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23 years agoSupport long doubles in Storable.
Radu Greab [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 18:05:59 +0000 (21:05 +0300)]
Support long doubles in Storable.

Subject: Re: Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6735 on i686-linux-thread-multi-64int 2.2.14-5.0 (UNINSTALLED)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10008211804210.10137-100000@localhost>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6746

23 years agoRE: [PATCH perl@6736] t/pragma/warn/9enabled assumes stdout buffered
Fifer, Eric [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:34:49 +0000 (16:34 +0100)]
RE: [PATCH perl@6736] t/pragma/warn/9enabled assumes stdout buffered
Message-ID: <779F20BCCE5AD31186A50008C75D9979171786@silldn_mail1.sanwaint.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6745

23 years agoDocument the endianness of Alpha more precisely.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:39:35 +0000 (15:39 +0000)]
Document the endianness of Alpha more precisely.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6744

23 years agoperldelta fixes from the p5p crowd.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:47:05 +0000 (14:47 +0000)]
perldelta fixes from the p5p crowd.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6743

23 years agoUpdate to Pod::LaTeX 0.53.
Tim Jenness [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 23:09:48 +0000 (13:09 -1000)]
Update to Pod::LaTeX 0.53.

Subject: [PATCH] lib/Pod/LaTeX.pm updates
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008202308040.12047-100000@lapaki.jach.hawaii.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6742

23 years agoos2.c fix for use64bitint
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 01:32:25 +0000 (18:32 -0700)]
os2.c fix for use64bitint
Message-ID: <ZkOo5gzkgWEb092yn@efn.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6741

23 years agoArray context keeps slithering in.
Daniel Chetlin [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:40:25 +0000 (14:40 -0700)]
Array context keeps slithering in.

Subject: Re: 5.7.0 getting really close, new snapshot: perldelta, Storable
Message-ID: <20000820214025.C29387@ilmd.chetlin.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6740

23 years agoBig-endian quad fixes for Storable from Radu Greab,
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:23:55 +0000 (13:23 +0000)]
Big-endian quad fixes for Storable from Radu Greab,
plus few explicit null casts for picky compilers.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6739

23 years agosmall tweaks for change#6705: avoid C++ style comments in C code;
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 05:56:13 +0000 (05:56 +0000)]
small tweaks for change#6705: avoid C++ style comments in C code;
use Perl's malloc API rather than the low level system one

p4raw-link: @6705 on //depot/perl: d12db45c09c7b1994500d95b22b3635ca28bfffb

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6738

23 years agoadd Storable to list of extensions on Windows
Gurusamy Sarathy [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 05:35:41 +0000 (05:35 +0000)]
add Storable to list of extensions on Windows

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6737

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 02:57:53 +0000 (02:57 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6736

23 years agoDraft 0.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 02:57:20 +0000 (02:57 +0000)]
Draft 0.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6735

23 years agoAdd Storable 0.7.2 from Raphael Manfredi,
Radu Greab [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 03:10:05 +0000 (06:10 +0300)]
Add Storable 0.7.2 from Raphael Manfredi,
plus the patch from

Subject: Re: someone with too much time and a 64-bit box and interest in Storable?
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008210258160.1292-100000@busy.netsoft.ro>

plus changes to get Storable to compile with
picky ANSI compilers.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6734

23 years agoThe correct cleaning order is an art.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 02:29:09 +0000 (02:29 +0000)]
The correct cleaning order is an art.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6733

23 years agoThe #6724 is here.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Mon, 21 Aug 2000 01:23:39 +0000 (01:23 +0000)]
The #6724 is here.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6732

23 years agos/this one/the 5.6.0 release/
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 23:17:03 +0000 (23:17 +0000)]
s/this one/the 5.6.0 release/

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6731

23 years agoMention perlebcdic and perlposix-bc.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 23:07:34 +0000 (23:07 +0000)]
Mention perlebcdic and perlposix-bc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6730

23 years agoDocument the number of exponent digits.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 21:32:59 +0000 (21:32 +0000)]
Document the number of exponent digits.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6729

23 years agoUse File::Spec->tmpdir().
Tim Jenness [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 11:01:25 +0000 (01:01 -1000)]
Use File::Spec->tmpdir().

