 10:39:44 1995
***************

Index: ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl
Updated for MakeMaker 5.0x.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl	Wed Jun  7 19:46:48 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl	Fri Nov 10 10:39:54 1995
***************

Index: ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
Remove POSIX_loadlibs relics from perl5alpha days.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm	Thu Sep 21 19:14:19 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm	Wed Nov 15 14:54:09 1995
***************

Index: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
Change whichsigname(sig) back to sig_name[sig].
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs	Mon Oct 23 14:11:01 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs	Wed Nov 15 14:56:22 1995
***************

Index: ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL
Updated for MakeMaker 5.0x to allow compilation on non-unix systems.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL	Thu Jan 19 18:59:02 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL	Tue Nov 14 11:16:43 1995
***************

Index: ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL
Updated for MakeMaker 5.0x to allow compilation on non-unix systems.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL	Wed Feb 22 14:36:47 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL	Tue Nov 14 11:17:16 1995
***************

Index: ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
Include OS/2 O_BINARY flag.
Prereq:  1.16 
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c	Wed Jun  7 19:46:57 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c	Mon Nov 13 23:01:41 1995
***************

Index: ext/Socket/Makefile.PL
Updated to 1.3.  Actually we're up to 1.4, but I forgot to update
the Makefile.PL.
*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/Socket/Makefile.PL	Thu Jan 19 18:59:06 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/Socket/Makefile.PL	Sat Nov 18 15:36:56 1995
***************

Index: ext/Socket/Socket.pm
Updated to 1.3.  Actually we're up to 1.4, but I forgot to update
the version number.  This adds some non-portable stuff to manipulate
structures in <sys/un.h>.  I'll have to #ifdef it out in the next
patch.

*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/Socket/Socket.pm	Sat Jul  1 15:51:54 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/Socket/Socket.pm	Sat Nov 18 15:37:03 1995
***************

Index: ext/Socket/Socket.xs
Updated to 1.3.  Actually we're up to 1.4, but I forgot to update
the version number.  This adds some non-portable stuff to manipulate
structures in <sys/un.h>.  I'll have to #ifdef it out in the next
patch.

*** perl5.001.lwall/ext/Socket/Socket.xs	Sat Jul  1 15:51:56 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/ext/Socket/Socket.xs	Sat Nov 18 15:36:57 1995
***************

Index: global.sym
Remove unnecessary whichsigname that was added in patch.1n.
*** perl5.001.lwall/global.sym	Tue Nov 14 15:21:11 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/global.sym	Wed Nov 15 14:58:14 1995
***************

Index: h2ph.PL
Converted from h2ph.SH.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/h2ph.PL	Sun Nov 19 23:00:39 1995
***************

Index: h2xs.PL
Converted from h2xs.SH.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/h2xs.PL	Sun Nov 19 22:37:58 1995
***************

Index: hints/aix.sh
Add gcc-specific -Xlinker, if you're using gcc.
*** perl5.001.lwall/hints/aix.sh	Thu Oct 19 21:02:08 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/aix.sh	Mon Nov 13 23:03:33 1995
***************

Index: hints/freebsd.sh
Warn about possible here-document problem.
*** perl5.001.lwall/hints/freebsd.sh	Sat Jul  1 18:44:07 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/freebsd.sh	Sat Nov 18 16:21:20 1995
***************

Index: hints/hpux.sh
Replace old hpux_9.sh, since this works for 9 and 10.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/hpux.sh	Mon Nov 20 09:53:28 1995
***************

Index: hints/irix_6_2.sh
New hint file.  This should be merged with irix_6.sh, since it's
almost identical.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/irix_6_2.sh	Mon Nov 20 11:16:55 1995
***************

Index: hints/ncr_tower.sh
Give pointers about directory functions.
*** perl5.001.lwall/hints/ncr_tower.sh	Tue Oct 18 12:33:25 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/ncr_tower.sh	Tue Oct 31 11:57:51 1995
***************

Index: hints/netbsd.sh
Updated.
*** perl5.001.lwall/hints/netbsd.sh	Wed Jun  7 19:47:45 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/netbsd.sh	Mon Nov 13 23:04:17 1995
***************

Index: hints/os2.sh
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/os2.sh	Tue Nov 14 11:07:33 1995
***************

