--------------
____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7978] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 16:42:17
+ Log: Retract #7977, still too volatile (the euphemism of the day
+ for unfinished and buggy :-)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! doop.c hv.c pp.c sv.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7977] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 16:25:15
+ Log: (Retracted by #7978, too shaky yet.)
+
+ Subject: Re: utf8 in hash keys, implementor missing
+ From: Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net>
+ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 19:49:35 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20001202194935.A25673@pembro33.pmb.ox.ac.uk>
+
+ The first step at UTF-8 hash keys.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! doop.c hv.c pp.c sv.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7976] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 16:13:53
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20001203.001] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL7965 on os2-64int-ld 2.30 (UNINSTALLED)
+ From: sthoenna@efn.org
+ Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 19:06:53 -0800 (PST)
+ Message-Id: <200012040306.eB436rE18922@garcia.efn.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! os2/os2.c perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7975] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 16:05:25
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20001129.009] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL7928 on os2-64int-ld 2.30 (UNINSTALLED)
+ From: sthoenna@efn.org (Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes)
+ Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:50:37 -0800
+ Message-ID: <d4yJ6gzkgGsJ092yn@efn.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! os2/os2.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7974] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 16:03:57
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] ++ 20% faster
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 12:17:27 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20001204121726.B52976@plum.flirble.org>
+
+ Make '$i = ""; $i++' to produce true IVs without a hint of NVs.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7973] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 16:00:48
+ Log:
+ Subject: Re: Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL7825 on aix 4.2.1.0 (UNINSTALLED)
+ From: "H.Merijn Brand" <h.m.brand@hccnet.nl>
+ Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 12:30:45 +0100
+ Message-Id: <20001204122118.E85D.H.M.BRAND@hccnet.nl>
+
+ AIX 4.2 (using latest patchlevels on 20001130) has a broken bind
+ library (getprotobyname and getprotobynumber are outversioned by
+ the same calls in libc, at least for xlc version 3.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/aix.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7972] By: jhi on 2000/12/04 02:58:31
+ Log: Integrate perlio.
+ Branch: perl
+ !> doio.c iperlsys.h perl.c perl.h perlio.c perlio.h toke.c
+ !> win32/makefile.mk win32/perlhost.h win32/perllib.c
+ !> win32/win32.h win32/win32iop.h win32/win32thread.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7971] By: nick on 2000/12/04 00:24:33
+ Log: Quieten some noise in Win32 builds:
+ - win32.h is included after <sys/socket.h>, so need to
+ set Win32SCK_IS_STDSCK earlier to avoid re-defined noise in XSUB.h
+ - GCC (& MSVC?) have execv(...,const char *const *) so need a cast from char **.
+ Branch: perlio
+ ! doio.c perl.h toke.c win32/win32.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7970] By: nick on 2000/12/03 22:57:46
+ Log: PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS compiles but does not work.
+ Branch: perlio
+ ! iperlsys.h perl.c perlio.c perlio.h win32/makefile.mk
+ ! win32/perlhost.h win32/perllib.c win32/win32.h
+ ! win32/win32iop.h win32/win32thread.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7969] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 22:12:58
+ Log: On DEBUGGING make ANYOFUTF8 nodes store away also the SV
+ used to swash_init(), makes regprop() dumps more informative
+ (+utf8::IsAlpha, -utf8::IsDigit, for example).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! regcomp.c regexec.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7968] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 21:39:56
+ Log: Implement ANYOFUTF8 regprop() dumping.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! regcomp.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7967] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 20:57:19
+ Log: Make uv_to_utf8() to zero-terminate its output buffer,
+ always use (at least) UTF8_MAXLEN + 1 U8s deep buffer.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c pp.c regcomp.c regexec.c sv.c toke.c utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7966] By: nick on 2000/12/03 18:41:21
+ Log: Integrate mainline (STDCHAR)
+ Branch: perlio
+ !> Configure t/pragma/utf8.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7965] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 17:58:20
+ Log: Raw zero bytes in text files confuse at least GNU patch 2.1.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/pragma/utf8.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7964] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 17:35:56
+ Log: Integrate perlio.
+ Branch: perl
+ !> iperlsys.h perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7963] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 17:33:55
+ Log: Metaconfig unit change for #7962.
