various fixes for clean build and test on win32; configpm broken,
[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / Changes
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@@ -79,6 +79,1272 @@ Version 5.005_57        Development release working toward 5.006
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 ____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3385] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  19:33:36
+        Log: "weak" references internals, still needs perlguts documentation
+             (somewhat modified version of patch suggested by Tuomas J. Lukka
+             <lukka@fas.harvard.edu>)
+     Branch: perl
+          ! dump.c embed.h embed.pl global.sym mg.c objXSUB.h perl.h
+           ! pod/perldiag.pod proto.h sv.c sv.h util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3384] By: jhi                                   on 1999/05/10  18:21:43
+        Log: Circumnavigate Digital UNIX 4.0D miniperl core dump
+             (due to QAR 56761) (the bug has been fixed in 4.0E or better)
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! INSTALL hints/dec_osf.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3381] By: jhi                                   on 1999/05/10  14:39:28
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+         +> cygwin32/Makefile.SHs cygwin32/build-instructions.READFIRST
+         +> cygwin32/build-instructions.charles-wilson
+         +> cygwin32/build-instructions.sebastien-barre
+         +> cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock
+         +> cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock2
+         +> cygwin32/impure_ptr.c cygwin32/ld2.in cygwin32/perlld.in
+         +> ext/ByteLoader/ByteLoader.pm ext/ByteLoader/ByteLoader.xs
+         +> ext/ByteLoader/Makefile.PL pod/Win32.pod t/lib/io_linenum.t
+          +> t/op/numconvert.t utils/perlbc.PL
+          - cygwin32/cw32imp.h cygwin32/gcc2 cygwin32/ld2 cygwin32/perlgcc
+           - cygwin32/perlld
+          !> (integrate 105 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3380] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  12:27:14
+        Log: regen regnodes.h
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Changes regnodes.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3379] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  12:17:26
+        Log: From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois)
+             Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:55:36 +0200
+             Message-ID: <373067e9.56194713@smtp1.ibm.net>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Win32 and VC++ 98 doesn't support CASTI
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlop.pod win32/config.vc
+           ! win32/config_H.vc
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3378] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  12:07:13
+        Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+             Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 22:26:09 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <199905010226.WAA19127@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Self-consistent numeric conversion again
+     Branch: perl
+           + t/op/numconvert.t
+          ! MANIFEST doio.c dump.c perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c sv.c sv.h toke.c
+           ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3377] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  11:39:48
+        Log: pp_modulo comment tweak from Ilya
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3376] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  11:30:40
+        Log: From: Joshua Pritikin <joshua.pritikin@db.com>
+             Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 11:31:00 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9905071127100.1449-100000@eq1062.wks.na.deuba.com>
+             Subject: Test.pm update [PATCH _56]
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/Test.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3375] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  11:28:30
+        Log: From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois)
+             Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 00:59:54 +0200
+             Message-ID: <373318ae.19292461@smtp1.ibm.net>
+             Subject: Re: Using existing memory for an SV's PV 
+     Branch: perl
+           ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3374] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  11:23:44
+        Log: From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois)
+             Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 00:59:52 +0200
+             Message-ID: <37321800.19118320@smtp1.ibm.net>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Fix -Dm memory debugging for PERL_OBJECT
+     Branch: perl
+           ! perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3373] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  11:22:10
+        Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+             Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 18:17:28 -0400
+             Message-ID: <19990506181728.A12433@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+             Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.005_56] Make open(F,"command |") return correct err(no)
+     Branch: perl
+          ! doio.c embed.h global.sym objXSUB.h pod/perldiag.pod proto.h
+           ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3372] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  10:57:49
+        Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+             Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 01:21:05 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <199905060521.BAA03485@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Cosmetic: data-driven REx-dump
+     Branch: perl
+           ! regcomp.c regcomp.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3371] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  10:54:01
+        Log: From: lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu
+             Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 10:19:25 -0700
+             Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990504101925.02ecde30@ous.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005.56] pod->html VMS fixes
+     Branch: perl
+           ! installhtml lib/Pod/Html.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3370] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  10:45:52
+        Log: testsuite nits
+     Branch: perl
+           ! t/lib/io_linenum.t t/op/filetest.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3369] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  10:35:22
+        Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+             Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 22:38:50 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <199905040238.WAA01865@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_53] Quickier thread-specific data on OS/2
+     Branch: perl
+           ! os2/os2ish.h os2/os2thread.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3368] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  10:00:11
+        Log: From: Albert Dvornik <bert@genscan.com>
+             Date: 03 May 1999 12:20:57 -0400
+             Message-ID: <tqlnf6gm52.fsf@puma.genscan.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] do_sv_dump does dump (core) on IO handles
+     Branch: perl
+           ! dump.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3367] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  09:55:51
+        Log: shadow password support for Solaris (needs Configure help to
+             determine HAS_GETSPENT)
+             From: "Patrick O'Brien" <pdo@cs.umd.edu>
+             Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 19:41:17 -0400
+             Message-Id: <199905012341.TAA23989@optimus.cs.umd.edu>
+             Subject: getpwent() under solaris
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp_sys.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3366] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  09:45:58
+        Log: From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois)
+             Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:45:47 +0200
+             Message-ID: <373373fb.59284266@smtp1.ibm.net>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Add POLLUTE=1 option to MakeMaker
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+           ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3365] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  09:34:22
+        Log: test suite and fix input_line_number()
+             From: Paul Johnson <pjcj@transeda.com>
+             Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:28:14 +0100
+             Message-ID: <19990429062814.A17906@west-tip.transeda.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH] IO::Handle 1.20 (was Re: FAIL Gedcom-1.01 i86pc-solaris 2.6)
+     Branch: perl
+           + t/lib/io_linenum.t
+           ! MANIFEST ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3364] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  09:20:56
+        Log: fix overeager [:foo:] parsing
+             From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+             Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:26:18 +0100
