releases.)
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+Version 5.003_04
+----------------
+
+This patch was primarily to fix bugs and to clean up some of
+the changes made in 5.003_03. The details are described below.
+A very brief summary is:
+
+o Visible Changes to Core Functionality
+
+ -Allow and document permissions for FileHandle::new and
+ IO::File::new.
+ -glob in Safe compartment used to allow shell access; now
+ it's in the same category as `` and system().
+
+o Configure and build enhancements
+
+ -perl library name is again -lperl, not -lperl5 in some cases.
+ -Several hint files no longer set -g -DDEBUGGING by default.
+ Instead, they just turn off optimization, since that is
+ probably what was intended.
+ -Include OS/2 and Plan9 updates.
+
+o Bug fixes
+
+ -SEGV with $_[0] and circular references fixed.
+ -Ilya's debugger patch.
+ -FAKE typeglobs fixed.
+ -truncate with file name now works.
+ -lval substr() no longer coredumps with refs
+ -lval substr now clears lexicals in re-entered scopes.
+ -core dump in caller() for signal handler for __DIE__.
+
+o Specific Changes
+
+Here are the specific file-by-file changes.
+
+# This is my patch perl5.003_04.pat to perl5.003_03
+# The full description is below.
+# Please execute the following commands before applying this patch.
+# (You can feed this patch to 'sh' to do so.)
+# Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+
+# Obsolete perl4 hint file.
+rm -f hints/dnix.sh
+# Obsolete
+rm -f os2/notes
+
+# We'll create a new test, but patch won't automatically make it
+# executable.
+touch t/op/gv.t
+chmod +x t/op/gv.t
+
+exit 0
+
+
+This is patch perl5.003_04.pat to perl version 5.003_03.
+This takes you from 5.003_03 to 5.003_04.
+
+To apply this patch, run the above commands,
+cd to your perl source directory and then type
+
+ patch -p1 -N < perl5.003_04.pat
+
+The changes are described after each /^Index/ line below. This is
+designed so you can examine each change with a command such as
+
+ csplit -k perl5.003_04.pat '/^Index:/' '{99}'
+
+Patch and enjoy,
+
+ Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
+ Dept. of Physics
+ Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
+
+
+Index: Changes
+
+ Updated for 5.003_04.
+
+Index: Configure
+
+ Change name of shared libperl library back to libperl.so.xxx,
+ so that a simple -lperl picks up either libperl.a or
+ libperl.so.xxx.
+
+ Check if $sh='' in case we've reloaded an old config.sh
+
+Index: INSTALL
+
+ Change name of shared perl library to libperl, instead of
+ libperl5.
+
+ Add notes about fragility of shared libperl and the usefulness
+ of archlib to separate different binaries.
+
+Index: MANIFEST
+
+ os2/notes removed
+
+ obsolete hints/dnix.sh removed.
+
+ New typeglob test.
+
+Index: Makefile.SH
+
+ For building shared libperl, relocate whole rule to
+ inside the if test -f $osname/Makefile.SHs case.
+
+Index: Porting/Glossary
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: README.os2
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: av.c
+
+ Subject: Re: SEGV with $_[0] and circular references
+
+ Subject: random cleanup
+
+ This patch removes a few obvious redundancies in the source.
+
+Index: config_H
+
+ Updated. Note new comments to make AIX happy.
+
+Index: config_h.SH
+
+ Change /*#define../**/ into /*#define../ **/
+ to make IBM's xlc compiler shut up about nested comments.
+ The /*#define FOO /**/ is a perfectly legal un-nested comment, and
+ I wish IBM would fix it's blasted compiler instead. In the meantime
+ we'll take mercy on the poor AIX user and get rid of the screenfulls
+ of stupid warning messages. Thanks to Hallvard B Furuseth
+ <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> for the fix.
