releases.)
----------------
- Cast and Crew
----------------
+ ---------------
+ CAST AND CREW
+ ---------------
-To save space, and to give due honor to those who have made Perl 5.004
-what is is today, here are some of the more common names in the Changes
-file, and their current addresses (as of March 1997):
+To give due honor to those who have made Perl 5.004 what is is today,
+here are some of the more common names in the Changes file, and their
+current addresses (as of March 1997):
Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>
Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com>
- Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
Graham Barr <gbarr@ti.com>
Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us>
Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin:
+ Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
- Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>
+ 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
+-----------------
+
+Herein we find the fruits of the gamma.
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "SECURITY: Forbid glob() when tainting (-T or setuid)"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pp_sys.c
+
+ Title: "SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{TERM} or $ENV{ENV} is tainted"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "(NeXT|Open)Step update"
+ From: Gerd Knops <gerti@BITart.com>
+ Msg-ID: <9705072247.AA18882@BITart.com>
+ Date: Wed, 7 May 97 17:47:02 -0500
+ Files: Configure MANIFEST config_h.SH hints/next_3.sh hints/next_4.sh
+
+ Title: "NetBSD hint update"
+ From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
+ Msg-ID: <199705051346.XAA13584@topaz.nemeton.com.au>
+ Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 23:46:37 +1000 (EST)
+ Files: hints/netbsd.sh
+
+ Title: "Irix hint update"
+ From: Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com>
+ Msg-ID: <yd83es0fp57.fsf@hoshi.engr.sgi.com>
+ Date: 06 May 1997 11:09:56 -0700
+ Files: hints/irix_6.sh
+
+ Title: "HPUX: patch for ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs"
+ From: Chuck D. Phillips <cdp@hpescdp.fc.hp.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199705050548.WAA21260@palrel1.hp.com>
+ Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 23:48:39 -0600
+ Files: ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs
+
+ Title: "Win32 update (consolidated patch plus three followups)"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Files: EXTERN.h README.win32 lib/Sys/Hostname.pm pod/perldelta.pod
+ win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/config_sh.PL win32/perllib.c
+ win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/include/sys/socket.h
+
+ Title: "Win32 boot_DynaLoader problem in 99"
+ From: Gary Clark <GaryC@mail.jeld-wen.com>
+ Msg-ID: <1997May05.105000.1708.84476@mail.jeld-wen.com>
+ Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 10:49:03 -0700
+ Files: win32/makedef.pl
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Fix wantarray() in sort subs [fixes metaconfig]"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_ctl.c
+
+ Title: "Fix for redefined sort subs nastiness"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Msg-ID: <199705090004.UAA15032@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
+ Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 20:04:18 -0400
+ Files: op.c pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod sv.c t/op/sort.t
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "AFS patches"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg, Larry Schwimmer <rosebud@cyclone.Stanford.EDU>
+ Files: Configure installperl
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Another blank line patch to Pod::Text"
+ From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
+ Msg-ID: <m3afm5g6ar.fsf@windlord.Stanford.EDU>
+ Date: 08 May 1997 11:36:12 -0700
+ Files: lib/Pod/Text.pm
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no other changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "Three bugs in pod2html"
+ From: hansm@euronet.nl
+ Msg-ID: <199705052228.AAA25351@mail.euronet.nl>
+ Date: Tue, 6 May 97 00:28:06 +0200
+ Files: lib/Pod/Html.pm
+
+ Title: "Trivial bugfix for pod of xsubpp"
+ From: Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199705051447.QAA09995@en1.engelschall.com>
+ Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 16:47:03 +0200
+ Files: lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
+
+ Title: "Newer CPerl mode"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199705080032.UAA22532@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 20:32:46 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: emacs/cperl-mode.el
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Updates to perldelta"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg and Dominic Dunlop
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "More explicit Solaris instructions"
+ From: Andy Dougherty
+ Msg-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95q.970508171206.438A-100000@fractal.lafayette.ed
+ Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 17:14:54 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: INSTALL hints/solaris_2.sh
+
+ Title: "Document 'Possible attempt to separate words with commas'"
+ From: Gisle Aas
+ Msg-ID: <hyb9snvdw.fsf@bergen.sn.no>
+ Date: 06 May 1997 23:27:55 +0200
+ Files: pod/perlop.pod
+
+ Title: "perlfaq9, hostname"
+ From: John D Groenveld <groenvel@cse.psu.edu>
+ Msg-ID: <199705061741.NAA22777@cse.psu.edu>
+ Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 13:41:12 EDT
+ Files: pod/perlfaq9.pod
+
+ Title: "Debugger docs patch"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199705080107.VAA24317@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 21:07:14 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: pod/perldebug.pod
+
+ Title: "Document that C<m?x?> is just like C<?x?>"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perlop.pod
+
+ Title: "Refresh description of sprintf()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perl.pod pod/perlfunc.pod
+
+ Title: "Mention the Regular Expressions book"
+ From: Stephen Potter <spp@psa.pencom.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199705071737.MAA18799@psa.pencom.com>
+ Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 12:37:37 -0500
+ Files: pod/perlbook.pod pod/perlre.pod
+
+ Title: "OS/2 doc patch for _99"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199705080046.UAA23466@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 20:46:45 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: README.os2
+
+
+----------------
+Version 5.003_99
+----------------
+
+"Oops." Now this _has_ to be the gamma; we're out of numbers.
