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1 | Please note: This file provides a summary of significant changes |
2 | between versions and sub-versions of Perl, not a complete list |
3 | of each modification. If you'd like more detailed information, |
4 | please consult the comments in the patches on which the relevant |
5 | release of Perl is based. (Patches can be found on any CPAN |
6 | site, in the .../src/5.0 directory for full version releases, |
7 | or in the .../src/5/0/unsupported directory for sub-version |
8 | releases.) |
9 | |
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10 | ---------------- |
395b538b |
11 | Version 5.003_04 |
12 | ---------------- |
13 | |
14 | This patch was primarily to fix bugs and to clean up some of |
15 | the changes made in 5.003_03. The details are described below. |
16 | A very brief summary is: |
17 | |
18 | o Visible Changes to Core Functionality |
19 | |
20 | -Allow and document permissions for FileHandle::new and |
21 | IO::File::new. |
22 | -glob in Safe compartment used to allow shell access; now |
23 | it's in the same category as `` and system(). |
24 | |
25 | o Configure and build enhancements |
26 | |
27 | -perl library name is again -lperl, not -lperl5 in some cases. |
28 | -Several hint files no longer set -g -DDEBUGGING by default. |
29 | Instead, they just turn off optimization, since that is |
30 | probably what was intended. |
31 | -Include OS/2 and Plan9 updates. |
32 | |
33 | o Bug fixes |
34 | |
35 | -SEGV with $_[0] and circular references fixed. |
36 | -Ilya's debugger patch. |
37 | -FAKE typeglobs fixed. |
38 | -truncate with file name now works. |
39 | -lval substr() no longer coredumps with refs |
40 | -lval substr now clears lexicals in re-entered scopes. |
41 | -core dump in caller() for signal handler for __DIE__. |
42 | |
43 | o Specific Changes |
44 | |
45 | Here are the specific file-by-file changes. |
46 | |
47 | # This is my patch perl5.003_04.pat to perl5.003_03 |
48 | # The full description is below. |
49 | # Please execute the following commands before applying this patch. |
50 | # (You can feed this patch to 'sh' to do so.) |
51 | # Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> |
52 | |
53 | # Obsolete perl4 hint file. |
54 | rm -f hints/dnix.sh |
55 | # Obsolete |
56 | rm -f os2/notes |
57 | |
58 | # We'll create a new test, but patch won't automatically make it |
59 | # executable. |
60 | touch t/op/gv.t |
61 | chmod +x t/op/gv.t |
62 | |
63 | exit 0 |
64 | |
65 | |
66 | This is patch perl5.003_04.pat to perl version 5.003_03. |
67 | This takes you from 5.003_03 to 5.003_04. |
68 | |
69 | To apply this patch, run the above commands, |
70 | cd to your perl source directory and then type |
71 | |
72 | patch -p1 -N < perl5.003_04.pat |
73 | |
74 | The changes are described after each /^Index/ line below. This is |
75 | designed so you can examine each change with a command such as |
76 | |
77 | csplit -k perl5.003_04.pat '/^Index:/' '{99}' |
78 | |
79 | Patch and enjoy, |
80 | |
81 | Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu |
82 | Dept. of Physics |
83 | Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042 |
84 | |
85 | |
86 | Index: Changes |
87 | |
88 | Updated for 5.003_04. |
89 | |
90 | Index: Configure |
91 | |
92 | Change name of shared libperl library back to libperl.so.xxx, |
93 | so that a simple -lperl picks up either libperl.a or |
94 | libperl.so.xxx. |
95 | |
96 | Check if $sh='' in case we've reloaded an old config.sh |
97 | |
98 | Index: INSTALL |
99 | |
100 | Change name of shared perl library to libperl, instead of |
101 | libperl5. |
102 | |
103 | Add notes about fragility of shared libperl and the usefulness |
104 | of archlib to separate different binaries. |
105 | |
106 | Index: MANIFEST |
107 | |
108 | os2/notes removed |
109 | |
110 | obsolete hints/dnix.sh removed. |
111 | |
112 | New typeglob test. |
113 | |
114 | Index: Makefile.SH |
115 | |
116 | For building shared libperl, relocate whole rule to |
117 | inside the if test -f $osname/Makefile.SHs case. |
118 | |
119 | Index: Porting/Glossary |
120 | |
121 | Updated. |
122 | |
123 | Index: README.os2 |
124 | |
125 | Updated. |
126 | |
127 | Index: av.c |
128 | |
129 | Subject: Re: SEGV with $_[0] and circular references |
130 | |
131 | Subject: random cleanup |
132 | |
133 | This patch removes a few obvious redundancies in the source. |
134 | |
135 | Index: config_H |
136 | |
137 | Updated. Note new comments to make AIX happy. |
138 | |
139 | Index: config_h.SH |
140 | |
141 | Change /*#define../**/ into /*#define../ **/ |
142 | to make IBM's xlc compiler shut up about nested comments. |
143 | The /*#define FOO /**/ is a perfectly legal un-nested comment, and |
144 | I wish IBM would fix it's blasted compiler instead. In the meantime |
145 | we'll take mercy on the poor AIX user and get rid of the screenfulls |
146 | of stupid warning messages. Thanks to Hallvard B Furuseth |
147 | <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> for the fix. |
148 | |
149 | Index: dump.c |
150 | |
151 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
152 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
153 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
154 | |
155 | Index: ext/FileHandle/FileHandle.pm |
156 | |
157 | This patch documents the behavior of FileHandle::{new,open} with |
158 | regard to open modes. It also documents the exportation of Fcntl |
159 | constants. |
160 | |
161 | This patch fixes a bug observed by Tom Christiansen: FileHandle::new |
162 | didn't allow for file permissions after the file mode. Here's a patch. |
163 | |
164 | Index: ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm |
165 | |
166 | This patch fixes a bug observed by Tom Christiansen: IO::File::new |
167 | didn't allow for file permissions after the file mode. Here's a patch. |
168 | |
169 | This patch documents the behavior of IO::File::{new,open} with |
170 | regard to open modes. It also documents the exportation of Fcntl |