Subject: Re: [ID 20000820.001] not OK - Perl 5.7.0 (uninstalled)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008201057080.20544-100000@lapaki.jach.hawaii.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6728

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:43:32 +0000 (20:43 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6727

23 years agoThe veryclean target needs to clobber.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:41:44 +0000 (20:41 +0000)]
The veryclean target needs to clobber.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6726

23 years agoDocument odd vs even subreleases and -Dusedevel.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:37:38 +0000 (20:37 +0000)]
Document odd vs even subreleases and -Dusedevel.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6725

23 years agoUse temporary directory instead of current directory.
Tim Jenness [Sat, 19 Aug 2000 10:26:07 +0000 (00:26 -1000)]
Use temporary directory instead of current directory.

Subject: Re: [ID 20000816.011] Test failure in lib/ftmp-security.t
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008191015090.13727-100000@lapaki.jach.hawaii.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6724

23 years agoSilence MakeMaker (Was: installman)
Andreas König [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 15:52:03 +0000 (17:52 +0200)]
Silence MakeMaker (Was: installman)
Message-ID: <m3em3khwfw.fsf_-_@ak-71.mind.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6723

23 years agoUpdate to CGI 2.72, from Lincoln Stein.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:46:01 +0000 (19:46 +0000)]
Update to CGI 2.72, from Lincoln Stein.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6722

23 years ago(Replaced by #8364.)
Radu Greab [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:03:26 +0000 (21:03 +0300)]
(Replaced by #8364.)

Subject: Re: [ID 20000819.002] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6707 on i686-linux 2.2.5-16 (UNINSTALLED)
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008201753260.1292-100000@busy.netsoft.ro>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6721

23 years agopp_open() could pass an uninitialized filename down to do_open9().
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 19:42:01 +0000 (19:42 +0000)]
pp_open() could pass an uninitialized filename down to do_open9().

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6720

23 years agoUTF8 concat fixes.
Hugo van der Sanden [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 07:30:46 +0000 (08:30 +0100)]
UTF8 concat fixes.

Subject: [PATCH @6713] Re: [ID 20000815.006] latest patched perl core dumps
Message-Id: <200008200630.HAA18053@crypt.compulink.co.uk>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6719

23 years agoLet's try #6717 again.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sun, 20 Aug 2000 02:09:37 +0000 (02:09 +0000)]
Let's try #6717 again.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6718

23 years agoFile::Temp fix-ups for OpenVMS
Craig A. Berry [Sat, 19 Aug 2000 18:15:39 +0000 (13:15 -0500)]
File::Temp fix-ups for OpenVMS
Message-Id: <p04320402b5c4c10bc280@[192.168.56.169]>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6717

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:50:11 +0000 (15:50 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6716

23 years ago[ID 20000817.023] endianness description in perlfunc.pod
Jonathan D Johnston [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:13:01 +0000 (19:13 -0400)]
[ID 20000817.023] endianness description in perlfunc.pod
Message-Id: <20000817.231304.-743351.1.jdjohnston2@juno.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6715

23 years agoIntroduce a 'veryclean' target that is like 'distclean'
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:34:04 +0000 (15:34 +0000)]
Introduce a 'veryclean' target that is like 'distclean'
but also removes *~ and *.orig.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6714

23 years agoPut back the long double avoidance code to POSIX.xs
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Sat, 19 Aug 2000 14:15:45 +0000 (14:15 +0000)]
Put back the long double avoidance code to POSIX.xs
because VMS seems to need it still.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6713

23 years agowas Re: [PATCH: 6640] VMS Makefile.SH update (fwd)
Peter Prymmer [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:18:31 +0000 (11:18 -0700)]
was Re: [PATCH: 6640] VMS Makefile.SH update (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10008181818100.322420-100000@aspara.forte.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6712

23 years agotidy up the temp files left by peek tests on VMS
Peter Prymmer [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:54:10 +0000 (10:54 -0700)]
tidy up the temp files left by peek tests on VMS
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10008181751350.322420-100000@aspara.forte.com>
cc: vmsperl@perl.org

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6711

23 years agofix for Win32::GetFullPathName and Win32::GetShortPathName
Jan Dubois [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:31:48 +0000 (09:31 -0700)]
fix for Win32::GetFullPathName and Win32::GetShortPathName
Message-ID: <2ihrps00u6qkpjtfq6f2b1d1ndkrs7l04u@4ax.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6710

23 years agoFix a core dump in lib/selfloader under -DDEBUGGING.
Spider.Boardman@Orb.Nashua.NH.US [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:41:14 +0000 (14:41 -0400)]
Fix a core dump in lib/selfloader under -DDEBUGGING.