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "NeXT hints update"
+ From: hansm@euronet.nl
+ Msg-ID: <199704302229.AAA02690@mail.euronet.nl>
+ Date: Thu, 1 May 97 00:28:41 +0200
+ Files: Configure Makefile.SH hints/next_4.sh
+
+ Title: "Support shared libperl on AIX"
+ From: Eric Bartley <bartley@icd.cc.purdue.edu>
+ Msg-ID: <199704270131.UAA51426@icd.cc.purdue.edu>
+ Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 20:31:37 -0500
+ Files: Configure Makefile.SH hints/aix.sh
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Fix NUL-termination bug in delimcpy()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: util.c
+
+ Title: "Forget prototype of subroutine after C<undef &subr>"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: op.c
+
+ Title: "Handle tainted values in lists returned from subs, evals"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c t/op/taint.t
+
+ Title: "Fix sysread() on tied handle"
+ From: Spider Boardman
+ Msg-ID: <199705010601.CAA04926@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
+ Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 02:01:20 -0400
+ Files: pp_sys.c
+
+ Title: "Fix OS/2-specific buffer overflow"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199704301920.PAA09681@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 15:20:01 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: os2/os2.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Add new globals to perl.exp"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: perl_exp.SH
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Refresh DB_File to 1.14"
+ From: Paul Marquess
+ Msg-ID: <9704302045.AA05484@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk>
+ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 21:45:09 +0100 (BST)
+ Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs t/lib/db-btree.t
+ t/lib/db-hash.t t/lib/db-recno.t
+
+ TESTS
+
+ Title: "Disable op/pipe.t test under Machten"
+ From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@slipper.ip.lu>
+ Msg-ID: <v03102801af8e160d3879@[194.51.248.68]>
+ Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:48:26 +0200
+ Files: t/io/pipe.t
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "typo fixes to installhtml"
+ From: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
+ Msg-ID: <199705011114.HAA26968@cas.org>
+ Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 07:14:31 -0400
+ Files: installhtml
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Fix description of av_undef() in perlguts"
+ From: Gisle Aas
+ Msg-ID: <199705011042.MAA09897@bergen.sn.no>
+ Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:42:46 +0200
+ Files: pod/perlguts.pod
+
+ Title: "Fix typo in perldelta"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+
+----------------
+Version 5.003_98
+----------------
+
+Here it is, the second public beta (a.k.a gamma).
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Support C< $coderef->($x,$y) >"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: perly.c perly.c.diff perly.y pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldsc.pod
+ pod/perlref.pod t/op/ref.t vms/perly_c.vms
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Fix C< hex('80') * 0x1000000 >"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: opcode.pl
+
+ Title: "Reset errno after failed piped close"
+ From: Roderick Schertler
+ Msg-ID: <28152.862264940@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
+ Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:02:20 -0400
+ Files: lib/Time/gmtime.pm lib/Time/localtime.pm pod/perlfunc.pod
+ t/io/pipe.t util.c
+
+ Title: "Fix warning wrt return value of PerlIO_getname()"
+ From: Spider Boardman
+ Msg-ID: <199704300448.AAA24174@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>
+ Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 00:48:13 -0400
+ Files: perlio.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no other changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Describe Math::Trig in perlmodlib"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perlmodlib.pod
+
+ Title: "Add new diagnostics to perldelta"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97j
+-----------------
+
+This patch should be _98, unless it's egregiously broken somehow.