171 | constants. |
172 | |
173 | Index: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm |
174 | |
175 | Subject: Re: glob in Safe compartment allows shell access |
176 | |
177 | I've moved the glob op into the same opcode tag as backticks and system |
178 | and added a comment. |
179 | |
180 | Index: gv.c |
181 | |
182 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
183 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
184 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
185 | |
186 | Index: handy.h |
187 | |
188 | Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co. |
189 | |
190 | Sorry about adding yet another #ifdef forest, but hopefully this |
191 | should resolve the *_MAX issues permanently. It adds to the |
192 | previously defined PERL_LONG_MAX, PERL_LONG_MIN, and PERL_ULONG_MAX |
193 | symbols the complete set of |
194 | /PERL_U?(CHAR|SHORT|INT|LONG)_(MAX|MIN)/, and installs aliases to |
195 | those from /(I|U)(8|16|32|V)_(MAX|MIN)/ so that for any standard |
196 | Perl typedef, like I32 or UV, you can reference I32_MAX or UV_MIN, |
197 | and get appropriate figures. All references to LONG_(MIN|MAX) are |
198 | changed appropriately. |
199 | |
200 | The .c changes have the side effect of making cast_uv properly use quad |
201 | limits if quads are in use, but longs aren't 64 bit. Hopefully this all |
202 | works, but I don't have any handy Crays to try it out on. |
203 | |
204 | Add notes on perl's internal types, specifically Quad_t and IV. |
205 | |
206 | Index: hints/hpux.sh |
207 | |
208 | Remove the d_bsdpgrp hint. The defaults should be ok. |
209 | |
210 | Index: hints/irix_6_2.sh |
211 | |
212 | Change optimize=-g to optimize=none to avoid pulling in -DDEBUGGING, |
213 | unless that's what the user really wants. |
214 | |
215 | Index: hints/mpeix.sh |
216 | |
217 | Change optimize=-g to optimize=none to avoid pulling in -DDEBUGGING, |
218 | unless that's what the user really wants. |
219 | |
220 | Index: hints/os2.sh |
221 | |
222 | Fixes for sh vs. bin_sh + cleanup. |
223 | |
224 | Index: hints/ultrix_4.sh |
225 | |
226 | Don't call optimize=-g, just call optimize=none. The -g |
227 | pulls in -DDEBUGGING, which might not be wanted. |
228 | |
229 | Index: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm |
230 | |
231 | .C$(obj_ext) removed under OS/2 - conflicts with .c$(obj_ext). |
232 | |
233 | Index: lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp |
234 | |
235 | Fix SCOPE? (See pod/perlxs.pod). |
236 | Up version number to 1.938. |
237 | |
238 | Index: lib/Test/Harness.pm |
239 | |
240 | Add a return value to runtests - non-zero if all tests ran ok, |
241 | zero otherwise. |
242 | |
243 | Index: lib/perl5db.pl |
244 | |
245 | Ilya's debugger patch. |
246 | Undefined subroutine &Carp::longmess called at |
247 | /opt/perl5.003_03/lib/perl5db.pl line 1423. |
248 | |
249 | |
250 | Make perl5db compatible with the recent 'strict refs' enforcement |
251 | in %SIG. |
252 | |
253 | Index: malloc.c |
254 | |
255 | A patch to perl5.003_02/malloc to give a sensible error abort() message |
256 | in ANSI C, and to give it to stderr instead of stdout. |
257 | |
258 | Use config_h's STRINGIFY macro instead of pre-ANSI "p". |
259 | |
260 | Index: mg.c |
261 | |
262 | Subject: FAKE typeglobs seriously busted (with patch) |
263 | |
264 | Handling of fake typeglobs (scalars that are really globs |
265 | in disguise) is seriously busted since 5.002 (it wasn't |
266 | so in 5.001n). |
267 | The problem is that mg_get() on a glob calls gv_efullname() |
268 | which might coerce its first arg to a string. |
269 | |
270 | Sub-critical patch to conceivably fix some %SIG problems. (Shared hash key |
271 | weren't being properly detected by some of the sig magic, but as shared |
272 | hash keys wouldn't normally be used in %SIG it's unlikely this is a |
273 | significant problem.) |
274 | |
275 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
276 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
277 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
278 | |
279 | Index: myconfig |
280 | |
281 | Update perlio-related variables. |
282 | |
283 | Index: op.c |
284 | |
285 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
286 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
287 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
288 | |
289 | Index: opcode.h |
290 | |
291 | Updated. See opcode.pl. |
292 | |
293 | Index: opcode.pl |
294 | |
295 | Subject: Re: truncate with file name does not work (with patch) |
296 | |
297 | The prototype for truncate was changed so that perl won't die |
298 | with C<use strict;> when the first arg is a bareword (filehandle). |
299 | I think it was Tom (as in "tchrist") who brought this up. |
300 | |
301 | Here's a patch that undoes the damage, makes it work with |
302 | C<use strict;>, and adds to the testsuite. |
303 | |
304 | Index: os2/Makefile.SHs |
305 | |
306 | perllib vs. LIBPERL |
307 | |
308 | Index: os2/diff.configure |
309 | |
310 | Updated. |
311 | |
312 | Index: os2/os2.c |
313 | |
314 | SH_PATH_INI vs. BIN_SH |
315 | |
316 | Index: os2/os2ish.h |
317 | |
318 | SH_PATH_INI added (needed to redefine SH_PATH for binary |
319 | distribution). |
320 | SH_PATH is redefined. |
321 | |
322 | Index: patchlevel.h |
323 | |
324 | SUBVERSION 4. |
325 | |
326 | Index: perl.h |
327 | |
328 | Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co. |
329 | |
330 | Sorry about adding yet another #ifdef forest, but hopefully this |
331 | should resolve the *_MAX issues permanently. It adds to the |
332 | previously defined PERL_LONG_MAX, PERL_LONG_MIN, and PERL_ULONG_MAX |
333 | symbols the complete set of |
334 | /PERL_U?(CHAR|SHORT|INT|LONG)_(MAX|MIN)/, and installs aliases to |
335 | those from /(I|U)(8|16|32|V)_(MAX|MIN)/ so that for any standard |
336 | Perl typedef, like I32 or UV, you can reference I32_MAX or UV_MIN, |
337 | and get appropriate figures. All references to LONG_(MIN|MAX) are |
338 | changed appropriately. |