+             Message-Id: <199904300826.JAA01257@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_{56,03}] Re: Regular expression difference b/n 5.004 & 5.005 
+     Branch: perl
+           ! regcomp.c t/op/re_tests
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3363] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  09:09:21
+        Log: documentation for Win32 builtins (somewhat modified)
+             From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois)
+             Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 08:05:03 +0200
+             Message-ID: <37006783.1926460@smtp1.ibm.net>
+             Subject: Re: Issues with build 509 
+     Branch: perl
+           + pod/Win32.pod
+           ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3362] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  08:22:07
+        Log: provide File::Copy::syscopy() via Win32::CopyFile() on win32
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/File/Copy.pm win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3361] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  08:11:29
+        Log: escape ampersands in <pre> sections
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Changes lib/Pod/Html.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3360] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  08:04:14
+        Log: AIX hints enhancements (threads build, SOCKS support)
+             From: "David R. Favor" <dfavor@austin.ibm.com>
+             Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:45:28 -0500
+             Message-ID: <372710F8.B1F73BEB@austin.ibm.com>
+             Subject: Working build for AIX + gcc + threading
+     Branch: perl
+           ! hints/aix.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3359] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  07:49:26
+        Log: more Compiler patches from Vishal Bhatia <vishalb@my-dejanews.com>
+             Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:47:24 PDT
+             Message-ID: <19990428064724.95244.qmail@hotmail.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Saving Tied hashes ( C.pm)
+             --
+             Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 18:21:06 -0700
+             Message-ID: <GEFPBFDJADFJBAAA@my-dejanews.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] double constants ( C.pm)
+             --
+             Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:21:31 PDT
+             Message-ID: <19990504032131.81113.qmail@hotmail.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Overloading implementation ( Compiler)
+             --
+             Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 17:57:09 -0700
+             Message-ID: <FCJELBLAJBOBAAAA@my-dejanews.com>
+             Subject: Stash.pm
+     Branch: perl
+          ! ext/B/B.pm ext/B/B.xs ext/B/B/Bblock.pm ext/B/B/C.pm
+           ! ext/B/B/CC.pm ext/B/B/Stash.pm t/harness
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3358] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  04:39:15
+        Log: cygwin32 update (untested adaptation of patch against 5.005_03)
+             From: alexander smishlajev <als@turnhere.com>
+             Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 14:58:29 +0300
+             Message-ID: <37230365.5F68B460@turnhere.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH]5.005_03 (CORE) cygwin32 port
+     Branch: perl
+          + cygwin32/Makefile.SHs cygwin32/build-instructions.READFIRST
+          + cygwin32/build-instructions.charles-wilson
+          + cygwin32/build-instructions.sebastien-barre
+          + cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock
+          + cygwin32/build-instructions.steven-morlock2
+           + cygwin32/impure_ptr.c cygwin32/ld2.in cygwin32/perlld.in
+          - cygwin32/cw32imp.h cygwin32/gcc2 cygwin32/ld2 cygwin32/perlgcc
+           - cygwin32/perlld
+          ! Configure EXTERN.h MANIFEST Makefile.SH README.cygwin32 XSUB.h
+          ! cflags.SH config_h.SH dosish.h ext/POSIX/Makefile.PL
+          ! ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c hints/cygwin32.sh installperl
+          ! lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/perl5db.pl
+          ! makedepend.SH perl.h perlvars.h pp_hot.c pp_sys.c regcomp.c
+           ! t/io/fs.t t/io/tell.t t/lib/anydbm.t t/op/stat.t util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3357] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  04:07:07
+        Log: applied suggested patch, modulo already applied parts
+             From: Charles Bailey <BAILEY@newman.upenn.edu>
+             Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 20:12:43 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-id: <01JAF9UAV9XG002O0W@mail.newman.upenn.edu>
+             Subject: [Patch 5.005_56] VMS consolidated patch #2
+     Branch: perl
+          ! configure.com t/op/filetest.t t/op/taint.t t/pragma/warn/doio
+          ! t/pragma/warn/mg t/pragma/warn/pp_sys t/pragma/warn/sv
+          ! vms/descrip_mms.template vms/ext/vmsish.t vms/perlvms.pod
+           ! vms/subconfigure.com vms/test.com vms/vms.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3356] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  03:48:08
+        Log: applied suggested patch, with win32 and PERL_OBJECT additions
+             From: Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
+             Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 18:11:59 +0100
+             Message-ID: <609bdff748.tom@compton.compton.nu>
+             Subject: ByteLoader patch
+     Branch: perl
+          + ext/ByteLoader/ByteLoader.pm ext/ByteLoader/ByteLoader.xs
+           + ext/ByteLoader/Makefile.PL utils/perlbc.PL
+          ! MANIFEST bytecode.h bytecode.pl byterun.c byterun.h embed.h
+          ! embed.pl ext/B/B.xs ext/B/B/Asmdata.pm ext/B/B/Bytecode.pm
+          ! ext/B/B/Debug.pm objXSUB.h op.c pp_ctl.c proto.h
+           ! utils/Makefile win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3355] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  03:22:49
+        Log: document 'test' attribute (from Andreas Koenig)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3354] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  03:12:37
+        Log: From: pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk
+             Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:12:08 +0100
+             Message-ID: <5104D4DBC598D211B5FE0000F8FE7EB29C6B45@mbtlipnt02.btlabs.bt.co.uk>
+             Subject: PATCH for small bug in scan_bin
+     Branch: perl
+           ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3353] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/10  02:39:33
+        Log: more bulletproof workaround for mangled paths (updates changes#3345,3350);
+             provide Win32::GetLongPathName() to complement Win32::GetShortPathName()
+     Branch: perl
+          ! t/op/magic.t win32/makedef.pl win32/runperl.c win32/win32.c
+           ! win32/win32iop.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3352] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  22:47:39
+        Log: flush all open output buffers before fork(), exec(), system, qx//
+             and pipe open() operations, simplifying buffering headaches faced
+             by users; uses fflush(NULL), which may need Configure test
+     Branch: perl
+          ! perl.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod
+           ! pp_sys.c util.c vmesa/vmesa.c vms/vms.c win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3351] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  21:11:51
+        Log: perlcc on win32 (correct version of fix suggested by Jean-Louis
+             Leroy <jll@skynet.be>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! utils/perlcc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3350] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  20:39:11
+        Log: normalize $^X to full pathname on win32
+     Branch: perl
+           ! win32/runperl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3349] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  20:23:07
+        Log: allow readline($globref), <$globref> already works
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp_hot.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3348] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  20:00:09
+        Log: perldoc cleanups (variant of changes suggested by Christian Lemburg
+             <lemburg@online-club.de>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! utils/perldoc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3347] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  18:47:21
+        Log: additions to Thread.pm docs from Tuomas J. Lukka
+             <lukka@fas.harvard.edu>
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/Thread/Thread.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3346] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  18:38:00
+        Log: From: Stephen McCamant <smccam@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
+             Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 02:46:13 -0700 (PDT)
+             Message-ID: <14103.57454.614253.598264@fre-76-120.reshall.berkeley.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH _56] Re: pdt: Perl Development Tools? 