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Return to favoring memset(,0,) over bzero()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: perl.h
+
+ Title: "NetBSD hint update"
+ From: matthew green <mrg@splode.eterna.com.au>
+ Msg-ID: <199704251021.EAA22570@jhereg.perl.com>
+ Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 20:18:02 +1000
+ Files: hints/netbsd.sh
+
+ Title: "HP-UX hint update"
+ From: Chuck D. Phillips <cdp@hpescdp.fc.hp.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199704280535.WAA22441@palrel1.hp.com>
+ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 23:35:07 -0600
+ Files: hints/hpux.sh
+
+ Title: "Win32 update (three patches)"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy and Nick Ing-Simmons
+ Files: win32/makedef.pl win32/perllib.c win32/win32.c
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Update sprintf: '%hn'; '%s',NULL; panic on frexp() failure"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: perl.h pod/perldiag.pod sv.c
+
+ Title: "Fix lingering '%S' in XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: XSUB.h
+
+ Title: "Eliminate Alpha warnings"
+ From: Hallvard B Furuseth and Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: perlsdio.h pp_sys.c
+
+ Title: "Fix typo in NeXT dynaloader"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/DynaLoader/dl_next.xs
+
+ Title: "Fix possible buffer overflow under VMS"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: taint.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Refresh CGI.pm to 2.35"
+ From: Lincoln Stein <lstein@genome.wi.mit.edu>
+ Files: lib/CGI.pm
+
+ Title: "Refresh DB_File to 1.13"
+ From: Paul Marquess
+ Msg-ID: <9704271413.AA08876@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk>
+ Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 15:12:59 +0100 (BST)
+ Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
+
+ Title: "SelfLoader: fix prototype pattern, rename intrusive lexical"
+ From: Jesse Glick <jesse@ginger> and Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: lib/SelfLoader.pm
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Split perlmod"
+ From: Tom Christiansen
+ Msg-ID: <199704260050.RAA02468@toy.perl.com>
+ Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 20:50:09 -0400
+ Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod
+ pod/perldsc.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perlipc.pod
+ pod/perlmod.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perlobj.pod
+ pod/perltie.pod pod/roffitall
+
+ Title: "Describe __PACKAGE__ in perldelta"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "Doc fix for close of pipe handle"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97i
+-----------------
+
+This patch eliminates all known sources of buffer overflow! (And the
+crowd goes wild. (Yeah.)) Showstoppers only between here and _98.
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Provide memset() if it's missing"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: global.sym perl.h proto.h util.c
+
+ Title: "Don't tell GCC that warn(), croak(), and die() are printf-lik
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: proto.h
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Misc. sv_vcatpvfn() fixes"
+ From: Hugo, Dale, Nick, Hallvard, Chip
+ Files: gv.c mg.c op.c perl.c pp.c pp_ctl.c sv.c toke.c util.c
+
+ Title: "Enforce order of sprintf() elements"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: sv.c
+
+ Title: "Guard against long numbers, <<LONG_DELIM, and <long glob>"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: global.sym mg.c perl.c pod/perldiag.pod proto.h toke.c util.c
+
+ Title: "Guard against C<goto> to deeply nested label"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c
+
+ Title: "Guard against overflow in dup2() emulation"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: util.c
+
+ Title: "Win32: Guard against long function names"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: win32/win32sck.c
+
+ Title: "Make mess() always work, by using a non-arena SV"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg, from idea by Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Files: perl.c util.c
+
+ Title: "Fix scalar leak in pp_prtf()"
+ From: Doug MacEachern
+ Msg-ID: <199704241706.NAA19140@postman.osf.org>
+ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 13:06:21 -0400
+ Files: pp_sys.c
+
+ Title: "When copying a format line, take only its string value"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: sv.c
+
+ Title: "Undo private patch"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: installperl lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm
+
+ Title: "Fix LEAKTEST numbers"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs handy.h os2/os2.c util.c vms/vms.c
+ win32/win32.c win32/win32sck.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Cope with a <db.h> that isn't related to DB"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Msg-ID: <199704241728.UAA09951@alpha.hut.fi>
+ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 20:28:39 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Files: Configure
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Always NUL-terminate opsets"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs
+
+ Title: "Don't core dump if my_inet_aton() get a NULL"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/Socket/Socket.xs
+
+ Title: "Handle symlinks, high permission bits in File::Path"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: lib/File/Path.pm
+
+ Title: "Math::{Complex,Trig} update"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Msg-ID: <199704242221.BAA30363@alpha.hut.fi>
+ Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 01:21:44 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm lib/Math/Trig.pm pod/roffitall
+ t/lib/complex.t t/lib/trig.t
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no other changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "Fix buffer overflow in a2p"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: x2p/a2py.c
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "FAQ udpate (24-apr-97)"
+ From: Nathan Torkington <gnat@prometheus.frii.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199704242247.QAA07010@prometheus.frii.com>
+ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:47:23 -0600 (MDT)
+ Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod
+
+ Title: "Document new {,s}printf() behavior"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+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
+-----------------
+
+This one has two security bug fixes for buffer overflows. Perl has
+not yet been searched to see if more fixes are needed.