339 | |
340 | The .c changes have the side effect of making cast_uv properly use quad |
341 | limits if quads are in use, but longs aren't 64 bit. Hopefully this all |
342 | works, but I don't have any handy Crays to try it out on. |
343 | |
344 | Add notes on perl's internal types, specifically Quad_t and IV. |
345 | |
346 | Index: perlio.c |
347 | |
348 | Removes an incorrect prototype for setlinebuf from |
349 | perlio.c because it conflicts with the correct declaration in |
350 | MachTen's stdio.h (and possibly other stdio's as well). |
351 | |
352 | Secondly, the code in perlio.c is not handling the (!PERLIO_IS_STDIO & |
353 | HAS_F[GS]ETPOS) case. The patch fixes this omission (in a rather lumpen |
354 | manner). I don't think this should affect platforms which try to hack a |
355 | different path through the #ifdef forest, but this assertion would benefit |
356 | from testing... |
357 | |
358 | Dominic Dunlop |
359 | |
360 | Index: plan9/config.plan9 |
361 | |
362 | Updated. |
363 | |
364 | Index: plan9/fndvers |
365 | |
366 | Updated. |
367 | |
368 | Index: plan9/mkfile |
369 | |
370 | Updated. |
371 | |
372 | Index: plan9/setup.rc |
373 | |
374 | Updated. |
375 | |
376 | Index: pod/perldiag.pod |
377 | |
378 | Subject: lval substr() coredumps with refs (with patch) |
379 | |
380 | substr() coredumps with a target that is a ref, when it is used in |
381 | an lvalue context. |
382 | The patch below corrects the problem by stringifying the reference |
383 | first (and emitting a warning when appropriate). |
384 | |
385 | Index: pod/perlxs.pod |
386 | |
387 | document xsubpp SCOPE: |
388 | |
389 | Index: pp.c |
390 | |
391 | Subject: lval substr() fails to clear lexicals in re-entered scopes (with patch) |
392 | |
393 | substr() in lvalue context interacts in buggy fashion with SVs that |
394 | are !SvOK. This manifests itself with lexicals that have a REFCNT of |
395 | 1, since these are merely "cleared in place" by setting SvOK_off. |
396 | |
397 | Subject: lval substr() coredumps with refs (with patch) |
398 | |
399 | substr() coredumps with a target that is a ref, when it is used in |
400 | an lvalue context. |
401 | The patch below corrects the problem by stringifying the reference |
402 | first (and emitting a warning when appropriate). |
403 | |
404 | Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co. |
405 | |
406 | Index: pp_ctl.c |
407 | |
408 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
409 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
410 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
411 | |
412 | Index: pp_hot.c |
413 | |
414 | Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co. |
415 | |
416 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
417 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
418 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
419 | |
420 | Index: pp_sys.c |
421 | |
422 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
423 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
424 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
425 | |
426 | Index: proto.h |
427 | |
428 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
429 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
430 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
431 | |
432 | Index: run.c |
433 | |
434 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
435 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
436 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
437 | |
438 | Index: sv.c |
439 | |
440 | Subject: random cleanup |
441 | |
442 | This patch removes a few obvious redundancies in the source. |
443 | |
444 | Subject: sv_setsv patch |
445 | |
446 | This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does |
447 | reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common |
448 | code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname(). |
449 | |
450 | From: Chip Salzenberg <salzench@nielsenmedia.com> |
451 | Subject: Track SVs for destruction when -DPURIFY |
452 | |
453 | When checking for memory leaks, I compiled Perl with "-DPURIFY". |
454 | Although that flag improves the leak checking, it also breaks |
455 | destruction of global objects, because SVs aren't kept in captive |
456 | arenas any more. |
457 | |
458 | This patch rectifies the problem by providing an alternative |
459 | method for keeping track of SVs when Perl is compiled for Purify. |
460 | It has no effect on normal operation. |
461 | |
462 | |
463 | Add comment about assert(len >=0) when len is unsigned anyway. |
464 | |
465 | Index: t/io/fs.t |
466 | |
467 | Subject: Re: truncate with file name does not work (with patch) |
468 | |
469 | The prototype for truncate was changed so that perl won't die |
470 | with C<use strict;> when the first arg is a bareword (filehandle). |
471 | I think it was Tom (as in "tchrist") who brought this up. |
472 | |
473 | Here's a patch that undoes the damage, makes it work with |
474 | C<use strict;>, and adds to the testsuite. |
475 | |
476 | The "not implemented" branch is missing a "\n". |
477 | |
478 | Index: t/op/gv.t |
479 | |
480 | Subject: FAKE typeglobs seriously busted (with patch) |
481 | |
482 | Handling of fake typeglobs (scalars that are really globs |
483 | in disguise) is seriously busted since 5.002 (it wasn't |
484 | so in 5.001n). |
485 | |
486 | The problem is that mg_get() on a glob calls gv_efullname() |
487 | which might coerce its first arg to a string. |
488 | |
489 | Index: t/op/substr.t |
490 | |
491 | |
492 | Subject: lval substr() fails to clear lexicals in re-entered scopes (with patch) |
493 | |
494 | substr() in lvalue context interacts in buggy fashion with SVs that |
495 | are !SvOK. This manifests itself with lexicals that have a REFCNT of |
496 | 1, since these are merely "cleared in place" by setting SvOK_off. |
497 | |
498 | Subject: lval substr() coredumps with refs (with patch) |
499 | |
500 | substr() coredumps with a target that is a ref, when it is used in |
501 | an lvalue context. |