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/B/B/Xref.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3345] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  18:22:43
+        Log: work around mangled archname on win32 while finding privlib/sitelib;
+             normalize lib paths to forward slashes internally
+     Branch: perl
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3344] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  03:20:06
+        Log: fix typo in dbm filters that caused odbm.t to fail
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs t/lib/odbm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3343] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  02:02:59
+        Log: tweak test totals
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Changes t/lib/tie-stdhandle.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3342] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  01:42:06
+        Log: import list propagation busted (pointed out by Ton Hospel
+             <thospel@mail.dma.be>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/autouse.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3341] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  00:54:18
+        Log: hpux needs {SHLIB_PATH,LDOPTS} rather than LD_{LIBRARY,RUN}_PATH
+             (as suggested by Eric Boehm <boehm@nortelnetworks.com>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Configure Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3340] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  00:40:41
+        Log: generate manpages for newly added utils
+     Branch: perl
+           ! installman
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3339] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/09  00:33:50
+        Log: From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+             Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 17:59:24 +0100
+             Message-Id: <199905021659.RAA14016@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+             Subject: [PATCH] Re: ptr to realloced memory in yylex
+     Branch: perl
+           ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3338] By: jhi                                   on 1999/05/08  22:40:29
+        Log: Remove CONFIG item, add Digital UNIX 'ld' bug.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! INSTALL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3337] By: jhi                                   on 1999/05/08  22:22:26
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          +> pod/perldbmfilter.pod t/io/open.t t/lib/tie-stdhandle.t
+          !> (integrate 54 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3336] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  21:48:22
+        Log: make perldoc -f grok nested =items
+     Branch: perl
+           ! utils/perldoc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3335] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  19:48:11
+        Log: allow AV/HV dereferences on pseudohashes ($ph->{foo}[1], etc.)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! op.c t/lib/fields.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3334] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  19:09:41
+        Log: update test totals
+     Branch: perl
+           ! t/lib/bigintpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3333] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  16:56:02
+        Log: mention unpack('pP',...) footshot (from Albert Dvornik <bert@genscan.com>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/perlfunc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3332] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  16:46:44
+        Log: applied suggested patch, added tests
+             From: William Mann <wmann@avici.com>
+             Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:25:22 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <199904121625.MAA00983@hwsrv1.avici.com>
+             Subject: BigInt.pm extensions for logical operations
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/Math/BigInt.pm pod/perldelta.pod t/lib/bigintpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3331] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  16:09:33
+        Log: avoid temporary files named 'tmp'
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Makefile.SH pp.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3330] By: nick                                  on 1999/05/08  14:16:30
+        Log: Implement OPEN, EOF, SEEK, TELL, BINMODE and FILENO as TIEHANDLE methods.
+             Provide Tie::StdHandle
+             Basic update of docs.
+     Branch: perl
+           + t/lib/tie-stdhandle.t
+           ! lib/Tie/Handle.pm pod/perltie.pod pp_sys.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3329] By: nick                                  on 1999/05/08  12:03:45
+        Log: Tweaks to open(my $fh,...) stuff
+     Branch: perl
+           ! op.c pp.c pp_sys.c t/io/open.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3328] By: nick                                  on 1999/05/08  11:18:42
+        Log: Bring SDBM_File.xs into line with new typemap
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3327] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/08  00:07:11
+        Log: add test case for AUTOLOAD reentrancy fix in change#3279
+     Branch: perl
+           ! t/lib/autoloader.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3326] By: nick                                  on 1999/05/07  21:24:50
+        Log: Implement open( my $fh, ...) and similar.
+             Set flag in op.c for "constructor ops"
+             In pp_rv2gv, if flag is set and arg is PADSV and uninit
+             vivify as reference to a detached GV.
+             (Name of GV is the pad name.)
+             This scheme should "just work" for pipe/socket etc. too.
+             
+             #if 0 out the open(FH,undef) for now.
+             Change t/io/open.t to test open(my $fh,...)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! op.c pp.c pp_sys.c t/io/open.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3325] By: nick                                  on 1999/05/07  21:18:42
+        Log: Correct SvLEN vs SvCUR  which leads to odd "chunk" vs "line" in mess().