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/stdchar.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7962] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 17:33:27
+ Log: Untangle the <stdio.h> #include nest for the stdchar test,
+ from Andy Dougherty.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7961] By: nick on 2000/12/03 16:53:00
+ Log: Make iperlsys.h vector stdio not PerlIO.
+ Branch: perlio
+ ! iperlsys.h perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7960] By: nick on 2000/12/03 14:43:01
+ Log: Integrate mainline
+ Branch: perlio
+ !> Changes Configure config_h.SH lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm op.c
+ !> patchlevel.h pod/perldiag.pod t/lib/net-hostent.t toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7959] By: jhi on 2000/12/03 08:16:36
+ Log: Use DO_UTF8().
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7958] By: jhi on 2000/12/02 18:33:05
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20001130.011] expression parsing bug ?
+ From: Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk>
+ Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 17:27:13 +0000
+ Message-Id: <E142GRN-0003go-00@libra.cus.cam.ac.uk>
+
+ An extraneous argument.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7957] By: jhi on 2000/12/02 18:22:32
+ Log: A missing hunk.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/net-hostent.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7956] By: jhi on 2000/12/02 18:06:20
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20001202.001] (Net::hostent)
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 14:28:27 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20001202142827.A12308@plum.flirble.org>
+
+ Test robustness.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/net-hostent.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7955] By: jhi on 2000/12/02 17:58:06
+ Log: Metaconfig unit change for #7954.
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ ! U/modified/stdchar.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7954] By: jhi on 2000/12/02 17:54:32
+ Log: An inconvenient hang would happen if the stdio _ptr wasn't
+ found in <stdio.h> and <stdio_impl.h> didn't exist. (grep
+ would be grepping stdin for all eternity for the _ptr.)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7953] By: jhi on 2000/12/02 00:07:15
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7952] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 23:54:47
+ Log: Subject: Re: long shell lines
+ From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+ Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 12:45:37 -0500 (EST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011301044590.26388-100000@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu>
+
+ Split overly long shell command lines.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7951] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 23:48:02
+ Log: The metaconfig unit change for #7950.
+ Branch: metaconfig
+ + U/modified/stdchar.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7950] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 23:47:39
+ Log: Try to find stdchar also from <stdio_impl.h>.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7949] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 23:46:45
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20001130.011] expression parsing bug ?
+ From: Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>
+ Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 16:26:08 -0500
+ Message-ID: <20001201162608.B1436@linguist.dartmouth.edu>
+
+ Reword the diagnostic message.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7948] By: nick on 2000/12/01 22:49:43
+ Log: Integrate mainline (for s/y/m as sub names stuff).
+ Branch: perlio
+ !> lib/CPAN.pm lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm pod/perldiag.pod t/op/misc.t
+ !> t/pragma/warn/toke toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7947] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 20:55:41
+ Log: Integrate perlio.
+ Branch: perl
+ !> perlio.c perliol.h t/io/pipe.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7946] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 20:36:51
+ Log: Upgrade to CPAN 1.59_51, from Andreas König.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/CPAN.pm lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7945] By: nick on 2000/12/01 20:31:32
+ Log: Integrate mainline
+ Branch: perlio
+ +> ext/Encode/Encode/EncodeFormat.pod lib/unicode/Is/Blank.pl
+ +> lib/unicode/Is/SpacePerl.pl t/lib/class-struct.t
+ +> t/lib/net-hostent.t
+ !> (integrate 35 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7944] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 20:23:29
+ Log: Some help for 20001130.011. Now one gets warnings like
+ "Ambiguous -f() resolved as a file test ..."
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/warn/toke toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7943] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 19:44:44
+ Log: Retract #7941. Forbidding subs m/s/etc is too cruel because
+ that also breaks using them as methods.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod t/op/misc.t toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7942] By: nick on 2000/12/01 17:56:46
+ Log: Fix 'mmap' lib/filehand.t (ungetc) test fail.
+ Make 'unix' pass most tests
+ - do unread by temporary push of layer ("pending") holding unread chars
+ - fast_gets is now based on per-handle flag
+ - relax one of io/pipe.t tests to allow print to fail and close to
+ succeed so that it passes on unbuffered "unix" layer.
