Version v5.7.2 Development release working toward v5.8
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+[ 13282] By: jhi on 2001/11/26 11:28:18
+ Log: Upgrade to podlators 1.16.
+ Branch: perl
+ + lib/Pod/t/basic.cap
+ ! MANIFEST lib/Pod/Man.pm lib/Pod/Text/Termcap.pm
+ ! lib/Pod/t/basic.t pod/pod2man.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13281] By: jhi on 2001/11/26 11:11:08
+ Log: Pass 6 at perldelta - sort enhancements, generic and
+ platform specific bug fixes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldelta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13280] By: jhi on 2001/11/26 10:35:56
+ Log: PROPAGATE documentation from Tony Cook.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13279] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 23:45:27
+ Log: DJGPP cannot do signals that well.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/POSIX/t/sigaction.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13278] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 23:43:30
+ Log: Can't do subsecond alarms without ualarm; and break out
+ early if alarms do not seem to be coming in as expected.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Time/HiRes/HiRes.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13277] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 23:01:39
+ Log: No Socket, little Net.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/1_compile.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13276] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 22:58:44
+ Log: Take the taint brush to the getcwds.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! djgpp/djgpp.c epoc/epoc.c os2/os2.c wince/wince.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13275] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 21:42:02
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@13227] Socket::my_inet_aton() tweak
+ From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
+ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:20:45 -0600
+ Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011125160848.01c59690@exchi01>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Socket/Socket.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13274] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 21:32:17
+ Log: Since in some DOS filesystems the timestamp granularity
+ may be only two seconds, better sleep for three to play safe.
+ (Helps CygWin, at least.)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Memoize/t/expire_file.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13273] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 21:22:10
+ Log: For some reason CygWin wasn't collapsing multiple
+ slashes into one, which made some Spec.t tests to fail.
+ Either CygWin was being too prudish or the collapsing
+ logic needs to be rethunk.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/File/Spec/Unix.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13272] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 20:40:23
+ Log: Cygwin needs to have libperl.dll around if trying to link
+ with -lperl. Note: this change cures the test but whether
+ it cures CygPerl installation, I don't know: hopefully the
+ libperl5_7_2.dll, or the version equivalent, gets installed
+ also as libperl.dll to the proper place(s).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/Embed.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13271] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 20:18:53
+ Log: -I../lib/.. and -L../lib/..? Strange.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/Embed.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13270] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 19:57:54
+ Log: $MM?
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/Embed.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13269] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 19:46:55
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Further replacement of EU::MM with File::Spec
+ From: Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
+ Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:17:09 -0600 (CST)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.40.0111191750440.22189-100000@urth.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/CPAN.pm lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm lib/ExtUtils/Embed.pm
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm lib/ExtUtils/Installed.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13268] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 19:44:38
+ Log: Subject: [REPATCH lib/DB.pm MANIFEST lib/DB.t] Rework DB.pm tests
+ From: chromatic <chromatic@rmci.net>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:56:57 -0700
+ Message-ID: <20011124220430.97697.qmail@onion.perl.org>
+
+ plus a tweak for ithreads builds.
+ Branch: perl
+ + lib/DB.t
+ ! MANIFEST lib/DB.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13267] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 19:38:50
+ Log: Win32 compilation tweaks for Blair Zajac.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/IO/IO.xs ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs win32/win32.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13266] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 19:11:38
+ Log: I don't think trying to bracket the hires time with lores
+ times is going to be portable enough: Cygwin seems to be
+ capable of getting hires ones rather consistently lower
+ than the lores ones. So let's try average difference instead.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Time/HiRes/HiRes.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13265] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 18:28:04
+ Log: Subject: Re: benchmarks, sorts and reproducibility
+ From: "John P. Linderman" <jpl@research.att.com>
+ Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:25:18 -0500 (EST)
+ Message-Id: <200111251925.OAA77172@raptor.research.att.com>
+
+ Randomize large partitions for quicksort to dodge the
+ angry gods of quadratic.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp_sort.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13264] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 18:23:54
+ Log: The joys of portable quoting.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Devel/PPPort/harness/Makefile.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13263] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 18:12:31
+ Log: sort pragma tweaks.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/sort.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13262] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 17:10:09
+ Log: Skip the link= directives of utils.lst if no mandir
+ (if no manpages).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! installman
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13260] By: gsar on 2001/11/25 16:37:29
+ Log: change#3373 introduced a handle leak in backticks and piped open()s
+ that fail
+ Branch: perl
+ ! util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13258] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 05:58:30
+ Log: Extraenous breaks noticed by David Dyck.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Configure
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13257] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 05:32:18
+ Log: Revert the /proc/self/auxv experiment for now.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils.t perl.c t/lib/1_compile.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13256] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 04:59:31
+ Log: Also ExtUtils.t had $^X assumptions.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13255] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 04:20:02
+ Log: Now is Solaris if you start the t/perl in the t/
+ as "./perl", the $^X will be "../perl", not "./perl".
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/1_compile.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13254] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 03:59:06
+ Log: The new way of finding out $^X in Solaris
+ requires a little tweak if the executable
+ pathname is *not* absolute: prepend "./"
+ (otherwise `$^X ...` will start perl from PATH...)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13253] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 03:18:05
+ Log: Avoid "will not stay shared" warnings.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13252] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 03:00:49
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl.c util.c pp_sys.c t/op/magic.t] $$ readonly, take two
+ From: Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:56:18 -0500
+ Message-ID: <20011124195618.A14614@blackrider>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c pp_sys.c t/op/magic.t util.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13251] By: jhi on 2001/11/25 02:48:04
+ Log: In the MakeMaker pm_to_blib target don't copy all
+ the files in one fell swppo, deal with them hunkwise,
+ helps for CLIs with limited line lengths.