Index: hints/sco.sh
Renamed from sco_3, since it should apply to most recent versions.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/sco.sh	Mon Jun  5 11:50:11 1995
***************

Index: hints/solaris_2.sh
Remove temporary file try.c.
*** perl5.001.lwall/hints/solaris_2.sh	Thu Oct 19 21:02:37 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/solaris_2.sh	Mon Nov 20 16:01:50 1995
***************

Index: hints/ultrix_4.sh
Note that you can substitute sh5 for sh to get a big speed up.
*** perl5.001.lwall/hints/ultrix_4.sh	Mon Feb 13 20:15:05 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/hints/ultrix_4.sh	Sat Nov 11 17:11:41 1995
***************

Index: installman
Quit if they just asked for help with -h.
*** perl5.001.lwall/installman	Sat Jul  1 18:44:09 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/installman	Mon Nov  6 11:16:43 1995
***************

Index: installperl
Updated to use Config rather than hand-reading config.sh again.

Install h2ph.

Create site_perl and site_perl/archname directories.

*** perl5.001.lwall/installperl	Sat Jul  1 18:44:12 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/installperl	Mon Nov 20 12:55:08 1995
***************

Index: lib/AutoSplit.pm
Handle OS/2 backslashes.

Tim's prototype patch.

Less enthusiastic checking of autoloader_seen.

*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/AutoSplit.pm	Sat Jul  1 15:52:03 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/AutoSplit.pm	Wed Nov 15 15:06:19 1995
***************

Index: lib/Cwd.pm
Updated for Unix, NT, and OS/2.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/Cwd.pm	Wed Jun  7 19:48:18 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/Cwd.pm	Mon Nov 13 23:01:38 1995
***************

Index: lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm
Updated to MakeMaker 5.06.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm	Wed Jun  7 19:48:27 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm	Mon Nov 13 22:03:29 1995
***************

Index: lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Updated to MakeMaker 5.06.
Prereq:  1.21 
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm	Thu Oct 19 21:02:57 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm	Sat Nov 18 16:01:05 1995
***************

Index: lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm
Updated to MakeMaker 5.06.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm	Sat Jul  1 15:52:11 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm	Mon Nov 13 22:03:30 1995
***************

Index: lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
Updated to xsubpp-1.923.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp	Sat Jul  1 20:08:00 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp	Mon Nov 20 11:03:49 1995
***************

Index: lib/File/Find.pm
OS/2 patch for nlink.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/File/Find.pm	Sat Jul  1 15:52:13 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/File/Find.pm	Wed Nov 15 15:20:03 1995
***************

Index: lib/Net/Ping.pm
Updated to Net::Ping 1.00.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/Net/Ping.pm	Wed Jun  7 19:49:13 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/Net/Ping.pm	Tue Oct 31 11:15:55 1995
***************

Index: lib/Shell.pm
Updated for OS/2 or Unix.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/Shell.pm	Tue Oct 18 12:34:59 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/Shell.pm	Mon Nov 13 23:01:40 1995
***************

Index: lib/Test/Harness.pm
Updated for OS/2 or Unix.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/Test/Harness.pm	Tue Oct 18 12:38:35 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/Test/Harness.pm	Mon Nov 13 23:01:40 1995
***************

Index: lib/Text/Tabs.pm
Updated.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/Text/Tabs.pm	Wed Jun  7 19:49:20 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/Text/Tabs.pm	Sat Nov 18 16:08:55 1995
***************

Index: lib/Text/Wrap.pm
New module.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/Text/Wrap.pm	Sat Nov 18 16:08:56 1995
***************

Index: lib/diagnostics.pm
New module.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/diagnostics.pm	Tue Nov 14 16:16:36 1995
***************

Index: lib/lib.pm
Automatically try to load an architecture-dependent library too.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/lib.pm	Sat Jul  1 15:51:37 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/lib.pm	Fri Nov 10 16:50:43 1995
***************

Index: lib/overload.pm
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/overload.pm	Sat Nov 18 16:03:33 1995
***************

Index: lib/perl5db.pl
Emacs and OS/2 fixes.
*** perl5.001.lwall/lib/perl5db.pl	Sun Mar 12 22:34:53 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/perl5db.pl	Wed Nov 15 22:37:45 1995
***************