+ Remaining fail is sporadic and a genuine race condition between
+ parent/child in fork test.
+ Branch: perlio
+ ! perlio.c perliol.h t/io/pipe.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7941] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 15:28:58
+ Log: (Retracted by #7943.)
+
+ Reserve the short named string operator names.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod t/op/misc.t toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7940] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 06:45:53
+ Log: Get the three different space character classes right under utf8.
+ Branch: perl
+ + lib/unicode/Is/Blank.pl lib/unicode/Is/SpacePerl.pl
+ ! MANIFEST lib/unicode/mktables.PL pod/perlre.pod regcomp.c
+ ! regexec.c t/op/pat.t utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7939] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 03:26:26
+ Log: Two more tests that make no sense in UTF-8 since the test
+ data is not in UTF-8.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/op/regexp.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7938] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 03:20:39
+ Log: \x{} doesn't any more require 'use utf8' outside regexen so why
+ should it be required inside regexen?
+ Branch: perl
+ ! regcomp.c t/op/regmesg.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7937] By: jhi on 2000/12/01 02:58:53
+ Log: Fix for 20001130.008 and 20001130.010, the PL_regnpar wasn't
+ stored and restored, and thusly was trounced by the utf8 swash
+ routines.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! regcomp.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7936] By: jhi on 2000/11/30 20:41:39
+ Log: Fix for 20001128.006, be more careful in Perl_sv_utf8_downgrade().
+ Why the different platforms behave so differently (core dump vs
+ no core dump) on this bug is a but of a mystery, but if I had to
+ guess I would mumble something like 'alignment'.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7935] By: jhi on 2000/11/30 16:17:02
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@7930] toke.c perlio.c -Wformat nits
+ From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
+ Message-Id: <200011301427.OAA00030@tempest.npl.co.uk>
+ Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:27:12 GMT
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perlio.c toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7934] By: jhi on 2000/11/30 16:04:49
+ Log: In OS/390 'localhost' can be 'localhost.FOO.BAR'.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/net-hostent.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7933] By: jhi on 2000/11/30 06:07:26
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20001129.007] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL7928 on VMS_AXP V7.1 (UNINSTALLED)
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:16:45 -0800 (PST)
+ Message-Id: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10011291515570.328738-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+
+ In VMS the localhost may be LOCALHOST.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/net-hostent.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7932] By: jhi on 2000/11/30 01:11:11
+ Log: Subject: Re: question about retlen in utf8.c:Perl_utf8_to_uv()
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 12:36:40 -0800 (PST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10011291233120.328738-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+
+ plus regen perlapi.pod.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlapi.pod utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7931] By: jhi on 2000/11/30 01:06:19
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@7930] get t/lib/filter-util.t to work on VMS
+ From: lane@DUPHY4.Physics.Drexel.Edu (Charles Lane)
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:15:11 EST
+ Message-Id: <001129171439.6099b@DUPHY4.Physics.Drexel.Edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/filter-util.pl t/lib/filter-util.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7930] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 18:51:55
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7929] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 18:50:55
+ Log: Update the va_copy() metaconfig unit.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! need_va_copy.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7928] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 17:50:43
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20001128.003] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +DEVEL7891 on ppc-linux 2.2.17
+ From: Dominic Dunlop <domo@computer.org>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:41:57 +0100
+ Message-Id: <p04320400b649771b9797@[192.168.1.4]>
+
+ Patch to catch a core dump in the Configure va_copy test.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7927] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 17:31:59
+ Log: Retract #7921, the patch shouldn't be needed.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7926] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 17:01:41
+ Log: Make the Class::Struct import() wiser.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Class/Struct.pm t/lib/class-struct.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7925] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:36:33
+ Log: All the core library users of Class::Struct seem to be
+ using "use Class::Struct 'struct';" instead of the bare
+ "use Class::Struct;", which isn't documented in Class::Struct.
+ This can't be right.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/File/stat.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7924] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:32:15
+ Log: A test works better if it has the right 1..$n output.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/class-struct.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7923] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:29:11
+ Log: Forgot to MANIFEST the new Net::hostent test.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7922] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:27:49
+ Log: Integrate perlio.
+ Branch: perl
+ !> iperlsys.h perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7921] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:27:10
+ Log: (Retracted by #7927.)
