Andy Dougherty [Sat, 2 Dec 1995 02:58:02 +0000]
MakeMaker-5.10
Upgrade to MakeMaker-5.10
and a revised minimod.PL that now writes a pod section into ExtUtils::Miniperl.
Paul Marquess [Fri, 24 Nov 1995 09:01:17 +0000]
xsubpp 1.924
Larry Wall [Mon, 20 Nov 1995 22:01:00 +0000]
5.002 beta 1
If you're adventurous, have a look at
ftp://ftp.sems.com/pub/outgoing/perl5.0/perl5.002beta1.tar.gz
Many thanks to Andy for doing the integration.
Obviously, if you consult the bugs database, you'll note there are
still plenty of buglets that need fixing, and several enhancements that
I've intended to put in still haven't made it in (Hi, Tim and Ilya).
But I think it'll be pretty stable. And you can start to fiddle around
with prototypes (which are, of course, still totally undocumented).
Packrats, don't worry too much about readvertising this widely.
Nowadays we're on a T1 here, so our bandwidth is okay.
Have the appropriate amount of jollity.
Larry
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 31 Oct 1995 03:33:09 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1n for perl5.001.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the command above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
This is a consolidation patch. It contains many of the most commonly
applied or agreed-to patches that have been circulating since
patch.1m.
It also changes the 'unofficial patchlevel' in perl.c.
There are some problems (see items marked with '***').
I will attempt to address those in a patch.1o in a few days.
This patch contains the following packages:
My Jumbo Configure patch vs. 1m, with subsequent patches 1, 2, and 3.
Mainly, this provides easier use of local libraries, documents
the installation process in a new INSTALL file, moves important
questions towards the beginning, and improves detection of
signal names (mostly for Linux).
xsubpp-1.922.
Patches from Larry:
eval "1" memory leak patch (as modified by GSAR to apply to 5.001m).
NETaa14551 Infinite loop in formats,
NETaa13729 scope.c patch (fixed problems on AIX and others)
NETaa14138 "substr() & s///" (pp_hot.c)
Patches from ftp.perl.com:
ftp://ftp.perl.com/pub/perl/src/patches/closure-bug.patch,
version of 20 Sep 1995
Includes fix for NETaa14347 (32k limit in regex), and other
fixes.
ftp://ftp.perl.com/pub/perl/src/patches/debugger.patch,
version of 27 Aug 1995
ftp://ftp.perl.com/pub/perl/src/patches/glob-undef.patch,
version of 4 Sep 1995
NETaa14421 $_ doesn't undef
ftp://ftp.perl.com/pub/perl/src/patches/op-segfault.patch,
version of 21 Aug 1995
ftp://ftp.perl.com/pub/perl/src/patches/warn-ref-hash-key.patch,
version of 5 Jun 1995
Tim Bunce's Jumbo DynaLoader patch for Perl5.001m, which is
NETaa14636 Jumbo DynaLoader patch for Perl5.001m, and
Additional patch for NETaa14636 Jumbo DynaLoader patch for Perl5.001m
version of 09 Oct 1995.
***This needs some additional parentheses.***
MakeMaker-5.00. Supercedes NETaa13540 (VMS MakeMaker patches).
(Updates minimod.PL as well.)
***This has a couple of minor problems.
pod2man is run even if it isn't available.
LD_RUN_PATH gets set to some mysterious values.***
NETaa14657 Paul Marquess Net::Ping patch. I've included
Net-Ping-1.00.
NETaa14661 Dean Roehrich DProf. Installed as ext/Devel/DProf.
Configure should pick this up automatically. (5 Apr 1995
version.)
NETaa13742 Jack Shirazi Socket in 5.001. I've also included
his socket.t test in t/lib/socket.t.
c2ph-1.7.
Dean's perlapi patches of Oct 12, 1995, which superceded those
of Oct 8, 1995. This is the one that did
mv perlapi.pid perlxs.pod.
NETaa14310 Tim Bunce A trivial patch for configpm (handy for shell scripts)
DB_File-1.0 patch from Paul Marquess (pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk)
last modified 7th October 1995
version 1.0
Added or updated the following hints files:
hints/hpux.sh
hints/ncr_tower.sh
hints/netbsd.sh
hints/ultrix.sh
Patch and enjoy.
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
Andy Dougherty [Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:43:21 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1m for perl5.001.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the command above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
Highlights of this patch include:
1. Fixes for $sitelib, $d_stdio_ptr_lval, and $d_stdio_cnt_lval
when config.sh is re-used.
2. Move embed.h, keywords.h, and opcode.h dependencies to
a special regen_headers target that is ordinarily not used.
This is now analogous to the run_byacc target. As a cosmetic
side-effect, I transliterated embed_h.sh into embed.pl so that
it can run on non-unix systems as well.
3. Tests for gdbm_{sync,exists,setopt} in GDBM_File (needed for
Slackware 2.1).
For good measure, I've also thrown in the following patches I pulled
off the list, mostly unmodified from the originals.
1. Larry's "unofficial official" fix for the subroutine array context
problem.
2. Tim's __DATA__ patch. (I kept forgetting about this one.)
3. Malcom's USE_OP_MASK patch to pave the way for his Safe extension.
4. Spider's suggested renaming of regexec to pregexec and regcomp to
pregcomp to avoid conflicts with POSIX symbols on Digital Unix.
(I only added a brief explanatory comment to the relevant .c
files.)
5. Spider's installperl patch to avoid installing *.orig and and the
.exists files. (I changed this a little to include patch's ~
suffix, which is used on systems with short file names (in some
versions of patch)).
6. Raphael's "safe_unlink" patch to installperl, in case a copy
of perl is currently runniung.
7. xsubpp 1.9.
8. Tim's lib.pm module (with patched corrected spelling of 2nd :-).
9. Tim's Exporter module version patches.
10. Tim's MakeMaker patches for make test when LINKTYPE=static.
11. Randal's pod2html patches.
12. Spider's "picky compiler" patches for x2p/util.[ch]
13. Paul's updated source filtering patches.
Patch and enjoy. I hope nothing breaks :-).
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 6 Jun 1995 01:41:07 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1l for perl5.001.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the command above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
This patch fixes all the Configure & build problems for which I have a
solution.
After you apply this patch, I would recommend:
make distclean # or at the very least rm config.sh
sh Configure [whatever options you use]
make depend
make
make test
Patch and enjoy,
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
Here are the file-by-file contents:
Changes.Conf
Updated a bit.
Configure
Now honors hints on <pwd.h>-related things (for CX/UX, in particular).
Now honors previous values of d_stdio_ptr_lval and d_stdio_cnt_lval.
DB test programs now conditionally include 'const'.
MANIFEST
Updated.
config_H
Updated.
config_h.SH
Include trailing /**/ on STDIO_..._LVALUE defines.
hints/cxux.sh
Simplified.
Include info about failing test.
hints/epix.sh
A guess at a dynamic loading fix.
hints/next_3.sh
Add a few comments.
lib/Benchmark.pm
Ensure numeric context on number of loop iterations.
op.c
Spider's padlex and goto &$nonesuch patches.
perl.c
fputs("\tUnofficial patchlevel 1l.\n",stdout);
pp_ctl.c
pp_hot.c
scope.c
Spider's padlex and goto &$nonesuch patches.
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 6 Jun 1995 01:17:58 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1k for perl5.001.
This patch brings you MakeMaker-4.15. This is MakeMaker-4.13 plus
patches to provide the LD_RUN_PATH environment variable for building
shared libraries, and the appropriate -I flags for running xsubpp
while building perl.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the command above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
After you apply this patch, you should apply patch.1l.
Patch and enjoy,
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
Andy Dougherty [Mon, 5 Jun 1995 02:03:44 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1j for perl5.001.
To apply, change to your perl directory and apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
After you apply this patch, I would recommend:
rm config.sh
sh Configure [whatever options you use]
make depend
make
make test
Here are the highlights:
Linux fixes: Now correctly sets & uses stdio _ptr and _cnt
tricks only when feasible (Configure, config_h.SH, config_H,
doio.c, sv.c x2p/str.c)
#!path-to-perl fixed to use $binexp instead of $bin. This should
really be fixed to do the correct perl start-up stuff. Volunteers?
(c2ph.SH, h2ph.SH, h2xs.SH, makeaperl.SH, perldoc.SH,
pod/pod2*.SH, x2p/find2perl.SH, x2p/s2p.SH)
hint updates: hints/apollo.sh, hints/linux.sh, hints/freebsd.sh,
hints/sco_3.sh.
xsubpp version 1.7. (includes CASE support)
pod/perlbot updates.
my lib/AutoLoader patch (to use @INC).
[ON]DBM_File/Makefile.PL now have a few hint files.
Other sundry small things.
Patch and enjoy,
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042
Here's the file-by-file breakdown of what's included:
Configure
Checks if File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to.
Fix typo: s/sytem/system/
MANIFEST
Include new extension hint files.
README
Some clarifications, thanks to John Stoeffel. Tell users how to
not use dynamic loading.
c2ph.SH
Use $binexp instead of $bin.
config_H
Updated to match config_h.SH.
config_h.SH
Include defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp)
can be assigned to.
doio.c
Use defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to.
ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
Improve error messages and a little documentation.
ext/NDBM_File/hints/solaris.pl
New hint file.
ext/ODBM_File/Makefile.PL
Removed -ldbm.nfs, since it's now in the sco hint file.
ext/ODBM_File/hints/sco.pl
ext/ODBM_File/hints/solaris.pl
ext/ODBM_File/hints/svr4.pl
New hint files.
h2ph.SH
h2xs.SH
Use $binexp instead of $bin.
hints/apollo.sh
hints/freebsd.sh
hints/linux.sh
hints/sco_3.sh
Updated.
lib/AutoLoader.pm
Eliminate else clause in sub import.
Handle case where @INC contains relative paths.
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
Update to version 1.7. This includes CASE support.
lib/I18N/Collate.pm
Updated documentation.
lib/ftp.pl
Look for socket.ph or sys/socket.ph
lib/getcwd.pl
Use defined().
makeaperl.SH
Use $binexp instead of $bin.
perl.c
fputs("\tUnofficial patchlevel 1j.\n",stdout);
perldoc.SH
Use $binexp instead of $bin.
Turn off debugging messages.
pod/perlbot.pod
Updated.
pod/pod2html.SH
pod/pod2latex.SH
pod/pod2man.SH
Use $binexp instead of $bin.
sv.c
Use defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to.
toke.c
Fix spelling of ambiguous.
x2p/find2perl.SH
x2p/s2p.SH
Use $binexp instead of $bin.
x2p/str.c
Use defines for whether File_ptr(fp) and File_cnt(fp) can be assigned to.