502 | The patch below corrects the problem by stringifying the reference |
503 | first (and emitting a warning when appropriate). |
504 | |
505 | Index: toke.c |
506 | |
507 | Subject: Re: truncate with file name does not work (with patch) |
508 | |
509 | The prototype for truncate was changed so that perl won't die |
510 | with C<use strict;> when the first arg is a bareword (filehandle). |
511 | I think it was Tom (as in "tchrist") who brought this up. |
512 | |
513 | Here's a patch that undoes the damage, makes it work with |
514 | C<use strict;>, and adds to the testsuite. |
515 | |
516 | Index: util.c |
517 | |
518 | Subject: Re: Perl 5.003 dumps core executing caller() in signal handler for |
519 | __DIE__ (with patch) |
520 | |
521 | sv_2pv() might call croak() (which is not prepared to handle that |
522 | when it calls sv_2pv(), itself). Likewise for warn() (but under |
523 | slightly more esoteric circumstances--mg_get() in sv_2pv() might |
524 | trigger a call to warn()). |
525 | |
526 | |
527 | Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co. |
528 | |
529 | PERL_BADLANG is examined by default before issuing a warning during |
530 | internationalization. |
531 | |
532 | Index: utils/h2xs.PL |
533 | |
534 | Make leading =head NAME item a paragraph so pod2man finds it. |
535 | |
536 | Index: utils/perldoc.PL |
537 | |
538 | Use col -x to filter out half-line feeds (ESC-9) from |
539 | HP-UX nroff -man output. (col -x isn't portable -- SunOS |
540 | doesn't support the -x option.) |
541 | |
542 | ---------------- |
e2cc8666 |
543 | Version 5.003_03 |
544 | ---------------- |
545 | |
546 | Most of the changes in 5.003_03 are to make the build and installation |
547 | process more robust. The details are described below. A very brief |
548 | summary is: |
549 | |
550 | o Visible Changes to Core Functionality |
551 | |
552 | -Support for tied filehandles. |
553 | |
554 | o Configure enhancements |
555 | |
556 | -How to build and install a shared libperl.so is now documented |
557 | and supported, though it's not the default for most platforms. |
558 | |
559 | o Bug fixes |
560 | |
561 | -Support bit operations on strings longer than 15 bytes. |
562 | |
563 | -If a regex supplied to split() contains paranthesized subpatterns |
564 | that can result in null matches, perl no longer coredumps. |
565 | |
566 | -Fix problems with each() on tied hashes. |
567 | |
568 | -Make h2ph architecture-independent by using Config at run-time |
569 | rather than extraction time. |
570 | |
571 | o Specific Changes |
572 | |
573 | Here are the specific file-by-file changes. |
574 | |
575 | # This is my patch perl5.003_03.pat to perl5.003_02 |
576 | # The full description is below. |
577 | # Please execute the following commands before applying this patch. |
578 | # (You can feed this patch to 'sh' to do so.) |
579 | # Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu> |
580 | |
581 | # Absorbed into Changes5.002 |
582 | rm -f Changes.Conf |
583 | |
584 | # Not needed. |
585 | rm -f ext/POSIX/mkposixman.pl |
586 | |
587 | # Moved to README.os2. I'm not sure why the README files are |
588 | # here rather than in the appropriate subdirectories. |
589 | rm -f os2/README |
590 | |
591 | # Not needed. |
592 | rm -f pod/Makefile.PL |
593 | |
594 | # New test for bit ops. |
595 | touch t/op/bob.t |
596 | |
597 | # Patches that create new tests don't always make them executable. |
598 | chmod +x t/*/*.t |
599 | |
600 | # Create a new directory for Porting and Patching info. |
601 | mkdir Porting |
602 | |
603 | exit 0 |
604 | |
605 | This is patch perl5.003_03.pat to perl version 5.003_02. |
606 | This takes you from 5.003_02 to 5.003_03. |
607 | |
608 | To apply this patch, run the above commands, |
609 | cd to your perl source directory and then type |
610 | |
611 | patch -p1 -N < perl5.003_03.pat |
612 | |
613 | The changes are described after each /^Index/ line below. This is |
614 | designed so you can examine each change with a command such as |
615 | |
616 | csplit -k perl5.003_03.pat '/^Index:/' '{99}' |
617 | |
618 | Patch and enjoy, |
619 | |
620 | Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu |
621 | Dept. of Physics |
622 | Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042 |
623 | |
624 | Index: Changes |
625 | |
626 | Include 5.003_03 change notes. |
627 | |
628 | Move older change notes to separate files. |
629 | |
630 | Index: Changes5.000 |
631 | |
632 | New file. Changes from perl4.036 to 5.000. |
633 | |
634 | Index: Changes5.001 |
635 | |
636 | New file. Changes from 5.000 to 5.001 |
637 | |
638 | Index: Changes5.002 |
639 | |
640 | New file. Changes from 5.001 to 5.002 |
641 | |
642 | Index: Changes5.003 |
643 | |
644 | New file. Changes from 5.002 to 5.003 |
645 | |
646 | Index: Configure |
647 | |
648 | Relaxed warning about ksh on exotic machines. |
649 | |
650 | Changed usesafe to useopcode. |
651 | |
652 | Add search for gzip and zip. |
653 | |
654 | Look more carefully for $sh (the Bourne-ish shell). |
655 | Use that info to set $startsh correctly. |
656 | |
657 | Change prompts for PerlIO interface. See INSTALL |
658 | for how this is supposed to work. The default is |
659 | still the same as in 5.003_02, namely don't use |
660 | any fancy new PerlIO stuff. |
661 | |
662 | Don't look for sigvec() since we don't actually use it. |
663 | (Plus, it used to print an alarming misleading message about |
664 | race conditions.) |
665 | |
666 | Look for stdio's _filbuf under the possible names of |
667 | _filbuf, __filbuf, and _fill. |
668 | |
669 | New $useshrplib variable to control whether we build a shared |
670 | libperl.so. The name of the library is in $libperl. |
671 | Always install it in $installarchlib/CORE/$libperl. |
672 | |
673 | Check for <sys/resource.h> and <sys/wait.h> for NetBSD. |
674 | |
675 | Replace old $altmake stuff with newer autoconf-ish |
676 | $make_set_make, which checks if $make sets $(MAKE). Now you |
677 | choose an alternate make with sh Configure -Dmake=gmake (or |