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Is infinity a number?
+ From: Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net>
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:48:20 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20001129144820.A31339@pembro33.pmb.ox.ac.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7920] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:23:02
+ Log: Subject: net_hostent.t (was Re: [ID 20001128.002] what's the point of example code if it is buggy?)
+ From: rspier@pobox.com (Robert Spier)
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:17:49 -0500
+ Message-ID: <14884.44445.760322.278647@localhost.localdomain>
+
+ Add a test for Net::hostent.
+ Branch: perl
+ + t/lib/net-hostent.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7919] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 16:21:31
+ Log: Make "use Class::Struct 'struct';" work again (broken by #7617);
+ add a test for Class::Struct.
+ Branch: perl
+ + t/lib/class-struct.t
+ ! MANIFEST lib/Class/Struct.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7918] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 15:48:40
+ Log: Subject: Re: Minor suggestion for Sys::Syslog [PATCH]
+ From: rspier@pobox.com (Robert Spier)
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:25:39 -0500
+ Message-ID: <14884.44915.86028.422238@localhost.localdomain>
+
+ More checking in case someone has broken their services or
+ protocol databases.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Sys/Syslog/Syslog.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7917] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 15:46:25
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] $^O win32 -> MSWin32
+ From: rspier@pobox.com (Robert Spier)
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:17:38 -0500
+ Message-ID: <14884.44434.340627.126145@localhost.localdomain>
+
+ plus similar nits for vms, err, VMS, and UNICOS.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/syslfs.t t/op/lfs.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7916] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 15:42:51
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Tokeniser debugging
+ From: Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net>
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:15:45 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20001129141545.A30864@pembro33.pmb.ox.ac.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c perl.h pod/perlrun.pod toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7915] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 15:41:36
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.7.0] OUT keyword for xsubpp
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 02:13:14 -0500
+ Message-ID: <20001129021314.A2532@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+
+ OUT keyword nits.
+
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.7.0] OUT keyword for xsubpp
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 03:09:04 -0500
+ Message-ID: <20001129030904.A2754@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+
+ OUT and IN_OUT documentation.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp pod/perlxs.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7914] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 03:35:01
+ Log: Subject: Re: [ID 20001127.002] const subs hurt under debugger
+ From: John Tobey <jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:13:41 -0500 (EST)
+ Message-Id: <m140e1N-000FOoC@feynman.localnet>
+
+ plus a performance speedup noticed by Sarathy.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7913] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 03:16:59
+ Log: Use "1 while unlink" so that VMS gets clean, too.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/filter-util.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7912] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 03:09:08
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.0] OUT keyword for xsubpp
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 03:27:09 -0500
+ Message-ID: <20001128032709.A23401@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7911] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 03:06:30
+ Log: This should have been part of #7872: no need to scan UTF-8
+ until eternity.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! utf8.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7910] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 02:50:04
+ Log: One more perltie.pod nit from Casey R. Tweten.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perltie.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7909] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 02:44:23
+ Log: Document the known sprintf test failures, exact standard
+ reference from Dominic Dunlop, NonStop-UX testing from Tom Bates.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod t/op/sprintf.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7908] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 02:36:23
+ Log: Add the Encoding table format documentation.
+ Branch: perl
+ + ext/Encode/Encode/EncodeFormat.pod
+ ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7907] By: jhi on 2000/11/29 02:07:24
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Updating perltie.pod for arrays
+ From: "Casey R. Tweten" <crt@kiski.net>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:11:41 -0500 (EST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0011281209050.25178-100000@home.kiski.net>
+
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH] Updating perltie.pod for arrays
+ From: "Casey R. Tweten" <crt@kiski.net>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:03:50 -0500 (EST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0011281458500.10331-100000@home.kiski.net>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perltie.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7906] By: nick on 2000/11/28 22:40:59
+ Log: Initial tidy of setmode() muddle (UNIX does not have, nor need it).
+ Branch: perlio
+ ! iperlsys.h perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7905] By: nick on 2000/11/28 22:04:34
+ Log: Integrate mainline
+ Branch: perlio
+ !> (integrate 39 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7904] By: jhi on 2000/11/28 16:44:43
+ Log: Subject: [ID 20001128.002] what's the point of example code if it is buggy?
