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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1997-04-18 00:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Chip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net> | 1997-04-18 00:00:00 +0000 |
| commit | 8903cb82b09fb34870c757f52ce481b09be4b606 (patch) | |
| tree | 7efa8803eba367f7f28b7667ac864f893e3a983f /Changes | |
| parent | b306bf39bf31f44f4dcbcdf8bc1d3be82f5e6da3 (diff) | |
| download | perl-8903cb82b09fb34870c757f52ce481b09be4b606.tar.gz | |
[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_97f to perl-5.003_97g]
CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES
Subject: Improve sysseek(), remove systell(), fix Opcode
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: doio.c ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs global.sym keywords.pl opcode.pl pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c proto.h t/op/sysio.t toke.c
DOCUMENTATION
Subject: Document {,un}pack changes
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 13:49:39 BST
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod
Msg-ID: 9704181249.AA11733@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk
(applied based on p5p patch as commit 7f505e5d2748dc2677688b22967678392a186b16)
OTHER CORE CHANGES
Subject: SECURITY FIX: 'Identifier too long'
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod toke.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Changes')
| -rw-r--r-- | Changes | 361 |
1 files changed, 229 insertions, 132 deletions
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ or in the .../src/5/0/unsupported directory for sub-version releases.) ---------------- - Cast and Crew ---------------- + --------------- + CAST AND CREW + --------------- -To save space, and to give due honor to those who have made Perl 5.004 -what is is today, here are some of the more common names in the Changes -file, and their current addresses (as of March 1997): +To give due honor to those who have made Perl 5.004 what is is today, +here are some of the more common names in the Changes file, and their +current addresses (as of March 1997): Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> @@ -45,9 +45,106 @@ And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com> -------------------- - Version 5.003_97f -------------------- +----------------- +Version 5.003_97g +----------------- + +This one has two security bug fixes for buffer overflows. Perl has +not yet been searched to see if more fixes are needed. + + CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES + + Title: "Improve sysseek(), remove systell(), fix Opcode" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: doio.c ext/Opcode/Makefile.PL ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm + ext/Opcode/Opcode.xs global.sym keywords.pl opcode.pl + pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c + proto.h t/op/sysio.t toke.c + + Title: "Fix (and test) spaces in {,un}pack()" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pp.c t/op/pack.t + + CORE PORTABILITY + + Title: "Irix update" + From: Scott Henry <scotth@sgi.com> + Msg-ID: <yd8d8rsi0ln.fsf@hoshi.engr.sgi.com> + Date: 18 Apr 1997 12:37:24 -0700 + Files: MANIFEST hints/irix_6.sh hints/irix_6_0.sh hints/irix_6_1.sh + + Title: "ExtUtils/Miniperl.pm not built on Win32" + From: Nick Ing-Simmons + Msg-ID: <199704181742.SAA08407@ni-s.u-net.com> + Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 18:42:32 +0100 + Files: win32/Makefile + + OTHER CORE CHANGES + + Title: "SECURITY FIX: 'Identifier too long'" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod toke.c + + Title: "SECURITY FIX: Buffer overflow in gv_fetchfile()" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: gv.c + + Title: "Remove pp_method() inefficiency from last patch" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: pp_hot.c + + BUILD PROCESS + + Title: "Fix unnecessary re-linking" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm + + Title: "Fix tcsh hack in Configure" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: Configure + + Title: "Minor, optional patch to Makefile.SH" + From: "Randy J. Ray" <rjray@uswest.com> + Msg-ID: <rjray-9703180132.AA00374040@snakepit.ecte.uswc.uswest.com> + Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:32:17 -0600 + Files: Makefile.SH + + LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS + + Title: "Patch to Getopt::Long" + From: Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl> + Msg-ID: <m0wIKCO-00081IC@phoenix.squirrel.nl> + Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 22:24 MET DST + Files: lib/Getopt/Long.pm + + Title: "Fix NAME in SDBM_File build" + From: Chip Salzenberg + Files: ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/Makefile.PL + + TESTS + + (no other changes) + + UTILITIES + + Title: "Make h2ph generate constant subs" + From: Roderick Schertler + Msg-ID: <pz2088w5ot.fsf@eeyore.ibcinc.com> + Date: 18 Apr 1997 14:23:46 -0400 + Files: utils/h2ph.PL + + DOCUMENTATION + + Title: "Document {,un}pack changes" + From: Paul Marquess + Msg-ID: <9704181249.AA11733@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk> + Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 13:49:39 BST + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perldiag.pod + + +----------------- +Version 5.003_97f +----------------- This is it before _98. No more last-minute features. Really, I mean it this time. No kidding. @@ -139,9 +236,9 @@ it this time. No kidding. Files: pod/perlfunc.pod -------------------- - Version 5.003_97e -------------------- +----------------- +Version 5.003_97e +----------------- Y'know, I've heard of this "beta" thing, but it's been so long since I've seen one, I'm not sure it really exists... @@ -295,9 +392,9 @@ I've seen one, I'm not sure it really exists... Files: pod/perlop.pod -------------------- - Version 5.003_97d -------------------- +----------------- +Version 5.003_97d +----------------- Any minute now... second public beta... no, really... @@ -430,9 +527,9 @@ Any minute now... second public beta... no, really... Files: pod/perlpod.pod -------------------- - Version 5.003_97c -------------------- +----------------- +Version 5.003_97c +----------------- That second public beta will be Real Soon Now... @@ -537,9 +634,9 @@ That second public beta will be Real Soon Now... Files: ext/IO/lib/IO/Socket.pm -------------------- - Version 5.003_97b -------------------- +----------------- +Version 5.003_97b +----------------- Working on the second public beta... @@ -649,9 +746,9 @@ Working on the second public beta... Files: pod/perltrap.pod -------------------- - Version 5.003_97a -------------------- +----------------- +Version 5.003_97a +----------------- This release gets a letter instead of a full subversion because I'm planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta. @@ -776,9 +873,9 @@ planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta. pod/perlstyle.