678 | whatever). |
679 | |
680 | Remove 'ln' for the list of essential commands. Simulate |
681 | it with 'cp' if necessary. |
682 | |
683 | Change `logname` prompts to handle extra gratuitous spaces in |
684 | Ultrix output. |
685 | |
686 | Autodetect os2. |
687 | |
688 | Fix silly bug in checking for fully-qualified names in /etc/hosts. |
689 | |
690 | Generalize Gconvert tests. Give correct and more useful |
691 | error messages. |
692 | |
693 | Use $obj_ext instead of literal '.o' in the dynaloader test. |
694 | |
695 | Include appropriate header files in bcopy() and memcpy() |
696 | tests. Note whether memmove is available. |
697 | |
698 | Check whether struct sigaction works (needed for Solaris 2.5 |
699 | with -Xc). |
700 | |
701 | Include appropriate header files for randbits test. |
702 | |
703 | Index: INSTALL |
704 | |
705 | Add note about space requirements. |
706 | |
707 | Update to match Configure changes (Opcode vs. Safe, |
708 | useperlio, useshrplib, etc.) |
709 | |
710 | Reorganize the structure of some of the hints. |
711 | |
712 | Miscellaneous clarifications. |
713 | |
714 | Index: MANIFEST |
715 | |
716 | Updated. 5.003_02 introduced some massive patches, mostly |
717 | due to spacing changes. I didn't bother to sort them all out; |
718 | I just started with 5.003's MANIEFST. |
719 | |
720 | Index: Makefile.SH |
721 | |
722 | Support the new simplified shared libperl mechanism. |
723 | |
724 | Use new $make_set_make directive. |
725 | |
726 | Remove redundant libperl Make variable. |
727 | |
728 | Remove unnecessary MAB variable. |
729 | |
730 | Remove dependency of minitest on lib/Config.pm, since it could |
731 | well have been a failure of configpm that inspired testing |
732 | miniperl in the first place! |
733 | |
734 | Index: Porting/Glossary |
735 | |
736 | New file describing all the config.sh variables. |
737 | Eventually, I hope to fill this directory with other useful |
738 | stuff. |
739 | |
740 | Index: README.os2 |
741 | |
742 | Replace old README.os2 with more up-to-date os2/README. |
743 | |
744 | Index: config_H |
745 | |
746 | Updated to match current Configure and config_h.SH. |
747 | Some rearrangement of parts has occurred due to new |
748 | dependencies in the metaconfig units. |
749 | |
750 | Index: config_h.SH |
751 | |
752 | Updated to match current Configure and config_h.SH. |
753 | Some rearrangement of parts has occurred due to new |
754 | dependencies in the metaconfig units. |
755 | |
756 | Include full descriptions of ARCHLIB, OLDARCHLIB, PRIVLIB, |
757 | SITEARCH, and SITELIB. Previous versions just included the |
758 | ~-expanded names (with unhelpful descriptions). No functionality |
759 | is changed, but maybe it's a little better documented now. |
760 | |
761 | Index: doio.c |
762 | |
763 | Possibly Include <signal.h> and <unistd.h> |
764 | |
765 | Index: doop.c |
766 | |
767 | No longer prefer bcmp over memcmp when order doesn't matter. |
768 | |
769 | Support bit operations on strings longer than 15 bytes. |
770 | |
771 | Index: embed.h |
772 | |
773 | Auto-generated. |
774 | |
775 | Index: embed.pl |
776 | |
777 | Expand warning at the top. |
778 | |
779 | Index: ext/IO/IO.pm |
780 | |
781 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
782 | |
783 | Index: ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm |
784 | |
785 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
786 | |
787 | Index: ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm |
788 | |
789 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
790 | |
791 | Index: ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs |
792 | |
793 | Add support for tied filehandles. |
794 | |
795 | Index: ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h |
796 | |
797 | Change the Mymalloc to match Perl_malloc in perl.h. |
798 | |
799 | Index: ext/util/make_ext |
800 | |
801 | Typo change. |
802 | Get rid of unused altmake. |
803 | |
804 | Index: global.sym |
805 | |
806 | Fix problems with each() on tied hashes. |
807 | |
808 | Index: handy.h |
809 | |
810 | Change safe*alloc functions to have prototypes that |
811 | match the system's malloc and free types. That is, use |
812 | Malloc_t instead of char *, and Free_t instead of void. |
813 | This is necessary so . . . |
814 | |
815 | Safefree cast matches type of free() whether it's perl's |
816 | malloc/free or the system's malloc/free. |
817 | |
818 | Index: hints/README.hints |
819 | |
820 | Remove out-of-date info. |
821 | |
822 | Document a bit about how hint files work. |
823 | |
824 | Index: hints/aix.sh |
825 | |
826 | qmaxmem hint doesn't apply to gcc. |
827 | |
828 | Index: hints/dgux.sh |
829 | |
830 | Configure will now automatically detect shared libperl stuff. |
831 | |
832 | Index: hints/dynixptx.sh |
833 | |
834 | Fix typo in comment. |
835 | |
836 | Configure will now automatically detect shared libperl stuff. |
837 | |
838 | Index: hints/epix.sh |
839 | |
840 | Use glibpth instead of libpth. This allows Configure to |
841 | add local directories, such as /opt/local/lib, etc. |
842 | |
843 | Index: hints/irix_6_2.sh |
844 | |
845 | Include some info on cc -n32 compile. |
846 | |
847 | Index: hints/linux.sh |
848 | |
849 | Configure now tests gcvt() more thoroughly. |
850 | |
851 | Index: hints/machten_2.sh |
852 | |
853 | Update where to find dld. |
854 | |
855 | Index: hints/mips.sh |
856 | |
857 | Use glibpth instead of libpth. |
858 | |
859 | Index: hints/next_3.sh |
860 | |
861 | Build up $mab dynamically. Since $mab isn't used anywhere |
862 | anymore, this is useless. However, $mab was never used for |
863 | next_3.sh anyway, so there's been no change in functionality. |
864 | |
865 | Index: hints/next_4.sh |
866 | |
867 | Get rid of extraneous isnext_4 variable. Configure and |
868 | Makefile.SH will use $osname and $osvers instead. |
869 | |
870 | Build up $mab dynamically based on available architectures. |
871 | |
872 | Absorb $mab into ccflags and ccdlflags. I hope that will |