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 30 May 1995 22:59:41 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1i for perl5.001.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the commands above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
After you apply this patch, I would recommend:
rm config.sh
sh Configure [whatever options you use]
make depend
make
make test
Here are the highlights:
All pod documentation now installed, along with corresponding man
pages, if possible (Configure allows you to change this).
cppstdin no longer points back to the build directory. This
necessitated two changes to the test suite: comp/cpp.t is now a
front end that punts if cppstdin is not yet available (the old
perl4 trick doesn't work for perl5). The op/misc.t test
./perl -P -e 'use POSIX;' has been dropped since I couldn't think
of an elegant way to bypass it for systems that need the cppstdin
wrapper.
Grand autoload patch included (minus the installperl, lib/, and
ext/ changes). The lib/ changes are in patch.1g, and the
ext/ changes are in patch.1h.
Better detection and use of stdio variants, especially on SVR4.
Sarathy's consolidated patches (for ties) included.
New filter stuff included.
Three patches from Larry (gv.c, toke.c, pp_ctl.c)
Patch and enjoy,
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042
Here's the file-by-file breakdown of what's included:
Changes.Conf
Document changes in the Configure & build process.
Configure
Upgrade to metaconfig PL55.
Add /opt hierarchy to paths searched for programs.
Tye McQueen's updated std stdio testing.
Prompting for installation info for perl module pages.
Add possible SITELIB to include site-specific include directories.
By default this is disabled, but it seemed a neat idea now that
the standard perl library is getting so big.
Check that the compiler chosen exists and actually supports the
options the user specified.
Correctly sort multiple shared library version numbers.
Use a compile & link test for gconvert(), dlopen(), and dlerror().
Do not include build directory name in cppstdin wrapper.
MANIFEST
Updated.
Makefile.SH
Reorganized a bit to support separate install.perl and install.man
targets to use the new installman script and to accomodate those who
don't want to install the man pages.
Organize cleanup of .SH files a little better.
No longer automatically make the pod/*.man files. This is done by
installman only if requested.
Include additional error messages and info for regenerating the
automatically maintained header files.
Add 'minitest' target.
README
Updated.
README.vms
Fix perl5-porters subscription info.
config_H
Updated.
config_h.SH
Updated.
configpm
Embedded pod.
configure
GNU configure-like front end to metaconfig's Configure.
Only supports a few options.
doio.c
Updated to use new std stdio testing.
embed.h
Add new symbols for filtering.
global.sym
see embed.h.
gv.c
C<sub method;> patch from lwall.
hints/README.hints
Updated.
hints/aux.sh
Updated.
hints/cxux.sh
Updated.
hints/epix.sh
New file.
hints/freebsd.sh
Updated.
hints/irix_4.sh
Updated.
hints/irix_5.sh
Updated.
hints/irix_6.sh
Updated.
hints/linux.sh
Updated.
hints/powerunix.sh
Updated.
installman
New file to install pod/*.pod and lib/*.p(m|od) man pages.
installperl
Move installation of man pages over to installman script.
Install pod/*.pod files in $privlib/pod/.
Preserve timestamps on .a files.
makedepend.SH
Now includes . and .. in PATH to explicitly find cppstdin wrapper.
opcode.h
opcode.pl
shmwrite fix.
perl.c
Changed unofficial patchlevel message.
Included optional SITELIB directory.
perl.h
#include <memory.h>
cryptswitch gone/filters added.
EUNICE replaced by UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS. Only matters for VMS.
perldoc.SH
New file.
pod/perl.pod
Describe where modpods are.
pp_ctl.c
sort bug fix from lwall.
pp_hot.c
csh glob bug fix from tchrist.
Sarathy's consolidated "tie" patch for NETaa13753 N 2 trey
pp_sys.c
Emulate flock with lockf, if possible.
Use new std stdio unit.
proto.h
Filters stuff.
prototype for unlnk() is only needed #if UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS
sv.c
Sarathy's consolidated "tie" patch for NETaa13753 N 2 trey
Sarathy's consolidated patch for nested ties.
Use new std stdio unit.
t/comp/cpp.aux
New file. This only gets called if cppstdin is avaiable.
t/comp/cpp.t
Calls cpp.aux test only if cppstdin is available.
t/op/misc.t
Drop
perl -P -e 'use POSIX;' test.
it couldn't work on systems without the cppstdin wrapper
installed, and is usually misleading when it fails anyway.
toke.c
filter stuff.
fix for NETaa13798 from lwall.
unixish.h
undef UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS since it's irrelevant for unix.
util.c
s/EUNICE/UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS/ for the unlnk() function.
vms/config.vms
VMS updates from Charles Bailey.
std stdio updates to match changes in perl sources.
add UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS constant, but leave it #undef.
vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm
vms/ext/VMS/stdio/stdio.xs
vms/perlvms.pod
vms/vms.c
VMS updates from Charles Bailey.
x2p/Makefile.SH
Updated to match man page Configure questions.
Slight clean-up on .SH targets.
x2p/str.c
Use new std stdio unit.
Andy Dougherty [Wed, 24 May 1995 22:49:37 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1h for perl5.001.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the commands above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
After you apply this patch, you should apply patch.1i before
reConfiguring and rebuilding.
This patch just includes updates to the ext/ subdirectory.
Here are the highlights:
Grand autoload patch.
Embedded pods.
DB_File and GDBM_File updates.
Patch and enjoy,
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042
Here's the file-by-file breakdown of what's included:
ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
Updated to version 0.2
Embedded pod.
ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
Updated to version 0.2
ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
Embedded pod.
ext/DynaLoader/README
Updated to refer to pod documentation in DynaLoader.pm.
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs
Added gdbm_sync(), gdbm_exists(), and gdbm_setopt() functions.
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
move tan() into the .xs file. (It didn't exist before.)
Change usage message for chmod to reflect reality.
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
move tan() into the .xs file. (It didn't exist before.)
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
Fix type of free prototype.
ext/Socket/Socket.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 30 May 1995 01:56:48 +0000]
This is my patch patch.1g for perl5.001.
This patch only includes updates to the lib/ directory and
the removal of the pod/modpods. The main things are the following:
The modpods are now embedded in their corresponding .pm files.
The Grand AutoLoader patch.
Updates to lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp by Paul Marquess
<pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>.
Minor changes to a very few modules and pods.
To apply, change to your perl directory, run the commands above, then
apply with
patch -p1 -N < thispatch.
After you apply this patch, you should go on to apply patch.1h and
patch.1i before reConfiguring and building.
Patch and enjoy,
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA
Here's the file-by-file description:
lib/AnyDBM_File.pm
Embedded pod.
lib/AutoLoader.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
lib/AutoSplit.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
Skip pod sections when splitting .pm files.
lib/Benchmark.pm
lib/Carp.pm
lib/Cwd.pm
lib/English.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
lib/Exporter.pm
Grand AutoLoader patch.
Embedded pod.
Update comments to match behavior.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Include installation of .pod and .pm files.
Space out documentation for better printing with pod2man.
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
Patches from Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>, 22 May 1995.
Now at version 1.4.
lib/File/Basename.pm
Embedded pod.
lib/File/CheckTree.pm
Embedded pod.
lib/File/Find.pm
Embedded pod.
Included finddepth pod too.
lib/FileHandle.pm
Embedded pod.
lib/Getopt/Long.pm
Embedded pod.
Fixed PERMUTE order bug.
lib/Getopt/Std.pm
Embedded pod.
Caught accessing undefined element off end of @arg array.
lib/I18N/Collate.pm
lib/IPC/Open2.pm
lib/IPC/Open3.pm
lib/Net/Ping.pm
Embedded pod.
lib/Term/Complete.pm
Embedded pod.
Changed name from complete to Complete to match documentation and
exported name.
lib/Text/Abbrev.pm
Embedded pod.
lib/Text/Tabs.pm
Updated.
lib/integer.pm
lib/less.pm
lib/sigtrap.pm
lib/strict.pm
lib/subs.pm
Embedded pod.
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 30 May 1995 21:28:07 +0000]
perl5.001 patch.1f
This patch only includes updates for perlapi.pod, perlbot.pod,
perlcall.pod, and perlguts.pod from the authors.
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 18 Apr 1995 01:06:04 +0000]
perl5.001 patch.1e
Here's what's included:
Configure
Change a few more spots so that ' ' is equivalent to "none".
This allows hint files to set empty values for variables.
Split cpp-symbol awk command for old awk (Harris Night Hawk).
hints/irix_5.sh
hints/irix_6.sh
Explicitly use 'ld' rather than 'cc' to build dynamic modules.
hints/linux.sh
Allow users to specify an alternate compiler on the command line, e.g.
Configure -Dcc=gcc-elf.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Fix CC substitution to allow c++ and variants as well.
perl.c
fputs("Unofficial patchlevel 1e.\n",stdout);
pod/Makefile
Include $(TEX) target for running pod2latex.
Include some fixes from Bill Middleton.
Andy Dougherty [Fri, 14 Apr 1995 22:32:18 +0000]
perl5.001 patch.1d
This is my patch patch.1d for perl5.001. A complete description is
given below, but here are the basic changes.
1. Linux: more tweaks so dynamic loading works under ELF
or (maybe) under dld. There are so many different dld versions
and so many different tool sets, it's hard to be more specific.
2. perl -e '$v=1e19+0' no longer dumps core on Intel x86
processors.
3. pod stuff:
a. Wrapped pod2* translators in a 'SH' wrapper so that they
have the proper path to perl at the top.
b. Fixed pod/ Makefile to call the pod2html translator
correctly. (Why do pod2man and pod2html work differently?)
c. Include latest (Feb 2, 1995) version of pod2html, fresh from
ftp.metronet.com.
4. MakeMaker 4.093.
5. GIMME and installperl patches from Tim Bunce.
6. Miscellaneous hint file updates.
Configure
Allow ' ' to mean 'none' in a few more places. This provides
a way for hint files to set something to an empty value and to
ensure that the empty value will be maintained when config.sh is
reused.
Fix silly ld typo that prevented hint file from actually setting
$ld.
MANIFEST
Now has pod/pod2*.SH.
Makefile.SH
Remove old libperl.a instead of blindly adding to it. Failure to
do this causes a problem if you originally used perl's malloc but
later changed your mind. The old malloc.o would still be in
libperl.a
ext/DynaLoader/dl_dlopen.xs
Use strerror(errno) instead of dlerror for NetBSD.
handy.h
Clarify & rework HAS_BOOL comments and code. No functionality is
changed, but I hope this is easier to follow.
hints/freebsd.sh
hints/isc.sh
hints/linux.sh
hints/netbsd.sh
hints/next_3_0.sh
hints/next_3_2.sh
hints/sco_3.sh
Miscellaneous updates. See the individual comments in the patches.
installperl
Run ranlib on installed .a libraries.
unlink() old versions of files before installing new ones, in
case the old ones are are write-protected.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Updated to 4.092 by Andreas Koenig. This features better
selection of shared library versions and shorter command lines for
static linking of new extensions. It is also more robust against
broken csh on Linux. (There's still a glob in the library
selection loop, however.)