Index: lib/splain
New file -- same as diagnostics.pm.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/lib/splain	Tue Nov 14 16:16:36 1995
***************

Index: mg.c
Remove unnecessary whichsigname introduced in 5.001n.
*** perl5.001.lwall/mg.c	Tue Nov 14 15:31:03 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/mg.c	Wed Nov 15 15:44:10 1995
***************

Index: minimod.PL
Made c++ friendly.
*** perl5.001.lwall/minimod.PL	Mon Feb 13 20:15:47 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/minimod.PL	Sun Nov 19 23:01:02 1995
***************

Index: miniperlmain.c
Made c++ friendly.
*** perl5.001.lwall/miniperlmain.c	Mon Feb 13 21:48:50 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/miniperlmain.c	Sat Nov 18 15:48:10 1995
***************

Index: op.c
Larry's post 5.001mx prototype patch.
*** perl5.001.lwall/op.c	Tue Nov 14 20:36:08 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/op.c	Wed Nov 15 22:10:36 1995
***************

Index: os2/Makefile.SH
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/Makefile.SH	Tue Nov 14 11:07:32 1995
***************

Index: os2/POSIX.mkfifo
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/POSIX.mkfifo	Tue Nov 14 10:48:16 1995
***************

Index: os2/README
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/README	Tue Nov 14 14:42:13 1995
***************

Index: os2/diff.Makefile
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/diff.Makefile	Tue Nov 14 11:09:29 1995
***************

Index: os2/diff.configure
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/diff.configure	Sun Nov 12 01:31:34 1995
***************

Index: os2/diff.installperl
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/diff.installperl	Tue Nov 14 11:09:28 1995
***************

Index: os2/diff.mkdep
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/diff.mkdep	Tue Nov 14 11:09:28 1995
***************

Index: os2/diff.x2pMakefile
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/diff.x2pMakefile	Tue Nov 14 11:09:29 1995
***************

Index: os2/os2.c
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/os2.c	Tue Nov 14 11:07:33 1995
***************

Index: os2/os2ish.h
New file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/os2/os2ish.h	Tue Nov 14 11:07:33 1995
***************

Index: perl.c
Add -h option to print out usage.

Add 'beta' to version number.

Add new library hierarchy.  See INSTALL.

*** perl5.001.lwall/perl.c	Tue Nov 14 20:09:28 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/perl.c	Sun Nov 19 16:11:29 1995
***************

Index: perl.h

Move around some includes for OS/2.

Check for <locale.h>

*** perl5.001.lwall/perl.h	Thu Nov  9 19:50:43 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/perl.h	Wed Nov 15 17:13:16 1995
***************

Index: perldoc.PL

Moved from perldoc.SH.  Updated to handle no nroff.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/perldoc.PL	Tue Nov 14 14:57:57 1995
***************

Index: pod/Makefile
Updated for new pods and for new .PL format.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/Makefile	Wed Jun  7 19:50:02 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/Makefile	Mon Nov 20 13:00:50 1995
***************

Index: pod/perl.pod
Updated to refer to new pods.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perl.pod	Thu Oct  5 19:54:43 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perl.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:23:58 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlbook.pod
Updated info.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlbook.pod	Wed Feb 22 18:32:35 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlbook.pod	Sat Nov 11 17:17:23 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlbot.pod
Include SUPER stuff.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlbot.pod	Wed Jun  7 19:50:14 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlbot.pod	Fri Nov 10 17:27:33 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlcall.pod
Change perlapi to perlxs.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlcall.pod	Wed Jun  7 19:50:17 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlcall.pod	Tue Oct 31 15:37:57 1995
***************

Index: pod/perldata.pod
Tom's updates.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perldata.pod	Sun Mar 12 22:35:14 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perldata.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:23:59 1995
***************

Index: pod/perldiag.pod
Tom's updates.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perldiag.pod	Tue Nov 14 22:04:11 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perldiag.pod	Sun Nov 19 22:10:58 1995
***************

Index: pod/perldsc.pod
Tom's updates.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perldsc.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:22 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlform.pod
Tom's updates.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlform.pod	Wed Feb 22 18:32:41 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlform.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:23:59 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlfunc.pod
Tom's updates.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlfunc.pod	Tue Nov 14 15:31:33 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlfunc.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:01 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlguts.pod
Change perlapi to perlxs.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlguts.pod	Wed Jun  7 19:50:25 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlguts.pod	Tue Oct 31 15:38:18 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlipc.pod
New file from Tom.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlipc.pod	Wed Feb 22 18:32:48 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlipc.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:02 1995
***************