873 | cover everything. (Configure should automatically remove |
874 | the -arch stuff from cppflags.) |
875 | |
876 | Configure now knows next4 needs to use a shared libperl.5.so. |
877 | |
878 | Allow users to use -Dprefix. |
879 | |
880 | Index: hints/os2.sh |
881 | |
882 | Try to update to reflect newer shared libperl stuff. |
883 | I probably goofed :-). |
884 | |
885 | Index: hints/sco.sh |
886 | |
887 | Additional notes on using icc. |
888 | |
889 | Additional flags for dynamic loading. |
890 | |
891 | Index: hints/solaris_2.sh |
892 | |
893 | Perl.h no longer prefers bcmp, so it's again ok if Configure |
894 | finds them, since perl will prefer the mem* versions anyway. |
895 | |
896 | Index: hints/sunos_4_0.sh |
897 | |
898 | Don't include <unistd.h> |
899 | |
900 | Index: hints/sunos_4_1.sh |
901 | |
902 | Add brief note about GNU as and ld. |
903 | |
904 | Don't include <unistd.h> |
905 | |
906 | Add notes about WHOA THERE messages. |
907 | |
908 | Index: hints/titanos.sh |
909 | |
910 | Include sfio in libswanted. |
911 | |
912 | Don't set libpth any more. |
913 | |
914 | Index: hints/umips.sh |
915 | |
916 | New hint file. |
917 | |
918 | Index: hv.c |
919 | |
920 | Use memcmp even in cases where ordering doesn't matter. |
921 | |
922 | Fix problems with each() on tied hashes. |
923 | |
924 | Index: installperl |
925 | |
926 | Simplify installation of shared libperl.so. |
927 | |
928 | Avoid reaching Command Failed!!! with /usr/bin/perl. |
929 | |
930 | Index: lib/AutoSplit.pm |
931 | |
932 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
933 | |
934 | Index: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm |
935 | |
936 | Remove MAB references. |
937 | |
938 | Use 'useshrplib' instead of 'd_shrplib' |
939 | |
940 | Index: lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm |
941 | |
942 | Remove mab references. |
943 | |
944 | Index: lib/FindBin.pm |
945 | |
946 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
947 | |
948 | Index: lib/Symbol.pm |
949 | |
950 | Put back in the BEGIN { require 5.002; }. The version in |
951 | 5.003_02 wouldn't work in 5.002 anyway. Further, the whole |
952 | point of the construct is to catch 5.001m, so we can't use |
953 | syntax introduced after 5.001m to do that. |
954 | |
955 | Index: lib/Text/Wrap.pm |
956 | |
957 | Remove double 'use strict'. |
958 | |
959 | Index: lib/perl5db.pl |
960 | |
961 | Add explicit '&' to avoid warnings under strict refs. |
962 | |
963 | Index: lib/sigtrap.pm |
964 | |
965 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
966 | |
967 | Index: makedepend.SH |
968 | |
969 | Use Configure's $sh and $make_set_make variables. |
970 | |
971 | Index: mg.c |
972 | |
973 | Include <unistd.h> |
974 | |
975 | Use Safefree() macro instead of safefree() function with |
976 | a (possibly) incorrect cast. The whole point of the |
977 | Safefree() macro is that it does the correct cast for you. |
978 | |
979 | |
980 | Index: patchlevel.h |
981 | |
982 | Change to SUBVERSION 3. |
983 | |
984 | Index: perl.c |
985 | |
986 | Include <unistd.h> |
987 | |
988 | Index: perl.h |
989 | |
990 | No longer prefer bcmp slightly for comparisons that don't care |
991 | about ordering. |
992 | |
993 | Rely on Configure setting SH_PATH. |
994 | |
995 | Change the function name to Pause() instead of pause() to |
996 | avoid potential prototype problems. (This naming convention |
997 | is similar to the Fwrite and Fflush macros.) |
998 | |
999 | Fix problems with each() on tied hashes. |
1000 | |
1001 | Work around crypt prototype problem on NeXT. |
1002 | |
1003 | Index: perlio.c |
1004 | |
1005 | Fixes to support non-std stdio. |
1006 | |
1007 | Index: perlio.h |
1008 | |
1009 | Try to document the various #defines a bit. This is far from |
1010 | finished. |
1011 | |
1012 | Remove a lot of trailing whitespace. (It's of no consequence, but |
1013 | but I'm not going to redo the patch just to put back in the trailing |
1014 | whitespace either.) |
1015 | |
1016 | Index: perlsdio.h |
1017 | |
1018 | Fixes to support non-std stdio. |
1019 | |
1020 | Index: perly.c |
1021 | |
1022 | Restore use of Safefree() macro. |
1023 | |
1024 | Index: perly.c.diff |
1025 | |
1026 | Restore use of Safefree() macro. |
1027 | |
1028 | Index: perly.h |
1029 | |
1030 | Delete duplicate line. |
1031 | |
1032 | Index: plan9/buildinfo |
1033 | |
1034 | Update. |
1035 | |
1036 | Index: pod/perlapio.pod |
1037 | |
1038 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
1039 | |
1040 | Index: pod/perlipc.pod |
1041 | |
1042 | Fix typo. |
1043 | |
1044 | Untaint port number. |
1045 | |
1046 | Index: pod/perlmod.pod |
1047 | |
1048 | Fix a minor nit regarding Exporter. |
1049 | |
1050 | Index: pod/perlre.pod |
1051 | |
1052 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
1053 | |
1054 | Index: pod/perltie.pod |
1055 | |
1056 | Add support for tied filehandles. |
1057 | |
1058 | Index: pod/perltrap.pod |
1059 | |
1060 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
1061 | |
1062 | Index: pod/perlxstut.pod |
1063 | |
1064 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
1065 | |
1066 | Index: pod/pod2man.PL |
1067 | |
1068 | Clean up docmentation installation errors. |
1069 | |
1070 | Index: pp.c |
1071 | |
1072 | Add support for tied filehandles. |
1073 | |
1074 | If a regex supplied to split() contains paranthesized subpatterns |
1075 | that can result in null matches, perl coredumps. |
1076 | |
1077 | Index: pp_hot.c |
1078 | |
1079 | Use memcmp instead of bcmp even when we don't care about order. |
1080 | |
1081 | Add support for tied filehandles. |
1082 | |
1083 | Index: pp_sys.c |
1084 | |
1085 | Include <unistd.h>, <sys/wait.h>, and <sys/resource.h>. |
1086 | (The latter two are especially for NetBSD.) |
1087 | |
1088 | Don't assume sys/time.h and sys/select.h can't coexist. |
1089 | |
1090 | Use Pause macro. |
1091 | |
1092 | Index: proto.h |
1093 | |
1094 | Fix safe*alloc and safefree prototypes. |
1095 | |
1096 | Index: regexec.c |
1097 | |