I further updated it to 4.093 because I didn't like the
distclean target :-). It's just a sloppy quick fix, but that's
all I have time for now. I've also worked on the library version
selection stuff and the $(CC) command stuff a little more.
lib/TieHash.pm
Overdue removal of ambiguous ${pack} construction.
perl.h
New U_V macro to cast to the UV type (usually unsigned long).
pod/Makefile
Updated.
pod/pod2html.SH
Updated.
Converted to 'SH' wrapper so correct #!/path/to/perl gets used.
pod/pod2latex.SH
pod/pod2man.SH
Converted to 'SH' wrapper so correct #!/path/to/perl gets used.
pp_hot.c
GIMME patch from Tim Bunce.
pp_sys.c
Allow use of F_FREESP fcntl() directive to truncate files.
If HAS_MKDIR is not defined, the stat() call to check the result
of the system "mkdir" call was failing because the filename
pointer no longer pointed to the right location.
sv.c
Protect some (UV) casts by the new U_V() macro.
util.c
New cast_uv() function to support the U_V() macro, if needed.
cast_iv() and cast_uv() no longer assume 32-bit longs.
The various cast_() functions have also been simplified.
Andy Dougherty [Thu, 6 Apr 1995 20:20:47 +0000]
perl5.001 patch.1c
Configure
Updated to dist PL53.
Fix overlapping memcpy test.
Add check for ld. Use $cc instead, if on an ELF system.
With -d, don't reuse config.sh unless $myuname matches.
Warn more explicitly about changing compilers before reloading
old config.sh.
Detect Linux ELF format in nm scan.
Better detection of d_castneg. (ISC 4.1 was passing the test,
but couldn't cast in an argument list.)
Suggest -fpic for dynamic loading if you're using GNU CC under any
name.
No longer test for byacc, fmod, or drem, since they are not used.
Makefile.SH
Use $ld, not ld (only matters for SVR4)
Silence some byacc-related harmless error messages.
README
Suggest using -Dcc=gcc (or whatever).
Warn about reusing old config.sh. (The warning was already there
in 5.001; I've just expanded it a little.)
Warn against using GNU as and GNU ld on SunOS & Solaris.
config.H
config_h.SH
Updated to match Configure.
doio.c
Add socket includes.
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs
Fix typo: s/SETFL/F_SETFL/;
handy.h
Check _G_HAVE_BOOL, not just if it's defined.
hints/dynix.sh
hints/hpux_9.sh
hints/linux.sh
hints/netbsd.sh
hints/titanos.sh
Updated. ELF on linux should probably work.
installperl
Install pod2html, pod2latex, and pod2man.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Updated to 4.091. (4.09 + a small writedoc() patch.)
myconfig
Now includes 'ld' command.
perl.c
Revised an #elif clause since Pyramid's cpp doesn't understand
#elif.
perl.h
Fix U_L, I_V, and I_32 cast macros to ensure that
the cast_ulong(), cast_iv(), and cast_i32() functions (if used)
are passed a double. In particular, the FIXSTATUS macros were
handing int's to U_L().
Remove unnecessary HAS_FMOD testing (See util.c).
proto.h
Remove my_fmod() prototype. (See util.c)
sv.h
Fix GV/CV typo.
util.c
Simplified cast_i32() and cast_iv() to mimic what *actually*
happens on a SPARC running SunOS 4.1.3. (Previously, they did
some complicated fmod() calculation. I've since discovered that's
not what happens on the SPARC.)
With this change, fmod() is no longer necessary. Hence my_fmod
is removed. This also means the HAS_FMOD and HAS_DREM tests are
no longer needed in Configure, so they are gone too.
vms/config.vms
Remove unnecessary HAS_FMOD and HAS_DREM defines.
x2p/Makefile.SH
Silence byacc-related things.
Andy Dougherty [Fri, 31 Mar 1995 00:56:10 +0000]
perl5.001 patch.1b: [byacc deps fix, set*id fixes, x2p/walk.c emit_split()
fix]
This is my patch patch.1b for perl5.001.
[Actually, that's a lie. This is just a reposting of two of my
patches (removing some byacc dependencies and fixing some set*id
stuff) + one version of the x2p/walk.c emit_split() patch.
I've just usurped the letter 'b' to fit in my patch sequence.
You probably have already applied these as well, but again here they
are all packaged up nice and neatly for storage on ftp sites.]
Here's one possible solution to the byacc problem. Short summary:
make will think your perly.[ch] are out of date because perly.c.diff
has changed. They aren't really out of date, but the ordering of the
timestamps in the distribution fools make. I had put some traps in
perly.fixer to check to make sure that everything got run only if
you ran the same version of byacc (1.8) as Larry, but the traps aren't good
enough: There's a Cygnus version of byacc out there that also calls
itself 1.8 (with a +Cygnus xxx note attached). I don't think I'll
ever be able to reliably detect all mutant byacc's, so the safest
course of action seems to be to never run byacc.
(Yes, the perly.fixer check could be a _lot_ smarter. Volunteers?)
This simple-minded fix just puts in a
perly.c: perly.y
- touch perly.c
perly.h: perly.y
- touch perly.h
to bring perly.[ch] up to date, if needed.
The '-' are in case your source is read-only.
It also does the same trick in x2p/Makefile.SH.
WARNING! Danger! Larry, if you do this, it means you have to
explicitly call
make run_byacc
whenever you change perly.y, perly.c.diff, or
cd x2p; make run_byacc
if you change x2p/a2p.y.
However, it might be worth it. I leave it up to you.
Larry Wall [Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:34:28 +0000]
[fix bug in print]
: In perl 5.001 the print function now only outputs one significant digit for the
: the results of some mathematical functions.
:
: $ cat mine
: #!/usr/bin/perl
: print sqrt(2), "\n";
: print 4 * atan2(1,1), "\n";
: print log(2), "\n";
: $ ./mine
: 1
: 3
: 0
Okay, I understand how this one happened. This is a case where a
beneficial fix uncovered a bug elsewhere. I changed the constant
folder to prefer integer results over double if the numbers are the
same. In this case, they aren't, but it leaves the integer value there
anyway because the storage is already allocated for it, and it *might*
be used in an integer context. And since it's producing a constant, it
sets READONLY. Unfortunately, sv_2pv() bogusly preferred the integer
value to the double when READONLY was set. This never showed up if you
just said
print 1.
4142135623731;
because in that case, there was already a string value.
Larry
Larry Wall [Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:43:53 +0000]
[fix s/// memory leak]
In fixing another bug I installed a nasty memory leak in s///. Here's the fix.
Larry
Larry Wall [Mon, 13 Mar 1995 23:55:18 +0000]
cleaner version of the official unofficial patch
: There were some warnings (AIX, xlc compiler):
Here's a cleaner version of the official unofficial patch, based on 5.001.
Larry Wall [Tue, 14 Mar 1995 23:25:31 +0000]
Okay, here's your official unofficial closure leak patch
Larry Wall [Mon, 13 Mar 1995 06:32:14 +0000]
Perl 5.001
[See the Changes file for a list of changes]
Andy Dougherty [Fri, 10 Mar 1995 23:34:12 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0o: [address] a few more Configure and build nits.
This patch addresses a few more Configure and build nits. Full
details are given below, but the main hightligths are (slightly)
better support for nested extensions and DLD and AIX MakeMaker fixes.
Configure
Detect MachTen. Thanks to Mark Pease <peasem@primenet.com>.
Delete some tabs that caused a MachTen /bin/sh core dump!
Detect extensions nested 1 level deep, e.g. Devel/DProf/DProf.xs
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.new
Include new hints/machten.sh hint file.
Makefile.SH
Document why we use ./makedir instead of mkdir.
U/Extensions.U
Detect extensions nested 1 level deep, e.g. Devel/DProf/DProf.xs
U/dist3_051.pat
Include MachTen patches.
configpm
Convert nested extension names from filesytem-dependent Devel/DProf
to perl5's internal naming scheme Devel::DProf.
doio.c
A dup-related buglet fix from Hallvard B. Furuseth
<h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>.
ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm
ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
ext/Socket/Socket.pm
Throw a qw() around @ISA elements to show "good style".
hints/machten.sh
new file.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Bump version number to 4.086.
Fix AIX buglet -- needed to specify NAME.
Linux/DLD/gcc-2.6.2: We no longer load .sa libraries (except
libm.sa, which is apparently still o.k.
util.c
Another dup-related buglet fix.
Andy Dougherty [Sun, 5 Mar 1995 22:11:42 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0n: [address Configure and build issues]
This is my patch patch.0n for perl5.000.
This _very_ small patch
1. updates the linux and dec_osf hints files,
2. adds sv_isobject to global.sym,
3. updates Configure to deal with recent Linux nm output, and
4. fixes the names in File::Path.
This patch addresses only Configure and build issues for which I have
tested solutions. It does nothing else. Maybe some of the other patches
floating around should be included. Maybe not. I'm afraid I just
don't have time to think about them now.
Unless something's broken, I hope not to issue any more patches :-)
(Yes, I've said that before, but this one's _really_ small, and linux
support was broken.:-) Thanks to Kenneth Albanowski for researching,
implementing, and testing the Linux patch.
Andy Dougherty [Mon, 27 Feb 1995 22:35:59 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0m: [various fixes, hint file updates and documentation]
This is my patch patch.0m for perl5.000.
This patch fixes all remaining problems that I am aware of, and for
which I have a solution. It also updates some hint files and
documentation.
Here's what's new:
Configure
Protect against spaces in uname -m output (unicos).
Look in <stdlib.h> for malloctype and freetype.
Check if user has void free() or int free().
Look in linux/signal.h for signal names.
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.new
Two new hint files: cxux.sh and PowerUNIX.sh.
Sorted.
README
Indicate what gets installed and where it usually goes.
Thanks to Hallvard B. Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
for suggesting this.
U/Myinit.U
Update extliblist comment.
U/dist3_051.pat
This file contains patches to dist 3 (PL 51) that I used to generate
Configure for perl.
U/mallocsrc.U
Look in <stdlib.h> for malloctype and freetype.
Check if user has void free() or int free().
config_h.SH
config.H
Add Free_t to handle void free() vs. int free().
ext/DynaLoader/README
Updated comment.
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm
creat() has 2 arguments, not 3 (thanks, Paul).
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
Fix return type of lseek.
