prototype("CORE::recv")
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@@ -31,6 +31,605 @@ or any other branch.
 Version v5.7.1         Development release working toward v5.8
 --------------
 ____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9668] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/10  01:00:38
+        Log: Regen toc.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9667] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/10  00:52:16
+        Log: Update perlhist.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlhist.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9666] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  23:38:59
+        Log: Slight wording tweaks from Damian to #9658.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlobj.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9665] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  19:56:06
+        Log: Subject: [PATCH perlutil.pod] Nit
+             From: Simon Cozens <simon@netthink.co.uk>
+             Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 20:29:44 +0100
+             Message-ID: <20010409202944.A14796@the.earth.li>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlutil.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9664] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  19:54:42
+        Log: Subject: Re: perl571delta.pod@9631
+             From: Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk>
+             Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 18:09:14 +0100
+             Message-Id: <E14mfAA-0006vi-00@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9663] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  13:43:35
+        Log: Update Changes.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9662] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  13:24:46
+        Log: tweak tweak.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! AUTHORS pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9661] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  13:15:13
+        Log: Thinko in manual patch applying.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9660] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  13:07:53
+        Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH perl@9424] isn't numeric warning 
+             From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk> 
+             Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 14:58:04 +0100 (BST)
+             Message-Id: <200104091358.OAA24811@tempest.npl.co.uk>
+             
+             (This corrects the case where the "isn't numeric" string contains \0s
+             and is longer than the temporary buffer, and contains \0 at the point
+             the string would be truncated by "...".) 
+     Branch: perl
+          ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9659] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  12:57:41
+        Log: Upgrade to CGI.pm 2.753, from Lincoln Stein.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/CGI.pm lib/CGI/Cookie.pm t/lib/cgi-esc.t
+          ! t/lib/cgi-function.t t/lib/cgi-html.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9658] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  12:48:47
+        Log: Subject: [PATCH] Partial rewrite of perlobj.pod
+             From: Ilmari Karonen <iltzu@sci.fi>
+             Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 23:14:29 +0300 (EET DST)
+             Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1010408224105.425E-100000@simpukka>
+             
+             Rearrange and rewrite the Method Invocation section
+             to explain the concepts in nicer order.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlobj.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9657] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  12:35:58
+        Log: Upgrade to podlators 1.09, from Russ Allbery.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/Pod/Man.pm lib/Pod/Text.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9656] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  12:31:53
+        Log: perl571delta.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Todo-5.6 pod/perl571delta.pod pod/perlunicode.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9655] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  12:20:09
+        Log: Subject: [PATCH: perl@9622] documentation tweaks for UTF-EBCDIC support
+             From: Prymmer/Kahn <pvhp@best.com>
+             Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
+             Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104090006190.21071-100000@shell8.ba.best.com>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/utf8.pm pod/perlunicode.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9654] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/09  03:38:33
+        Log: here lies 5.6.1
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! Changes
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9653] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  03:25:24
+        Log: Update perlhist.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlhist.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9652] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  03:18:49
+        Log: perl571delta tweaking continues.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9651] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/09  03:11:19
+        Log: update Changes, patchlevel.h &c.
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! Changes patchlevel.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlhist.pod
+          ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9650] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  02:40:24
+        Log: Integrate the perlfork half of #9513 from maintperl into mainline
+             (the perlunicode half is obsolete)
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlfork.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9649] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/09  02:35:43
+        Log: tweak perldelta as suggested by Jarkko
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9648] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  02:13:04
+        Log: Integrate change #9646 from maintperl into mainline.
+             
+             add note about ithreads and Thread.pm
+     Branch: perl
+         !> ext/Thread/Thread.pm ext/Thread/Thread.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9647] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/09  02:10:18
+        Log: Bad assumption that shortsize == 2.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! t/lib/xs-typemap.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9646] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/09  00:48:04
+        Log: add note about ithreads and Thread.pm (too many people are
+             confused by the fact that Thread.pm is built and installed
+             under non-5005threads but doesn't work)
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! ext/Thread/Thread.pm ext/Thread/Thread.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9645] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/09  00:19:03
+        Log: update perldelta.pod for changes in 5.6.1
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! Changes pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9644] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  20:37:00
+        Log: Integrate change #9639 from maintperl into mainline:
+             on windows, many of the README.* pods were being copied to
+             the wrong location
+     Branch: perl
+         !> win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9643] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  20:07:11
+        Log: Integrate change #9624 from maintperl into mainline:
+             the pod tests were not okay.  (t/pod/find.t changes ignored)
+     Branch: perl
+         !> lib/Pod/Find.pm t/pod/emptycmd.t t/pod/for.t t/pod/headings.t
+         !> t/pod/include.t t/pod/included.t t/pod/lref.t
+         !> t/pod/multiline_items.t t/pod/nested_items.t
+         !> t/pod/nested_seqs.t t/pod/oneline_cmds.t t/pod/pod2usage.t
+         !> t/pod/poderrs.t t/pod/podselect.t t/pod/special_seqs.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9642] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  19:57:17
+        Log: Integrate change #9638 from maintperl into mainline:
+             update to latest JPL from the anoncvs repository
+     Branch: perl
+         +> jpl/ChangeLog jpl/README.JUST-JNI jpl/docs/Tutorial.pod
+         !> MANIFEST jpl/JNI/JNI.pm jpl/JNI/JNI.xs jpl/JNI/Makefile.PL
+         !> jpl/PerlInterpreter/PerlInterpreter.h jpl/README
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9641] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  19:53:30
+        Log: perl571delta updates.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/Filter/Simple.pm pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9640] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/08  19:20:46
+        Log: integrate change#9634 from mainline
+             
+             Fix the perlmodlib generation (didn't understand separate .pod
+             files; didn't understand -- as the name-thing separator).