Index: pod/perllol.pod
New file from Tom.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perllol.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:22 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlmod.pod
Updates from Tom.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlmod.pod	Wed Feb 22 18:32:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlmod.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:03 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlop.pod
Add missing '>'.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlop.pod	Tue Nov 14 15:31:37 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlop.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:03 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlpod.pod
Add note about =cut operator.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlpod.pod	Tue Oct 18 12:39:53 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlpod.pod	Sun Nov 19 22:22:59 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlref.pod
Updates from Tom.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlref.pod	Tue Mar  7 00:56:46 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlref.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:04 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlsyn.pod
Updates from Tom.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlsyn.pod	Sat Mar 11 14:13:48 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlsyn.pod	Sat Nov 18 17:24:04 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlxs.pod
Updated.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pod/perlxs.pod	Tue Nov 14 15:31:42 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlxs.pod	Sun Nov 19 22:12:44 1995
***************

Index: pod/perlxstut.pod
New file from Jeff.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/perlxstut.pod	Mon Nov 20 13:02:12 1995
***************

Index: pod/pod2html.PL
Updated -- version 1.15 merges Tom's suggestions and ideas from
pod2fm.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/pod2html.PL	Sun Nov 19 22:11:59 1995
***************

Index: pod/pod2latex.PL
Changed to a .PL file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/pod2latex.PL	Wed Nov 15 22:32:39 1995
***************

Index: pod/pod2man.PL
Changed to a .PL file.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pod/pod2man.PL	Wed Nov 15 22:32:51 1995
***************

Index: pp_ctl.c
Add OS/2 stuff.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pp_ctl.c	Wed Nov 15 00:37:25 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pp_ctl.c	Wed Nov 15 21:46:37 1995
***************

Index: pp_sys.c
Add OS/2 stuff.
*** perl5.001.lwall/pp_sys.c	Tue Nov 14 21:03:06 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/pp_sys.c	Wed Nov 15 21:51:33 1995
***************

Index: proto.h
Add OS/2 stuff to better protect MYMALLOC.
*** perl5.001.lwall/proto.h	Tue Nov 14 21:01:28 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/proto.h	Wed Nov 15 21:55:23 1995
***************

Index: t/TEST
Add OS/2 check for perl.exe.
*** perl5.001.lwall/t/TEST	Sat Jan 14 19:35:33 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/t/TEST	Tue Nov 14 11:22:08 1995
***************

Index: t/lib/db-btree.t
Updated.
*** perl5.001.lwall/t/lib/db-btree.t	Tue Oct 18 12:44:05 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/t/lib/db-btree.t	Tue Oct 31 11:53:29 1995
***************

Index: t/op/overload.t
Updated.
*** perl5.001.lwall/t/op/overload.t	Tue Nov 14 20:56:57 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/t/op/overload.t	Mon Nov 20 15:48:56 1995
***************

Index: t/op/stat.t
Add note about tmpfs failures.
*** perl5.001.lwall/t/op/stat.t	Tue Oct 18 12:46:23 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/t/op/stat.t	Wed Nov 15 22:00:50 1995
***************

Index: toke.c
Patch from Paul M. for source filters.
*** perl5.001.lwall/toke.c	Tue Nov 14 21:59:50 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/toke.c	Wed Nov 15 22:08:23 1995
***************

Index: util.c
Varargs fixes.
*** perl5.001.lwall/util.c	Wed Jun  7 19:51:19 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/util.c	Tue Nov 14 10:46:37 1995
***************

Index: writemain.SH
Make c++ friendly.
*** perl5.001.lwall/writemain.SH	Wed Feb  8 19:44:20 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/writemain.SH	Sat Nov 18 15:51:55 1995
***************

Index: x2p/Makefile.SH
Updated for .PL extraction.
*** perl5.001.lwall/x2p/Makefile.SH	Wed Jun  7 19:51:37 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/x2p/Makefile.SH	Sun Nov 19 23:17:39 1995
***************

