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diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index d0fa32d..f95db63 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -4,21 +4,30 @@
  * exactly on the third column */
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
-#define PERL_VERSION	5		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	640		/* generation */
+#define PERL_VERSION	6		/* epoch */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION	0		/* generation */
 
-/* Compatibility across versions:  MakeMaker will install add-on
-   modules in a directory with the PERL_APIVERSION version number.  
+/* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
+   Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+   compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
    Normally this should not change across maintenance releases.
-   perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search older 
-   directories across major versions back to to PERL_XS_APIVERSION
-   for XS modules and back to PERL_PM_APIVERSION for pure PERL modules.
-   (Since the versioned directory layout didn't start until 5.005,
-   that's the earliest these can go back.
 
-   See INSTALL for how this works.
+   Note that this only refers to an out-of-the-box build.  Many non-default
+   options such as usemultiplicity tend to break binary compatibility
+   more often.
+
+   This is used by Configure et al to figure out 
+   PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST, which lists version libraries
+   to include in @INC.  See INSTALL for how this works.
+*/
+#define PERL_API_REVISION	5	/* Adjust manually as needed.  */
+#define PERL_API_VERSION	5	/* Adjust manually as needed.  */
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION	0	/* Adjust manually as needed.  */
+/*
+   XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
+   as -Duselonglong may invalidate these settings.  Currently, Configure
+   does not adequately test for this.   A.D.  Jan 13, 2000
 */
-#define PERL_APIVERSION 5.00564		/* Adjust manually as needed.  */
 
 #define __PATCHLEVEL_H_INCLUDED__
 #endif