Subject: PATCH @6698 for [ID 20000817.007] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6676 on alpha-dec_osf 4.0f (UNINSTALLED)
Message-Id: <200008182241.SAA29667@Orb.Nashua.NH.US>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6709

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:04:49 +0000 (22:04 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6708

23 years agoAdd warnif(), check warnings further up the stack,
Paul Marquess [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 22:42:06 +0000 (23:42 +0100)]
Add warnif(), check warnings further up the stack,
all the warnings functions now can take an optional object reference.

Subject: [PATCH bleedperl@6691] warnings pragma update
Message-ID: <000c01c0095d$278e0040$ca01073e@bfs.phone.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6707

23 years agoTypo in pp_complement().
Peter Scott [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:44:37 +0000 (05:44 -0700)]
Typo in pp_complement().

Subject: [PATCH perl-current] Deparse
Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000818124024.00ba2be0@psdt.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6706

23 years agofix for Win32::DomainName
Jan Dubois [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:22:51 +0000 (07:22 -0700)]
fix for Win32::DomainName
Message-ID: <0o9rps458r29eb97h5csuq81b1eip4no33@4ax.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6705

23 years agoDon't eat leading os from index entries.
Russ Allbery [Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:49:25 +0000 (13:49 -0700)]
Don't eat leading os from index entries.

Subject: Re: [ID 20000810.006] Pod::Man Ate My 'O'!
Message-ID: <ylu2cs78ze.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6704

23 years agoAdd [[:blank:]] as suggested in
Jeffrey Friedl [Sun, 16 Jul 2000 17:55:29 +0000 (10:55 -0700)]
Add [[:blank:]] as suggested in

Subject: [ID 20000716.024] [=cc=] / [:blank:]
Message-Id: <200007170055.RAA23528@fummy.dsl.yahoo.com>

(the [=cc=] has already been taken care of by #6439
 so the whole bug report can be closed)

and make [[:space:]] to be equivalent to isspace(3)
(as opposed to \s, which is isSPACE()).  The difference
is that now [[:space:]] matches the mythical vertical tab,
while \s doesn't.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6703

23 years agoThe new tests were missing from #6415.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:47:47 +0000 (18:47 +0000)]
The new tests were missing from #6415.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6702

23 years agoDocument the NDBM_File and ODBM_File as SDBM_File
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 18:20:40 +0000 (18:20 +0000)]
Document the NDBM_File and ODBM_File as SDBM_File
was documented in #6417.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6701

23 years agocygwin port
Fifer, Eric [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:30:05 +0000 (18:30 +0100)]
cygwin port
Message-ID: <779F20BCCE5AD31186A50008C75D9979171784@silldn_mail1.sanwaint.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6700

23 years agoDocument code point which makes if (defined %stash::) to work
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:21:49 +0000 (16:21 +0000)]
Document code point which makes if (defined %stash::) to work
(noted by Spider Boardman).

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6699

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:43:27 +0000 (13:43 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6698

23 years agoTiny Getopt::Long patch from Johan Vromans.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:35:57 +0000 (13:35 +0000)]
Tiny Getopt::Long patch from Johan Vromans.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6697

23 years ago[ID 20000817.018] behaviour change 5.5.3 -> 5.6.0 re "Modification of a read-only...
Paul David Fardy [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:23:40 +0000 (14:53 -0230)]
[ID 20000817.018] behaviour change 5.5.3 -> 5.6.0 re "Modification of a read-only value"
Message-Id: <200008171953.RAA17673@porthos.ucs.mun.ca>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6696

23 years agoperlfunc.pod -- clarifying sprintf array argument issues
Daniel Chetlin [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 03:13:36 +0000 (20:13 -0700)]
perlfunc.pod -- clarifying sprintf array argument issues
Message-ID: <20000818031336.B14165@ilmd.chetlin.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6695

23 years agoperltrap.pod spring cleaning
Daniel Chetlin [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 03:06:54 +0000 (20:06 -0700)]
perltrap.pod spring cleaning
Message-ID: <20000818030654.A14165@ilmd.chetlin.org>

plus Mike Guy's nitfix.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6694

23 years agoUnbuffer the output.
Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:39:29 +0000 (11:39 -0700)]
Unbuffer the output.