Index: x2p/a2p.h
Add OS/2 stuff.
*** perl5.001.lwall/x2p/a2p.h	Thu Oct 19 21:03:58 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/x2p/a2p.h	Tue Nov 14 10:46:57 1995
***************

Index: x2p/cflags.SH
Add .obj for OS/2.
*** perl5.001.lwall/x2p/cflags.SH	Tue Oct 18 12:47:34 1994
--- perl5.002beta1/x2p/cflags.SH	Tue Nov 14 15:18:27 1995
***************

Index: x2p/find2perl.PL
Changed from .SH to .PL.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/x2p/find2perl.PL	Sun Nov 19 23:11:58 1995
***************

Index: x2p/s2p.PL
Changed from .SH to .PL extraction.
*** /dev/null	Mon Nov 20 17:28:51 1995
--- perl5.002beta1/x2p/s2p.PL	Sun Nov 19 23:14:59 1995
***************

-------------
Version 5.001
-------------

Summary of user-visible Configure and build changes since 5.000:

A large number of enhancements and fixes have been made to the
Configure and build process for perl.  Most of these will not be
visible to the ordinary user--they just make the process more robust
and likely to work on a wider range of platforms.

This is a brief summary of the most important changes.

Configure changes:
    New and improved Configure command line options.  -O now overrides
    config.sh settings.  -D options can now include spaces, if
    protected in quotes (e.g. -Dcc='gcc -posix').  Type Configure -h
    for a full listing of options.

    Users can now turn on the defaults for the rest of Configure by
    typing &-d at any Configure prompt.  This is useful if you just
    want to change one or two answers.

    Support on (non-Sun) SVR4 systems for dynamic loading and shared 
    libperl.so

    Numerous new or updated hints files: PowerUnix, aix 3.x and 4.x,
    bsd386, convexos, cxux, DEC OSF, Esix, FreeBSD, HP-UX (especially if
    you're using the bundled compiler), irix 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x,  Linux,
    MPE/IX, NeXT 3.0 and 3.2, Solaris, SVR4, Ultrix (especially 4.3),
    and Unicos.

    Improved generation of a suitable name for architecture-dependent
    library files.  NOTE:  This may differ from the name you had from
    your 5.000 installation.

    Many many portability enhancements and fixes.

Build process:

    The process for building extensions has been extensively revised.  See
    lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm for complete documentation.  Basically, with
    just a simple Makefile.PL (such as the one generated by h2xs), you can
    now build an extension from anywhere on your system, even if you've
    deleted the perl source.

    Improved build/install documentation in README.  A little.

    Improved dynamic loading on HP-UX.  Support dynamic loading on SVR4.

    Installperl now gets the version correct :-)

    Installperl now saves the perl *.h files and the libperl.a library
    in your architecture-dependent library directory so that you can
    later build extensions without having to re-install the perl
    source.

    Include x2p/a2p.c generated by byacc from x2p/a2p.y.

    Many many portability fixes.

Upgrade Traps and Pitfalls:

Since a lot has changed in the build process, you are probably best
off starting with a fresh copy of the perl5.000 sources.  In particular,
your 5.000 config.sh will contain several variables that are no longer
needed.  Further, improvements in the Configure tests may mean that some
of the answers will be different than they were in 5.000, and which answer
to keep can be difficult to sort out.   Therefore, you are probably
better off ignoring your old config.sh.

One big change is that architecture-dependent library files may well
be stored in a different location in 5.001.  This is because the default
name used in the 5.000 release was not sufficiently specific to
distinguish incompatible architectures.  The relevant variable is $archlib
in config.sh.  Before you run ``make install'' you should rename your old
$archlib.  Thus if your $archlib for version 5.000 was
/usr/local/lib/perl5/foo, and your new value for 5.001 is
/usr/local/lib/perl5/foo-bar, then you should
	mv /usr/local/lib/perl5/foo /usr/local/lib/perl5/foo-bar
before running  ``make install''.

Alternatively, you could override Configure's default guess for $archlib
either by  sh Configure -Darchname='foo', or by answering 'foo' when 
prompted by Configure for the architecture name.

The following is the sequence of steps to upgrade to 5.001:
	cd perl5.000
	make realclean
	rm config.sh
	<apply 5.001 patch>
	sh Configure
	make depend
	make
	make test
	<mv old architecture-dependent library to new location, if needed>
	make install