Version v5.7.2 Development release working toward v5.8
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+[ 11497] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 03:45:32
+ Log: Now Configure -Dextras=Foo::Bar and "make install" will
+ fetch and install Foo::Bar.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11496] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 03:18:28
+ Log: Metaconfig unit change for #11495.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! Extras.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11495] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 03:18:01
+ Log: extras.make, extras.test, and extras.install make targets.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11494] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 01:37:35
+ Log: Metaconfig unit change for #11493.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! Extras.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11493] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 01:37:14
+ Log: Better to have the list of extras in $extras than 'define'.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11492] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 01:33:16
+ Log: The metaconfig unit change for #11490.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ + Extras.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11491] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 01:32:54
+ Log: Missed from #11490 (the required dependency).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11490] By: jhi on 2001/07/30 01:32:02
+ Log: Add the support of asking for extra modules or bundles of modules
+ to be fetched from the CPAN and installed as a part of the Perl
+ build process. None of this installation is yet really done;
+ only the list is asked, and saved away in extras.lst for
+ the build and installation process to worry about later.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11489] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 22:15:25
+ Log: Beginnings of better Inf and NaN support.
+ At least toke.c and sv.c still need quite a bit of work.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! numeric.c perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11488] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 21:18:57
+ Log: Top-level Makefile didn't honour OPTIMIZE.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11487] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 20:56:04
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11486] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 20:38:09
+ Log: Use Search::Dict 1.02 interface for charinfo().
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/UnicodeCD.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11485] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 20:37:11
+ Log: Now also allow transforming the read lines before comparing them.
+ (This will help UnicodeCD.)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Search/Dict.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11484] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 20:03:13
+ Log: Remove tiehandle code.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/UnicodeCD.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11483] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 19:59:02
+ Log: Allow specifying a comparison function for Search::Dict::look().
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Search/Dict.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11482] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 18:55:04
+ Log: Small UnicodeCD tweaks.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/UnicodeCD.pm lib/UnicodeCD.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11481] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 17:14:19
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH @11446] UnicodeCD::charinfo
+ From: SADAHIRO Tomoyuki <BQW10602@nifty.com>
+ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 01:51:32 +0900
+ Message-Id: <20010724015114.CF4D.BQW10602@nifty.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/UnicodeCD.pm lib/UnicodeCD.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11480] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:55:58
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] installperl
+ From: Wilfredo Sánchez <wsanchez@MIT.EDU>
+ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:05:04 -0700
+ Message-Id: <F7912758-82FC-11D5-BFC6-003065D59FBA@thor.sbay.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11479] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:52:52
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Set proper compatibility versions in core
+ From: Wilfredo Sánchez <wsanchez@MIT.EDU>
+ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:01:49 -0700
+ Message-Id: <E3A6C66A-8304-11D5-BFC6-003065D59FBA@thor.sbay.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11478] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:50:55
+ Log: Metaconfig unit change for #11477.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! dlsrc.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11477] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:50:35
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Darwin: -fpic not so good
+ From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wilfredo_S=E1nchez?= <wsanchez@MIT.EDU>
+ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 18:57:38 -0700
+ Message-Id: <EC1496A6-82FB-11D5-BFC6-003065D59FBA@thor.sbay.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11476] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:44:03
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Clean up Darwin hints
+ From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wilfredo_S=E1nchez?= <wsanchez@MIT.EDU>
+ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:13:15 -0700
+ Message-Id: <1A70CA3F-82FE-11D5-BFC6-003065D59FBA@thor.sbay.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! hints/darwin.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11475] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:28:45
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH split()] split()'s unused captures should be undef, not ''
+ From: "Jeff 'japhy/Marillion' Pinyan" <jeffp@crusoe.net>
+ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:00:37 -0400 (EDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107271358310.28213-100000@crusoe.crusoe.net>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod pp.c t/op/split.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11474] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:27:54
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perlvar.pod] $^N foolery as well
+ From: "Jeff 'japhy/Marillion' Pinyan" <jeffp@crusoe.net>
+ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:03:12 -0400 (EDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0107261958380.28213-100000@crusoe.crusoe.net>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlvar.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11473] By: jhi on 2001/07/29 16:27:00
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] fixes to constant.pm documentation
+ From: Ilmari Karonen <iltzu@sci.fi>
+ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:44:24 +0300 (EET DST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1010724163055.6822A-100000@simpukka>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/constant.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11472] By: jhi on 2001/07/28 18:39:03
+ Log: Subject: [DOC PATCH bleadperl] perlport.pod and C<..">>"...>
+ From: "Philip Newton" <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>
+ Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 07:51:10 +0200
+ Message-Id: <200107270548.f6R5mJL09063@chaos.wustl.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlport.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11471] By: nick on 2001/07/26 06:23:32
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Doc fix for perlguts / threading
+ From: Arthur Bergman <arthur@contiller.se>
+ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:28:23 +0200
+ Message-Id: <B7845DD6.2812%arthur@contiller.se>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlguts.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11470] By: nick on 2001/07/26 06:21:06
+ Log: Subject: [DOC PATCH bleadperl] INSTALL: README for Unix systems exist
+ From: Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>
+ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:19:47 +0200
+ Message-Id: <E15PHy4-0000cR-00@mserv1f.vianw.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! INSTALL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11469] By: nick on 2001/07/26 06:20:25
+ Log: Subject: [DOC PATCH bleadperl] typo in INSTALL?