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@babyhippo.co.uk>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 11:16:57 +0000
+ Message-Id: <E140ikr-00076N-00@fruitbat.babyhippo.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlipc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7903] By: jhi on 2000/11/28 16:40:31
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Updating perltie.pod for arrays
+ From: "Casey R. Tweten" <crt@kiski.net>
+ Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:47:20 -0500 (EST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0011271746360.11659-100000@home.kiski.net>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perltie.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7902] By: jhi on 2000/11/28 16:39:37
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Re: 5.6 bug: split /^/ implies /m modifier (from CLPM)
+ From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
+ Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:56:44 GMT
+ Message-Id: <200011271756.RAA22706@tempest.npl.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod t/op/split.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7901] By: jhi on 2000/11/28 16:28:04
+ Log: setmode() is a DOSish-only thing.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perlio.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7900] By: jhi on 2000/11/28 16:21:46
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] perlcc.PL cleanups
+ From: Simon Cozens <simon@cozens.net>
+ Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:44:35 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20001128124435.A5500@pembro33.pmb.ox.ac.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! utils/perlcc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7899] By: gsar on 2000/11/28 06:32:55
+ Log: reintegrate files missed by change#7895
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ +> ext/ByteLoader/bytecode.h utils/Makefile
+ - utils/perlbc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7897] By: gsar on 2000/11/27 18:22:47
+ Log: can't integrate these two files, for some reason
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ - ext/ByteLoader/bytecode.h utils/Makefile
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7895] By: gsar on 2000/11/27 18:11:21
+ Log: integrate changes#6763..6766,6770,6773,6775..6776,6778,6780,
+ 6782..6791,6793..6814,6816,6818..6822,6824..6830,6838..6849,
+ 6757..6890,6892..6901 from mainline
+
+ Bytecompiler patches from Benjamin Stuhl.
+
+ More bytecompiler.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH blead] B:: missing dependency
+
+ Subject: [PATCH: 6757] configure.com updates and syslog build
+
+ Long double Gconvert fixes from Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
+ and Spider Boardman.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH blead] nextchar() abuse misses an optimisation
+
+ Long double fixes from Spider Boardman.
+
+ Make the selection of NVff et al stricter.
+
+ cSVOPo_*v things index into the current PL_curpad
+ under ithreads, which is different from the curpad
+ used by the XSUB. (In other words, the code as-is
+ before this patch wouldn't work under ithreads.)
+
+ Be portable.
+
+ VMS MMS (make) wants null action.
+
+ Mac and other portability updates from Chris Nandor.
+
+ Storable support, v-version fixes.
+ Subject: CPAN.pm beta for testing available
+
+ Portability fix from Hugo van der Sanden.
+
+ Bad makefile.
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000823.004] [PATCH 5.6.0+] Pod::Html is too self-contained
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] (Mac OS X): Don't #define environ unless PERL_CORE
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20000821.008] Negitive numbers with vec dumps core
+
+ Replace #6705 with a minimal doc patch.
+ Subject: [PATCH 5.6.0] replace change #6705
+
+ Drop the separate perlbc, perlcc -b should be enough.
+
+ installperl couldn't tell whether it had run tests or not.
+ Subject: [PATCH] Re: installperl and t/TEST
+
+ Add silencer flags to installperl.
+ Subject: [PATCH] Making installperl silent.
+
+ Make "make install" by default silent. A new "install-verbose"
+ target is verbose.
+
+ More liberal parsing of version numbers.
+ Subject: Re: CPAN.pm beta for testing available
+
+ Create directories in silence.
+ Subject: [PATCH] Another silencer for MakeMaker
+
+ DOS patches and portability/porting notes, from Tim Jenness.
+
+ Make installman to recognize the silence flag -S.
+
+ Actually do something with the silencer option.
+
+ Continue silencing.
+
+ Show the doc file, not the temp file.
+
+ Regen perltoc.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] More silencing of installman.
+
+ Better wording for the vec lvalue diagnostic.