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Improve sysseek(), remove systell(), fix Opcode"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: doio.c ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm
+ ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs global.sym keywords.pl opcode.pl
+ pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c
+ proto.h t/op/sysio.t toke.c
+
+ Title: "Fix (and test) spaces in {,un}pack()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp.c t/op/pack.t
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Irix update"
+ From: Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com>
+ Msg-ID: <yd8d8rsi0ln.fsf@hoshi.engr.sgi.com>
+ Date: 18 Apr 1997 12:37:24 -0700
+ Files: MANIFEST hints/irix_6.sh hints/irix_6_0.sh hints/irix_6_1.sh
+
+ Title: "ExtUtils/Miniperl.pm not built on Win32"
+ From: Nick Ing-Simmons
+ Msg-ID: <199704181742.SAA08407@ni-s.u-net.com>
+ Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 18:42:32 +0100
+ Files: win32/Makefile
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "SECURITY FIX: 'Identifier too long'"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod toke.c
+
+ Title: "SECURITY FIX: Buffer overflow in gv_fetchfile()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: gv.c
+
+ Title: "Remove pp_method() inefficiency from last patch"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_hot.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Fix unnecessary re-linking"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+
+ Title: "Fix tcsh hack in Configure"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: Configure
+
+ Title: "Minor, optional patch to Makefile.SH"
+ From: "Randy J. Ray" <rjray@uswest.com>
+ Msg-ID: <rjray-9703180132.AA00374040@snakepit.ecte.uswc.uswest.com>
+ Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:32:17 -0600
+ Files: Makefile.SH
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Patch to Getopt::Long"
+ From: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
+ Msg-ID: <m0wIKCO-00081IC@phoenix.squirrel.nl>
+ Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 22:24 MET DST
+ Files: lib/Getopt/Long.pm
+
+ Title: "Fix NAME in SDBM_File build"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no other changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "Make h2ph generate constant subs"
+ From: Roderick Schertler
+ Msg-ID: <pz2088w5ot.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
+ Date: 18 Apr 1997 14:23:46 -0400
+ Files: utils/h2ph.PL
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Document {,un}pack changes"
+ From: Paul Marquess
+ Msg-ID: <9704181249.AA11733@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk>
+ Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 13:49:39 BST
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97f
+-----------------
+
+This is it before _98. No more last-minute features. Really, I mean
+it this time. No kidding.
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "New operator systell()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: doio.c ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm keywords.pl opcode.pl
+ pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c
+ t/op/sysio.t toke.c
+
+ Title: "Allow constant sub to be optimized when called with parens"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: toke.c
+
+ Title: "Make {,un}pack fail on invalid pack types"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp.c
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Fix bitwise ops and {,un}pack() on Cray CPUs"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp.c
+
+ Title: "VMS update"
+ From: Charles Bailey
+ Files: lib/Cwd.pm lib/File/Path.pm lib/FindBin.pm vms/perly_c.vms
+ vms/vms.c vms/writemain.pl
+
+ Title: "Win32 update (three patches)"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy and Nick Ing-Simmons
+ Files: lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Win32.pm
+ lib/File/Basename.pm win32/Makefile win32/makedef.pl
+ win32/perllib.c win32/win32.c win32/win32iop.h
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Fix error messages on method lookup failure"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_hot.c
+
+ Title: "Fix use of var before init in util.c"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Msg-ID: <199704162342.TAA20773@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 19:42:41 -0400
+ Files: util.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Linux hints: Allow build w/o suidperl, prefer tcsh to csh"
+ From: Michael De La Rue <mikedlr@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
+ Files: Configure hints/linux.sh
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Fix bug in Opcode when (maxo & 15) > 8"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm
+ ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs
+
+ Title: "CGI.pm broke again"
+ From: Andreas Koenig
+ Msg-ID: <199704171136.NAA24859@anna.in-berlin.de>
+ Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 13:36:28 +0200
+ Files: lib/CGI.pm
+
+ Title: "Revise quotewords()"
+ From: Shishir Gundavaram <shishir@ruby.ora.com>
+ Files: lib/Text/ParseWords.pm
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no other changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Doc updates: INSTALL-1.13, pumpkin.pod-1.9"
+ From: Andy Dougherty
+ Files: INSTALL Porting/pumpkin.pod
+
+ Title: "Document size restrictions for packed integers"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97e
+-----------------
+
+Y'know, I've heard of this "beta" thing, but it's been so long since
+I've seen one, I'm not sure it really exists...
