[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_99a to perl5.004]
BUILD PROCESS
Subject: Don't use 'unset' in Configure
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure
Subject: Protect against having no such command as 'cc'
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 16:35:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl>
Files: Configure
Msg-ID: 1997May12.163534.2006434@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
3bf198a5e20d135d4136d3233d58cf49a70772d9)
Subject: minor wording enhancement for Configure
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 13:38:31 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <Jarkko.Hietaniemi@cc.hut.fi>
Files: Configure
private-msgid:
199705101038.NAA00471@alpha.hut.fi
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Make C<m//g> reset pos on failure; make C<m//gc> not reset
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: dump.c op.c op.h pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfaq6.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pp_ctl.c pp_hot.c regcomp.c t/op/pat.t toke.c
Subject: SECURITY: Forbid exec() if $ENV{BASH_ENV} is tainted
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c
Subject: Allow exec() if $ENV{TERM} is tainted but innocuous
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod t/op/taint.t taint.c
Subject: Allow globbing when tainted under VMS (no external program)
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_sys.c t/op/taint.t
CORE PORTABILITY
Subject: Win32 update (three patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: README.win32 perl.c win32/Makefile win32/config.H win32/config_h.PL win32/config_sh.PL win32/makedef.pl win32/win32.c win32/win32.h win32/win32io.c win32/win32io.h win32/win32iop.h
Subject: Don't require executable bit on perl -S if DOSISH
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 12:33:18 -0400
From: Danny Sadinoff <sadinoff@olf.com>
Files: perl.c
Msg-ID:
337351CE.79B28DE3@olf.com
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
7596f71a28f72f9e3abd6d3962d29a7752cd9303)
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Tweaks for perldelta
Date: Sun, 11 May 97 01:46:00 +0200
From: Unknown Contributor <hansm@euronet.nl>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Msg-ID:
199705102346.BAA17300@mail.euronet.nl
(applied based on p5p patch as commit
3e10809228cc961223b894e1639b44f8e2b64de0)
Subject: Mention perlfaq.pod and perlmodlib.pod in perldelta.pod
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Subject: Fix example of use of lexicals with formats
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: In C<eval &func>, always call &func in scalar context
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c
Subject: Fix recursive substitution
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: cop.h global.sym pp_ctl.c proto.h scope.c
Subject: Fix core dump from get*() functions returning no alias array
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_sys.c
Subject: Fix typo
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 17:28:35 -0500
From: Mark K Trettin <mkt@lucent.com>
Files: pp_sys.c
private-msgid:
199705102228.RAA11163@gv18c.ih.lucent.com