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20000821.008] Negitive numbers with vec dumps core
+
+ Subject: [PATCH: 6805] several more tweaks to configure.com
+
+ Subject: [PATCH perl@6805, 5.6.0, 5.005_03] prevent rare Perl hang on VMS
+
+ Missing parts of
+ Subject: [PATCH: 6789] some endl fixes for VMS wackiness
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000824.029] MakeMaker manifypods fails on DJGPP systems
+ (applied slightly modified)
+
+ installperl --verbose and --silent.
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH] More silencing of installman.
+
+ Add install-silent target.
+
+ AIX 4.3.3 has SOCKS in libc with a differently named init routine,
+ the problem reported in
+ Subject: [ID 20000825.007] Building stable 5.6.0 on AIX 4.3.3 using SOCKS
+
+ Tweak the sfio/useperlio logic, hopefully as wished in
+ Subject: [ID 20000825.004] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6804 on i586-linux 2.2.12 (UNINSTALLED)
+
+ One forgotten file from #6816.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH @6820] installman under -w and strict (was Re: [PATCH] More silencing of installman.)
+
+ Remove duplicately applied patch shards.
+ Subject: [ID 20000825.012] [PATCH@6822] t/lib/cgi-html.t produces ugly cruft during 'make test'
+
+ Support preserving extremely big/small angles.
+
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000825.019] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6820 on alpha-dec_osf 5.1 (UNINSTALLED)
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] installation not quite silent yet.
+
+ Update the test count.
+
+ Use UVxf, PTR2UV, NVff.
+
+ Document PTR2XX and INT2PTR.
+
+ no-install target a la make -n.
+ Subject: [PATCH] make no-install (was Re: [PATCH] installation not quite silent yet.)
+
+ grep -e isn't portable.
+ Subject: [ID 20000825.027] let me (perlbug@perl.com) know how I blew it
+
+ Can't get the test to reliably work thanks to the
+ inaccurateness of floating point. "Resolves" bug ids
+ 20000826.003, 20000826.009, 20000826.010,
+
+ Subject: installman buglet
+
+ DJGPP update from Laszlo Molnar.
+
+ Subject: MM_Unix.pm LD_RUN_PATH niggles on Solaris
+
+ Passing -R in ldflags makes now it to appear in the default
+ for lddlflags, just like with -L.
+ Subject: Re: MM_Unix.pm LD_RUN_PATH niggles on Solaris
+
+ Test nit.
+
+ Use the actual thread type, not the pointer-to-struct.
+
+ Provice virtual $Config{ccflags_nolargefiles} etc.
+
+ display_format used as a class method without arguments was broken,
+ reported in
+ Subject: Math::Complex->display_format() sets style to 'Math::Complex'
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000828.006] dir name "0" not safe with Cwd.pm
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000828.009] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6855 on i586-linux 2.2.12 (UNINSTALLED)
+
+ Subject: [PATCH@6855] _Minor_ change to overload.pm pod
+
+ opmini.o may be left around if a build is interrupted.
+
+ Typo in #6858.
+
+ Fix for ID 20000828.001, long doubles were not formatted
+ correctly (showed up in $], which stopped installing perl).
+
+ An attempt to fix the problem reported in
+ Subject: Building perl@6856 using gcc/AIX 4.3.3
+ I can't test this properly since the gcc installation I have
+ access to seems to be botched (gcc is calling the AIX cpp,
+ a losing proposition...)
+
+ Add -ld to archname on long tr...double platforms.
+
+ Subject: hv.h Doc Patch
+
+ Potential cruft.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH bleedperl@6856] warnings fixes
+
+ -S is the silent flag, -s is the strip flag.
+ Subject: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH] make no-install
+
+ Take out the SUIDMAIL thing, that will not be
+ a problem in 5.7.*.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH bleedperl@6866] spellings
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Re: files not cleaned even by veryclean
+
+ Use minimal @INC in tests, most of the time just '../lib',
+ so that we simply can't pick up stuff from other Perls than
+ the one we are testing. Pointed out by
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH: 6757] make new Storable tests forgiving of places where not built
+
+ Update to Getopt::Long 2.24, from Johan Vromans.
+
+ Fix for thinko in #6848.
+ Subject: Compiler error in ext/Thread/Thread.c (bleadperl@6866)
+
+ Patches all over for people and the files they (hopefully) care about.