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "New operator: sysseek()"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: doio.c ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm global.sym
+ keywords.pl opcode.pl pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod
+ pp_sys.c t/op/sysio.t toke.c
+
+ Title: "Allow recursive substitution again"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pp_hot.c
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Use size_t for socket size parameters of GNU libc"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: doio.c pp_sys.c
+
+ Title: "Fix STMT_{START,END} under g++"
+ From: Steven Parkes <parkes@sierravista.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199704141935.MAA11240@monterey.sierravista.com>
+ Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:35:34 -0700
+ Files: perl.h
+
+ Title: "Win32 update (four patches)"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy and Nick Ing-Simmons
+ Files: MANIFEST README.win32 dosish.h ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL
+ ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
+ ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm perl.c
+ utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL win32/Makefile win32/TEST
+ win32/config.H win32/config.w32 win32/config_h.PL
+ win32/config_sh.PL win32/perllib.c win32/runperl.c
+ win32/win32.c win32/win32io.c win32/win32sck.c
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "New API function: perl_eval_pv()"
+ From: Doug MacEachern
+ Msg-ID: <199704142113.RAA06823@postman.osf.org>
+ Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:13:41 -0400
+ Files: perl.c pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlembed.pod
+ pod/perlguts.pod proto.h
+
+ Title: "Fix C< s//whatever/ >, which reuses old pattern"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_hot.c regexec.c
+
+ Title: "Return a value from PerlIO_{,un}getc"
+ From: Hallvard B Furuseth
+ Msg-ID: <199704131228.OAA05695@bombur2.uio.no>
+ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 14:28:14 +0200 (MET DST)
+ Files: perlio.c
+
+ Title: "Fix for environment leak"
+ From: skimo@breughel.ufsia.ac.be (Sven Verdoolaege)
+ Msg-ID: <19970415103246.NN46698@breughel.ufsia.ac.be>
+ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 10:32:46 +0200
+ Files: util.c
+
+ Title: "Fix comments in seed()"
+ From: Hallvard B Furuseth
+ Msg-ID: <199704141758.TAA06895@bombur2.uio.no>
+ Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 19:58:38 +0200 (MET DST)
+ Files: pp.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Put extensions' autoload files in $archlib"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: installperl
+
+ Title: "Use '-fPIC' for debugging compiles under Solaris with gcc"
+ From: Hallvard B Furuseth
+ Files: Configure
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Refresh CGI to 2.34"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: eg/cgi/customize.cgi eg/cgi/tryit.cgi lib/CGI.pm
+ lib/CGI/Apache.pm
+
+ Title: "Debugger update"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199704142115.RAA09923@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 17:15:27 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: lib/perl5db.pl
+
+ Title: "diagnostics: $/ gotcha"
+ From: Andreas Koenig
+ Msg-ID: <199704151814.UAA03404@anna.in-berlin.de>
+ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 20:14:01 +0200
+ Files: lib/diagnostics.pm
+
+ Title: "Update File::Path"
+ From: Andreas Koenig
+ Msg-ID: <199704151401.QAA02556@anna.in-berlin.de>
+ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 16:01:07 +0200
+ Files: lib/File/Path.pm t/lib/filepath.t
+
+ Title: "User::pwent.pm: g{,e}cos"
+ From: Tom Christiansen
+ Msg-ID: <199704130135.TAA23274@jhereg.perl.com>
+ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 19:35:54 -0600
+ Files: lib/User/pwent.pm
+
+ Title: "Sys::Syslog: hyphens in hostnames"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Msg-ID: <199704151421.RAA19693@alpha.hut.fi>
+ Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 17:21:53 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Files: lib/Sys/Syslog.pm
+
+ Title: "Clean up format of dlopen() debug info"
+ From: Hallvard B Furuseth
+ Files: ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "xsubpp incorrectly handles 'class::newthing()'"
+ From: "John Q. Linux" <jql@jql.accessone.com>
+ Msg-ID: <199704122201.PAA01780@jql.accessone.com>
+ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:01:33 -0700
+ Files: lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "Add CGI to perldelta.pod and improve its description in MANIFEST"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: MANIFEST pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "Describe probs with majordomo 1.94.1"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod
+
+ Title: "Fix description of /\G/g"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perlop.pod
+
+ Title: "Mention '...' operator in precedence table"
+ From: Tom Christiansen
+ Msg-ID: <199704131724.LAA23120@jhereg.perl.com>
+ Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 11:24:16 -0600
+ Files: pod/perlop.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97d
+-----------------
+
+Any minute now... second public beta... no, really...