+     Branch: perl
+           ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3324] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  20:28:31
+        Log: avoid using PL_sv_mutex in condpair_magic() (avoids hangs when
+             intervening code has to allocate SVs)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3323] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  19:45:08
+        Log: allow line numbers to show in diagnostics during global destruction
+     Branch: perl
+           ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3322] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  09:38:11
+        Log: From: Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@ous.edu>
+             Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 16:16:39 -0700
+             Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990409161639.02ea1050@ous.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_03]Bug in MM_VMS.PM
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3321] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  09:08:23
+        Log: From: kwzh@gnu.org (Karl Heuer)
+             Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:58:58 -0400
+             Message-Id: <199904080358.XAA01192@mescaline.gnu.org>
+             Subject: [perl-5.005.02] detect lack of /dev/tty
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3320] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  08:52:14
+        Log: allow distinct prefix for versioned executables
+             From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
+             Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 15:34:56 -0400
+             Message-ID: <3003.923513696@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
+             Subject: perl55.00503 -> perl5.00503 patch for installperl
+     Branch: perl
+           ! INSTALL installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3319] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  08:07:02
+        Log: From: Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@osshe.edu>
+             Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 15:38:42 -0700
+             Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990405153842.0367b650@ous.edu>
+             Subject: Re: chomp fails with $/ in fixed-length record mode
+             --
+             From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
+             Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 21:11:37 -0400
+             Message-ID: <2795.923447497@eeyore.ibcinc.com>
+             Subject: Re: chomp fails with $/ in fixed-length record mode
+     Branch: perl
+           ! doop.c pod/perlfunc.pod t/op/chop.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3318] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  07:56:35
+        Log: From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+             Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 01:40:36 -0400
+             Message-ID: <19990406014035.A1238@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_*] Make % use fmod()
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp.c t/op/arith.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3317] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  04:18:11
+        Log: DBM Filters (via private mail)
+             From: pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk
+             Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 21:05:52 +0100
+             Message-Id: <199904182009.NAA19152@activestate.com>
+             Subject: DBM Filters
+     Branch: perl
+           + pod/perldbmfilter.pod
+          ! MANIFEST ext/DB_File/Changes ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
+          ! ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/DB_File/typemap
+          ! ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs
+          ! ext/GDBM_File/typemap ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.pm
+          ! ext/NDBM_File/NDBM_File.xs ext/NDBM_File/typemap
+          ! ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.pm ext/ODBM_File/ODBM_File.xs
+          ! ext/ODBM_File/typemap ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.pm
+          ! ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.xs ext/SDBM_File/typemap
+          ! lib/AnyDBM_File.pm pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod
+          ! pod/perldelta.pod t/lib/db-btree.t t/lib/db-hash.t
+          ! t/lib/db-recno.t t/lib/gdbm.t t/lib/ndbm.t t/lib/odbm.t
+           ! t/lib/sdbm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3316] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/07  03:28:53
+        Log: avoid negative return value from Win32::GetTickCount()
+             From: jan.dubois@ibm.net (Jan Dubois)
+             Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 19:04:18 +0200
+             Message-ID: <37084742.22824479@smtp1.ibm.net>
+             Subject: Re: Win32::GetTickCount
+     Branch: perl
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3315] By: nick                                  on 1999/05/06  21:44:38
+        Log: open(FH,undef) # creates new_tmpfile opened read/write
+             Add t/io/open.t with test for above.
+     Branch: perl
+           + t/io/open.t
+           ! pp_sys.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3314] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  08:01:23
+        Log: compiler fixes from Vishal Bhatia <vishalb@hotmail.com>
+             Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 23:40:34 PST
+             Message-ID: <19990331074034.6117.qmail@hotmail.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] pp_entersub and pp_leavewrite(CC.pm)
+             --
+             Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:28:23 -0800
+             Message-ID: <FGBNLNPOEELFAAAA@my-dejanews.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] function prototypes(B.pm)
+             --
+             Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:40:52 -0700
+             Message-ID: <OEAOMKBMLDADCAAA@my-dejanews.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56 ] discarding worthless padsvs
+             --
+             Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 01:14:49 PDT
+             Message-ID: <19990427081449.28615.qmail@hotmail.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] pp_ncmp implementation ( CC.pm)
+     Branch: perl
+          ! ext/B/B.pm ext/B/B/CC.pm ext/B/B/Stackobj.pm t/op/gv.t
+           ! t/op/ref.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3313] By: jhi                                   on 1999/05/06  07:59:52
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          !> (integrate 33 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3312] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  07:11:50
+        Log: add Ethiopic section to unicode master database (from Ken
+             Whistler <kenw@sybase.com>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/unicode/UnicodeData-Latest.txt
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3311] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  05:37:55
+        Log: From: Damon Atkins <n107844@sysmgtdev.nabaus.com.au>
+             Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:26:11 +1000 (EST)
+             Message-Id: <199903300126.LAA20870@sysmgtdev.nabaus.com.au>
+             Subject: Largefiles for Solaris
+     Branch: perl
+           ! hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3310] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  05:14:35
+        Log: emit more accurate diagnostic for syntax errors involving <>
+             within eval""
+     Branch: perl
+           ! toke.c utils/perldoc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3309] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  04:36:31
+        Log: additional test for IPC::Open3 (courtesy RonaldWS@aol.com)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! t/lib/open3.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3308] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  03:19:16
+        Log: applied first part of suggested patch (bug described cannot be
+             reproduced any longer, so the second inconclusive part has not
+             been applied)
+             From: Hugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+             Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:51:34 +0100
+             Message-Id: <199903280351.EAA20430@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Re: A core dump 
+     Branch: perl
+           ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3307] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/06  01:56:06
+        Log: fix bogus OPf_REF context in C<sort BLOCK @foo> (extension of
+             change#3810)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3306] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/05  17:17:34
+        Log: applied non-conflicting parts of suggested patch
+             From: Charles Bailey <BAILEY@newman.upenn.edu>