+
+ Subject: Net::protoent does not export 'getproto'
+
+ Missed a change in #6869.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Warnings in B::Deparse
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Glob dumping
+
+ Disable one of the tests for now.
+
+ Disabling the one test is a bit tricky.
+
+ Don't forget to tidy up.
+
+ The #6881 removed one dump line.
+
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000525.003] perldoc fails when Makefile.PL is in cwd
+
+ Under usethreads the dumped variable is IN_PAD.
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH] Glob dumping
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000829.026] [PATCH 6868] File::Temp
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000829.022] [PATCH 6868] Minor nit in installhtml
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000829.023] [PATCH 6868] perlbug@perl.com --> perlbug@perl.org
+
+ Regen Configure for #6894.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH: 6889] updates to perlebcdic.pod
+
+ Undo namespace pollution of #6878.
+ Subject: Re: Net::protoent does not export 'getproto'
+
+ Admit that we are leaking scalars.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH 5.6.0] [ID 20000608.006] panic: magic_killbackrefs with blessed global weakrefs
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ !> (integrate 271 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7894] By: gsar on 2000/11/27 16:00:34
+ Log: a couple of nits
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ ! MANIFEST pp_sys.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7893] By: gsar on 2000/11/27 15:10:56
+ Log: integrate changes#6666..6678,6680..6682,6684..6691,6699..6733,
+ 6740..6745,6747..6757,6760
+
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000816.006] [PATCH @6655] Shell.pm, bug fix, strict and OO Interface
+
+ Subject: [PATCH(2) @6655] Re: perldebut.pod - spelling
+
+ Doc nits spotted by Richard Soderberg.
+
+ move WNOHANG definition to where other such things are
+
+ Make $Config{byteorder} more magical so that it is
+ dynamically computed: nice for 'fat binaries'.
+ Subject: [PATCH]: default byteorder
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Cwd.pm now uses strict
+
+ Subject: Re: [PATCH]Re: Questions about Math::BigFloat
+
+ Get -DLEAKTEST to compile (not necessarily to work, mind)
+ Subject: [ID 20000724.006] -DLEAKTEST problem
+
+ perldebtut 1.10 from Richard Foley, plus Celsius and Fahrenheit.
+
+ Add perlebcdic from Peter Prymmer, regen toc.
+
+ Don't propose using modules built for 5.005 if no binary
+ compatibility with 5.005 is attempted.
+
+ Do not use prototyping here.
+ Subject: [ID 20000817.016] [PATCH] Peek.xs
+
+ Document what the backtick returns if the command fails.
+
+ Add byteorder to the myconfig output.
+
+ Introduce NVef, NVff, and NVgf, use the middle one.
+ (helps for lib/peek + Linux + long doubles) Reported in
+ Subject: [ID 20000814.005] Not OK: perl v5.6.0 on i686-linux-64int 2.2.13
+ Use NVs in POSIX math, not doubles.
+ Subject: [ID 20000817.014] POSIX & modfl
+
+ Subject: [PATCH 5.6.0+] newSVrv() memory leak
+
+ The byteorder code in #6671 was wrong.
+
+ Fix the lib/complex failure of
+ Subject: [ID 20000814.005] Not OK: perl v5.6.0 on i686-linux-64int 2.2.13
+ Linux long double accuracy issue: something that
+ when printed with %g looks like "2" but int() of it is 1.
+
+ Propagate new Configure vars.
+
+ Unbuffer the output.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] perltrap.pod spring cleaning
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] perlfunc.pod -- clarifying sprintf array argument issues
+ Subject: [ID 20000817.018] behaviour change 5.5.3 -> 5.6.0 re "Modification of a read-only value"
+
+ Tiny Getopt::Long patch from Johan Vromans.
+
+ Document code point which makes if (defined %stash::) to work
+ (noted by Spider Boardman).
+
+ Subject: [PATCH perl@6698] cygwin port
+
+ Document the NDBM_File and ODBM_File as SDBM_File
+ was documented in #6417.
+
+ The new tests were missing from #6415.
+
+ Add [[:blank:]] as suggested in
+ Subject: [ID 20000716.024] [=cc=] / [:blank:]
+ (the [=cc=] has already been taken care of by #6439
+ so the whole bug report can be closed)
+ and make [[:space:]] to be equivalent to isspace(3)
+ (as opposed to \s, which is isSPACE()). The difference
+ is that now [[:space:]] matches the mythical vertical tab,
+ while \s doesn't.