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Fix for incorrect overloaded assignment"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199704112225.SAA03482@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 18:25:33 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: gv.c
+
+ Title: "Fix C< $x=''; pos($x)=0; $x=~/\G$/ >"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pp_hot.c
+
+ Title: "Fix label on C<for(;;)> statement"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: perly.c perly.y
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "update to 5.003_97b/hint/irix_6_2.sh"
+ From: Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com>
+ Msg-ID: <yd8hghdjbk0.fsf@hoshi.engr.sgi.com>
+ Date: 11 Apr 1997 18:05:03 -0700
+ Files: hints/irix_6_2.sh
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Before 'BEGIN not safe', explain why"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: op.c
+
+ Title: "New error msg for low-key failure of C<require>"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldiag.pod pp_ctl.c t/pragma/strict-subs
+ t/pragma/strict-vars
+
+ Title: "Put "dXSUB_SYS" last in declarations"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: win32/perllib.c
+
+ Title: "Minor type cleanup"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: proto.h toke.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "win32: perl5db patch"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Msg-ID: <199704102142.RAA27396@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
+ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 17:42:13 -0400
+ Files: lib/perl5db.pl
+
+ Title: "Enhancements to debugger, Term::ReadLine, Term::Cap"
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich
+ Msg-ID: <199704101948.PAA01841@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:48:07 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: lib/Term/Cap.pm lib/Term/ReadLine.pm lib/perl5db.pl
+
+ Title: "MM_Unix patch for use under CVS"
+ From: Ulrich Pfeifer
+ Msg-ID: <yfmd8s1vhpn.fsf@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
+ Date: 11 Apr 1997 14:59:00 +0200
+ Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+
+ Title: "Complex update (five patches)"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm t/lib/complex.t
+
+ Title: "Fix undef warning in Math::BigInt"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: lib/Math/BigInt.pm
+
+ TESTS
+
+ (no other changes)
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ Title: "Add B<-o> option to a2p, for old awk; make new the default"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: x2p/a2p.h x2p/a2p.pod x2p/a2py.c x2p/walk.c
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "typo in lib/diagnostics.pm"
+ From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett)
+ Msg-ID: <199704111800.OAA27297@grymoire.crd.ge.com>
+ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 14:00:54 -0400
+ Files: lib/diagnostics.pm
+
+ Title: "Use B<> for options in Class::Struct pod"
+ From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@iii.co.uk>
+ Msg-ID: <334D2E7B.67F0@iii.co.uk>
+ Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 19:16:27 +0100
+ Files: lib/Class/Struct.pm
+
+ Title: "Explain //g and \G issues"
+ From: Gurusamy Sarathy
+ Msg-ID: <199704122048.QAA25060@aatma.engin.umich.edu>
+ Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 16:48:41 -0400
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod
+
+ Title: "more (err, less) doubled words"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Msg-ID: <199704111931.WAA24460@alpha.hut.fi>
+ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:31:25 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
+ ext/IO/lib/IO/Pipe.pm lib/CGI.pm lib/Exporter.pm
+ lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/IPC/Open2.pm lib/IPC/Open3.pm
+ lib/vars.pm pod/perlcall.pod pod/perldiag.pod
+ pod/perlfaq1.pod pod/perlfaq3.pod pod/perlfaq5.pod
+ pod/perlfaq7.pod pod/perlfaq8.pod pod/perlipc.pod
+
+ Title: "Freudian slip error in perlsub.pod"
+ From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett)
+ Msg-ID: <199704111755.NAA27200@grymoire.crd.ge.com>
+ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 13:55:07 -0400
+ Files: pod/perlsub.pod
+
+ Title: "Little patch for perl5.003_97c/pod/perlpod.pod"
+ From: rse@engelschall.com (Ralf S. Engelschall)
+ Msg-ID: <199704112048.WAA08733@en1.engelschall.com>
+ Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:48:37 +0200
+ Files: pod/perlpod.pod
+
+
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97c
+-----------------
+
+That second public beta will be Real Soon Now...