+             Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:16:51 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-id: <01J9AZY8I2PW001O2S@mail.newman.upenn.edu>
+             Subject: [Patch 5.005_56] Revised VMS patch
+     Branch: perl
+          ! Changes ext/B/defsubs.h.PL hv.c iperlsys.h perl.c
+           ! pod/perldiag.pod proto.h util.c vms/perlvms.pod vms/vms.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3305] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/05  16:20:19
+        Log: make perldoc use backslashed pathnames within system() on win32
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlthrtut.pod utils/perldoc.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3304] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/05  07:29:43
+        Log: upgrade Pod::Parser to v1.081 from CPAN
+     Branch: perl
+          ! lib/Pod/Checker.pm lib/Pod/InputObjects.pm lib/Pod/Parser.pm
+          ! lib/Pod/PlainText.pm lib/Pod/Select.pm lib/Pod/Usage.pm
+           ! t/pod/special_seqs.t t/pod/special_seqs.xr t/pod/testp2pt.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3303] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/05  07:02:07
+        Log: From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:31:35 -0500 (EST)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9903191208250.8899-100000@newton.phys>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_03-MT3] INSTALL patches
+     Branch: perl
+           ! INSTALL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3302] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/05  06:55:21
+        Log: load base packages based on nonexistent $VERSION
+             From: andreas.koenig@anima.de (Andreas J. Koenig)
+             Date: 19 Mar 1999 06:00:28 +0100
+             Message-ID: <sfcsob2m5ub.fsf@dubravka.in-berlin.de>
+             Subject: Re: base.pm flaw
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/base.pm lib/locale.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3301] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/04  05:41:08
+        Log: pod2man outputs switched date and revision label (fix suggested by
+             EthanSasiela@mede.com)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/pod2man.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3300] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/03  18:48:25
+        Log: adjust win32_stat() to cope with FindFirstFile() and stat() bugs
+             (makes opendir(D,"c:") work reliably)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3299] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/02  19:39:55
+        Log: add test case for change#3298
+     Branch: perl
+           ! sv.c t/op/readdir.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3298] By: gsar                                  on 1999/05/02  19:24:41
+        Log: close directory handles properly when localized
+     Branch: perl
+           ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3297] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/30  11:42:14
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+         !> Changes config_h.SH configure.com lib/AutoLoader.pm
+         !> lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/File/Path.pm pod/perlre.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c
+         !> pp_sys.c proto.h regcomp.c t/op/die.t t/op/ref.t util.c
+         !> vms/descrip_mms.template vms/gen_shrfls.pl vms/munchconfig.c
+          !> vms/subconfigure.com win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3293] By: chip                                  on 1999/04/29  18:50:49
+        Log: Fix shebang lines.
+     Branch: maint-5.004/perl
+          ! Porting/p4d2p h2pl/mksizes pod/checkpods.PL pod/pod2html.PL
+          ! pod/pod2latex.PL pod/pod2man.PL pod/pod2text.PL utils/c2ph.PL
+          ! utils/h2ph.PL utils/h2xs.PL utils/perlbug.PL utils/perldoc.PL
+          ! utils/pl2pm.PL utils/splain.PL win32/bin/search.pl
+           ! x2p/find2perl.PL x2p/s2p.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3284] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/27  00:48:42
+        Log: integrate change#3279 from maint-5.004
+     Branch: perl
+           ! lib/AutoLoader.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3279] By: chip                                  on 1999/04/26  23:09:26
+        Log: Make &AutoLoad::AUTOLOAD reentrant.
+     Branch: maint-5.004/perl
+           ! lib/AutoLoader.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3276] By: chip                                  on 1999/04/26  22:34:36
+        Log: Make porting scripts executable.
+     Branch: maint-5.004/perl
+          ! Changes Porting/genlog Porting/makerel Porting/p4desc
+           ! Porting/patchls
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3274] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/26  17:30:31
+        Log: allow embedded null characters in diagnostics
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp_ctl.c pp_sys.c proto.h regcomp.c t/op/die.t util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3273] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/26  08:27:22
+        Log: hand-applied conflicting parts of suggested patch
+             From: Charles Bailey <BAILEY@newman.upenn.edu>
+             Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:55:23 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-id: <01J8YELSL7WK001E7S@mail.newman.upenn.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] VMS configuration/build
+     Branch: perl
+          ! configure.com vms/descrip_mms.template vms/gen_shrfls.pl
+           ! vms/munchconfig.c vms/subconfigure.com
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3272] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/26  08:25:41
+        Log: update Changes; tweak minor regressions
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Changes lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/File/Path.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3271] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/26  07:52:51
+        Log: integrate change#3229 from maint-5.004
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp_ctl.c util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3270] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/25  22:58:27
+        Log: fix buggy reference count on refs to SVs with autoviv magic
+             (resulted in C<my @a; $a[1] = 1; print \$_ for @a> and Data::Dumper
+             accessing free()d memory)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pp.c t/op/ref.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3269] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/24  17:07:55
+        Log: fix bug in change#3123 (off-by-one, caused C<qx[noargs]> to fail
+             on win32)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3268] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/24  16:38:25
+        Log: kill dup hunk
+     Branch: perl
+           ! config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3267] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/24  16:35:57
+        Log: integrate cfgperl changes into mainline
+     Branch: perl
+          +> myconfig.SH
+           - myconfig
+           ! pod/perlre.pod
+          !> (integrate 38 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3266] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/23  18:42:44
+        Log: From: "Kurt D. Starsinic" <kstar@chapin.edu>
+             To: perl5-porters@perl.org, Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>,
+             Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>, Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@activestate.com>
+             Cc: Lionel Cons <lionel.cons@cern.ch>,
+             Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>,
+             David Hayes <david@bdel.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH] h2ph
+             Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:37:23 -0400
+             Message-ID: <19990423123723.A49550@O2.chapin.edu>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! utils/h2ph.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3265] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/21  18:17:12
+        Log: From: lane@duphy4.physics.drexel.edu (by way of Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@ous.edu>)
+             To: perlbug@perl.org
+             Subject: [PATCH Perl 5.005.56] descrip_mms.template installed files fix
+             Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 08:17:54 -0700
+             Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990421081754.03127b60@ous.edu>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! vms/descrip_mms.template
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3264] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/20  08:50:54
+        Log: From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             To: The Perl Porters Mailing List <perl5-porters@perl.org>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Re: 5.006 Todo