+ From: Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>
+ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:12:48 +0200
+ Message-Id: <E15PHrJ-00003f-00@mserv1f.vianw.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! INSTALL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11468] By: jhi on 2001/07/25 01:39:11
+ Log: More +x.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Porting/makerel
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11467] By: jhi on 2001/07/24 16:05:34
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11466] By: jhi on 2001/07/24 15:40:28
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH bleadperl os2/perlrexx.c] my C compiler has no HTML parser
+ From: "Philip Newton" <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>
+ Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 06:45:55 +0200
+ Message-ID: <20010724.064500@ID-11583.news.dfncis.de>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! os2/perlrexx.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11465] By: jhi on 2001/07/24 15:37:48
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: perl@11446] add io/fs.t to vmsperl test suite
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:58:30 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10107231643480.401242-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlport.pod t/io/fs.t vms/test.com
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11464] By: jhi on 2001/07/24 02:58:20
+ Log: Workaround on Cwd bootstrap problem.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11463] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 23:11:41
+ Log: When in Rome, quote like the Romans do.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! cflags.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11462] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 23:04:02
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.2] OS/2 multi-architecture
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:29:49 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20010723192949.A14802@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ + os2/perlrexx.c
+ ! MANIFEST configpm makedef.pl mg.c os2/Makefile.SHs
+ ! os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t os2/os2.c os2/os2ish.h perl.c
+ ! t/op/write.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11461] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 22:58:15
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.2] MakeMaker FIRST_MAKEFILE and subdir
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:43:42 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20010723184342.A14494@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11460] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 22:54:52
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.2] MakeMaker subdir
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:33:16 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20010723183316.A14298@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11459] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 22:52:02
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.2] OPTIMIZE= during perl make
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:20:35 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20010723182035.A14192@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Makefile.SH cflags.SH
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11458] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 22:41:19
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Print CONFIGURE params in ExtUtils::MakeMaker output
+ From: "David D. Kilzer" <ddkilzer@lubricants-oil.com>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 11:32:17 -0500
+ Message-ID: <20010723113217.A28614@elbonia.lubricants-oil.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11457] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 21:22:36
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.2] debug reloading selfloaded stuff
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:13:20 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20010723181320.A14005@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/perl5db.pl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11456] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 21:19:28
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.7.2] debugging selfloaded stuff
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:07:40 -0400
+ Message-ID: <20010723180740.A13960@math.ohio-state.edu>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11455] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 21:13:12
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@11446] util.c: return required in Perl_my_fork
+ From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:35:06 -0500
+ Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010723152732.02ad4470@exchi01>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11454] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 21:09:13
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perlfaq9.pod typo]
+ From: "Larry Shatzer, Jr." <lshatzer@islanddata.com>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 07:49:05 -0700
+ Message-ID: <002f01c11386$a8539580$bb01a8c0@LSHATZER>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfaq9.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11453] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 21:06:42
+ Log: Subject: win32\sncfnmcs.pl corrections
+ From: "Konovalov, Vadim Vladimirovich (Vadim)" <vkonovalov@lucent.com>
+ Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 12:56:54 +0200
+ Message-ID: <E3FB32585BF1D411B9E900805FF51A080C1C5D@RU0022EXCH001U>
+
+ Rename the script a little bit more sensibly.
+ Branch: perl
+ + win32/sync_ext.pl
+ - win32/sncfnmcs.pl
+ ! MANIFEST README.win32
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11452] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 17:22:37
+ Log: Test tweak.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/B/Deparse.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11451] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 17:10:52
+ Log: Metaconfig unit tweak for #11450.
+ Branch: metaconfig/U/perl
+ ! Mksymlinks.U
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11450] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 17:09:46
+ Log: Too volatile failsafe check.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11449] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 16:53:59
+ Log: Further doc tweaks.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/UnicodeCD.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11448] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 05:26:50
+ Log: Doc tweaks.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/UnicodeCD.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11447] By: jhi on 2001/07/23 04:57:49
+ Log: Doc tweakery from Abhijit.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Porting/repository.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11446] By: jhi on 2001/07/22 15:41:02
+ Log: An accidental empty line.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11445] By: jhi on 2001/07/22 15:38:30
+ Log: Missing MANIFESTations.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 11444] By: jhi on 2001/07/22 15:30:10
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 11443] By: jhi on 2001/07/22 15:02:11
Log: Subject: Re: Typo in Porting/pumpkin/pod ?
From: Mike Guy <mjtg@cam.ac.uk>