1098 | Use memcmp instead of bcmp even when we don't care about order. |
1099 | |
1100 | Index: sv.c |
1101 | |
1102 | Use memcmp instead of bcmp even when we don't care about order. |
1103 | |
1104 | Index: t/lib/opcode.t |
1105 | |
1106 | Add support for tied filehandles. |
1107 | |
1108 | Index: t/op/bop.t |
1109 | |
1110 | Support bit operations on strings longer than 15 bytes. |
1111 | |
1112 | Index: t/op/misc.t |
1113 | |
1114 | Add support for tied filehandles. |
1115 | |
1116 | Index: t/op/split.t |
1117 | |
1118 | If a regex supplied to split() contains paranthesized subpatterns |
1119 | that can result in null matches, perl coredumps. |
1120 | |
1121 | Index: toke.c |
1122 | |
1123 | Include <unistd.h>. |
1124 | |
1125 | Use memcmp instead of bcmp even when we don't care about order. |
1126 | |
1127 | Index: util.c |
1128 | |
1129 | Include <unistd.h>. |
1130 | |
1131 | Use correct types for safe*alloc and safefree functions. |
1132 | |
1133 | Index: utils/h2ph.PL |
1134 | |
1135 | Make h2ph architecture-independent by using Config at run-time |
1136 | rather than extraction time. |
1137 | |
1138 | Index: writemain.SH |
1139 | |
1140 | Remove unnecessary curlies. (They are a leftover from |
1141 | an older auto_init mechanism.) |
1142 | |
1143 | Index: x2p/Makefile.SH |
1144 | |
1145 | Use Configure's $sh and $make_set_make. |
1146 | |
1147 | Remove MAB stuff, since it's now in ccflags. |
1148 | |
1149 | Keep 5.003's RCS info. |
1150 | |
1151 | Index: x2p/a2p.h |
1152 | |
1153 | Keep 5.003's RCS info. |
1154 | |
1155 | Index: x2p/str.c |
1156 | |
1157 | Use Configure's FILE_filbuf macro instead of a raw _filbuf. |
1158 | |
1159 | ---------------- |
760ac839 |
1160 | Version 5.003_02 |
1161 | ---------------- |
1162 | o Visible Changes to Core Functionality |
1163 | - Redefining constant subs, or changing sub's prototype now give warnings. |
1164 | - Fixes for ++/-- of values close to max/min size of an integer |
1165 | - Warning for un-qualified bareword as handler in $SIG{}. |
1166 | - UNIVERSAL::isa can now be called as static method. |
1167 | |
1168 | o Changes in Core Internals |
1169 | - PerlIO abstraction added. |
1170 | Perl core and standard extensions no longer assume ANSI C's stdio is IO |
1171 | mechanism, Default Configure mode is still to use stdio via set of C macros. |
1172 | Alternate modes are to use stdio via one perlio.c module, or |
1173 | to use sfio if available. |
1174 | |
1175 | - Several bug fixs from perl5-porters |
1176 | - Make sources non-ANSI C correct again. |
1177 | - SUPER in gv.c |
1178 | - Last of shared-hash-key patches |
1179 | - eval '(0,1..3)'; # --> SegFault |
1180 | - coredumps after simple subsitutes. |
1181 | - Correction to UNIVERSAL::VERSION docs. |
1182 | - Fixed io_udp test. |
1183 | - Fixed another abuse of malloc'ed memory. |
1184 | - Enabled DEBUGING_MSTATS whenever perl's malloc() is used. |
1185 | - Reverted to default of not hiding perl's malloc (if used). |
1186 | |
1187 | o Changes in the Standard Library and Utilities |
1188 | - Fixed MakeMaker for static SDBM and builing in a link tree. |
1189 | - Upgraded to IO-1.09, and includes latest (still experimental) IO::Select. |
1190 | - Documentation/test tweak to DB_File |
1191 | - h2xs upgrade to allow use C::Scan module |
1192 | |
1193 | o Changes in OS-specific and Build-time Support |
1194 | - Attempted to re-created 5.003_01's NeXT support with metaconfig units. |
1195 | - Updated MANIFEST |
1196 | - make minitest now depends on lib/Config.pm, as some of tests require it. |
1197 | - Included latest plan9 sub-directory |
1198 | - Applied OS/2 patches. |
1199 | - Typo patch for VMS. |
e4a57b87 |
1200 | |
1201 | ---------------- |
1202 | Version 5.003_01 |
1203 | ---------------- |
1204 | |
1205 | Version 5.003_01 contains bugfixes and additions accumulated since |
1206 | version 5.002_01, since the patch to version 5.003 was deliberately |
1207 | kept simple. In addition to numerous small bugfixes in the core, |
1208 | library files, and documentation, this patch contains several |
1209 | significant revisions, summarized below: |
1210 | |
1211 | o Visible Changes to Core Functionality |
1212 | |
1213 | - A port to Plan9 has been started, and changes are integrated into |
1214 | the standard distribution. As of this release, the Perl core |
1215 | and several common extensions are working. |
1216 | |
1217 | - A set of basic methods in the UNIVERSAL class have been added to |
1218 | the Perl core. Since UNIVERSAL is an implicit member of every |
1219 | class's @ISA, the methods can be called via any object. |
1220 | |
1221 | - A mandatory warning has been added for 'declarations' of lexical |
1222 | variables using the "my" operator which mask an existing lexical |
1223 | variable declared in the same scope, making the previous variable |
1224 | inaccessible by its name. |
1225 | |
1226 | - The "use" and "require" operators have been extended to allow |
1227 | checking of the required module's version. The "use" operator |
1228 | can now be used for an immediate version check of Perl itself. |
1229 | |
1230 | - A new "strict" pragma, "strict untie", has been added, which |
1231 | produces an error if a tied value is untied when other references |
1232 | exist to the internal object implementing the tie. |
1233 | |
1234 | - Barewords used as associative array keys (i.e. when specifying |
1235 | an associative array element like $foo{__BAR} or on the left |
1236 | side of the => operator) may now begin with an underscore as |
1237 | well as an alphabetic character. |
1238 | |
1239 | - Some of the configuration information previously produced by the |
1240 | -v switch has been moved to the -V switch, in order to keep -v |
1241 | output concise. |
1242 | |
1243 | o Changes in Core Internals |
1244 | |
1245 | - Symbol table and method lookups have been made faster. |
1246 | |
1247 | - Perl subroutines which just return a constant value are now |
1248 | optimized at compile time into inline constants. |
1249 | |
