Version v5.7.1 Development release working toward v5.8
--------------
____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9972] By: jhi on 2001/05/03 12:58:33
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: perl@9945] fix handling of $Config{variables} in io/fflush.t
+ From: Prymmer/Kahn <pvhp@best.com>
+ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 23:56:13 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105022353380.24421-100000@shell8.ba.best.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/io/fflush.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9971] By: jhi on 2001/05/03 12:57:26
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: perl@9945] two fixes for win32/FindExt.pm
+ From: Prymmer/Kahn <pvhp@best.com>
+ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 23:42:33 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105022337070.24421-100000@shell8.ba.best.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! win32/FindExt.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9970] By: jhi on 2001/05/03 02:42:46
+ Log: Can't croak sans thread context, from Doug MacEachern.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9969] By: jhi on 2001/05/03 01:23:48
+ Log: Subject: Random input test and Perl
+ From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.berkeley.edu>
+ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:35:50 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-Id: <200105022135.OAA26245@fac-813-1.math.Berkeley.EDU>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! toke.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9968] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 22:17:21
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH: perl@9945] fix some misinformation in perlfunc.pod
+ From: Peter Prymmer <pvhp@forte.com>
+ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 15:58:18 -0700 (PDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10105021554040.342459-100000@aspara.forte.com>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlport.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9967] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 20:12:45
+ Log: Workaround for UTS compiler casting bug from Hal Morris.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9966] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 18:31:37
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.6.1] Multiplicity and thread fixes for VMS
+ From: Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
+ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 15:23:22 -0400
+ Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010502152210.01f65550@24.8.96.48>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! perl.c vms/vms.c
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9965] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 18:21:29
+ Log: Minor doc tweaks on endianness, closes bug 20010327.004.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlfunc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9964] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 18:15:01
+ Log: Document large files in INSTALL, document also the %x
+ limitation if not use64bitint, closes bug 20010326.007.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! INSTALL
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9963] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 17:24:47
+ Log: perlmodlib tweaks; regen pods.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/Makefile.SH pod/perlmodlib.PL pod/perlmodlib.pod
+ ! pod/perltoc.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9962] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 17:14:00
+ Log: Fix for a segfault, from Marc Lehmann.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs ext/Time/Piece/Piece.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9961] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 15:55:53
+ Log: Subject: [DOC PATCH bleadperl] minor nits in perlop.pod
+ From: "Philip Newton" <pnewton@gmx.de>
+ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 18:39:03 +0200
+ Message-ID: <3AF05447.15525.173B588@localhost>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perlop.pod
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9960] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 15:35:37
+ Log: Subject: [PATCH 5.6.1] Multiplicity and thread fixes for VMS
+ From: Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>
+ Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 11:37:27 -0400
+ Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.0.20010502112909.01f24e28@24.8.96.48>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! doio.c ext/File/Glob/bsd_glob.c perl.c perl.h pp_sys.c
+ ! thread.h vms/vms.c vms/vmsish.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9959] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 15:21:08
+ Log: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow appending on a PerlIO::Scalar
+ From: Benjamin Sugars <bsugars@canoe.ca>
+ Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:53:11 -0400 (EDT)
+ Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105021041380.1652-100000@marmot.rim.canoe.ca>
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/PerlIO/Scalar/Scalar.xs
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9958] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 15:15:53
+ Log: Bug in #9915, spotted by Mike Guy.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! installperl
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9957] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 13:26:01
+ Log: Add a test for not griping about references as array
+ indices if the reference has magic in it (overloaded
+ methods).
+ Branch: perl
+ ! pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/warn/pp_hot
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9956] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 13:07:01
+ Log: Retracted a bit too much in #9952.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/pragma/sub_lval.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9955] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 13:05:38
+ Log: Test for #9952.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! t/op/tie.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9954] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 11:48:18
+ Log: Additional note on the encoding example: one cannot
+ convert string constants in-place.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Encode/Encode.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9953] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 11:43:51
+ Log: Note that if you have recent enough Perl you already
+ have Filter::Util::Call.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! lib/Filter/Simple.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9952] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 11:31:53
+ Log: Retract changes #8254 and #8255, causes coredump in
+ 'tie FH, "main"', reported by Abigail, culprit found by
+ Benjamin Sugars. Mirrors maintperl change #9950.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! op.c t/pragma/sub_lval.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9951] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 11:14:29
+ Log: Forgot from #9942. (Needed by t/lib/filter-simple.t.)
+ Branch: perl
+ + t/lib/MyFilter.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9950] By: gsar on 2001/05/02 03:17:11
+ Log: revert integration of changes#8254,8255 in change#8620 (causes
+ a coredump in C<tie FH, 'foo'>; the idea itself may need better
+ rationalization)
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ ! op.c t/pragma/sub_lval.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9949] By: gsar on 2001/05/02 02:56:32
+ Log: integrate changes#9774,9814 from mainline (Unixware fixes)
+
+ Subject: [ID 20010421.010] Perl 5.6.1 on Unixware 7
+
+ Subject: Re: [ID 20010421.010] Perl 5.6.1 on Unixware 7
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ !> hints/svr5.sh
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9948] By: gsar on 2001/05/02 02:49:15
+ Log: pod/find.t breaks on VMS (from Craig Berry)
+ Branch: maint-5.6/perl
+ ! t/pod/find.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9947] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 02:43:09
+ Log: Add an encoding conversion example.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Encode/Encode.pm
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9946] By: jhi on 2001/05/02 01:34:22
+ Log: Another coat of paint but still nowhere finished.
+ Need to decide on the semantics of strptime(): should
+ strptime() be a function instead of a method? To do
+ the week/monthname-strptiming the i18n/l10n bullet needs
+ to be bitten with gusto.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! ext/Time/Piece/Piece.pm t/lib/time-piece.t
+____________________________________________________________________________
+[ 9945] By: jhi on 2001/05/01 23:40:52
+ Log: Update Changes.
+ Branch: perl
+ ! Changes patchlevel.h
+____________________________________________________________________________
[ 9944] By: jhi on 2001/05/01 23:33:37
Log: Add known-to-be-tested modules to the list-to-be-skipped.
Branch: perl