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h
Add I_STDLIB guard on #include <stdlib.h>
ext/util/extliblist
Add note indicating this is obsolete. Don't remove it because
people might be using it for their own private extensions.
hints/PowerUNIX.sh
hints/cxux.sh
New files. Written by Tom.Horsley@mail.hcsc.com
hints/linux.sh
Simplified.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Typo fixed, only affected aix?
malloc.c
Allow for possible int free().
perl.h
pp_sys.c
util.c
If the user is not using vfork, move the #define vfork fork
util after various #include files. Since vfork() and fork() might
have different prototypes, the #define could cause a conflict in
system header files. (Reported for 386bsd.)
Makefile.SH
make realclean will remove h2xs and makeaperl (but leave behind
the .SH versions, of course).
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 21 Feb 1995 01:14:24 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0l: MakeMaker 4.085 and upgrade Configure to dist3 PL 51.
Here's what's new:
Configure
Generated by metaconfig PL 51.
Correctly set ./mips on a MIPS system.
Improved (we hope) handling of $archname.
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.new
Made .SH files out of h2xs and makeaperl so that they get the
correct path-to-perl at the top.
Makefile.SH
Propagate $(perllib) to extensions.
U/dist3_051.patches
Two patches to apply on top of metaconfig PL 51. I've sent
them off for inclusion in the next metaconfig update.
config_h.SH
config.H
Regenerated. Only the order of elements has changed.
ext/DB_File/Makefile.PL
ext/GDBM_File/Makefile.PL
ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
Add -L/usr/local/lib to LIBS variable.
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs
Place #ifdef around FD_CLOEXEC (needed for Apollo).
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL
Simplified, thanks to MakeMaker enhancements.
ext/util/make_ext
Pass through $(perllib) argument for cflags.
h2xs.SH
Changed from h2xs to h2xs.SH. Now finds correct path to perl.
hints/next_3_2.sh
Updated for hppa.
hints/solaris_2.sh
Remove potentially problematic -lmalloc from $libswanted.
hints/unicos.sh
Look in /usr/include/rpcsvc for dbm.h.
installperl
Install h2xs.
lib/Cwd.pm
Use 'my' variable to avoid clobbering $_.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Upgraded from 4.06 to 4.085.
Lots of documentation improvements.
EXE_FILES to refer to an array of executable files to install.
Reduce chatter during build process.
Don't count a useful -L/path option as a successful search for
a particular library.
Cleanup handling of aix external symbols.
Create/update perllocal.pod to indicate what we've done.
makeaperl.SH
Changed from makeaperl to makeaperl.SH. Now finds correct path
to perl.
x2p/util.c
Delete unused setenv() and envix() functions.
x2p/util.h
Delete unused setenv() and envix() prototypes.
vms/config.vms
Define I_SYS_STAT and I_SYS_TYPES.
Andy Dougherty [Sat, 11 Feb 1995 01:17:38 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0k: MakeMaker 4.06 and to fix minor portability and build problems reported even after patches 0a through 0j
MakeMaker 4.06 allows you to build extensions away from the source
tree with either static or dynamic loading.
In a rare act of prescience, I've also fixed some un-reported bugs.
Specifically, there were several places where Configure said you could
specify things using ~name notation, but, in fact, you couldn't.
In detail, here's what's included:
Configure
Check I_SYS_TYPES for x2p/a2p.h
Improve and generalize $osvers detection for DEC Alpha
(now will work even for osvers > 3.)
No longer override hint-file setting of $archname.
Don't tell users ~name is ok for Dynamic loading file. It's not.
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.new
Updated.
Makefile.SH
Some trailing ' ' removed from lines.
New target lib/ExtUtils/Miniperl.pm built. This stashes away
miniperlmain.c in the library so new static extensions can be
built away from the source tree.
Minor cleanup.
U/Oldconfig.pat.2
This is a patch to be applied against dist-PL 50 to upgrade
the DEC OSF/1 version detection.
U/archlib.U
Preserve previous value for $archname. Otherwise this is
identical to the unit in dist-PL 50.
U/dlsrc.U
Users may not use ~name notation to find the dynamic loading
module. (Back in early alpha days they could, but that hasn't
worked since the DynaLoader module was introduced.
config.H
Updated.
config_h.SH
Updated.
hints/dec_osf.sh
Updated. Simplified. Don't use ld -no_archive (at least as
the default). It only worked because some versions *ignored* it.
hints/mpeix.sh
Add a few comments. I should have added more.
hints/next_3_0.sh
New hint file from Kevin White <klwhite@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
hints/ultrix_4.sh
Separate out flags not appropriate for gcc.
installperl
Install sperl.o.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Upgraded from 4.03 to 4.06. Many improvements. Now possible
to build and install new extensions outside the source tree,
for both static and dynamic loading.
lib/File/Path.pm
New. Creates or removes a series of directories
makeaperl
New utility to create a new perl binary from static extensions
minimod.PL
New. minimod.PL writes the contents of miniperlmain.c into the
module ExtUtils::Miniperl for later perusal (when the perl
source is deleted)
perl.c
ARCHLIB and PRIVLIB changed to ARCHLIB_EXP and PRIVLIB_EXP,
since perl is not prepared to deal with ~name expansion. The
_EXP variables are pre-expanded by Configure.
proto.h
NeXt 3.0 couldn't handle the #ifdef __attribute line.
It said 'illegal #ifdef'.
vms/config.vms
s/ARCHLIB/ARCHLIB_EXP/;
s/PRIVLIB/PRIVLIB_EXP/;
Add in I_SYS_STAT and I_SYS_TYPES, since the source now looks
for them.
vms/ext/MM_VMS.pm
New file.
x2p/a2p.h
Include <sys/types.h>
Andy Dougherty [Tue, 7 Feb 1995 01:51:12 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0j: fix minor portability and build problems remaining even after patches 0a through 0i
Specifically, here's what's included:
Configure
Regenerated with metaconfig patchlevel 50. This changed
a variety of things, mostly related to selecting and changing
the installation prefix.
Handle csh, sed, and byacc no matter what the setting of
d_portable. (This was causing glob problems in patch.0i).
Set d_portable to default to 'y'. It doesn't matter anyway,
but gives people a warm fuzzy feeling.
Remove useless d_group and d_passwd tests.
Add check for <sys/stat.h>.
Improve & generalize AIX version detection.
Consider /opt/man/man1 as a possible place to install man pages.
Be a little more robust about OS version changes when deciding
if the output of uname -a has really changed.
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.new
Added hints/mpeix.sh.
README
Tell users the Configure defaults are probably right.
Makefile.SH
Better detection of whether user has byacc.
Use $(MAKE) instead of make.
U/Loc_sed.U
Works again with d_portable='define'.
U/Myinit.U
Set d_portable=define as default.
U/d_byacc.U
Detect whether user has byacc even if d_portable=define.
U/d_csh.U
Works again with d_portable='define'.
U/d_group.U
Empty file to avoid useless metaconfig test.
U/d_passwd.U
Empty file to avoid useless metaconfig test.
U/dist.patch
This file contains two minor updates to dist3 PL50 that were used
to generage Configure.
U/i_sysstat.U
New test. See if sys/stat.h is available.
config.H
Updated.
config_h.SH
Updated to metaconfig patchlevel 50.
ext/NDBM_File/Makefile.PL
ext/ODBM_File/Makefile.PL
Add -lucb for SVR4 systems.
handy.h
Protect agains g++-2.6.3, which predefines bool. g++ can be
used to compile an extension, but not perl itself. Still, the
extension will #include "perl.h", which eventually gets
"handy.h", which #define's bool. If this happens to you, add
-DHAS_BOOL to your ccflags in your extension, or else ensure that
_G_config.h is #include'd before perl.h. (_G_config.h will define
_G_HAVE_BOOL, if indeed your version of g++ has bool.)
hints/aix.sh
Updated. Handles AIX 3.2.x and 4.1. Comments included!
hints/hpux_9.sh
Updated.
hints/irix_4.sh
Updated. Includes comments for IRIX 4.0.4
hints/linux.sh
Updated. Beginnings of ELF support added, but completely
untested.
hints/mpeix.sh
New hint file.
hints/solaris_2.sh
Useless ccflags="$ccflags" line removed.
hints/svr4.sh
Updated.
installperl
Doesn't use Config anymore (it already reads config.sh
directly. That's probably backwards, but, oh well.
Install perl.exp for AIX.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Upgraded from 4.01 to 4.03.
makedepend.SH
Use $MAKE instead of plain make.
Index: op.c
Remove overlapping strcpy().
perl.h
Add test for <sys/stat.h>.
Delete unused VOIDSIG stuff.
Delete unused typedef struct lstring Lstring;
perl_exp.SH
Add safexxxx calls.
pp_sys.c
Delete wayward break in HAS_ALARM section.
proto.h
Change true and false (!) in function prototypes to please
g++-2.6.3, which has true and false built in. (See notes for
handy.h.)
Index: unixish.h
Long-overdue housekeeping.
HAS_GROUP and HAS_PASSWD are always defined.
util.c
Yet another (char*) cast for bcmp.
vms/config.vms
Changed comments to match unixish.h.
writemain.SH
Now correctly handles nested static extensions. Recent
MakeMakers have moved where they get built.
x2p/a2p.h
More definitions that will doubtless cause trouble somewhere
else.
x2p/a2py.c
x2p/walk.c
Remove unprotected char *strchr();
Andy Dougherty [Thu, 26 Jan 1995 00:40:50 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0i: fix glaring mistakes in patches a-h
This patch does the following things:
1. Fix various bonehead errors I introduced in patches a-g.
2. Incorporate MakeMaker changes to bring it up to version 4.01 (mostly).
3. Stick in things I forgot in patches a-g (e.g. AIX).
4. Some minor additional cleanup in x2p/ for even pickier compilers.
5. More hints updates (hpux and next).
6. Include newest dl_hpux.xs.
I didn't have time to
1. Fix the overlapping strcpy() in op.c
2. Restore h2xs to Larry's original design to process <>.
3. take out unnecessary "use Config" in installperl.
4. Add in vms patches.
I forgot to
[If I remembered what i forgot, I wouldn't have forgotten it. :]
I deliberately decided *not* to
1. Touch pod/*
2. deal with overloading
Specifically, here's what's included:
Configure
Regenerated to be sure it's up-to-date.
Makefile.SH
Build extension libraries right into lib/auto/whatever.
Don't set CCCDLFLAGS since we don't use it anyway.
Take care to avoid modifying lib/Config.pm without reason
Visit DynaLoader for `make clean'. (Previously only did
so for `make realclean'.)
@echo "Note that make realclean does not delete config.sh"
Include config.h dependency.
U/i_db.U
config_h.SH
config.H
Remove unwanted quotes around db_hashtype and db_prefixtype.
configpm
Allow specification of alternate name for lib/Config.pm,
so the makefile mv-if-diff trick saves needless re-making.
ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
Updated warning messages and comments.
ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs
Updated to version 2.1. Now uses bootstrap files.
ext/util/make_ext
Explicitly use #!/bin/sh to start it up. This is useful
for testing make_ext.