+             Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 16:27:07 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9904191623470.7838-100000@newton.phys>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! Porting/pumpkin.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3263] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/20  08:05:01
+        Log: From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perlsupport.com>
+             To: Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Configure: $sig_count
+             Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 17:54:36 -0400
+             Message-ID: <19990418175436.A27496@perlsupport.com>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          ! Configure Porting/Glossary Porting/config.sh Porting/config_H
+           ! config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3262] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/19  18:23:50
+        Log: Subject: PATCH wrong faq reference in perlbook.pod
+             From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
+             To: perlbug@perl.com
+             Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:05:23 +0100 (BST)
+             Message-Id: <199904091505.QAA03757@cyclone.cise.npl.co.uk>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! pod/perlbook.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3261] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/15  13:59:04
+        Log: From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             To: Hugo van der Sanden <hugo@corp.netcom.net.uk>
+             Cc: Perl Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>
+             Subject: [PATCH] Re: 5.005_03 and gcc, GNU ld under Solaris 2.6
+             Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:07:43 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9904141658290.4262-100000@newton.phys>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/solaris_2.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3260] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/15  13:56:53
+        Log: From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
+             To: pumpkings@jhereg.perl.com
+             Subject: PATCH: 5.005_56: perldata.pod (UPDATE)
+             Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 07:13:41 -0600
+             Message-Id: <199904151313.HAA07682@jhereg.perl.com>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! pod/perldata.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3259] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/13  23:12:52
+        Log: LDLIBPTH also on 'clean' targets.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3258] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/13  21:38:46
+        Log: Add information about the two DEC C compiler optimizer bugs
+             (what patch levels of the compilers fix them).
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! pp.c t/op/repeat.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3257] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/13  14:25:08
+        Log: Be polite about ccdlflags and lddflags, too.
+             Avoid Perl's malloc only when threaded.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/aix.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3256] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/13  10:21:33
+        Log: Croak if no known ways to semctl() (don't assume union semun).
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! doio.c perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3255] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/13  09:10:26
+        Log: From: Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@osshe.edu>
+             To: perl5-porters@perl.org, vmsperl@perl.org
+             Subject: [Patch 5.005/5.006]Another MM_VMS.pm patch
+             Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:36:48 -0700
+             Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990412133648.030e7ec0@ous.edu>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3254] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/13  06:56:26
+        Log: From: "Todd C. Miller" <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+             To: perlbug@perl.com
+             Subject: Update for OpenBSD hints
+             Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 23:12:22 -0600 (MDT)
+             Message-Id: <199904130512.XAA27712@xerxes.courtesan.com>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/openbsd.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3229] By: chip                                  on 1999/04/13  04:04:14
+        Log: Preserve errno from importunities of sfio.
+     Branch: maint-5.004/perl
+           ! pp_ctl.c util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3226] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/11  12:52:26
+        Log: If both ways to call semctl are broken,   skip the tests.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! t/lib/ipc_sysv.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3225] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/10  22:27:28
+        Log: From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             To: dsembr01@ox.slug.louisville.edu
+             Cc: perlbug@perl.com
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.004_05 5.005_03 5.005_56] Re: Misspelled macro in ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs?
+             Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:58:08 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9904091648570.894-100000@newton.phys>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3224] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/09  18:50:32
+        Log: From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             To: Perl Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] Re: prefix= in hints
+             Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:54:18 -0400 (EDT)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9904091445280.894-100000@newton.phys>
+             
+             (Overrides change #3204 from Kurt)
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/linux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3223] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/09  18:37:55
+        Log: Understand Apollo's //node notation.
+             
+             From: Johann Klasek <jk@auto.tuwien.ac.at>
+             To: jhi@iki.fi
+             Subject: Re: DomainPerl
+             Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 18:21:37 +0200
+             Message-ID: <19990409182137.A2299@euklid.auto.tuwien.ac.at>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! lib/Cwd.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3220] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/04  16:33:49
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          !> (integrate 39 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3219] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/04  02:48:17
+        Log: tweak previous change
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3218] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/04  02:44:47
+        Log: be careful about extending the stack for the Win32:: builtins
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3217] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/04  01:59:26
+        Log: correct places that said newSVpv() when they meant newSVpvn()
+     Branch: perl
+          ! XSUB.h dump.c ext/B/B.xs ext/B/defsubs.h.PL
+          ! ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs
+          ! ext/IPC/SysV/SysV.xs ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
+          ! ext/Socket/Socket.xs ext/attrs/attrs.xs gv.c hv.c hv.h
+          ! jpl/JNI/JNI.xs mg.c op.c perl.c pod/perlguts.pod pp.c pp_ctl.c
+          ! pp_sys.c regcomp.c toke.c util.c win32/dl_win32.xs
+           ! win32/win32.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3216] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/03  23:58:27
+        Log: avoid duplicate code
+     Branch: perl
+           ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3215] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/03  23:14:34
+        Log: grow PL_tmps_stack more efficiently; make it more amenable to
+             STRESS_REALLOC testing
+     Branch: perl
+          ! embed.h embed.pl global.sym objXSUB.h pp.h proto.h scope.c
+           ! sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3214] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/03  21:01:09
+        Log: scrounge and save three extra branches in pp_entersub()
+     Branch: perl
+           ! cv.h pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3213] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/03  17:43:23
+        Log: remove duplicate code and an extra branch in sv_setsv() and
+             other hot code by making SvTHINKFIRST() think about FAKE SVs
+     Branch: perl
+          ! doio.c embed.h embed.pl global.sym objXSUB.h pp.c pp_hot.c
+           ! proto.h scope.c sv.c sv.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3212] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/03  16:20:09
+        Log: Fix up some _t nits (Pid_t, Gid_t, Uid_t, etc. instead of int).