+             Update the CPAN mirrors list.
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! pod/perlmodlib.pod
+         !> pod/perlmodlib.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9639] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/08  18:57:31
+        Log: on windows, many of the README.* pods were being copied to the wrong
+             location
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9638] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/08  18:38:25
+        Log: update to latest JPL from the anoncvs repository
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          + jpl/ChangeLog jpl/README.JUST-JNI jpl/docs/Tutorial.pod
+          ! MANIFEST jpl/JNI/JNI.pm jpl/JNI/JNI.xs jpl/JNI/Makefile.PL
+          ! jpl/PerlInterpreter/PerlInterpreter.h jpl/README
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9637] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  17:53:53
+        Log: Britishify spellings; s/\b(front|back) (end)\b/\1\2/g;
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9636] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  17:18:32
+        Log: Regen toc.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9635] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  17:16:33
+        Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@9622] fix IO.xs compile failure on VMS
+             From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
+             Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 12:30:16 -0500
+             Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010408120154.02675eb8@exchi01>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! ext/IO/IO.xs lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9634] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  17:09:19
+        Log: Fix the perlmodlib generation (didn't understand separate .pod
+             files; didn't understand -- as the name-thing separator).
+             
+             Update the CPAN mirrors list.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlmodlib.PL pod/perlmodlib.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9633] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  16:49:17
+        Log: Sort MANIFEST.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9632] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/08  16:36:06
+        Log: add $Tie::RefHash::VERSION
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! lib/Tie/RefHash.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9631] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  16:10:15
+        Log: perl571delta updates based on p5p feedback; still needs
+             lots of examples.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9630] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  15:59:13
+        Log: Update the list of supported platforms to talk about 5.7.1
+             (and 5.6.1)
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlport.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9629] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  15:55:41
+        Log: Integrate changes #8677,8680,8681,8725,8732,8776,8782,9290
+             from maintperl into mainline: perlport updates.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlport.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9628] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  15:53:17
+        Log: perlsolaris.pod copied to wrong directory.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9627] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  14:48:18
+        Log: Subject: Typos in perl571delta.pod
+             From: "Stephen P. Potter" <spp@spotter.yi.org>
+             Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 20:37:05 -0400
+             Message-Id: <20010408003710.2A8FC729DD@belgarath.spotter.yi.org>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9626] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/08  14:39:04
+        Log: Smoke out dTHR, spotted by by Stephen P. Potter.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! gv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9625] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/08  10:14:23
+        Log: Integrate mainline
+     Branch: perlio
+         +> pod/perl570delta.pod pod/perl571delta.pod
+         !> (integrate 27 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9624] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/08  06:08:17
+        Log: test in t/pod/* were busted
+             
+             these tests are still not enabled in t/{harness,TEST}
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! lib/Pod/Find.pm t/pod/emptycmd.t t/pod/find.t t/pod/for.t
+          ! t/pod/headings.t t/pod/include.t t/pod/included.t t/pod/lref.t
+          ! t/pod/multiline_items.t t/pod/nested_items.t
+          ! t/pod/nested_seqs.t t/pod/oneline_cmds.t t/pod/pod2usage.t
+          ! t/pod/poderrs.t t/pod/podselect.t t/pod/special_seqs.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9623] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/08  03:37:01
+        Log: integrate change#9470 from mainline
+             
+             Subject: Re: [ID 20010215.006] Bad arg length for Socket::unpack_sockaddr_un, length is 14 ... 