+
+ Don't eat leading os from index entries.
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000810.006] Pod::Man Ate My 'O'!
+
+ Subject: [PATCH 5.6.0+] fix for Win32::DomainName
+
+ Typo in pp_complement().
+ Subject: [PATCH perl-current] Deparse
+
+ Add warnif(), check warnings further up the stack,
+ all the warnings functions now can take an optional object reference.
+ Subject: [PATCH bleedperl@6691] warnings pragma update
+
+ Fix a core dump in lib/selfloader under -DDEBUGGING.
+ Subject: PATCH @6698 for [ID 20000817.007] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6676 on alpha-dec_osf 4.0f (UNINSTALLED)
+
+ Subject: [PATCH 5.6.0+] fix for Win32::GetFullPathName and Win32::GetShortPathName
+
+ Subject: [PATCH: 6698] tidy up the temp files left by peek tests on VMS
+
+ Subject: [PATCH: 6698] was Re: [PATCH: 6640] VMS Makefile.SH update (fwd)
+ Put back the long double avoidance code to POSIX.xs
+ because VMS seems to need it still.
+
+ Introduce a 'veryclean' target that is like 'distclean'
+ but also removes *~ and *.orig.
+
+ Subject: [ID 20000817.023] endianness description in perlfunc.pod
+
+ Subject: [PATCH perl@6698] File::Temp fix-ups for OpenVMS
+
+ Let's try #6717 again.
+
+ UTF8 concat fixes.
+ Subject: [PATCH @6713] Re: [ID 20000815.006] latest patched perl core dumps
+
+ pp_open() could pass an uninitialized filename down to do_open9().
+
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000819.002] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6707 on i686-linux 2.2.5-16 (UNINSTALLED)
+
+ Update to CGI 2.72, from Lincoln Stein.
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] Silence MakeMaker (Was: installman)
+
+ Use temporary directory instead of current directory.
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20000816.011] Test failure in lib/ftmp-security.t
+
+ Document odd vs even subreleases and -Dusedevel.
+
+ The veryclean target needs to clobber.
+
+ Use File::Spec->tmpdir().
+
+ Document the number of exponent digits.
+
+ Mention perlebcdic and perlposix-bc.
+
+ s/this one/the 5.6.0 release/
+
+ The #6724 is here.
+
+ The correct cleaning order is an art.
+
+ small tweaks for change#6705: avoid C++ style comments in C code;
+ use Perl's malloc API rather than the low level system one
+
+ Array context keeps slithering in.
+
+ Subject: Re: 5.7.0 getting really close, new snapshot: perldelta, Storable
+
+ Subject: [PATCH] os2.c fix for use64bitint
+
+ Update to Pod::LaTeX 0.53.
+ Subject: [PATCH] lib/Pod/LaTeX.pm updates
+
+ Document the endianness of Alpha more precisely.
+
+ Subject: RE: [PATCH perl@6736] t/pragma/warn/9enabled assumes stdout buffered
+
+ Rename the macro argument because some preprocessors
+ can't tell the difference and expand arguments also inside
+ double quoted strings.
+
+ free TLS slot properly on Windows
+
+ use Cwd 'chdir' didn't set $ENV{PWD} correctly on Windows
+
+ Unicos/mk requires elaborate paranoia.
+
+ Tweak the floating point output routine preferences.
+
+ Also under djgpp the timestamps are funky.
+
+ Apply some PodParser 1.18 patches; the Pod/Find.pm
+ patches cannot be applied since #6712 conflicts.
+
+ Use PodParser 1.18 new test.
+
+ A pod nit.
+ Subject: [PATCH] pod/perlre.pod (was Re: [ID 20000821.007] $&, $1, etc. disappear when sub returns)
+
+ Be verydeepclean.
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ +> pod/perlebcdic.pod
+ !> (integrate 106 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 7892] By: jhi on 2000/11/27 15:02:32
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 7891] By: jhi on 2000/11/27 14:57:23
Log: Subject: Re: perlfaq style changes
From: sthoenna@efn.org (Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes)