here lies RC3

[perl5.git] / patchlevel.h

diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 684f0be..ab5b239 100644 (file)
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -4,21 +4,30 @@
  * exactly on the third column */
 
 #define PERL_REVISION  5               /* age */
-#define PERL_VERSION   5               /* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION        62              /* generation */
+#define PERL_VERSION   6               /* epoch */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION        0               /* generation */
 
-/* Compatibility across versions:  MakeMaker will install add-on
-   modules in a directory with the PERL_APIVERSION version number.  
+/* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
+   Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+   compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
    Normally this should not change across maintenance releases.
-   perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search older 
-   directories across major versions back to to PERL_XS_APIVERSION
-   for XS modules and back to PERL_PM_APIVERSION for pure PERL modules.
-   (Since the versioned directory layout didn't start until 5.005,
-   that's the earliest these can go back.
 
-   See INSTALL for how this works.
+   Note that this only refers to an out-of-the-box build.  Many non-default
+   options such as usemultiplicity tend to break binary compatibility
+   more often.
+
+   This is used by Configure et al to figure out 
+   PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST, which lists version libraries
+   to include in @INC.  See INSTALL for how this works.
+*/
+#define PERL_API_REVISION      5       /* Adjust manually as needed.  */
+#define PERL_API_VERSION       5       /* Adjust manually as needed.  */
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION    0       /* Adjust manually as needed.  */
+/*
+   XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
+   as -Duselonglong may invalidate these settings.  Currently, Configure
+   does not adequately test for this.   A.D.  Jan 13, 2000
 */
-#define PERL_APIVERSION 5.00562                /* Adjust manually as needed.  */
 
 #define __PATCHLEVEL_H_INCLUDED__
 #endif
@@ -61,6 +70,7 @@
 #if !defined(PERL_PATCHLEVEL_H_IMPLICIT) && !defined(LOCAL_PATCH_COUNT)
 static char    *local_patches[] = {
        NULL
+       , "v5.6.0-RC3"
        ,NULL
 };