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+         !> ext/Socket/Socket.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9622] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  22:40:47
+        Log: Update Changes.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9621] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  22:34:16
+        Log: Update AUTHORS.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! AUTHORS
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9620] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  22:12:47
+        Log: Forgot to bump the number of tests in #9164.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! t/op/array.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9619] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  22:09:50
+        Log: Bump patchlevel to 5.7.1.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+          ! config_h.SH patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9618] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  22:02:41
+        Log: Populate perl571delta.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9617] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  22:01:23
+        Log: Change 5.7.0 to 5.7.1 in some of the places I would be guaranteed
+             to forget it later; do not change patchlevel.h yet or regenerate
+             Configure yet.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! epoc/config.sh win32/Makefile win32/config_H.bc
+          ! win32/config_H.gc win32/config_H.vc win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9616] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  17:46:33
+        Log: Add PerlIO and Encode information to perl571delta, fron NI-S.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perl571delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9615] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  17:33:21
+        Log: Change the toc configuration.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perl.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9614] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  17:29:47
+        Log: Subject: PATCH: $[
+             From: Robin Houston <robin@kitsite.com>
+             Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:10:14 +0100
+             Message-ID: <20010406181014.A18803@puffinry.freeserve.co.uk>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! op.c t/op/array.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9613] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  17:28:26
+        Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@9424] isn't numeric warning
+             From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
+             Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:08:52 +0100 (BST)
+             Message-Id: <200104061708.SAA06783@tempest.npl.co.uk>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! sv.c t/pragma/warn/sv
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9612] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  17:26:45
+        Log: Subject: [PATCH bleadperl] Re: [PATCH dump.c] hash quality
+             From: Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk>
+             Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:47:06 +0100
+             Message-Id: <E14lUhm-0000rx-00@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk>
+     Branch: perl
+          ! dump.c t/lib/peek.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9611] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  17:21:35
+        Log: Create perl571delta and seed it off with the perldelta changes
+             since 5.7.0; remove those changes from perldelta and rename it
+             as perl570delta; recreate perldelta but leave it almost empty.
+     Branch: perl
+          + pod/perl570delta.pod pod/perl571delta.pod
+          ! MANIFEST pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9610] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  16:56:32
+        Log: Denit.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9609] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  16:38:32
+        Log: Retract #9523: needs more thought.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9608] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  14:59:20
+        Log: atmark() code cleanaup.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! ext/IO/IO.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9607] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  14:48:14
+        Log: Integrate change #9605 from maintperl into mainline.
+             
+             can't optimize away scope entry if tr/// is present
+     Branch: perl
+         !> op.c t/op/tr.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9606] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/07  14:43:59
+        Log: Integrate perlio.
+     Branch: perl
+         +> win32/FindExt.pm
+         !> MANIFEST ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.xs perlio.c t/lib/md5-file.t
+         !> win32/buildext.pl win32/config_sh.PL win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9605] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/07  11:52:40
+        Log: can't optimize away scope entry if tr/// is present
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! op.c t/op/tr.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9604] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/07  11:39:45
+        Log: Split out extension finding code from buildext.pl into FindExt.pm
+             Use it to get Config.pm's idea of available extensions in line
+             with what is built.
+     Branch: perlio
+          + win32/FindExt.pm
+          ! MANIFEST win32/buildext.pl win32/config_sh.PL
+          ! win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9603] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/07  09:11:38
+        Log: Cleanup correction for failed :Via() layer, also set an error code.
+     Branch: perlio
+          ! ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9602] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/07  08:38:04
+        Log: Digests in lib/md5-file.t are for text files _without_ CRLF i.e. UNIX
+             style. So don't use binmode() on the handles so that Win32 etc. see
+             same sequence and produce same digests.
+     Branch: perlio
+          ! t/lib/md5-file.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9601] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/07  08:36:26
+        Log: Allow PerlIOBase_pushed to ignore prefix on mode (e.g. sysopen's "#r")
+             Else it complains and so crlf layer (say) does not get pushed.
+     Branch: perlio
+          ! perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9600] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  23:00:09
+        Log: Integrate change #9599 from perlio into mainline.
+     Branch: perl
+         !> ext/Encode/Encode.pm win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc
+         !> win32/config_H.vc
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9599] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/06  21:42:43
+        Log: Quote $VERSION in Encode.pm.
+             regen_config_h as requested.
+     Branch: perlio
+          ! ext/Encode/Encode.pm win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc
+          ! win32/config_H.vc
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9598] By: nick                                  on 2001/04/06  20:34:59
+        Log: Integrate mainline
+     Branch: perlio
+         +> README.macos
+         !> (integrate 39 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9597] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  18:06:35
+        Log: integrate change#9464 from mainline (addendum to change#8313)
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH @9452] Better peep()ing for foreach() loops
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+         !> op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9596] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  17:26:03
+        Log: The d_casti32=undef is good for you even when not use64bitall.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! hints/hpux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9595] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  14:57:17
+        Log: add a low-impact fix to accomodate darwin-ism
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! ext/Errno/Errno_pm.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9594] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  14:55:14
+        Log: Integrate changes #9528,9593 from mainline into maintperl;
+             tweaking the editor/IDE/shell list.
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+         !> pod/perlfaq3.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9593] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  14:51:39
+        Log: Make the editor/IDE/shell list a little bit airier.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlfaq3.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9592] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  14:45:18
+        Log: integrate change#9477 from mainline (base.pm doc tweak)
+             
+             missing doc entry for fmod()
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! lib/Math/BigFloat.pm
+         !> lib/base.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9591] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  13:55:48
+        Log: Regen toc.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9590] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  13:54:52
+        Log: Math::BigFloat patches from John Peacock.  The equivalent
+             of #9586 from maintperl but reworked by John to work with
+             the bleadperl.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/Math/BigFloat.pm t/lib/bigfltpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9589] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  13:42:23
+        Log: Define the U32_ALIGNMENT_REQUIRED only if it's not already defined.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! ext/Digest/MD5/Makefile.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9588] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/06  13:31:45
+        Log: Integrate changes #9584,9587 from maintperl into mainline.
+             
+             keep eval"" CVs alive until the end of the statement in which
+             they're called
+             
+             add README.macos (from Chris Nandor)
+             
+             tyop in change#9555
+     Branch: perl
+         +> README.macos
+         !> MANIFEST embed.h embed.pl global.sym objXSUB.h perlapi.c
+         !> pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq9.pod pod/perlguts.pod
+         !> pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c scope.h sv.c win32/Makefile
+         !> win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9587] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  07:31:30
+        Log: add README.macos (from Chris Nandor)
+             
+             tyop in change#9555
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          + README.macos
+          ! MANIFEST pod/buildtoc.PL pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq9.pod
+          ! win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9586] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  07:08:54
+        Log: fixes for Math::BigFloat bugs; add fmod() (from John Peacock)
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! lib/Math/BigFloat.pm t/lib/bigfltpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9585] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  06:58:44
+        Log: integrate changes#9555,9556,9563..9567,9570..9575,9577..9578
+             from mainline
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH] Base64 update to perlfaq9.pod
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH AUTHORS] Housekeeping
+             
+             Subject: Re: Not OK: perl v5.6.1 +fools-gold on darwin 1.3 (UNINSTALLED)
+             Mac OS X (Darwin) has extra pwent fields.
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::*] print control-character vars readably
+             Needs EBCDICification.
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::Deparse] lexical variables with ridiculously long names that are used in list assignments
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::*] cope with SVf_IVisUV, and cope with $^^ and friends
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::Deparse] "${foo}bar", "${foo}[1]" etc.
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::Deparse] binmode is no longer an UNOP
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::Deparse] regex quoting, and a minor milestone
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH B::Deparse] suppress "unintialized value" warnings
+             
+             Subject: bleadperl / hex ignores variable length and/or tr doesn't null terminate   ( with patch)
+             
+             Subject: patch for t/op/oct.t that shows need for patch supplied with bug 20010404.009, (bugs in hex and oct)
+             
+             FreeBSD hints tweak from Anton Berezin.
+             
+             Subject: [PATCH foolperl & bleadperl] README.vms update
+             
+             Subject: Re: [PATCH foolperl & bleadperl] README.vms update
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+         !> AUTHORS README.vms ext/B/B.pm ext/B/B/Concise.pm
+         !> ext/B/B/Debug.pm ext/B/B/Deparse.pm ext/B/B/Terse.pm
+         !> hints/freebsd.sh pod/perlfaq9.pod pp.c t/op/oct.t t/op/pwent.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9584] By: gsar                                  on 2001/04/06  04:09:00
+        Log: keep eval"" CVs alive until the end of the statement in which
+             they're called; this avoids a coredump ensuing from search for
+             lexicals in code such as:
+             
+             sub bug {
+             my $s = @_;
+             eval q[sub { eval 'sub { &$s }' }];
+             }
+             bug("x")->()->();
+             
+             this code still doesn't work as intended (as it has remained
+             since time immemorial), but it doesn't provoke a coredump anymore
+     Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+          ! embed.h embed.pl global.sym objXSUB.h perlapi.c
+          ! pod/perlguts.pod pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c scope.h sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  9583] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/05  23:52:51
+        Log: Update Changes.
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
 [  9582] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/05  23:11:23
         Log: Slight doc tweak.
      Branch: perl
@@ -477,7 +1076,9 @@ ____________________________________________________________________________
           ! pp_sys.c
 ____________________________________________________________________________
 [  9523] By: jhi                                   on 2001/04/03  00:02:31
-        Log: Make it harder for parallel makes to enter 'test' before
+        Log: (Retracted by #9609)
+             
+             Make it harder for parallel makes to enter 'test' before
              Dynaloader and File::Glob are happy.  (In principle 'make_ext'
              should be unhappy enough, but sometimes parallel makes seem
              to sneak past both in Tru64 and AIX.)