+
+Index: dump.c
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: ext/FileHandle/FileHandle.pm
+
+ This patch documents the behavior of FileHandle::{new,open} with
+ regard to open modes. It also documents the exportation of Fcntl
+ constants.
+
+ This patch fixes a bug observed by Tom Christiansen: FileHandle::new
+ didn't allow for file permissions after the file mode. Here's a patch.
+
+Index: ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm
+
+ This patch fixes a bug observed by Tom Christiansen: IO::File::new
+ didn't allow for file permissions after the file mode. Here's a patch.
+
+ This patch documents the behavior of IO::File::{new,open} with
+ regard to open modes. It also documents the exportation of Fcntl
+ constants.
+
+Index: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm
+
+ Subject: Re: glob in Safe compartment allows shell access
+
+ I've moved the glob op into the same opcode tag as backticks and system
+ and added a comment.
+
+Index: gv.c
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: handy.h
+
+ Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co.
+
+ Sorry about adding yet another #ifdef forest, but hopefully this
+ should resolve the *_MAX issues permanently. It adds to the
+ previously defined PERL_LONG_MAX, PERL_LONG_MIN, and PERL_ULONG_MAX
+ symbols the complete set of
+ /PERL_U?(CHAR|SHORT|INT|LONG)_(MAX|MIN)/, and installs aliases to
+ those from /(I|U)(8|16|32|V)_(MAX|MIN)/ so that for any standard
+ Perl typedef, like I32 or UV, you can reference I32_MAX or UV_MIN,
+ and get appropriate figures. All references to LONG_(MIN|MAX) are
+ changed appropriately.
+
+ The .c changes have the side effect of making cast_uv properly use quad
+ limits if quads are in use, but longs aren't 64 bit. Hopefully this all
+ works, but I don't have any handy Crays to try it out on.
+
+ Add notes on perl's internal types, specifically Quad_t and IV.
+
+Index: hints/hpux.sh
+
+ Remove the d_bsdpgrp hint. The defaults should be ok.
+
+Index: hints/irix_6_2.sh
+
+ Change optimize=-g to optimize=none to avoid pulling in -DDEBUGGING,
+ unless that's what the user really wants.
+
+Index: hints/mpeix.sh
+
+ Change optimize=-g to optimize=none to avoid pulling in -DDEBUGGING,
+ unless that's what the user really wants.
+
+Index: hints/os2.sh
+
+ Fixes for sh vs. bin_sh + cleanup.
+
+Index: hints/ultrix_4.sh
+
+ Don't call optimize=-g, just call optimize=none. The -g
+ pulls in -DDEBUGGING, which might not be wanted.
+
+Index: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
+
+ .C$(obj_ext) removed under OS/2 - conflicts with .c$(obj_ext).
+
+Index: lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
+
+ Fix SCOPE? (See pod/perlxs.pod).
+ Up version number to 1.938.
+
+Index: lib/Test/Harness.pm
+
+ Add a return value to runtests - non-zero if all tests ran ok,
+ zero otherwise.
+
+Index: lib/perl5db.pl
+
+ Ilya's debugger patch.
+ Undefined subroutine &Carp::longmess called at
+ /opt/perl5.003_03/lib/perl5db.pl line 1423.
+
+
+ Make perl5db compatible with the recent 'strict refs' enforcement
+ in %SIG.
+
+Index: malloc.c
+
+ A patch to perl5.003_02/malloc to give a sensible error abort() message
+ in ANSI C, and to give it to stderr instead of stdout.
+
+ Use config_h's STRINGIFY macro instead of pre-ANSI "p".
+
+Index: mg.c
+
+ Subject: FAKE typeglobs seriously busted (with patch)
+
+ Handling of fake typeglobs (scalars that are really globs
+ in disguise) is seriously busted since 5.002 (it wasn't
+ so in 5.001n).
+ The problem is that mg_get() on a glob calls gv_efullname()
+ which might coerce its first arg to a string.