+
+ CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Refine setgroups() behavior of C<$)>"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: mg.c pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlvar.pod
+
+ Title: "Forbid -[Mm] on #! line"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod toke.c
+
+ CORE PORTABILITY
+
+ Title: "Fix dynamic loading (and argv[0]) under AmigaOS"
+ From: Norbert Pueschel
+ Msg-ID: <77724842@Armageddon.meb.uni-bonn.de>
+ Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 22:01:45 +0200
+ Files: hints/amigaos.sh
+
+ Title: "Special mkdir() for VMS"
+ From: Charles Bailey
+ Msg-ID: <01IHGOXN6MZM0004K3@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
+ Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 12:33:56 -0400 (EDT)
+ Files: dosish.h lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/File/Path.pm os2/os2ish.h
+ plan9/plan9ish.h pp_sys.c unixish.h vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h
+
+ OTHER CORE CHANGES
+
+ Title: "Fix assignment from magic SV that becomes a glob"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: sv.c
+
+ BUILD PROCESS
+
+ Title: "Fix syntax error in Configure comment(!)"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: Configure
+
+ Title: "For Solaris, if -DDEBUGGING, default to '-KPIC', not '-Kpic'"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: Configure
+
+ Title: "Fix usage of dXSUB_SYS, esp. in ExtUtils::Miniperl"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: dosish.h minimod.pl os2/os2ish.h plan9/plan9ish.h vms/vmsish.h
+
+ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS
+
+ Title: "Replace Class::Template with improved Class::Struct"
+ From: Jim Miner <jfm@winternet.com>
+ Files: MANIFEST lib/Class/Struct.pm lib/Class/Template.pm
+ lib/File/stat.pm lib/Net/hostent.pm lib/Net/netent.pm
+ lib/Net/protoent.pm lib/Net/servent.pm lib/Time/gmtime.pm
+ lib/Time/localtime.pm lib/Time/tm.pm lib/User/grent.pm
+ lib/User/pwent.pm pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq7.pod
+ pod/perlmod.pod pod/perltoot.pod
+
+ Title: "MakeMaker pathname patch"
+ From: Nick Ing-Simmons
+ Msg-ID: <199704091908.UAA00877@ni-s.u-net.com>
+ Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 20:08:23 +0100
+ Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+
+ Title: "Fix configuration of new socket"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
+
+ Title: "Improve IO::Handle docs; don't export _open_mode_string"
+ From: Chip Salzenberg
+ Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm
+
+ Title: "Complex.pm: 0**0 sanity"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Msg-ID: <199704091804.VAA13930@alpha.hut.fi>
+ Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 21:04:23 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm
+
+ Title: "Fix typos in Math::Trig"
+ From: Jarkko Hietaniemi
+ Files: lib/Math/Trig.pm
+
+ TESTS
+
+ Title: "Accommodate CodeBuilder variant of Machten 4.0.3"
+ From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@slipper.ip.lu>
+ Msg-ID: <v03020902af704d320f27@[194.51.248.88]>
+ Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 22:15:15 +0200
+ Files: t/io/fs.t t/op/stat.t
+
+ UTILITIES
+
+ (no changes)
+
+ DOCUMENTATION
+
+ Title: "IO::Socket doc fix"
+ From: Roderick Schertler
+ Msg-ID: <28383.860527843@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
+ Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 15:30:43 -0400
+ Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm
--------------------
- Version 5.003_97b
--------------------
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97b
+-----------------
Working on the second public beta...
Files: pod/perltrap.pod
--------------------
- Version 5.003_97a
--------------------
+-----------------
+Version 5.003_97a
+-----------------
This release gets a letter instead of a full subversion because I'm
planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta.
pod/perlstyle.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlvar.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_97
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_97
+----------------
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Files: lib/CGI.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm
-------------------
- Version 5.003_96
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_96
+----------------
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Files: pod/*.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_95
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_95
+----------------
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_94
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_94
+----------------
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
-------------------
- Version 5.003_93
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_93
+----------------
Me, last time:
"This release will be the public beta of 5.004,
pod/perlop.pod pod/perlsub.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_92
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_92
+----------------
This release will be the public beta of 5.004, or my name isn't
Larson T. Pettifogger.
Files: pod/*.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_91
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_91
+----------------
This is (should be? must be!) the public beta of 5.004.
pod/perltoc.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_90
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_90
+----------------
At last, a mil[le]stone: The first beta of Perl 5.004.
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlsec.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_28
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_28
+----------------
This release is beta candidate #6. If this isn't good enough to go beta,
I'll eat a floppy disk. (Okay, it's a chocolate floppy, but still....)
pod/perltie.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perltrap.pod x2p/a2p.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_27
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_27
+----------------
This release is beta candidate #5: Our last, best hope for a beta.
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_26
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_26
+----------------
This release is beta candidate #4. "Once more, dear friends...."