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlvar.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_97 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_97 +---------------- CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES @@ -899,9 +996,9 @@ planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta. Files: lib/CGI.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm ------------------- - Version 5.003_96 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_96 +---------------- CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES @@ -1183,9 +1280,9 @@ planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta. Files: pod/*.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_95 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_95 +---------------- CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES @@ -1348,9 +1445,9 @@ planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta. Files: pod/perlfaq*.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_94 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_94 +---------------- CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES @@ -1737,9 +1834,9 @@ planning on making 5.003_98 the second public beta. Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ------------------- - Version 5.003_93 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_93 +---------------- Me, last time: "This release will be the public beta of 5.004, @@ -1901,9 +1998,9 @@ Me, now: pod/perlop.pod pod/perlsub.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_92 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_92 +---------------- This release will be the public beta of 5.004, or my name isn't Larson T. Pettifogger. @@ -2110,9 +2207,9 @@ Larson T. Pettifogger. Files: pod/*.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_91 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_91 +---------------- This is (should be? must be!) the public beta of 5.004. @@ -2302,9 +2399,9 @@ This is (should be? must be!) the public beta of 5.004. pod/perltoc.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_90 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_90 +---------------- At last, a mil[le]stone: The first beta of Perl 5.004. @@ -2463,9 +2560,9 @@ At last, a mil[le]stone: The first beta of Perl 5.004. Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perlsec.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_28 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_28 +---------------- This release is beta candidate #6. If this isn't good enough to go beta, I'll eat a floppy disk. (Okay, it's a chocolate floppy, but still....) @@ -2642,9 +2739,9 @@ I'll eat a floppy disk. (Okay, it's a chocolate floppy, but still....) pod/perltie.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perltrap.pod x2p/a2p.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_27 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_27 +---------------- This release is beta candidate #5: Our last, best hope for a beta. @@ -2820,9 +2917,9 @@ This release is beta candidate #5: Our last, best hope for a beta. Files: pod/perldiag.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_26 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_26 +---------------- This release is beta candidate #4. "Once more, dear friends...." @@ -2958,9 +3055,9 @@ This release is beta candidate #4. "Once more, dear friends...." Files: pod/perltie.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_25 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_25 +---------------- This release is beta candidate #3. Here's hoping... @@ -3125,9 +3222,9 @@ This release is beta candidate #3. Here's hoping... Files: pod/perldiag.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_24 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_24 +---------------- This release is the second candidate for a public beta test. It's, well, bunches better than _23. @@ -3311,9 +3408,9 @@ It's, well, bunches better than _23. Files: pod/perlsyn.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_23 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_23 +---------------- This release is our first candidate for a public beta test. @@ -3616,9 +3713,9 @@ This release is our first candidate for a public beta test. Files: pod/perllocale.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_22 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_22 +---------------- This release is primarily made up of bug fixes, the foremost among which repairs a showstopper memory corruption bug in formats. @@ -3692,9 +3789,9 @@ which repairs a showstopper memory corruption bug in formats. Files: configpm ------------------- - Version 5.003_21 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_21 +---------------- This release includes several important bug fixes, and a couple of minor but valuable language tweaks. Please read on for a list of the @@ -3990,9 +4087,9 @@ significant changes: Files: pod/perlsub.pod pod/perltoc.pod pod/perlvar.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_20 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_20 +---------------- The only language change in this release is the recension of support for named closures: Now, no subroutine declared "sub foo {}" can be @@ -4158,9 +4255,9 @@ updates, and expanded tests. This is good stuff. "I love you, man!" Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perltoc.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_19 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_19 +---------------- Lots of internal cleanup in this patch, especially plugged memory leaks when embedded Perl interpreters shut down and restart. The @@ -4291,9 +4388,9 @@ Here's a list of the more significant changes... vms/descrip.mms ------------------- - Version 5.003_18 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_18 +---------------- Yet further down the road to 5.004.... @@ -4401,9 +4498,9 @@ Yet further down the road to 5.004.... Files: pod/perldiag.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_17 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_17 +---------------- The rate of patches is slowing down.... I see 5.004 at the end of the tunnel! (Hey, what's that whistle?) @@ -4487,9 +4584,9 @@ tunnel! (Hey, what's that whistle?) Files: pod/perllocale.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_16 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_16 +---------------- This patch is all bug fixes, library updates, and documentation updates. We'll get to 5.004 RSN, I promise. :-) @@ -4576,9 +4673,9 @@ updates. We'll get to 5.004 RSN, I promise. :-) Files: pod/perllocale.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_15 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_15 +---------------- As soon as I posted 5.003_14, I found a fatal error in it. :-( @@ -4586,9 +4683,9 @@ This release is strictly a bug fix -- it removes some function caching changes that were supposed to be improvements, but weren't. ------------------- - Version 5.003_14 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_14 +---------------- We seem to have achieved "release candidate" status. @@ -4745,9 +4842,9 @@ We seem to have achieved "release candidate" status. Files: lib/Class/Template.pm lib/Time/tm.pm ------------------- - Version 5.003_13 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_13 +---------------- The watchword here is "synchronization." There were a couple of show-stopper bugs in 5.003_12, so I'm issuing this patch to bring @@ -4835,9 +4932,9 @@ everyone up to a common working base. Files: pod/perlpod.pod pod/pod2html.PL ------------------- - Version 5.003_12 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_12 +---------------- This patch is huge. A multitude of bug fixes, new modules (especially CPAN and Net::FTP), a couple of new Configure variables, updated @@ -5110,9 +5207,9 @@ the more significant changes in 5.003_12: Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 18:56:33 -0700 Files: pod/* ------------------- - Version 5.003_11 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_11 +---------------- This patch is (still) closing in on 5.004. Nothing dramatic, lots of value. @@ -5277,9 +5374,9 @@ value. Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs ------------------- - Version 5.003_10 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_10 +---------------- This patch is closing in on 5.004. It contains lots of small and valuable changes, but nothing dramatic. @@ -5419,9 +5516,9 @@ valuable changes, but nothing dramatic. Files: pod/perlfunc.pod ------------------- - Version 5.003_09 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_09 +---------------- This patch was a compendium of various fixes and enhancements from many people, including some serious improvement in lexical variable @@ -5607,9 +5704,9 @@ scoping and locale handling. Files: x2p/util.c ------------------- - Version 5.003_08 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_08 +---------------- This patch was a compendium of various fixes and enhancements from many people. Here are some of the more significant changes. @@ -5758,9 +5855,9 @@ many people. Here are some of the more significant changes. Files: x2p/a2p.c x2p/a2p.y ------------------- - Version 5.003_07 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_07 +---------------- This patch was primarily to fix bugs or include little things I missed in 5.003_06. 5.003_07 is intended to be stable enough to merit serious @@ -6409,9 +6506,9 @@ Index: x2p/cflags.SH pathname of the file being extracted. ------------------- - Version 5.003_06 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_06 +---------------- This patch was primarily to fix bugs, improve the documentation, and work towards restoring binary compatibility with 5.003. @@ -8658,9 +8755,9 @@ Index: x2p/s2p.PL I then embedded the pod into the s2p script. ------------------- - Version 5.003_05 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_05 +---------------- This patch was primarily to fix bugs and to clean up some of the remaining issues from in 5.003_04. The details are described below. @@ -9369,9 +9466,9 @@ Index: vms/vmsish.h VMS 5.003_05 Update. ------------------- - Version 5.003_04 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_04 +---------------- This patch was primarily to fix bugs and to clean up some of the changes made in 5.003_03. The details are described below. @@ -9894,9 +9991,9 @@ Index: utils/perldoc.PL doesn't support the -x option.) ------------------- - Version 5.003_03 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_03 +---------------- Most of the changes in 5.003_03 are to make the build and installation process more robust. The details are described below. A very brief @@ -10506,9 +10603,9 @@ Index: x2p/str.c Use Configure's FILE_filbuf macro instead of a raw _filbuf. ------------------- - Version 5.003_02 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_02 +---------------- o Visible Changes to Core Functionality - Redefining constant subs, or changing sub's prototype now give warnings. @@ -10550,9 +10647,9 @@ o Changes in OS-specific and Build-time Support - Typo patch for VMS. ------------------- - Version 5.003_01 ------------------- +---------------- +Version 5.003_01 +---------------- Version 5.003_01 contains bugfixes and additions accumulated since version 5.002_01, since the patch to version 5.003 was deliberately |