+
+ Sub-critical patch to conceivably fix some %SIG problems. (Shared hash key
+ weren't being properly detected by some of the sig magic, but as shared
+ hash keys wouldn't normally be used in %SIG it's unlikely this is a
+ significant problem.)
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: myconfig
+
+ Update perlio-related variables.
+
+Index: op.c
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: opcode.h
+
+ Updated. See opcode.pl.
+
+Index: opcode.pl
+
+ Subject: Re: truncate with file name does not work (with patch)
+
+ The prototype for truncate was changed so that perl won't die
+ with C<use strict;> when the first arg is a bareword (filehandle).
+ I think it was Tom (as in "tchrist") who brought this up.
+
+ Here's a patch that undoes the damage, makes it work with
+ C<use strict;>, and adds to the testsuite.
+
+Index: os2/Makefile.SHs
+
+ perllib vs. LIBPERL
+
+Index: os2/diff.configure
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: os2/os2.c
+
+ SH_PATH_INI vs. BIN_SH
+
+Index: os2/os2ish.h
+
+ SH_PATH_INI added (needed to redefine SH_PATH for binary
+ distribution).
+ SH_PATH is redefined.
+
+Index: patchlevel.h
+
+ SUBVERSION 4.
+
+Index: perl.h
+
+ Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co.
+
+ Sorry about adding yet another #ifdef forest, but hopefully this
+ should resolve the *_MAX issues permanently. It adds to the
+ previously defined PERL_LONG_MAX, PERL_LONG_MIN, and PERL_ULONG_MAX
+ symbols the complete set of
+ /PERL_U?(CHAR|SHORT|INT|LONG)_(MAX|MIN)/, and installs aliases to
+ those from /(I|U)(8|16|32|V)_(MAX|MIN)/ so that for any standard
+ Perl typedef, like I32 or UV, you can reference I32_MAX or UV_MIN,
+ and get appropriate figures. All references to LONG_(MIN|MAX) are
+ changed appropriately.
+
+ The .c changes have the side effect of making cast_uv properly use quad
+ limits if quads are in use, but longs aren't 64 bit. Hopefully this all
+ works, but I don't have any handy Crays to try it out on.
+
+ Add notes on perl's internal types, specifically Quad_t and IV.
+
+Index: perlio.c
+
+ Removes an incorrect prototype for setlinebuf from
+ perlio.c because it conflicts with the correct declaration in
+ MachTen's stdio.h (and possibly other stdio's as well).
+
+ Secondly, the code in perlio.c is not handling the (!PERLIO_IS_STDIO &
+ HAS_F[GS]ETPOS) case. The patch fixes this omission (in a rather lumpen
+ manner). I don't think this should affect platforms which try to hack a
+ different path through the #ifdef forest, but this assertion would benefit
+ from testing...
+
+ Dominic Dunlop
+
+Index: plan9/config.plan9
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: plan9/fndvers
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: plan9/mkfile
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: plan9/setup.rc
+
+ Updated.
+
+Index: pod/perldiag.pod
+
+ Subject: lval substr() coredumps with refs (with patch)
+
+ substr() coredumps with a target that is a ref, when it is used in
+ an lvalue context.
+ The patch below corrects the problem by stringifying the reference
+ first (and emitting a warning when appropriate).
+
+Index: pod/perlxs.pod
+
+ document xsubpp SCOPE:
+
+Index: pp.c
+
+ Subject: lval substr() fails to clear lexicals in re-entered scopes (with patch)
+
+ substr() in lvalue context interacts in buggy fashion with SVs that
+ are !SvOK. This manifests itself with lexicals that have a REFCNT of
+ 1, since these are merely "cleared in place" by setting SvOK_off.
+
+ Subject: lval substr() coredumps with refs (with patch)
+
+ substr() coredumps with a target that is a ref, when it is used in
+ an lvalue context.