Files: pod/perltie.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_25
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_25
+----------------
This release is beta candidate #3. Here's hoping...
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_24
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_24
+----------------
This release is the second candidate for a public beta test.
It's, well, bunches better than _23.
Files: pod/perlsyn.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_23
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_23
+----------------
This release is our first candidate for a public beta test.
Files: pod/perllocale.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_22
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_22
+----------------
This release is primarily made up of bug fixes, the foremost among
which repairs a showstopper memory corruption bug in formats.
Files: configpm
-------------------
- Version 5.003_21
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_21
+----------------
This release includes several important bug fixes, and a couple of
minor but valuable language tweaks. Please read on for a list of the
Files: pod/perlsub.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlvar.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_20
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_20
+----------------
The only language change in this release is the recension of support
for named closures: Now, no subroutine declared "sub foo {}" can be
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perltoc.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_19
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_19
+----------------
Lots of internal cleanup in this patch, especially plugged memory
leaks when embedded Perl interpreters shut down and restart. The
vms/descrip.mms
-------------------
- Version 5.003_18
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_18
+----------------
Yet further down the road to 5.004....
Files: pod/perldiag.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_17
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_17
+----------------
The rate of patches is slowing down.... I see 5.004 at the end of the
tunnel! (Hey, what's that whistle?)
Files: pod/perllocale.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_16
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_16
+----------------
This patch is all bug fixes, library updates, and documentation
updates. We'll get to 5.004 RSN, I promise. :-)
Files: pod/perllocale.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_15
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_15
+----------------
As soon as I posted 5.003_14, I found a fatal error in it. :-(
changes that were supposed to be improvements, but weren't.
-------------------
- Version 5.003_14
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_14
+----------------
We seem to have achieved "release candidate" status.
Files: lib/Class/Template.pm lib/Time/tm.pm
-------------------
- Version 5.003_13
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_13
+----------------
The watchword here is "synchronization." There were a couple of
show-stopper bugs in 5.003_12, so I'm issuing this patch to bring
Files: pod/perlpod.pod pod/pod2html.PL
-------------------
- Version 5.003_12
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_12
+----------------
This patch is huge. A multitude of bug fixes, new modules (especially
CPAN and Net::FTP), a couple of new Configure variables, updated
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 18:56:33 -0700
Files: pod/*
-------------------
- Version 5.003_11
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_11
+----------------
This patch is (still) closing in on 5.004. Nothing dramatic, lots of
value.
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
-------------------
- Version 5.003_10
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_10
+----------------
This patch is closing in on 5.004. It contains lots of small and
valuable changes, but nothing dramatic.
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
-------------------
- Version 5.003_09
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_09
+----------------
This patch was a compendium of various fixes and enhancements from
many people, including some serious improvement in lexical variable
Files: x2p/util.c
-------------------
- Version 5.003_08
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_08
+----------------
This patch was a compendium of various fixes and enhancements from
many people. Here are some of the more significant changes.
Files: x2p/a2p.c x2p/a2p.y
-------------------
- Version 5.003_07
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_07
+----------------
This patch was primarily to fix bugs or include little things I missed
in 5.003_06. 5.003_07 is intended to be stable enough to merit serious
pathname of the file being extracted.
-------------------
- Version 5.003_06
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_06
+----------------
This patch was primarily to fix bugs, improve the documentation,
and work towards restoring binary compatibility with 5.003.
I then embedded the pod into the s2p script.
-------------------
- Version 5.003_05
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_05
+----------------
This patch was primarily to fix bugs and to clean up some of
the remaining issues from in 5.003_04. The details are described below.
VMS 5.003_05 Update.
-------------------
- Version 5.003_04
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_04
+----------------
This patch was primarily to fix bugs and to clean up some of
the changes made in 5.003_03. The details are described below.
doesn't support the -x option.)
-------------------
- Version 5.003_03
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_03
+----------------
Most of the changes in 5.003_03 are to make the build and installation
process more robust. The details are described below. A very brief
Use Configure's FILE_filbuf macro instead of a raw _filbuf.
-------------------
- Version 5.003_02
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_02
+----------------
o Visible Changes to Core Functionality
- Redefining constant subs, or changing sub's prototype now give warnings.
- Typo patch for VMS.
-------------------
- Version 5.003_01
-------------------
+----------------
+Version 5.003_01
+----------------
Version 5.003_01 contains bugfixes and additions accumulated since
version 5.002_01, since the patch to version 5.003 was deliberately
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