Subject: Re: [ID 20000817.017] Not OK: perl v5.7.0 +SUIDMAIL +DEVEL6680 on
Message-ID: <RPJn5gzkgydf092yn@efn.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6693

23 years agoDelete the image, too, not just its MANIFEStation.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 05:19:17 +0000 (05:19 +0000)]
Delete the image, too, not just its MANIFEStation.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6692

23 years agoPropagate new Configure vars.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 05:10:26 +0000 (05:10 +0000)]
Propagate new Configure vars.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6691

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 04:30:56 +0000 (04:30 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6690

23 years agoFix the lib/complex failure of
Abigail [Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:06:38 +0000 (04:06 +0000)]
Fix the lib/complex failure of
       Subject: [ID 20000814.005] Not OK: perl v5.6.0 on i686-linux-64int 2.2.13
       Message-Id: <20000815040638.8524.qmail@foad.org>

Linux long double accuracy issue: something that
when printed with %g looks like "2" but int() of it is 1.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6689

23 years agoThe byteorder code in #6671 was wrong.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Fri, 18 Aug 2000 03:15:35 +0000 (03:15 +0000)]
The byteorder code in #6671 was wrong.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6688

23 years agonewSVrv() memory leak
Jan Dubois [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 18:31:55 +0000 (11:31 -0700)]
newSVrv() memory leak
Message-ID: <l64ppsggaiuc4t6msm45iqohmhpjblb4qf@4ax.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6687

23 years agoUse NVs in POSIX math, not doubles.
Abigail [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:49:18 +0000 (20:49 +0000)]
Use NVs in POSIX math, not doubles.
Subject: [ID 20000817.014] POSIX & modfl
Message-Id: <20000817204918.23123.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6686

23 years agoIntroduce NVef, NVff, and NVgf, use the middle one.
Abigail [Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:06:38 +0000 (04:06 +0000)]
Introduce NVef, NVff, and NVgf, use the middle one.
(helps for lib/peek + Linux + long doubles)  Reported in
Subject: [ID 20000814.005] Not OK: perl v5.6.0 on i686-linux-64int 2.2.13
Message-Id: <20000815040638.8524.qmail@foad.org>

(note: the lib/complex failure has not yet been addressed)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6685

23 years agoAdd byteorder to the myconfig output.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:22:19 +0000 (23:22 +0000)]
Add byteorder to the myconfig output.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6684

23 years agoThe image doth not exist, spotted by Johan Vromans.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 23:20:19 +0000 (23:20 +0000)]
The image doth not exist, spotted by Johan Vromans.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6683

23 years agoDocument what the backtick returns if the command fails.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:38:16 +0000 (22:38 +0000)]
Document what the backtick returns if the command fails.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6682

23 years agoDo not use prototyping here.
Abigail [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:55:56 +0000 (20:55 +0000)]
Do not use prototyping here.

Subject: [ID 20000817.016] [PATCH] Peek.xs
Message-Id: <20000817205556.24270.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6681

23 years agoDon't propose using modules built for 5.005 if no binary
Jeff Okamoto [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:56:14 +0000 (08:56 -0700)]
Don't propose using modules built for 5.005 if no binary
compatibility with 5.005 is attempted.
Subject: Minor nit with 5.7.0 (6655)
Message-Id: <200008162256.PAA06964@xfiles.intercon.hp.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6680

23 years agoMicroperl config update.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:16:39 +0000 (19:16 +0000)]
Microperl config update.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6679

23 years agoThe #6648 wasn't protective enough for limited platforms
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 19:16:13 +0000 (19:16 +0000)]
The #6648 wasn't protective enough for limited platforms
(like microperl).