+ The patch below corrects the problem by stringifying the reference
+ first (and emitting a warning when appropriate).
+
+ Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co.
+
+Index: pp_ctl.c
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: pp_hot.c
+
+ Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co.
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: pp_sys.c
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: proto.h
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: run.c
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+Index: sv.c
+
+ Subject: random cleanup
+
+ This patch removes a few obvious redundancies in the source.
+
+ Subject: sv_setsv patch
+
+ This patch changes neither behavior nor performance. However, it does
+ reduce code size and improve maintainability by combining some common
+ code in gv_fullname() and gv_efullname().
+
+ From: Chip Salzenberg <salzench@nielsenmedia.com>
+ Subject: Track SVs for destruction when -DPURIFY
+
+ When checking for memory leaks, I compiled Perl with "-DPURIFY".
+ Although that flag improves the leak checking, it also breaks
+ destruction of global objects, because SVs aren't kept in captive
+ arenas any more.
+
+ This patch rectifies the problem by providing an alternative
+ method for keeping track of SVs when Perl is compiled for Purify.
+ It has no effect on normal operation.
+
+
+ Add comment about assert(len >=0) when len is unsigned anyway.
+
+Index: t/io/fs.t
+
+ Subject: Re: truncate with file name does not work (with patch)
+
+ The prototype for truncate was changed so that perl won't die
+ with C<use strict;> when the first arg is a bareword (filehandle).
+ I think it was Tom (as in "tchrist") who brought this up.
+
+ Here's a patch that undoes the damage, makes it work with
+ C<use strict;>, and adds to the testsuite.
+
+ The "not implemented" branch is missing a "\n".
+
+Index: t/op/gv.t
+
+ Subject: FAKE typeglobs seriously busted (with patch)
+
+ Handling of fake typeglobs (scalars that are really globs
+ in disguise) is seriously busted since 5.002 (it wasn't
+ so in 5.001n).
+
+ The problem is that mg_get() on a glob calls gv_efullname()
+ which might coerce its first arg to a string.
+
+Index: t/op/substr.t
+
+
+ Subject: lval substr() fails to clear lexicals in re-entered scopes (with patch)
+
+ substr() in lvalue context interacts in buggy fashion with SVs that
+ are !SvOK. This manifests itself with lexicals that have a REFCNT of
+ 1, since these are merely "cleared in place" by setting SvOK_off.
+
+ Subject: lval substr() coredumps with refs (with patch)
+
+ substr() coredumps with a target that is a ref, when it is used in
+ an lvalue context.
+ The patch below corrects the problem by stringifying the reference
+ first (and emitting a warning when appropriate).
+
+Index: toke.c
+
+ Subject: Re: truncate with file name does not work (with patch)
+
+ The prototype for truncate was changed so that perl won't die
+ with C<use strict;> when the first arg is a bareword (filehandle).
+ I think it was Tom (as in "tchrist") who brought this up.
+
+ Here's a patch that undoes the damage, makes it work with
+ C<use strict;>, and adds to the testsuite.
+
+Index: util.c
+
+ Subject: Re: Perl 5.003 dumps core executing caller() in signal handler for
+ __DIE__ (with patch)
+
+ sv_2pv() might call croak() (which is not prepared to handle that
+ when it calls sv_2pv(), itself). Likewise for warn() (but under
+ slightly more esoteric circumstances--mg_get() in sv_2pv() might
+ trigger a call to warn()).
+
+
+ Subject: Patch for LONG_MAX & co.
+
+ PERL_BADLANG is examined by default before issuing a warning during
+ internationalization.
+
+Index: utils/h2xs.PL
+
+ Make leading =head NAME item a paragraph so pod2man finds it.
+
+Index: utils/perldoc.PL
+
+ Use col -x to filter out half-line feeds (ESC-9) from
+ HP-UX nroff -man output. (col -x isn't portable -- SunOS
+ doesn't support the -x option.)
+
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