Improve & simplify Nested::Extension::Processing.
More robust handling of `make clean'.
hints/hpux_9.sh
Support both the bundled and unbundled compilers.
hints/next_3_2.sh
Back to using -posix rather than POSIX_SOURCE. And that only
for ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs.
installperl
Special ranlib treatment for NeXT, which gets confused about
timestamps in libraries, even when you just copy the library.
Supply missing '$' in samepath() function.
lib/AutoSplit.pm
New parameters.
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Upgraded from 3.8 to 4.01.
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp
Documentation changed from man to pod.
lib/Getopt/Long.pm
Avoid typo warning.
Drop unused $optx.
lib/Text/Tabs.pm
Fix package name.
makedepend.SH
Explicitly start with $startsh.
Catch cpp that prints # <stdin> instead of line numbers.
perl.h
Fix bonehead mistake that ended up calling my_fmod even if
not needed.
perl_exp.SH
also add symbols from interp.sym
proto.h
Delete 2 redundant prototypes (newBINOP and newUNOP).
util.c
Add (char *) casts to unsigned char args to bcmp.
x2p/a2p.h
Rearrange order of <string?.h> and bcopy & bzero stuff.
Change a few function prototypes to void, to reflect actual
usage.
x2p/a2py.c
Change a few function types to void, to reflect actual usage.
x2p/handy.h
Make *alloc declarations match those in x2p/util.c.
x2p/util.c
Make *alloc declarations match those in x2p/handy.h.
x2p/walk.c
Add a (Size_t) cast for comparison of 1 to the result of strlen().
Thanks to all who's work is included here. Little of it is mine.
Larry Wall [Wed, 11 Jan 1995 22:06:42 +0000]
[fix crash in regexec.c]
In article <3ekgoo@giga.bga.com> jamshid@ses.com (Jamshid Afshar) writes:
: I'm getting some unexpected behavior for a small perl script on SunOS
: 4.1.3 perl 4.0p36. The same script crashes under perl 5.0 on HP-UX.
: That script is at the end of this article -- it's as small as I could
: make it and still reproduce the crash.
Here's an unofficial patch for the problem in Perl 5.
Larry
Larry Wall [Fri, 13 Jan 1995 18:28:56 +0000]
"unofficial" patches for some of the more spectacular [memory leaks]
To: Simon Parsons <S.Parsons@fulcrum.co.uk>
: I am on a Sun sparc running Solaris 5.3 / 5.4
:
: Are there any patches available for perl5.000, or a list of know bugs?
: I am having problems with a script running out of memory, which may be
: causes by memory leaks. The process size grows steadily up to approx
: 8Meg (over a couple of minutes) an then grows to approx 22Meg (in 2 or
: 3 seconds) before running out of memory. purify indicates memory
: leaks, but I am not sure whether this is as a result of perl
: abandoning memory as it exits.
5.001 will contain fixes for a number of memory leaks. Here are some
unofficial patches for some of the more spectacular ones. The one
for sv.c is the likeliest one to be affecting you, unless you're doing
a lot of evals.
Larry Wall [Sat, 19 Nov 1994 01:01:34 +0000]
[return values correctly with G_EVAL]
You need this patch for G_EVAL to return values correctly.
Larry Wall [Wed, 11 Jan 1995 19:01:09 +0000]
duplicate DESTROY
In order to fix the duplicate DESTROY bug, I need to remove [the
modified] lines from sv_setsv.
Basically, copying an object shouldn't produce another object without an
explicit blessing. I'm not sure if this will break anything. If Ilya
and anyone else so inclined would apply this patch and see if it breaks
anything related to overloading (or anything else object-oriented), I'd
be much obliged.
By the way, here's a test script for the duplicate DESTROY. You'll note
that it prints DESTROYED twice, once for , and once for . I don't
think an object should be considered an object unless viewed through
a reference. When accessed directly it should behave as a builtin type.
#!./perl
= new main;
= '';
sub new {
my ;
local /tmp/ssh-vaEzm16429/agent.16429 = bless $a;
local = ; # Bogusly makes an object.
/tmp/ssh-vaEzm16429/agent.16429;
}
sub DESTROY {
print "DESTROYED\n";
}
Larry
Andy Dougherty [Wed, 18 Jan 1995 03:44:04 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0g: [various portability fixes, and use latest metaconfig for Configure]
This patch incorporates various portability fixes and uses the latest
metaconfig to generate Configure (and config_h.SH).
It would take a long time to summarize all that I've changed. I
haven't included many code changes because I'm trying *not* to
duplicate bug fixes Larry may already have applied.
Here's an older description I prepared that's still mostly accurate:
I've also included a few portability fixes in the main source, but
these are certainly not a complete set of everything that's been
reported.
Don't be put off by the size of the patch. Mostly, it's just
rearrangement of the parts in Configure and some cosmetic changes.
Since gcc often supports long long, I had started to add quad support
to Configure. Since SunOS 4.1.3 defines a conflicting "quad"
structure, I changed the name from 'quad' to Quad_t, consistent with
other Configure "types." I also changed "QUAD" to "HAS_QUAD".
However, it turns out it's pretty hard to actually *use* Quad_t.
Neither system I have access to can sprintf() a "long long", nor can
they carry one around in an IV, unless I make IV "long long", which I
didn't want to force generally. Thus I wonder whether any but a
precious few could actually use Quad_t, and dropped the tests from
Configure. I left in the s/quad/Quad_t/ and s/QUAD/HAS_QUAD/ stuff in
case someone else wants to pick it up, and also because I was too lazy
to take it back out :-).
Some highlights:
Configure
Several new options. Use Configure -h to learn more. Also,
read the directions Configure prints. :-)
Spaces now allowed in -D command line options.
New -O option that overrides config.sh.
You can start interactively and then change that to accepting
all the defaults by specifying &-d at any Configure prompt. This
is useful if you have to re-run Configure to only change a few
settings.
Signal type set correctly for the cast{i32,neg} tests.
archname detection improved a bit
guard against ksh users who have set -u
Oldconfig.U cleaned up and regularized a bit more.
Guard against hint files using (and over-writing) $tmp.
Command line options now are processed after metaconfig INIT
lines. Thus things like Configure -Uuseposix should work now.
Various miscellaneous clean-ups.
better use/detection of tr.
i_db.U now checks for hash and prefix type (I think!) I can't
test it here.
i_?db*.U now all check for an associated function before deciding
to include or not the header.
MANIFEST
MANIFEST.new
Sorted & updated.
Makefile.SH
Some shells/makes bombed out on test -d lib/auto || mkdir lib/auto
Use makedir instead.
README
Some additional notes that people won't read :-).
cflags.SH
Now calls $startsh. Weird things were happening on Intergraph,
and this might be related.
config.H
Updated.
config_h.SH
Regenerated.
deb.c
Varargs dependencies on STANDARD_C replaced by I_STDARG.
doop.c
quad stuff.
ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
Use the new DB_Hash_t and DB_Prefix_t symbols.
ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.h
Fix #defines to be more robust.
mg.c
Replace VOIDSIG by metaconfig's Signal_t.
opcode.h
opcode.pl
semop only takes 2 arguments, not 3.
perl.c
Better guard on getenv() prototype. A hint file can use this, if
necessary. Me, I think some compilers are just too picky.
perl.h
The (very) beginnings of some Quad support. See above.
Remove the very troublesome sprintf() prototype. Since we don't
_use_ the return value anyway (since it's not portable) this
should be o.k. The problem was that some systems CAN_PROTOTYPE
but include char *sprintf(); in <stdio.h>. That's incompatible
with the version we used to have in perl.h. Most people have
a prototype for sprintf() in <stdio.h>. Those that don't probably
can get by without it anyway.
Protect the timesbuf by the specific HAS_TIMES test. Some older
gcc-2.something/Solaris 2.something installations apparently don't
have times.
pp.c
More quad stuff.
pp_ctl.c
s/STANDARD_C/I_STDARG/ for varargs stuff.
pp_sys.c
use Signal_t.
proto.h
Update to match new metaconfig names.
util.c
s/STANDARD_C/I_STDARG/ for varargs stuff.
comment out <unistd.h>. A pause prototype was causing problems on
some systems.
vms/config.vms
Changed to use Signal_t.
Andy Dougherty [Wed, 18 Jan 1995 02:44:39 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0f: [enable metaconfig (PL48) users to regenerate Configure]
This patch enables metaconfig (PL48) users to regenerate Configure. A few
of the units are considerably enhanced from those distributed with
perl5.000. (This patch assumes that you do *not* have the units from
perl5beta3i installed. Sorry if that's an inconvenience.)
In particular, *dbm testing also checks for an appropriate
library function, not just the right header files.
The dynamic loading unit U/dlsrc.U has also been updated to support
SVR4 dynamic loading.
The U/i_db.U unit now checks for the types for the various structure
members that have been causing problems.
Note that at a minimum, you need to be sure you have
the cext='.xs' line from this .package file in your own. That tells
metaconfig that it should look in .xs files (as well as the usual
.[chy] files) for C symbols.
Andy Dougherty [Wed, 18 Jan 1995 02:37:01 +0000]
perl5.000 patch.0e: fix various non-broken things in the x2p/ directory
This patch fixes various non-broken things in the x2p/ directory.
Mostly, I've supplied function prototypes to satisfy particularly
picky compilers.
I've also updated Makefile.SH to know that the byacc-generated a2p.c
is now included with the distribution so that we no longer need to go
looking for yacc/bison/byacc and deal with various library issues or
command line options to support those various compiler compilers.
I've included a2p.c generated by byacc-1.9. Larry, feel free to
use your own from byacc-1.8 instead.
Andy Dougherty [Wed, 18 Jan 1995 02:27:49 +0000]
perl 5.000d : [hint file updates]
This patch consolidates most of the hint file updates I've been
collecting since perl5.000's release. Some of the updates don't make
any sense until you also apply the Configure patches in patch.0g.
(A few late arrivals are also in patch.0g.)
Tim Bunce [Tue, 17 Jan 1995 04:09:00 +0000]
MakeMaker 3.8
Tim Bunce [Thu, 29 Dec 1994 19:47:28 +0000]
MakeMaker 3.7
This patch patches the following:
- lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm
Most, if not all, the MakeMaker support for no perl source
is now included. Recent ld and mkbootstrap patches applied.
-lX11_s suffix fix applied.
- Makefile.SH
Fix nested module problem which affected make_ext
- ext/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.pm
Change error message to
"Can't load module $module, dynamic loading not available in this perl"
- ext/util/make_ext
A very minor tweak to allow for Deeply::Nested::Modules
- h2xs
Major reorganisation. Mainly aimed at simplifying for later
enhancements. The constant() and AUTOLOAD functions can no
longer be individually enabled or disabled - it never made
any sense - they need each other. Header file parsing code
has been simplified (may allow prototypes to be parsed later).