+             
+             From: John Bley <jbb6@acpub.duke.edu>
+             To: perlbug@perl.org
+             Subject: [PATCH]5.005_03 (CORE) Fix some _t nits
+             Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 02:01:47 -0500 (EST)
+             Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990401015805.21458A-100000@soc13.acpub.duke.edu>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! doio.c pp_sys.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3211] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/03  13:27:26
+        Log: Change #3210 was rather unportable.  This is better.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! Configure config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3210] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/03  13:16:20
+        Log: Avoid Digital UNIX' ksh.
+             
+             From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> 
+             To: Henrik Tougaard <ht000@siberut.foa.dk> 
+             Cc: perlbug@perl.com, ht000@foa.dk 
+             Subject: Re: Not OK perl5.005_03-MAINT_TRIAL_4
+             Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:52:33 +0200 (EET) 
+             Message-ID: <13999.10289.319422.239987@alpha.hut.fi> 
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! Configure config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3209] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/03  12:49:04
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          !> Changes Makefile.SH README installperl t/lib/bigfloatpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3208] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/03  12:27:24
+        Log: Add -mabi=64 to ccflags for 64-bit IRIX gcc.
+             
+             From: Lionel Cons <lionel.cons@cern.ch>
+             To: jhi@iki.fi
+             Cc: perlbug@perl.com, kstar@isinet.com,
+             Philippe Defert <philippe.defert@cern.ch>
+             Subject: Re: Not OK: perl 5.00503 on IP27-irix 6.5 (UNINSTALLED)
+             Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:05:28 +0200 (METDST)
+             Message-Id: <199904011205.OAA11380@mercury.cern.ch>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/irix_6.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3207] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/03  12:20:21
+        Log: Be polite about usemymalloc.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/aix.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3206] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/02  23:31:59
+        Log: a typo in change#3205
+     Branch: perl
+           ! t/lib/bigfloatpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3205] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/02  23:20:31
+        Log: make testsuite reflect change#3157  (Math::BigFloat->new now
+             returns NaNs faithfully)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! t/lib/bigfloatpm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3204] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/02  22:03:23
+        Log: On -Uinstallusrbinperl and no -Dprefix, set prefix to /usr/local.
+             
+             From: "Kurt D. Starsinic" <kstar@chapin.edu>
+             To: perl5-porters@perl.org
+             Subject: linux hints nit
+             Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 16:49:47 -0500
+             Message-ID: <19990402164947.E80926@O2.chapin.edu>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/linux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3203] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/02  22:00:56
+        Log: Display exact glibc version in Linux. 
+             
+             From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             To: Perl Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>
+             Subject: Displaying glibc version on Linux
+             Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:04:26 -0500 (EST)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9903291417370.15335-100000@newton.phys>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! hints/linux.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3202] By: gsar                                  on 1999/04/02  21:23:18
+        Log: various little goofs
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Changes Makefile.SH README installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3201] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/02  13:13:39
+        Log: Configure regen.
+             
+             Add llseek + offset_t probing.
+             Change CONFIG to CONFIGDOTSH.
+             'unset foo' is unportable, use foo=''.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          ! Configure Makefile.SH Policy_sh.SH cflags.SH config_h.SH
+          ! configpm makeaperl.SH makedepend.SH makedir.SH myconfig.SH
+           ! perl_exp.SH writemain.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3200] By: jhi                                   on 1999/04/02  12:06:22
+        Log: Introduce myconfig.SH.
+             
+             From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+             To: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
+             Cc: Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>, Perl Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>
+             Subject: [PATCH] myconfig.SH (was Re: perl install bug on AIX 4.3.1.0)
+             Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 12:41:29 -0500 (EST)
+             Message-Id: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9903301222280.15987-100000@newton.phys>
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           + myconfig.SH
+           - myconfig
+           ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3195] By: jhi                                   on 1999/03/28  16:42:54
+        Log: Update perlhist on 5_03.
