Version v5.7.X Development release working toward v5.8
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+[ 17573] By: jhi on 2002/07/16 13:14:34
+ Log: Mac OS X dyld problem: try more direct action first.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17572] By: jhi on 2002/07/16 13:06:04
+ Log: More explicit solution for the Mac OS X "dyld undefined symbols"
+ problem.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17571] By: jhi on 2002/07/16 12:25:07
+ Log: Upgrade to Locale::Codes 2.06.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Locale/Codes/ChangeLog lib/Locale/Codes/README
+ ! lib/Locale/Country.pm lib/Locale/Country.pod
+ ! lib/Locale/Currency.pm lib/Locale/Language.pm
+ ! lib/Locale/Script.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17570] By: gsar on 2002/07/16 02:57:47
+ Log: integrate a variant of change#17568 from maint-5.6 branch (the
+ do_exec parts elided so that change is restricted strictly to
+ windows; binary compatibility stubs not needed)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! embed.fnc embed.h global.sym iperlsys.h makedef.pl pp_sys.c
+ ! proto.h win32/perlhost.h win32/win32.c win32/win32.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17569] By: jhi on 2002/07/16 02:26:12
+ Log: Integrate change #16844 from maint:
+
+ extension of change#16332: isolate signal diddling to the main
+ interpreter (fixes signal-related races, e.g. when multiple
+ threads run system())
+ Branch: perl
+ !> util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17568] By: gsar on 2002/07/16 01:26:12
+ Log: on windows, expose do_{spawn,spawn_nowait,exec,aspawn} as part of
+ perl API; as a result spawnvp() is now the only one that belongs in
+ iperlsys.h interface (stubs retained in structure for bincompat)
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ ! embed.h embed.pl global.sym globals.c iperlsys.h makedef.pl
+ ! objXSUB.h perlapi.c pp_sys.c proto.h win32/perlhost.h
+ ! win32/win32.c win32/win32.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17567] By: gsar on 2002/07/16 00:27:12
+ Log: integrate change#17566 from maint-5.6 branch
+
+ on windows, ensure child processes that get run via backticks get
+ the right pipe handle at stdin/stdout; this is needed to make
+ subprocesses see the correct standard handles such that backticks
+ and piped open()s work when run from within GUI applications
+
+ this also makes it possible to launch wperl.exe in backticks
+ from within an application that has no std handles without a
+ new blank console window popping up
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17566] By: gsar on 2002/07/16 00:06:14
+ Log: on windows, ensure child processes that get run via backticks get
+ the right pipe handle at stdin/stdout; this is needed to make
+ subprocesses see the correct standard handles such that backticks
+ and piped open()s work when run from within GUI applications
+
+ this also makes it possible to launch wperl.exe in backticks
+ from within an application that has no std handles without a
+ new blank console window popping up
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17565] By: gsar on 2002/07/15 23:58:49
+ Log: change#16528 merged the fix for my_popen() but missed my_popen_list()
+ which had the same code (and bugs) duplicated; add changes#16329,16331
+ into my_popen_list()
+ Branch: perl
+ ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17564] By: gsar on 2002/07/15 23:45:08
+ Log: add missing xref in Changes
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17563] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 22:38:31
+ Log: IRIX -O2 trick (needs verification from John P. Linderman)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17562] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 22:30:29
+ Log: Subject: Typo? in perlxstut.pod + PATCH
+ From: "John P. Linderman" <jpl@research.att.com>
+ Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:08:47 -0400 (EDT)
+ Message-Id: <200207151808.OAA53989@raptor.research.att.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlxstut.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17561] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 21:11:04
+ Log: Split "Known problems" into "Known problems" (generic,
+ or shared among several platforms) and "Platform Specific
+ Problems".
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17560] By: rgs on 2002/07/15 20:13:22
+ Log: Clarify the PerlIO::scalar docs (suggested by Elizabeth
+ Mattijsen.)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/PerlIO/scalar/scalar.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17559] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 18:59:23
+ Log: Retract #17486: OS/2 didn't like it.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! makedef.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17558] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 18:39:11
+ Log: Add #!./perl, noticed by John Adams.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Time/HiRes/HiRes.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17557] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 17:14:41
+ Log: Regen toc.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17556] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 17:12:28
+ Log: Add a section on ithreads; rearrange the sections a bit.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17555] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 16:29:06
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH] reinclude ODBM_File & NDBM_File in Cygwin build
+ From: sthoenna@efn.org (Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes)
+ Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:04:02 -0700
+ Message-ID: <CCwM9gzkg25T092yn@efn.org>
+
+ Document which tests will fail.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17554] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 16:26:55
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20020715.009] perl 5.8.0 RC3 incorrectly tests gcc version on Tru64 UNIX V4.0F
+ From: Rainer Orth <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
+ Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:23:54 +0200 (MET DST)
+ Message-Id: <5.8.0_22255_1026753561@rimsky>
+
+ (also raise the gcc minimum to 2.95.3)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/dec_osf.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17553] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 14:56:42
+ Log: configure.gnu wants to be executable, too.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Porting/makerel
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17552] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 14:35:31
+ Log: DJGPP broke after 5.7.3, so that's good news.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17551] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:49:27
+ Log: Retract #17550: the build/test time warnings do not
+ belong to perldelta, they belong to the announcement.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17550] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:46:51
+ Log: (retracted by #17551)
+ Copy the warnings about build and test times from
+ the RC announcements to perldelta.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17549] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:38:53
+ Log: Try to future proof the op/taint.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/op/taint.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17548] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:35:49
+ Log: Squash "uninitialized" warning from gcc.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17547] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:33:20
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17546] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:04:59
+ Log: Subject: Re: Core dump in perl_clone (even with 'use threads;' first) [PATCH]
+ From: Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>
+ Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:14:54 +0100
+ Message-ID: <20020715121454.F20682@dansat.data-plan.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17545] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 13:01:48
+ Log: Subject: RC3: lib/constant.t #35
+ From: Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@edge.co.jp>
+ Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:29:28 +0900
+ Message-ID: <86adotwisn.wl@mail.edge.co.jp>
+
+ Assuming " " in error messages does not work in Japanese,
+ just skip the test (even the #34 is suspicious).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/constant.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17544] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 12:57:52
+ Log: Upgrade to podlators 1.23.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Pod/Man.pm lib/Pod/ParseLink.pm lib/Pod/Text.pm
+ ! lib/Pod/Text/Color.pm lib/Pod/Text/Overstrike.pm
+ ! lib/Pod/Text/Termcap.pm pod/pod2man.PL pod/pod2text.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17543] By: nick on 2002/07/15 06:56:42
+ Log: Integrate mainline
+ Branch: perlio
+ !> (integrate 28 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17542] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 04:03:51
+ Log: Say something about missing "Perl_get_sv".
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17541] By: jhi on 2002/07/15 03:31:05
+ Log: Subject: Re: Regexp causes coredump
+ From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+ Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 02:22:35 +0100
+ Message-Id: <200207150122.g6F1MZP31385@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! regexec.c t/op/re_tests
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17540] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 21:56:52
+ Log: Upgrade to Term::ANSIColor 1.05.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Term/ANSIColor.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17539] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 19:57:54
+ Log: Test skip counter tweak from Craig Berry.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/op/taint.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17538] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 18:17:31
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20020713.008] %vd eats two arguments
+ From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+ Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 19:00:12 +0100
+ Message-Id: <200207141800.g6EI0CA14256@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c t/op/sprintf.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17537] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 16:04:35
+ Log: Unfortunately we have to downgrade the status of DJGPP.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlport.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17536] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 15:58:12
+ Log: I would say the long double support has matured enough.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17535] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 15:56:01
+ Log: The z/OS problems are dependent on the environment;
+ Merijn Broeren didn't hit the pat.t crash. Now we only
+ need to figure out what's different in the environments...
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17534] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 15:53:08
+ Log: perldelta didn't know of FreeBSD 4.6 readdir_r.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17533] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 15:48:46
+ Log: perldelta shuffling.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17532] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 15:30:38
+ Log: Document the Thread:: change.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17531] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 15:26:51
+ Log: Add a few new diagnostics.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17530] By: jhi on 2002/07/14 14:37:28
+ Log: Move the debugger changes from "diagnostics" to "fixes".