The .pm file always inherits from AutoLoader.
I hope not to issue another MakeMaker patch till after Perl5.001!
If you want to play with the (as yet untested) no-perl-source mechanism
you'll need to start by doing something like this:
cp ext/xsubpp ext/typemap $(PERL_LIB)/ExtUtils
cp *.h $(PERL_ARCHLIB)/CORE
And then try executing Makefile.PL away from (not under) the perl
source code. You should get a 'Unable to locate perl source' warning
and the PERL_SRC macro will be undefined. Let me know how it goes but
be aware that any problems/fixes are unlikely to turn up in an official
MakeMaker patch till after Perl5.001.
*Please* test this patch and report your findings back to the list so
Larry knows that all is well (or not :-).
Best wishes for a Happy New Year to you all.
Tim Bunce.
Tim Bunce [Mon, 19 Dec 1994 22:27:00 +0000]
This is my patch patch.0a for perl5.000.
[Actually, that's a lie. This is just MakeMaker 3.6. I've just
usurped the letter 'a' to fit it into my patch sequence.]
Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA
this patch includes:
- My recently posted 'Very small patches to AutoSplit.pm and Cwd.pm'
(with no changes).
- A previous small patch to DynaLoader .bs handling with one addition:
! if (-f $bs) {
! if (-s $bs) { # only read file if it's not empty
- A recently posted patch to hints/aix.sh (with cosmetic changes).
Hopefully no further changes to MakeMaker will be needed before perl5.001.
If any changes are required I intend that they will be release as patches
to be applied over this one. This is the last MakeMaker jumbo patch for
perl5.000.
Patch and enjoy.
Regards,
Tim Bunce.
p.s. I'll be around until about 4pm GMT tomorrow (Tuesday), after that
I'm off for Christmas. This has been a great year for me. I have very
much enjoyed working with the perl5-porters and I wish you all a
wonderful and merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.
Larry Wall [Mon, 17 Oct 1994 23:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.000
[editor's note: this commit combines approximate 4 months of furious
releases of Andy Dougherty and Larry Wall - see pod/perlhist.pod for
details. Andy notes that;
Alas neither my "Irwin AccuTrack" nor my DC 600A quarter-inch cartridge
backup tapes from that era seem to be readable anymore. I guess 13 years
exceeds the shelf life for that backup technology :-(.
]
Larry Wall [Wed, 4 May 1994 23:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 9
[editor's note: the sparc executables have not been included,
and emacs backup files have been removed]
Andy Dougherty [Mon, 4 Apr 1994 00:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 8
[the last one taken from the September '94 InfoMagic CD; a similar
style of cleanup as the previous commits was performed]
Larry Wall [Fri, 18 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 6
[editor's note: cleaned up from the September '94 InfoMagic CD, just
like the last commit]
Larry Wall [Fri, 10 Dec 1993 00:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 5
[editor's note: the sparc executables have not been included,
and emacs backup files and other cruft such as patch backup files have
been removed. This was reconstructed from a tarball found on the
September 1994 InfoMagic CD]
Larry Wall [Fri, 10 Dec 1993 00:00:00 +0000]
perl5a5:pat/inherit.pat
[random patch found in the perl-5alpha5 tarball applied separately]
Larry Wall [Fri, 10 Dec 1993 00:00:00 +0000]
perl5a5:pat/env.pat
[random patch found in the perl-5alpha5 tarball applied separately]
Larry Wall [Wed, 10 Nov 1993 00:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 4
[editor's note: the sparc executables have not been included, and
emacs backup files have been removed. This was reconstructed from a
tarball found on the September 1994 InfoMagic CD; the date of this is
approximate]
Larry Wall [Sun, 10 Oct 1993 00:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 3
[editor's note: the sparc executables have not been included,
and emacs backup files have been removed]
Larry Wall [Thu, 7 Oct 1993 23:00:00 +0000]
perl 5.0 alpha 2
[editor's note: from history.perl.org. The sparc executables
originally included in the distribution are not in this commit.]
Larry Wall [Thu, 4 Feb 1993 22:50:33 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 36: (combined patch)
Since Ed Barton sent me a patch for the malignent form of "Malformed
cmd links", I finally broke down and made a patch for the various
other little things that have been accumulating on version 4.
Larry Wall [Mon, 22 Jun 1992 23:34:36 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 35: (combined patch)
Subject: bad interaction between backslash and hyphen in tr///
Among other things, tr/\040-\126/ / was not doing a character range,
due to a earlier botched fix to make \- work right.
Subject: Configure test for presence of nroff was wrong
If Loc doesn't find nroff, it sets $nroff to 'nroff'. The man
page test was tesing against the null string.
Subject: installperl error message printed file mode in decimal, not octal
A real, honest-to-goodnes nit.
Subject: fixed up some filenames in MANIFEST
Erroneously contained "pstruct", omitted hints/isc_3_2_3.sh.
Larry Wall [Thu, 11 Jun 1992 08:21:11 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 34: (combined patch)
Here's the typical cleanup patch that follows any large
set of patches. My testing organization is either too large
or too small, depending on how you look at it, sigh...
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:17 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 33: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:53:03 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 32: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:59 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 31: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:11 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 30: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:51:08 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 29: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:50:30 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 28: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:49:57 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 27: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:08 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 26: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:56 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 25: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:49:46 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 24: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:29 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 23: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:53 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 22: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:52:51 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 21: patch #20, continued
See patch #20.
Larry Wall [Mon, 8 Jun 1992 04:49:43 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 20: (combined patch)
ENHANCEMENTS
Subject: relaxed requirement for semicolon at the end of a block
Subject: scalar keys %array now counts keys for you
Subject: added ... as variant on ..
Subject: get*by* routines now return something useful in a scalar context
Subject: form feed for formats is now specifiable via $^L
Subject: PERLLIB now supports multiple directories
Subject: paragraph mode now skips extra newlines automatically
MANPAGE
Subject: documented that numbers may contain underline
Subject: clarified that DATA may only be read from main script
Subject: documented need for 1; at the end of a required file
Subject: extended bracket-style quotes to two-arg operators: s()() and tr()()
Subject: documented PERLLIB and PERLDB
Subject: documented limit on size of regexp
CONFIGURATION
Subject: bcopy() and memcpy() now tested for overlap safety
Subject: isascii() may now be supplied by a library routine
Subject: Configure now allows optional continuation with files missing
Subject: many more hints files added
Subject: many more hints added
Subject: hints now auto selected on uname -s as well as uname -m
Subject: OSF/1 support added
Subject: Configure growing-library-list bug fixed
Subject: seekdir(), telldir() and rewinddir() now checked for independently
Subject: cray didn't give enough memory to /bin/sh
Subject: perl -P now uses location of sed determined by Configure
Subject: SH files didn't work well with symbolic links
Subject: makefiles now display new shift/reduce expectations
Subject: support added to installperl for cross-compilation
Subject: a2p was installed unexecutable
Subject: installperl didn't warn on failed manpage installation
Subject: disabled cpp test if cppstdin not yet installed
PORTABILITY
Subject: O_PIPE conflicted with Atari
Subject: config.H updated to reflect more recent config.h
Subject: removed implicit int declarations on functions
Subject: added Atari ST portability
Subject: some machines don't define ENOTSOCK in errno.h
Subject: added explicit time_t support
Subject: alternate config.h files upgraded
Subject: new OS/2 support
COMPILER
Subject: various error messages have been clarified
Subject: the switch optimizer didn't do anything in subroutines
Subject: clarified debugging output for literals and double-quoted strings
Subject: new warning for use of x with non-numeric right operand
Subject: illegal lvalue message could be followed by core dump
Subject: new warning for ambiguous use of unary operators
Subject: eval "1 #comment" didn't work
Subject: semantic compilation errors didn't abort execution
Subject: an expression may now start with a bareword
Subject: if {block} {block} didn't work any more
Subject: "$var{$foo'bar}" didn't scan subscript correctly
Subject: an EXPR may now start with a bareword
Subject: print $fh EXPR can now expect term rather than operator in EXPR
Subject: new warning on spurious backslash
Subject: new warning on missing $ for foreach variable
Subject: "foo"x1024 now legal without space after x
Subject: new warning on print accidentally used as function
Subject: 2. now eats the dot
Subject: <@ARGV> now notices @ARGV
Subject: tr/// now lets you say \-
RUNTIME
Subject: an eval block containing a null block or statement could dump core
Subject: modulus with highest bit in left operand set didn't always work
Subject: join() now pre-extends target string to avoid excessive copying
Subject: subroutines didn't localize $`, $&, $', $1 et al correctly
Subject: usersub routines didn't reclaim temp values soon enough
Subject: ($<,$>) = ... didn't work on some architectures
Subject: fixed memory leak on system() for vfork() machines
Subject: @ in unpack failed too often
Subject: slice on null list in scalar context returned random value
Subject: splice with negative offset didn't work with $[ = 1
Subject: fixed some memory leaks in splice
Subject: dbmclose(%array) didn't work
Subject: delete could cause %array to give too low a count of buckets filled
Subject: hash tables now split only if the memory is available to do so
Subject: realloc(0, size) now does malloc in case library routines call it
Subject: running taintperl explicitly now does checks even if $< == $>
Subject: fixed memory leak in doube-quote interpretation
Subject: a splice on non-existent array elements could dump core
Subject: tr/stuff// wasn't working right
I/O
Subject: new warnings for failed use of stat operators on filenames with \n
Subject: wait failed when STDOUT or STDERR reopened to a pipe
Subject: end of file latch not reset on reopen of STDIN
Subject: seek(HANDLE, 0, 1) went to eof because of ancient Ultrix workaround
Subject: h_errno now accessible via $?
