Changes5.001 Differences between 5.000 and 5.001
Changes5.002 Differences between 5.001 and 5.002
Changes5.003 Differences between 5.002 and 5.003
-configure Crude emulation of GNU configure
-configure.gnu Copy of configure (for case-insensitive systems)
+configure.gnu Crude emulation of GNU configure
Configure Portability tool
Copying The GNU General Public License
EXTERN.h Included before foreign .h files
MANIFEST This list of files
Makefile.SH A script that generates Makefile
Porting/Glossary Glossary of config.sh variables
+Porting/makerel Release making utility
+Porting/patchls Flexible patch file listing utility
Porting/pumpkin.pod Guidelines and hints for Perl maintainers
README The Instructions
README.amiga Notes about AmigaOS port
README.os2 Notes about OS/2 port
README.plan9 Notes about Plan9 port
README.qnx Notes about QNX port
+README.threads Notes about multithreading
README.vms Notes about VMS port
README.win32 Notes about Win32 port
Todo The Wishlist
+Todo.5.005 What needs doing before 5.005 release
XSUB.h Include file for extension subroutines
av.c Array value code
av.h Array value header
ext/Socket/Makefile.PL Socket extension makefile writer
ext/Socket/Socket.pm Socket extension Perl module
ext/Socket/Socket.xs Socket extension external subroutines
-ext/util/extliblist Used by extension Makefile.PL to make lib lists
+ext/Thread/Makefile.PL Thread extension makefile writer
+ext/Thread/Notes Thread notes
+ext/Thread/README Thread README
+ext/Thread/Thread/Queue.pm Thread synchronised queue objects
+ext/Thread/Thread/Semaphore.pm Thread semaphore objects
+ext/Thread/Thread/Specific.pm Thread specific data access
+ext/Thread/Thread.pm Thread extension Perl module
+ext/Thread/Thread.xs Thread extension external subroutines
+ext/Thread/create.t Test thread creation
+ext/Thread/die.t Test thread die()
+ext/Thread/die2.t Test thread die() differently
+ext/Thread/io.t Test threads doing simple I/O
+ext/Thread/join.t Test thread joining
+ext/Thread/join2.t Test thread joining differently
+ext/Thread/list.t Test getting list of all threads
+ext/Thread/lock.t Test lock primitive
+ext/Thread/queue.t Test Thread::Queue module
+ext/Thread/specific.t Test thread-specific user data
+ext/Thread/sync.t Test thread synchronisation
+ext/Thread/sync2.t Test thread synchronisation
+ext/Thread/typemap Thread extension interface types
+ext/Thread/unsync.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/Thread/unsync2.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/Thread/unsync3.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/Thread/unsync4.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/attrs/Makefile.PL attrs extension makefile writer
+ext/attrs/attrs.pm attrs extension Perl module
+ext/attrs/attrs.xs attrs extension external subroutines
ext/util/make_ext Used by Makefile to execute extension Makefiles
ext/util/mkbootstrap Turns ext/*/*_BS into bootstrap info
+fakethr.h Fake threads header
form.h Public declarations for the above
global.sym Symbols that need hiding when embedded
globals.c File to declare global symbols (for shared library)
handy.h Handy definitions
hints/3b1.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/3b1cc Hints for named architecture
-hints/README.NeXT Notes about NeXT hints
hints/README.hints Notes about hints
hints/aix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/altos486.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/mpeix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/ncr_tower.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/netbsd.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/newsos4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/next_3.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/next_3_0.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/next_4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/opus.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/os2.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/os390.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/powerux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/qnx.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco.sh Hints for named architecture
lib/File/CheckTree.pm Perl module supporting wholesale file mode validation
lib/File/Compare.pm Emulation of cmp command
lib/File/Copy.pm Emulation of cp command
+lib/File/DosGlob.pm Win32 DOS-globbing module
lib/File/Find.pm Routines to do a find
lib/File/Path.pm Do things like `mkdir -p' and `rm -r'
lib/File/stat.pm By-name interface to Perl's builtin stat
lib/abbrev.pl An abbreviation table builder
lib/assert.pl assertion and panic with stack trace
lib/autouse.pm Load and call a function only when it's used