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6678

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:46:35 +0000 (14:46 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6677

23 years agoAdd perlebcdic from Peter Prymmer, regen toc.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:44:02 +0000 (14:44 +0000)]
Add perlebcdic from Peter Prymmer, regen toc.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6676

23 years agoperldebtut 1.10 from Richard Foley, plus Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:41:52 +0000 (14:41 +0000)]
perldebtut 1.10 from Richard Foley, plus Celsius and Fahrenheit.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6675

23 years agoGet -DLEAKTEST to compile (not necessarily to work, mind)
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:29:43 +0000 (14:29 +0000)]
Get -DLEAKTEST to compile (not necessarily to work, mind)

Subject: [ID 20000724.006] -DLEAKTEST problem
From: Gregory Martin Pfeil <pfeilgm@technomadic.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 00:36:32 -0500
Message-Id: <20000725003632.A26186@www.llamacom.com>

Reminder sent

Subject: [PATCH bleadperl@6647] -DLEAKTEST compile error
From: Hugo <hv@crypt.compulink.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:23:42 +0100
Message-Id: <200008171423.PAA06749@crypt.compulink.co.uk>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6674

23 years agoRe: [PATCH]Re: Questions about Math::BigFloat
John Peacock [Tue, 1 Aug 2000 09:38:12 +0000 (05:38 -0400)]
Re: [PATCH]Re: Questions about Math::BigFloat
Message-ID: <3986D2C4.54B78FE4@UnivPress.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6673

23 years agoCwd.pm now uses strict
Tim Jenness [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:42:35 +0000 (06:42 -1000)]
Cwd.pm now uses strict
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008161639510.1135-100000@lapaki.jach.hawaii.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6672

23 years agoMake $Config{byteorder} more magical so that it is
Wilfredo Sánchez [Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:45:31 +0000 (12:45 -0700)]
Make $Config{byteorder} more magical so that it is
dynamically computed: nice for 'fat binaries'.

Subject: [PATCH]: default byteorder
Message-Id: <200008010245.TAA04459@ns1.abstrata.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6671

23 years agomove WNOHANG definition to where other such things are
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:22:21 +0000 (01:22 +0000)]
move WNOHANG definition to where other such things are

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6670

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:19:17 +0000 (01:19 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6669

23 years agoDoc nits spotted by Richard Soderberg.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:16:29 +0000 (01:16 +0000)]
Doc nits spotted by Richard Soderberg.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6668

23 years agoRe: perldebut.pod - spelling
Casey R. Tweten [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 12:39:08 +0000 (08:39 -0400)]
Re: perldebut.pod - spelling
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0008161238250.32058-100000@home.kiski.net>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6667

23 years agoRe: [ID 20000816.006] [PATCH @6655] Shell.pm, bug fix, strict and OO Interface
Casey R. Tweten [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:35:09 +0000 (07:35 -0400)]
Re: [ID 20000816.006] [PATCH @6655] Shell.pm, bug fix, strict and OO Interface
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0008161132270.10885-100000@home.kiski.net>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6666

23 years agoadd "ok" targets from change#6632 in makefile.mk
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:03:52 +0000 (01:03 +0000)]
add "ok" targets from change#6632 in makefile.mk

p4raw-link: @6632 on //depot/perl: 017e10814b1e1d25c7506a0b0903863aee5cb0ca

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6665

23 years agoavoid warnings from dense compiler
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:56:11 +0000 (00:56 +0000)]
avoid warnings from dense compiler

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6664

23 years agoTweak the regex compilation errors once more.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:51:49 +0000 (00:51 +0000)]
Tweak the regex compilation errors once more.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6663

23 years agotrailing new %ENV entries weren't being pushed into the real
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:28:19 +0000 (00:28 +0000)]
trailing new %ENV entries weren't being pushed into the real
environment of subprocesses on Windows

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6662

23 years agowaitpid() now handles externally spawned pids correctly;
Gurusamy Sarathy [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:19:20 +0000 (00:19 +0000)]
waitpid() now handles externally spawned pids correctly;
fixes for backtick/wait/waitpid failures on Windows 9x

these changes make the pid returned by process functions on
Windows 9x always positive by clearing the high bit (which
is always set on Win9x); pseudo-process PIDs are likewise
always negative now on Win9x (just as on NT/2000)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6661