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17529] By: pudge on 2002/07/14 12:09:00
+ Log: Integrate perl
+ Branch: macperl
+ +> ext/PerlIO/scalar/Makefile.PL ext/PerlIO/scalar/scalar.pm
+ +> ext/PerlIO/scalar/scalar.xs ext/PerlIO/via/Makefile.PL
+ +> ext/PerlIO/via/via.pm ext/PerlIO/via/via.xs
+ +> lib/PerlIO/via/QuotedPrint.pm lib/PerlIO/via/t/QuotedPrint.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17528] By: pudge on 2002/07/14 12:07:17
+ Log: Integrate perl
+ Branch: macperl
+ +> ext/MIME/Base64/t/quoted-print.t ext/ODBM_File/hints/linux.pl
+ +> ext/Thread/Queue.pmx ext/Thread/Semaphore.pmx lib/Config.t
+ +> lib/Math/BigInt/t/bare_mif.t lib/Pod/t/text.t
+ +> lib/Thread/Queue.t lib/Thread/Semaphore.t
+ - ext/MIME/Base64/t/qp.t ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Makefile.PL
+ - ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Scalar.pm ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Scalar.xs
+ - ext/PerlIO/Via/Makefile.PL ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.pm
+ - ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.xs ext/threads/shared/queue.pm
+ - ext/threads/shared/semaphore.pm ext/threads/shared/t/queue.t
+ - ext/threads/shared/t/semaphore.t
+ !> (integrate 157 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17527] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 23:07:10
+ Log: This is 5.8.0 RC3.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17526] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 23:05:53
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17525] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 22:31:07
+ Log: Small pod nits.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! README.irix README.os2 pod/perlhack.pod pod/perlipc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17524] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 22:26:10
+ Log: Update perlhist.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlhist.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17523] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 22:24:19
+ Log: metaconfig unit changes for #17522.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ + IncClean.U
+ ! gccvers.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17522] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 22:24:02
+ Log: Regen Configure.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17521] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 14:14:16
+ Log: Update the CPAN sites list in perlmodlib, regen toc.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlmodlib.PL pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17520] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 13:51:55
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] perlbug
+ From: Ask Bjoern Hansen <ask@develooper.com>
+ Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 07:46:36 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <20020713074456.M95399-100000@miette.develooper.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! utils/perlbug.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17519] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 13:35:57
+ Log: More admonishment that one shouldn't waste one's efforts
+ on 5.005 threads any more.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17518] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 13:29:07
+ Log: The installation of the 5.005threads {Queue,Semaphore}.pm
+ didn't quite work.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Thread/Queue.pmx ext/Thread/Semaphore.pmx installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17517] By: rgs on 2002/07/13 11:46:14
+ Log: Minor doc changes for PerlIO::via.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/PerlIO/via/via.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17516] By: rgs on 2002/07/13 11:28:01
+ Log: The warning "Use of tainted arguments in %s is deprecated"
+ was incorrectly reported whenever system or exec was
+ invoked with multiple arguments.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17515] By: nick on 2002/07/13 09:18:03
+ Log: Integrate mainline
+ Branch: perlio
+ +> ext/Thread/Queue.pmx ext/Thread/Semaphore.pmx
+ +> lib/Thread/Queue.t lib/Thread/Semaphore.t
+ - ext/threads/shared/queue.pm ext/threads/shared/semaphore.pm
+ - ext/threads/shared/t/queue.t ext/threads/shared/t/semaphore.t
+ !> (integrate 54 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 17514] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 00:10:07
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 17513] By: jhi on 2002/07/13 00:03:04
Log: Document that using threads/pseudofork inside BEGINs does not work.
Branch: perl
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[ 17467] By: jhi on 2002/07/10 20:10:23
Log: Retract #17375: contrary to intention, it was actually
- harmful on EBCDIC.
+ harmful on EBCDIC (configpm broke).
Branch: perl
! regexec.c
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! ext/threads/shared/t/cond.t
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[ 16528] By: nick on 2002/05/09 16:40:39
- Log: Integrate maint branch io (pipe) fixes.
+ Log: Integrate maint branch io (pipe) fixes. (changes#16329,16330,16331)
Branch: perl
!> doio.c pp_sys.c util.c
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