+ (This seems to help for DJGPP building Encode,
+ where there are dozens of files to copy.)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13250] By: gsar on 2001/11/25 00:50:10
+ Log: testsuite leaves stray files behind on windows
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/Embed.t lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.t lib/Shell.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13249] By: gsar on 2001/11/25 00:32:36
+ Log: xsubpp produces a spurious warning on directories called 'typemap'
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13248] By: gsar on 2001/11/25 00:17:28
+ Log: xsubpp treats invalid (indented) cpp directives as comments
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/IO/IO.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13247] By: gsar on 2001/11/25 00:02:37
+ Log: $(MAKE) distclean shouldn't blow away ../lib/Thread.pm
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/Makefile win32/Makefile.win64 win32/makefile.mk
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13246] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 21:45:32
+ Log: The debug_pag needs to be visible at all times
+ because of the re extension.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! intrpvar.h makedef.pl perl.c perl.h regexec.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13245] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 20:09:20
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tests are good
+ From: Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:24:00 +0100
+ Message-ID: <4c000us22s27871hrsqnvjmtnvtd4r85u1@4ax.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlhack.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13244] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 19:06:29
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@13227] make PPPort/harness build on VMS
+ From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:45:44 -0600
+ Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011124030253.01bd4b98@exchi01>
+
+ (with tweaks, and combined with Sarathy's #13242)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! configure.com ext/Devel/PPPort/harness/Makefile.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13243] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 18:46:31
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make Exporter::Heavy use Universal->VERSION()
+ From: John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:27:46 -0500
+ Message-ID: <3BFFF4B2.40509@rowman.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Exporter/Heavy.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13242] By: gsar on 2001/11/24 17:16:18
+ Log: use portable quotes
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Devel/PPPort/harness/Makefile.PL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13241] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 17:09:25
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Re: [ID 20011118.128] installman chdir stuffs INC
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 18:06:26 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20011124180626.T37621@plum.flirble.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! installman
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13240] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 17:06:11
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] perl5005delta.pod L<>
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 18:04:21 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20011124180421.S37621@plum.flirble.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perl5005delta.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13239] By: gsar on 2001/11/24 17:01:17
+ Log: fix typo in config.vc; regenerate win32 config_H.* files
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/config.vc win32/config_H.bc win32/config_H.gc
+ ! win32/config_H.vc
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13238] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 16:16:01
+ Log: Mention the charnames::vianame().
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perluniintro.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13237] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 16:12:31
+ Log: Add charnames::vianame() in case people want to access
+ the codes in run-time (as opposed to the compile-timeness
+ of \N{...}).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/charnames.pm lib/charnames.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13236] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 16:11:04
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] memset() is cheaper than a loop of 256 bit-a-a-times
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 16:30:42 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20011124163042.R37621@plum.flirble.org>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! regcomp.c regcomp.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13235] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 15:26:37
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] Re: Smoke 13191 /pro/3gl/CPAN/perl-current
+ From: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 16:24:33 +0000
+ Message-ID: <20011124162433.Q37621@plum.flirble.org>
+
+ cmp fixes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pp.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13234] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 15:23:34
+ Log: Use /proc/self/auxv in Solaris to figure out the $^X.
+ (It seems that "./perl" gets resolved to "perl" now.)
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13233] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 14:58:52
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH] DB_File 1.800
+ From: "Paul Marquess" <paul_marquess@yahoo.co.uk>
+ Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:41:41 -0000
+ Message-ID: <AIEAJICLCBDNAAOLLOKLIEPMDFAA.paul_marquess@yahoo.co.uk>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/DB_File/Changes ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
+ ! ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL
+ ! ext/DB_File/t/db-btree.t ext/DB_File/t/db-hash.t
+ ! ext/DB_File/t/db-recno.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13232] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 14:48:34
+ Log: Tweak the PUSHED documentation.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/PerlIO/Via/Via.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13231] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 04:09:41
+ Log: Update 1_compile for new known tests.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/lib/1_compile.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13230] By: jhi on 2001/11/24 04:07:39
+ Log: Move the MBF/MBI test modules to t/lib.
+ Branch: perl
+ + t/lib/Math/BigFloat/Subclass.pm t/lib/Math/BigInt/Subclass.pm
+ - lib/Math/BigInt/t/Math/BigFloat/Subclass.pm
+ - lib/Math/BigInt/t/Math/BigInt/Subclass.pm
+ ! MANIFEST lib/Math/BigInt/t/sub_mbf.t
+ ! lib/Math/BigInt/t/sub_mbi.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13229] By: jhi on 2001/11/23 23:09:27
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH perl@13227] configure.com follow-up to 13218
+ From: "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry@mac.com>
+ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:05:35 -0600
+ Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20011123175131.01abe358@exchi01>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! configure.com
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13228] By: jhi on 2001/11/23 21:11:56
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: perl@13169] switch unfcmb.h to employ 'STDCHAR' in place of char
+ From: PPrymmer@factset.com
+ Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:03:07 -0500
+ Message-ID: <OFA09CCF98.F3E93041-ON85256B0D.00787706@55.25.11>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Unicode/Normalize/mkheader
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13227] By: jhi on 2001/11/23 20:09:36
+ Log: Here are the right helper files.
+ Branch: perl
+ + t/lib/Filter/Simple/ExportTest.pm
+ + t/lib/Filter/Simple/FilterOnlyTest.pm
+ + t/lib/Filter/Simple/FilterTest.pm
+ + t/lib/Filter/Simple/ImportTest.pm
+ ! MANIFEST
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 13226] By: jhi on 2001/11/23 20:03:28
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 13225] By: jhi on 2001/11/23 19:53:53
Log: Never mind.
Branch: perl