23 years agoRetract #6645.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:04:32 +0000 (00:04 +0000)]
Retract #6645.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6660

23 years agoon windows, the return values from wait() and waitpid() don't
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:59:28 +0000 (23:59 +0000)]
on windows, the return values from wait() and waitpid() don't
match those of pseudo-pids

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6659

23 years agopod nit seen in passing
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:56:14 +0000 (23:56 +0000)]
pod nit seen in passing

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6658

23 years agochange#6328 could make close(SOCKET) return false on windows
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:53:42 +0000 (23:53 +0000)]
change#6328 could make close(SOCKET) return false on windows
when it shouldn't

p4raw-link: @6328 on //depot/perl: 4e94524934c1af4124b2888d9716e5304ee50ad9

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6657

23 years agocheck that the number pseudo children doesn't exceed
Gurusamy Sarathy [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:46:57 +0000 (23:46 +0000)]
check that the number pseudo children doesn't exceed
MAXIMUM_WAIT_OBJECTS, which is currently 64 (avoids overflowing
the WaitForMultipleObjects() limit that would cause wait()
to crash)

wait() and waitpid() could potentially be rewritten to use
more than one thread to do the waiting to eliminate this
limitation

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6656

23 years agoUpdate Changes.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:11:05 +0000 (14:11 +0000)]
Update Changes.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6655

23 years agoUpdate to perldebtut 1.9, from Richard Foley.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 14:10:12 +0000 (14:10 +0000)]
Update to perldebtut 1.9, from Richard Foley.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6654

23 years agoChange the regx compilation error markers to use = instead of <
Lupe Christoph [Fri, 11 Aug 2000 00:30:27 +0000 (02:30 +0200)]
Change the regx compilation error markers to use = instead of <
since pod makes using the latter quite messy.  Reported in
ID 20000814.006 by Abigail and in
Subject: Unknown escape E<> ?
Message-ID: <20000811003027.F17420@alanya.lupe-christoph.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6653

23 years agoChange the perlbug address to perl.org since it's more forgiving.
Abigail [Tue, 15 Aug 2000 04:15:40 +0000 (04:15 +0000)]
Change the perlbug address to perl.org since it's more forgiving.

Subject: [ID 20000814.007] [PATCH] Email address in perlbug.
Message-Id: <20000815041540.8633.qmail@foad.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6652

23 years agoCwd::_backtick_pwd does not check return value
Tim Jenness [Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:51:59 +0000 (05:51 -1000)]
Cwd::_backtick_pwd does not check return value
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008151547560.1223-100000@lapaki.jach.hawaii.edu>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6651

23 years agoUpdate to CPAN 1.57.
Andreas König [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 15:09:46 +0000 (17:09 +0200)]
Update to CPAN 1.57.

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cwd::_backtick_pwd does not check return value
Message-ID: <m3k8dh5p45.fsf@ak-71.mind.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6650

23 years ago[ID 20000324.040] minor fix to perlhpux.pod
Larry W. Virden [Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:25:37 +0000 (09:25 -0500)]
[ID 20000324.040] minor fix to perlhpux.pod
Message-Id: <200003241925.OAA27985@lwv26awu.cas.org>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6649

23 years agoThe numeric locale was reset to "C" by s?printf and never restored.
Christian Kirsch [Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:05:17 +0000 (19:05 +0200)]
The numeric locale was reset to "C" by s?printf and never restored.

Subject: [ID 20000809.003] setlocale(LC_NUMERIC...) produces different results in 5.005 and 5.6
Message-Id: <20000809170517.A25389@held>

No test since adding the failing example to locale.t
does not fail -- probably because the locale settings are so
thoroughly tweaked by that time.  Running the example standalone
does fail, though.  UPDATE: test case added at change #7540.

p4raw-link: @7540 (not found)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6648

23 years agoUpdate Changes and test semi-automatic patchlevel updating.
Jarkko Hietaniemi [Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:07:54 +0000 (00:07 +0000)]
Update Changes and test semi-automatic patchlevel updating.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6647