REGEXP
Subject: pattern modifiers i and o didn't interact right
Subject: g pattern modifer sometimes returned extra values
Subject: m/$pattern/g didn't work
Subject: /^stuff/ wrongly assumed an implicit $* == 1
Subject: /x{0}/ was wrongly interpreted as /x{0,}/
Subject: added \W, \S and \D inside /[...]/
Subject: pattern modifiers i and g didn't interact right
Subject: in some cases $` and $' didn't get set by match
Subject: made /\$$foo/ look for literal '$foo'
LIBRARIES
Subject: big*.pl library files upgraded
Subject: better support in chat2 for multiple children
Subject: &ctime didn't handle $[ != 0
Subject: find.pl got confused by unreadable directories
Subject: new version of newgetopt.pl
Subject: Tom's famous double-ended pipe opener, open2(), is now included
Subject: support added to pwd.pl to strip automounter crud
Subject: &shellwords looped on bad input, and used inefficient regular exprs
Subject: termcap.pl didn't parse termcap terminal names right
Subject: timelocal could loop on bad input
Subject: timelocal now calculates DST itself
Subject: &getcap eventually dumped core in bsdcurses
DEBUGGER
Subject: support for MSDOS folded into perldb.pl
Subject: perldb couldn't debug file containing '-', such as STDIN designator
Subject: the debugger now warns you on lines that can't set a breakpoint
Subject: the debugger made perl forget the last pattern used by //
Subject: fixed double debug break in foreach with implicit array assignment
Subject: debugger sometimes displayed wrong source line
INTERSTICES
Subject: Perl now distinguishes overlapped copies from non-overlapped
Subject: fixed confusion between a *var's real name and its effective name
Subject: deleted some minor memory leaks
Subject: couldn't require . files
Subject: -e 'cmd' no longer fails silently if /tmp runs out of space
Subject: function key support added to curses.mus
TRANSLATORS
Subject: find2perl assumed . in PATH
Subject: find2perl didn't output portable startup code
Subject: find2perl didn't always stat at the right time
Subject: s2p didn't output portable startup code
Subject: s2p didn't translate s/pat/\&/ or s/pat/\$/ or s/pat/\\1/ right
Subject: in a2p, getline should allow variable to be array element
Subject: in a2p, now warns about spurious backslashes
Subject: in a2p, now allows [ to be backslashed in pattern
Subject: in a2p, now allows numbers of the form 2.
Subject: in a2p, simplified the filehandle model
Subject: in a2p, made RS="" translate to $/ = "\n\n"
Subject: in a2p, do {...} while ... was missing some reconstruction code
Larry Wall [Mon, 11 Nov 1991 03:50:16 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 19: (combined patch)
Ok, here's the cleanup patch I suggested you wait for. Have at it...
Subject: added little-endian pack/unpack options
This is the only enhancement in this patch, but it seemed unlikely
to bust anything else, and added functionality that it was very
difficult to do any other way. Compliments of David W. Sanderson.
Subject: op/regexp.t failed from missing arg to bcmp()
Subject: study was busted by 4.018
Subject: sort $subname was busted by changes in 4.018
Subject: default arg for shift was wrong after first subroutine definition
Things that broke in 4.018. Shame on me.
Subject: do {$foo ne "bar";} returned wrong value
A bug of long standing. How come nobody saw this one? Or if you
did, why didn't you report it before now? Or if you did, why did
I ignore you? :-)
Subject: some machines need -lsocket before -lnsl
Subject: some earlier patches weren't propagated to alternate 286 code
Subject: compile in the x2p directory couldn't find cppstdin
Subject: more hints for aix, isc, hp, sco, uts
Subject: installperl no longer updates unchanged library files
Subject: uts wrongly defines S_ISDIR() et al
Subject: too many preprocessors can't expand a macro right in #if
The usual pastiche of portability kludges.
Subject: deleted some unused functions from usersub.c
And fixed the spelling of John Macdonald's name, and included his
suggested workaround for a certain vendor's stdio bug...
Subject: added readdir test
Subject: made op/groups.t more reliable
Subject: added test for sort $subname to op/sort.t
Subject: added some hacks to op/stat.t for weird filesystem architectures
Improvements (hopefully) to the regression tests.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 09:55:53 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 18: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 06:28:31 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 17: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 06:28:06 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 16: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 06:28:23 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 15: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 06:28:36 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 14: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 06:28:20 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 13: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 06:26:52 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 12: patch #11, continued
See patch #11.
Larry Wall [Tue, 5 Nov 1991 10:12:55 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 11: (combined patch)
Subject: added eval {}
Subject: eval 'stuff' now optimized to eval {stuff}
This set of patches doesn't have many enhancements but this is
one of them. The eval operator has two distinct semantic functions.
First, it runs the parser on some random string and executes it.
Second, it traps exceptions and returns them in $@. There are times
when you'd like to get the second function without the first. In
order to do that, you can now eval a block of code, which is parsed
like ordinary code at compile time, but which traps any run-time
errors and returns them in the $@ variable. For instance, to
trap divide by zero errors:
eval {
$answer = $foo / $bar;
};
warn $@ if $@;
Since single-quoted strings don't ever change, they are optimized
to the eval {} form the first time they are encountered at run-time.
This doesn't happen too often, though some of you have written things
like eval '&try_this;'. However, the righthand side of s///e is
evaluated as a single-quoted string, so this construct should run
somewhat faster now.
Subject: added sort {} LIST
Another enhancement that some of you have been hankering for.
You can now inline the sort subroutine as a block where the
subroutine name used to go:
@articles = sort {$a <=> $b;} readdir(DIR);
Subject: added some support for 64-bit integers
For Convexen and Crayen, which have 64-bit integers, there's
now pack, unpack and sprintf support for 64-bit integers.
Subject: sprintf() now supports any length of s field
You can now use formats like %2048s and %-8192.8192s. Perl will
totally bypass your system's sprintf() function on these. No,
you still probably can't say %2048d. No, I'm not going to
change that any time soon.
Subject: substr() and vec() weren't allowed in an lvalue list
Subject: extra comma at end of list is now allowed in more places (Hi, Felix!)
Subject: underscore is now allowed within literal octal and hex numbers
Various syntactic relaxations. You can now get away with
(substr($foo,0,3), substr($bar,0,3)) = ('abc', 'def');
(1,2,3,)[$x];
$addr = 0x1a20_ff0b;
Subject: safe malloc code now integrated into Perl's malloc when possible
To save a bunch of subroutine calls. If you use your system's
malloc it still has to use wrappers.
Subject: added support for dbz
By saying "make dbzperl" you can make a copy of Perl that can
access C news's dbz files. You still have to follow the dbz rules,
though, if you're going to try to write a dbz file.
Subject: there are now subroutines for calling back from C into Perl
Subject: usub/curses.mus now supports SysV curses
More C linkage support. I still haven't got Perl embeddable, but
we're getting there. That's too big an enhancement for this
update, in which I've been trying to stick to bug fixes, with some
success.
Subject: prepared for ctype implementations that don't define isascii()
A larger percentage of this update consists of code to do
consistent ctype processing whether or not <ctype.h> is 8-bit
clean.
Subject: /$foo/o optimizer could access deallocated data
Subject: certain optimizations of //g in array context returned too many values
Subject: regexp with no parens in array context returned wacky $`, $& and $'
Subject: $' not set right on some //g
Subject: grep of a split lost its values
Subject: # fields could write outside allocated memory
Subject: length($x) was sometimes wrong for numeric $x
Recently added or modified stuff that you kind of expect to be
a bit flaky still. Well, I do...
Subject: passing non-existend array elements to subrouting caused core dump
Subject: "foo" x -1 dumped core
Subject: truncate on a closed filehandle could dump
Subject: a last statement outside any block caused occasional core dumps
Subject: missing arguments caused core dump in -D8 code
Subject: cacheout.pl could dump core from invalid comparison operator
Subject: *foo = undef coredumped
Subject: warn '-' x 10000 dumped core
Subject: index("little", "longer string") could visit faraway places
A bunch of natty little bugs that you wouldn't generally run into
unless you're trying to be coy.
Subject: hex() didn't understand leading 0x
It wasn't documented that it should work, but oct() understands 0x,
so why not hex()? I dunno...
Subject: "foo\0" eq "foo" was sometimes optimized to true
Subject: eval confused by string containing null
Yet more holdovers from the time before Perl was 8-bit clean.
Subject: foreach on null list could spring memory leak
Subject: local(*FILEHANDLE) had a memory leak
Kind of slow leaks, as leaks go. Still...
Subject: minimum match length calculation in regexp is now cumulative
More substitutions can be done in place now because Perl knows
that patterns like in s/foo\s+bar/1234567/ have to match a
certain number of characters total. It used to be on that
particular pattern that it only knew that it had to match at
least 3 characters. Now it know it has to match at least 7.
Subject: multiple reallocations now avoided in 1 .. 100000
You still don't want to say 1 .. 1000000, but at least it will
refrain from allocating intermediate sized blocks while it's
constructing the value, and won't do the extra copies implied
by realloc.
Subject: indirect subroutine calls through magic vars (e.g. &$1) didn't work
Subject: defined(&$foo) and undef(&$foo) didn't work
Subject: certain perl errors should set EBADF so that $! looks better
Subject: stats of _ forgot whether prior stat was actually lstat
Subject: -T returned true on NFS directory
Subject: sysread() in socket was substituting recv()
Subject: formats didn't fill their fields as well as they could
Subject: ^ fields chopped hyphens on line break
Subject: -P didn't allow use of #elif or #undef
Subject: $0 was being truncated at times
Subject: forked exec on non-existent program now issues a warning
Various things you'd expect to work the way you expect, but
didn't when you did, or I did, or something...
Subject: perl mistook some streams for sockets because they return mode 0 too
Subject: reopening STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR failed on some machines
Problems opening files portably. So what's new?
Subject: cppstdin now installed outside of source directory
Subject: installperl now overrides installer's umask
People who used cppstdin for the cpp filter or who had their
umask set to 700 will now be happier. (And Configure will now
prefer /lib/cpp over cppstdin like it used to. If this gives
your machine heartburn because /lib/cpp doesn't set the symbols
it should, write a hints file to poke them into ccflags.)
Subject: initial .* in pattern had dependency on value of $*
An initial .* was optimized to have a ^ on the front to avoid retrying
when we know it won't match. Unfortunately this implicit ^ was
paying attention to $*, which it shouldn't have been.
Subject: certain patterns made use of garbage pointers from uncleared memory
Many of you saw this as a failure in t/op/pat.t.
Subject: perl now issues warning if $SIG{'ALARM'} is referenced
Since the book mentions "SIGALARM", I thought we needed this.
Subject: solitary subroutine references no longer trigger typo warnings
You can now use -w (more) profitably on programs that require
other files. I figured if you mistype a subroutine name you'll
get a fatal error anyway, unlike a variable, which just defaults
to being undefined.
Subject: $foo .= <BAR> could overrun malloced memory
Good old-fashioned bug.
Subject: \$ didn't always make it through double-quoter to regexp routines
Subject: \x and \c were subject to double interpretation in regexps
Subject: nested list operators could miscount parens
Subject: sort eval "whatever" didn't work
Syntactic misfeatures of various sorts.
Subject: find2perl produced incorrect code for -group
Subject: find2perl could be confused by names containing whitespace
Subject: in a2p, split on whitespace produced extra null field
Translator stuff.
Subject: new complete.pl from Wayne Thompson
Subject: assert.pl and exceptions.pl from Tom Christiansen
Subject: added Tom's c2ph stuff
Subject: getcwd.pl from Brandon S. Allbery
Subject: fastcwd.pl from John Basik
Subject: chat2.pl from Randal L. Schwartz
New contributed stuff. Thanks!
(Not that a lot of the other stuff isn't contributed too...)