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! pod/perlhist.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3194] By: jhi                                   on 1999/03/28  12:30:01
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          +> t/op/grep.t
+          ! lib/Math/BigFloat.pm lib/Math/BigInt.pm lib/bigfloat.pl
+           ! t/lib/bigintpm.t
+         !> MANIFEST Porting/p4desc ext/Thread/Thread.xs op.c
+          !> t/lib/thread.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3189] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  08:22:00
+        Log: various pod niggles
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+          ! pod/perl.pod pod/perldebug.pod pod/perldiag.pod
+           ! pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlhist.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3187] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  07:31:16
+        Log: regularize CAPI declarations (CAPI extensions now build under
+             the Borland compiler)
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! win32/GenCAPI.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3186] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  07:26:33
+        Log: ensure XS_LOCKS stuff happens *before* XSUB is entered under
+             -DPERL_CAPI
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! XSlock.h win32/GenCAPI.pl win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3183] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  06:00:46
+        Log: update p4 utility to ignore non-text files
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Porting/p4desc
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3181] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  03:37:23
+        Log: integrate change#3179 from maint-5.005
+     Branch: perl
+          !> ext/Thread/Thread.xs t/lib/thread.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3180] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  02:28:20
+        Log: fix bogus OPf_REF context for the BLOCK in C<grep BLOCK @foo>
+             (sometimes caused bizarreness in the BLOCK)
+     Branch: perl
+           + t/op/grep.t
+           ! MANIFEST op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3179] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/28  02:14:04
+        Log: fix thread segfault when passing large number of arguments to child
+             a la C<Thread->new($foo, 1..1000)>
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! ext/Thread/Thread.xs t/lib/thread.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3178] By: gbarr                                 on 1999/03/28  01:39:23
+        Log: fix $Config{'usethreads'} typo in perlthrtut
+             
+             From: Ian Maloney <szhmf9@wsblob.ubs.com>
+             Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 16:40:14 +0100 (MET)
+             Message-Id: <199903251540.QAA02439@wsblob.>
+             Subject: perlthrtut documentation error
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! pod/perlthrtut.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3173] By: gbarr                                 on 1999/03/27  18:19:47
+        Log: Update Test.pm to VERSION 1.122 from CPAN
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! lib/Test.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3171] By: jhi                                   on 1999/03/26  22:38:28
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          !> (integrate 37 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3170] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/26  01:30:25
+        Log: specify type of bracket in "Unmatched bracket" diagnostic;
+             prefer 'brace' or 'curly bracket' over 'curly brace'
+     Branch: perl
+          ! pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlreftut.pod pod/perlstyle.pod
+           ! t/op/misc.t t/op/re_tests toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3169] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/26  00:50:51
+        Log: better description of "Integer overflow" diagnostic
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/perldiag.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3168] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  11:02:46
+        Log: applied needful parts of suggested patch
+             From: "Vishal Bhatia" <vishalb@my-dejanews.com>
+             Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:21:43 -0800
+             Message-ID: <OOOKJGFMLFLHBAAA@my-dejanews.com>
+             Subject: [PATCH 5.005_56] pp_formline correction
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/B/B/Bblock.pm ext/B/B/CC.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3167] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  10:39:02
+        Log: clarify what a "comment" means (due to Mark-Jason Dominus
+             <mjd@plover.com>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/perlsyn.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3166] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  10:33:18
+        Log: describe current behavior on local($foo{nothere}) (suggested by
+             Lionel Cons <lionel.cons@cern.ch>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/perlsub.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3165] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  06:21:05
+        Log: fix refcnt on PL_main_cv (variant of suggestion by Vishal Bhatia
+             <vishalb@hotmail.com>)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/B/B/C.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3164] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  06:17:27
+        Log: From: Stephen McCamant <smccam@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
+             Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 17:47:04 -0800 (PST)
+             Message-ID: <14072.16859.154428.241373@fre-76-120.reshall.berkeley.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH _56] Compiler needs to know about utf8 SVOP tr///s
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/B/B.xs op.h opcode.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3163] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  06:15:49
+        Log: B::Deparse update from Stephen McCamant <smccam@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
+             Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 02:41:34 -0800 (PST)
+             Message-ID: <14071.27445.867782.852353@fre-76-120.reshall.berkeley.edu>
+             Subject: [PATCH _56] B::Deparse 0.57
+             --
+             Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:08:12 -0800 (PST)
+             Message-ID: <14072.502.107712.175179@fre-76-120.reshall.berkeley.edu>
+             Subject: Re: [PATCH _56] B::Deparse 0.57 
+     Branch: perl
+           ! AUTHORS MAINTAIN ext/B/B/Deparse.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3162] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  06:11:46
+        Log: fix a few places that said 'int', but meant 'STRLEN'
+     Branch: perl
+           ! pod/perlguts.pod proto.h sv.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3161] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  06:01:18
+        Log: From: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
+             Date: 22 Mar 1999 04:26:26 -0800
+             Message-ID: <yl4sndr9ql.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
+             Subject: [5.005_56] Add EXISTS to SDBM_File and libsdbm
+     Branch: perl
+          ! ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.xs ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/README.too
+          ! ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.c ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/pair.h
+          ! ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.3 ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
+           ! ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h pod/perldelta.pod t/lib/sdbm.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3160] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  02:26:31
+        Log: better description of OP_UNSTACK (s/unstack/iteration finalizer/)
+     Branch: perl
+           ! opcode.h opcode.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3159] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  02:18:17
+        Log: add statement-modifier loops to :base_loop class
+     Branch: perl
+           ! ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3158] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  00:36:57
+        Log: integrate changes#3105,3130,3154 from maint-5.005
+     Branch: perl
+          !> Configure INSTALL hints/dec_osf.sh hints/netbsd.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3157] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/25  00:24:17
+        Log: remove bogus panic()
+     Branch: perl
+           ! Changes lib/Math/BigFloat.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3156] By: jhi                                   on 1999/03/24  22:43:43
+        Log: Integrate from mainperl.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+          +> (branch 38 files)
+          !> (integrate 68 files)
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3155] By: jhi                                   on 1999/03/24  22:12:17
+        Log: Configure regenerated because of changes #3130/#3154 and #3147.
+     Branch: cfgperl
+           ! Configure config_h.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[  3154] By: jhi                                   on 1999/03/24  21:40:51
+        Log: Reword the shared library search path (LD_LIBRARY_PATH) info
+             based on suggestions from Andy Dougherty.
+     Branch: maint-5.005/perl
+           ! INSTALL
+____________________________________________________________________________
 [  3153] By: gsar                                  on 1999/03/24  10:38:05
         Log: applied suggested patch, modulo superceded parts
              From: Charles Bailey <BAILEY@newman.upenn.edu>