1250 | - Management of keys for associative arrays has been improved to |
1251 | conserve space when the same keys are reused frequently, and |
1252 | to pass true Perl values to tie functions, instead of stringified |
1253 | representations. |
1254 | |
1255 | - Messages normally output to stderr may be directed to another |
1256 | stream when Perl is built. This allows some platforms to |
1257 | present diagnostic output in a separate window from normal |
1258 | program results. |
1259 | |
1260 | - A bug which caused suiperl to fail silently, albeit securely, |
1261 | in version 5.003 on some systems has been fixed. |
1262 | |
1263 | - Management of Unix-style signal handlers via the %SIG associative |
1264 | array has been made safer. |
1265 | |
1266 | - Several global C symbols have been renamed to eliminate collisions |
1267 | with system C header files or libraries on some platforms. |
1268 | Unfortunately, this means that dynamic extensions compiled under |
1269 | previous versions of Perl will need to be rebuilt for Perl |
1270 | 5.003_01. We're in the process of cleaning up Perl's C |
1271 | namespace to make it easier to link Perl with other binaries, |
1272 | so this will probably happen again between now and version 5.004. |
1273 | After that, we'll do our best to maintain binary compatibility |
1274 | between versions. |
1275 | |
1276 | - An alternate allocation strategy has been added to Perl's |
1277 | optional private memory management routines. This strategy, |
1278 | which may be selected when Perl is built, is designed to |
1279 | conserve memory in programs which allocate many small |
1280 | chunks of memory with sizes near a power of 2, as is often |
1281 | the case in Perl programs. |
1282 | |
1283 | - Several memory leaks in the creation and destruction of |
1284 | multiple interpreters have been fixed. |
1285 | |
1286 | o Changes in the Standard Library and Utilities |
1287 | |
1288 | - The Opcode extension, which allows you to control a program's |
1289 | access to Perl operations, has been added to the standard |
1290 | distribution. This extends the work begun in the original |
1291 | Safe extension, and subsumes it. The Safe interface is still |
1292 | available. |
1293 | |
1294 | - The IO extension, which provides a set of classes for object- |
1295 | oriented handling of common I/O tasks, has been added to the |
1296 | standard distribution. The IO classes will form the basis |
1297 | for future development of Perl's I/O interface, and will |
1298 | subsume the FileHandle class in the near future. The default |
1299 | class to which all Perl I/O handles belong is now IO::Handle, |
1300 | rather than FileHandle. |
1301 | |
1302 | - The ExtUtils::Embed library module, which provides a set |
1303 | of utility function to help in embedding Perl in other |
1304 | applications, has been added to the standard distribution. |
1305 | |
1306 | - The Fatal library module, which provides a simple interface |
1307 | for creating "do-or-die" equivalents of existing functions, |
1308 | has been added to the standard distribution. |
1309 | |
1310 | - The FindBin library module, which determines the full path |
1311 | to the currently executing program, has been added to the |
1312 | standard distribution. |
1313 | |
1314 | - The DB_File extension, and the Getopt::Long, Test::Harness, |
1315 | Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Time::Local and sigtrap library modules |
1316 | have been updated to the authors' latest versions. |
1317 | |
1318 | - The Carp library module now considers the @ISA chain when |
1319 | determining the caller's package for inclusion in error messages. |
1320 | |
1321 | - The h2xs, perlbug, and xsubpp utilities have been updated. |
1322 | |
1323 | - The standard Perl debugger has been updated, and the information |
1324 | provided to the debugger when an XSUB is called has been improved, |
1325 | making it possible for alternate debuggers (such as Devel::DProf) |
1326 | to do a better job of tracking XSUB calls. |
1327 | |
1328 | - The pod documentation formatting tools in the standard distribution |
1329 | can now handle characters in the input stream whose high bit is set. |
1330 | |
1331 | - The cperl-mode EMACS editing mode has been updated. |
1332 | |
1333 | o Changes in Documentation |
1334 | |
1335 | - Typographic and formatting errors have been corrected in the pod |
1336 | documentation for the core and standard library files |
1337 | |
1338 | - Explanations of several core operators have been improved |
1339 | |
1340 | - The perldebug, perlembed, perlipc, perlsec, and perltrap documents |
1341 | extensively revised. |
1342 | |
1343 | o Changes in OS-specific and Build-time Support |
1344 | |
1345 | - Support for the NeXT platform has been extended through |
1346 | NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP 4.0, and now includes the ability to create MABs. |
1347 | |
1348 | - Support for OS/2 has been extended as well, and now includes |
1349 | options for building a.out binaries. |
1350 | |
1351 | - Support for VMS has also been extended, incorporating improved |
1352 | processing of file specification strings, optional suppression of |
1353 | carriage control interpretation for record-structured files, |
1354 | improved support for the -S command line switch, a number of |
1355 | VMS-specific bugfixes, and significantly improved performance |
1356 | in line-oriented reading of files. |
1357 | |
1358 | - Several hints files have been added or updated: aux.sh (updated), |
1359 | convexos.sh (updated), irix_4.sh (updated), irix_5.sh (updated), |
1360 | irix_6_2.sh (updated), next_3.sh (updated), next_3_2.sh (new), |
1361 | next_3_3.sh (new), next_4.sh (new), os2/sh (updated), |
1362 | sco.sh (updated), and solaris_2.sh (updated). |
1363 | |
1364 | - The test driver for the regression tests now reports when a set |
1365 | of tests have been skipped (presumable because the operation |
1366 | they're designed to test isn't supported on the current system). |