Subject: debugger got confused over nested subroutine definitions
Subject: once-thru blocks didn't display right in the debugger
Subject: perldb.pl modified to run within emacs in perldb-mode
Debugger stuff. The first two were caused by not saving line
numbers at exactly the right moment.
Subject: documented meaning of scalar(%foo)
I also updated the Errata section of the man page.
Subject: various portability fixes
Subject: random cleanup
Subject: saberized perl
Type casts, saber warning message suppression, hints files and various
metaconfig fiddlehoods.
Larry Wall [Sun, 9 Jun 1991 12:36:21 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 10: (combined patch)
Subject: pack(hh,1) dumped core
Subject: read didn't work from character special files open for writing
Subject: close-on-exec wrongly set on system file descriptors
Subject: //g only worked first time through
Subject: perl -v printed incorrect copyright notice
Subject: certain pattern optimizations were botched
Subject: documented some newer features in addenda
Subject: $) and $| incorrectly handled in run-time patterns
Subject: added tests for case-insensitive regular expressions
Subject: m'$foo' now treats string as single quoted
Larry Wall [Thu, 6 Jun 1991 23:28:30 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 9: patch #4, continued
See patch #4.
Larry Wall [Thu, 6 Jun 1991 23:28:14 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 8: patch #4, continued
See patch #4.
Larry Wall [Thu, 6 Jun 1991 23:28:07 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 7: patch #4, continued
See patch #4.
Larry Wall [Thu, 6 Jun 1991 23:28:02 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 6: patch #4, continued
See patch #4.
Larry Wall [Thu, 6 Jun 1991 23:27:54 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 5: patch #4, continued
See patch #4.
Larry Wall [Thu, 6 Jun 1991 23:27:37 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 4: (combined patch)
Random patches, mostly bugs and portability stuff. //g is the
only major new feature. Additionally, there is now an alternate
license you can distribute Perl under.
Larry Wall [Thu, 11 Apr 1991 20:29:16 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 3: Patch 1 continued
Larry Wall [Thu, 11 Apr 1991 20:32:32 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 2: Patch 1 continued
Larry Wall [Thu, 11 Apr 1991 20:32:40 +0000]
perl 4.0 patch 1: (combined patch)
Subject: Configure now handles defaults much better
Subject: Configure now knows if config.sh was built on this machine
Subject: Configure now checks file existence more efficiently
Subject: Configure now handles stupid SCO csh
Configure has been heavily revised. Many of the tests that used
to simply force a decision now check that decision against the
previous value of the variable, and offer to let you change it.
The default now is to keep the old value, so that you don't lose
information from your previous run.
Because of this, it's now more important to know whether, in fact,
config.sh was produced on this machine and on this version of
the operating system. config.sh now contains a lastuname variable
which contains the output of uname -a. If this matches the current
output of uname -a, Configure defaults to including the old config.sh.
Otherwise not. If there is no valid config.sh, then Configure looks
defaults for the current architecture in the hints/ subdirectory
instead. The guesswork I've done in this section of code is
phenomenal, so you'll have to instruct me where I've misparsed
the output of uname (a problem in portability all of its own).
Subject: Configure now differentiates getgroups() type from getgid() type
Subject: Configure now figures out malloc ptr type
Subject: Configure now does better on sprintf()
Configure was assuming that the array of values returned from
getgroups was the same type as the gids returned by other system
calls. Unfortunately, reality set in. Likewise for malloc() and
sprintf(), which there is only one portable way to find out the return
value of: try it one way or the other, and see if it blows up.
Subject: C flags are now settable on a per-file basis
Subject: reduced maximum branch distance in eval.c
Certain compilers and/or optimizers get bozoed out by large
compilation units, or by large structures within those units.
Previously, you either had to change the compiler flags for all
the files, or do hairy editing in Makefile.SH and remake the Makefile,
necessitating a make depend. Now there is a script called cflags.SH
whose duty it is to return the proper CFLAGS for any given C file.
You can change the flags in just one spot now and they will be
immediately reflected in the next make (or even in the current
make, if one is running). Eventually I expect that any of the hints
files could modify cflags.SH, but I haven't done that yet.
The particular problem of long jump offsets in eval.c has been at
least partially alleviated by locating some of the labels in the
middle of the function instead of at the end. This still doesn't
help the poor Vax when you compile with -g, since it puts a jump
to the end of the function to allocate the stack frame and then
jumps back to the beginning of the function to execute it. For
now Vaxen will have to stick with -O or hand assemble eval.c and
teval.c with a -J switch.
Subject: fixed "Bad free" error
Subject: fixed debugger coredump on subroutines
Subject: regexec only allocated space for 9 subexpresssions
These are problems that were reported on the net and had unofficial
patches. Now they have official patches. Be sure to patch a
copy of your files without the unofficial patches, or the patch
program will get confused.
Subject: you may now use "die" and "caller" in a signal handler
Someone pointed out that using die to raise an exception out
of a signal handler trashed the expression value stack if the
exception was caught by eval. While fixing that, I also fixed
the longstanding problem that signal handlers didn't have a normal
call frame, which prevented the caller function from working.
Subject: fixed undefined environ problem
Subject: hopefully straightened out some of the Xenix mess
Subject: random cleanup in cpp namespace
Just keeping up with the current progress in non-standardization.
Subject: fixed failed fork to return undef as documented
The open function returns undef on failed implicit forks. The Book
assumed that the same was true of an explicit fork. I've made the
function behave like the Book says. It's a pity there's no way
to have an undefined value that returns -1 in a numeric context
but false in a boolean context...
Subject: generalized the yaccpar fixer some
Thanks to Andy Dougherty, perly.fixer now knows how to fix SVR3 2.2's
yaccpar code to do dynamic parse stack allocation. He also made it
easy for other people to insert their code there. Hooray!
Subject: find2perl sometimes needs to stat on the 2nd leg of a -o
Subject: find2perl didn't correctly handle switches with an argument of 0
In attempting to delay the lstat to the last moment, in case a filename
could be rejected on the basis of its name, find2perl neglected to
take into account the fact that control might pass to the 2nd half
of a -o without executing all of the 1st half, in particular without
executing the lstat.
find2perl was wisely removing leading zeroes from numbers that would
mistakenly be interpreted as octal numbers by Perl. Unfortunately,
this caused it to delete the number 0 entirely.
Subject: fixed dumpvar not to dump internal debugging info
Subject: substr($ENV{"PATH"},0,0) = "/foo:" didn't modify environment
Subject: $foo .= <BAR> could cause core dump for certain lengths of $foo
Subject: perl -de "print" wouldn't stop at the first statement
Random glitchy little things.
Subject: I'm at NetLabs now
I'm now working for NetLabs, Inc., and I hadn't changed my
address everywhere.
Larry Wall [Thu, 21 Mar 1991 00:00:00 +0000]
perl 4.0.00: (no release announcement available)
So far, 4.0 is still a beta test version. For the last production
version, look in pub/perl.3.0/kits@44.
Larry Wall [Fri, 11 Jan 1991 08:58:45 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #44 patch #42, continued
See patch #42.
Larry Wall [Fri, 11 Jan 1991 05:46:37 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #43 patch #42, continued
See patch #42.
Larry Wall [Fri, 11 Jan 1991 05:47:59 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #42 (combined patch)
Most of these patches are pretty self-explanatory. Much of this
is random cleanup in preparation for version 4.0, so I won't talk
about it here. A couple of things should be noted, however.
First, there's a new -0 option that allows you to specify (in octal)
the initial value of $/, the record separator. It's primarily
intended for use with versions of find that support -print0 to
delimit filenames with nulls, but it's more general than that:
null
^A
default
CR
paragraph mode
file slurp mode
This feature is so new that it didn't even make it into the book.
The other major item is that different patchlevels of perl can
now coexist in your bin directory. The names "perl" and "taintperl"
are just links to "perl3.044" and "tperl3.044". This has several
benefits. The perl3.044 invokes the corresponding tperl3.044 rather
than taintperl, so it always runs the correct version. Second, you can
"freeze" a script by putting a #! line referring to a version that
it is known to work with. Third, you can put a new version out
there to try out before making it the default perl. Lastly, it
sells more disk drives. :-)
Barring catastrophe, this will likely be the last patch before
version 4.0 comes out.
Larry Wall [Tue, 13 Nov 1990 02:28:59 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #41 (combined patch)
Here's the requisite dinky patch to fix the problems of the
preceding large set of patches. In this case, a couple of
malloc/free problems--one of which involved overrunning the end
of an allocated string, and the other of which involved freeing
with invalid pointers. (There was also a bug in there involving
variable magicalness propagating incorrectly, which resulting in
a dbm anomoly.)
I updated README to mention that dnix needs to avoid -O.
I added the hp malloc union overhead strut that Jan Dr{rv posted.
(Eventually this should be determined by Configure, but laziness
has its advantages.)
Larry Wall [Fri, 9 Nov 1990 13:38:50 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #40 patch #38, continued
See patch #38.
Larry Wall [Fri, 9 Nov 1990 13:37:16 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #39 patch #38, continued
See patch #38.
Larry Wall [Fri, 9 Nov 1990 13:39:17 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #38 (combined patch)
Forget the description, it's too late at night...
Larry Wall [Fri, 19 Oct 1990 13:31:07 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #37 (combined patch)
I tried to take the strlen of an integer on systems without wait4()
or waitpid(). For some reason this didn't work too well...
In hash.c there was a call to dbm_nextkey() which needed to be
ifdefed on old dbm systems.
A pattern such as /foo.*bar$/ was wrongly optimized to do
tail matching on "foo". This was a longstanding bug that
was unmasked by patch 36.
Some systems have some SYS V IPC but not all of it. Configure
now figures this out.
Patch 36 put the user's PATH in front of Configures, but to make
it work right I needed to change all calls of loc to ./loc in
Configure.
$cryptlib needed to be mentioned in the Makefile.
Apollo 10.3 and Sun 3.5 have some compilation problems, so I
mentioned them in README.
Cray has weird restrictions on setjmp locations--you can't say
if (result = setjmp(...))
Random typos and cleanup.
Larry Wall [Mon, 15 Oct 1990 23:07:21 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #36 patch #29, continued
See patch #29.
Larry Wall [Mon, 15 Oct 1990 23:05:15 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #35 patch #29, continued
See patch #29.
Larry Wall [Mon, 15 Oct 1990 23:06:41 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #34 patch #29, continued
See patch #29.
Larry Wall [Mon, 15 Oct 1990 23:03:11 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #33 patch #29, continued
See patch #29.
Larry Wall [Tue, 16 Oct 1990 02:28:17 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #32 patch #29, continued
See patch #29.
Larry Wall [Tue, 16 Oct 1990 02:30:59 +0000]
perl 3.0 patch #31 patch #29, continued
See patch #29.
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