+lib/base.pm Establish IS-A relationship at compile time
lib/bigfloat.pl An arbitrary precision floating point package
lib/bigint.pl An arbitrary precision integer arithmetic package
lib/bigrat.pl An arbitrary precision rational arithmetic package
lib/blib.pm For "use blib"
lib/cacheout.pl Manages output filehandles when you need too many
+lib/chat2.pl Obsolete ipc library (use Comm.pm etc instead)
lib/complete.pl A command completion subroutine
lib/constant.pm For "use constant"
lib/ctime.pl A ctime workalike
lib/dumpvar.pl A variable dumper
lib/exceptions.pl catch and throw routines
lib/fastcwd.pl a faster but more dangerous getcwd
+lib/fields.pm Set up object field names for pseudo-hash-using classes
lib/find.pl A find emulator--used by find2perl
lib/finddepth.pl A depth-first find emulator--used by find2perl
lib/flush.pl Routines to do single flush
-lib/ftp.pl FTP code
+lib/ftp.pl FTP code (obsolete, use Net::FTP instead)
lib/getcwd.pl A getcwd() emulator
lib/getopt.pl Perl library supporting option parsing
lib/getopts.pl Perl library supporting option parsing
perl_exp.SH Creates list of exported symbols for AIX
perlio.c C code for PerlIO abstraction
perlio.h Interface to PerlIO abstraction
+perlio.sym Symbols for PerlIO abstraction
perlsdio.h Fake stdio using perlio
perlsfio.h Prototype sfio mapping for PerlIO
perlsh A poor man's perl shell
pod/perlipc.pod IPC info
pod/perllocale.pod Locale support info
pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists
-pod/perlmod.pod Module info
+pod/perlmod.pod Module mechanism info
+pod/perlmodlib.pod Module policy info
pod/perlobj.pod Object info
pod/perlop.pod Operator info
pod/perlpod.pod Pod info
t/lib/db-hash.t See if DB_File works
t/lib/db-recno.t See if DB_File works
t/lib/dirhand.t See if DirHandle works
+t/lib/dosglob.t See if File::DosGlob works
t/lib/english.t See if English works
t/lib/env.t See if Env works
t/lib/filecache.t See if FileCache works
t/lib/texttabs.t See if Text::Tabs works
t/lib/textwrap.t See if Text::Wrap works
t/lib/timelocal.t See if Time::Local works
+t/lib/thread.t Basic test of threading (skipped if no threads)
t/lib/trig.t See if Math::Trig works
t/op/append.t See if . works
t/op/arith.t See if arithmetic works
t/op/misc.t See if miscellaneous bugs have been fixed
t/op/mkdir.t See if mkdir works
t/op/my.t See if lexical scoping works
+t/op/nothread.t local @_ test which does not work threaded
t/op/oct.t See if oct and hex work
t/op/ord.t See if ord works
t/op/pack.t See if pack and unpack work
t/pragma/warn-1global Tests of global warnings for warning.t
t/pragma/warning.t See if warning controls work
taint.c Tainting code
+thread.h Threading header
+thread.sym Symbols for threads
toke.c The tokener
universal.c The default UNIVERSAL package methods
unixish.h Defines that are assumed on Unix
vms/vms_yfix.pl convert Unix perly.[ch] to VMS perly_[ch].vms
vms/vmsish.h VMS-specific C header for Perl core
vms/writemain.pl Generate perlmain.c from miniperlmain.c+extensions
-win32/Makefile Win32 port
+win32/Makefile Win32 makefile for NMAKE (Visual C++ build)
win32/TEST Win32 port
win32/autosplit.pl Win32 port
win32/bin/network.pl Win32 port
-win32/bin/pl2bat.bat Win32 port
-win32/bin/search.bat Win32 port
-win32/bin/test.bat Win32 port
-win32/bin/webget.bat Win32 port
+win32/bin/pl2bat.pl wrap perl scripts into batch files
+win32/bin/runperl.pl run perl script via batch file namesake
+win32/bin/search.pl Win32 port
+win32/bin/webget.pl Win32 port
win32/bin/www.pl Win32 port
-win32/config.H Win32 config header (suffix not ".h" for metaconfig)
-win32/config.w32 Win32 base line config.sh
+win32/config.bc Win32 base line config.sh (Borland C++ build)
+win32/config.vc Win32 base line config.sh (Visual C++ build)
+win32/config_H.bc Win32 config header (Borland C++ build)
+win32/config_H.vc Win32 config header (Visual C++ build)
win32/config_h.PL Perl code to convert Win32 config.sh to config.h
win32/config_sh.PL Perl code to update Win32 config.sh from Makefile
win32/dl_win32.xs Win32 port
win32/include/netdb.h Win32 port
win32/include/sys/socket.h Win32 port
win32/makedef.pl Win32 port
+win32/makefile.mk Win32 makefile for DMAKE (BC++, VC++ builds)
win32/makemain.pl Win32 port
win32/makeperldef.pl Win32 port
win32/perlglob.c Win32 port
win32/splittree.pl Win32 port
win32/win32.c Win32 port
win32/win32.h Win32 port
-win32/win32io.c Win32 port
-win32/win32io.h Win32 port
win32/win32iop.h Win32 port
win32/win32sck.c Win32 port
+win32/win32thread.h Win32 port mapping to threads
+win32/win32thread.c Win32 functions for threads
writemain.SH Generate perlmain.c from miniperlmain.c+extensions
x2p/EXTERN.h Same as above
x2p/INTERN.h Same as above