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@@ -48,6 +48,183 @@ And the Keepers of the Patch Pumpkin: ---------------- +Version 5.004_03 Maintenance release 3 for 5.004 +---------------- + +"To err is human, to forgive divine." + -- Alexander Pope + + + HEADLINES FOR THIS MAINTENANCE RELEASE + + Fixed 5.004_02 compilation failure on VMS. + Fixed Configure (non)errors being displayed to user. + Better support for Windows 95. + Assorted documentation and hint file improvements. + perl --foo no longer silently ignored. + + + ------ BUILD PROCESS ------ + + Title: "Show Configure failure reason even with -s" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970812141623.14256K-100000@newton.phys> + Files: Configure + + Title: "Configure can stop without fully explaining itself" + From: Jim Anderson <jander@ml.com> + Msg-ID: <199708111328.JAA28976@nsd15.ny-swaps-develop.ml.com>, + <199708111952.PAA29346@nsd15.ny-swaps-develop.ml.com> + Files: Configure + + ------ CORE LANGUAGE ------ + + Title: "typos in perl -h output" + From: "Richard A. Wells" <Rwells@uhs.harvard.edu> + Msg-ID: <6D0BF914BC@gateuhs.harvard.edu> + Files: perl.c + + Title: "Some perldb -> PERLDB_* macro changes were missed" + From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> + Msg-ID: <199708100323.XAA27155@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu> + Files: pp_ctl.c + + Title: "Further fix to lseek's in lockf_emulate_flock" + From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> + Msg-ID: <199708060031.CAA07387@bombur2.uio.no>, + <199708102225.AAA16970@bombur2.uio.no> + Files: pp_sys.c + + Title: "GNU style perl --version (or any other --foo) ignored" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>, Kenneth Albanowski + <kjahds@kjahds.com>, Stephen McCamant <alias@mcs.com> + Msg-ID: <E0wx8MO-0007BS-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk>, + <Pine.LNX.3.93.970813122557.9443C-100000@kjahds.com>, + <m0wy8nl-000EYgC@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Files: pod/perldiag.pod perl.c + + Title: "seen_dot declaration in perl.c needed for VMS" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199708072033.QAA09167@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: perl.c + + ------ DOCUMENTATION ------ + + Title: "[PATCH] -D info in perlrun", "[PATCH] Re: -D info in perlrun" + From: Stephen McCamant <alias@mcs.com>, ilya@math.ohio-state.edu (Ilya + Zakharevich) + Msg-ID: <1997Aug10.195832.2224477@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>, + <m0wxNNL-000EYgC@alias-2.pr.mcs.net>, + <m0wxz6l-000EYgC@alias-2.pr.mcs.net> + Files: pod/perlrun.pod + + Title: "perlop pod inconsistent in presentation of regexp options" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>, Hans Mulder <hansm@icgned.nl>, + jmr@whirlwind.fmr.com + Msg-ID: <199708061404.KAA06717@whirlwind.fmr.com>, + <199708081505.LAA09810@whirlwind.fmr.com>, + <1997Aug7.160530.2196011@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>, + <E0wwnqc-00057s-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk>, + <E0wwswg-00017x-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk> + Files: pod/perlop.pod + + Title: "pod2man generated .IX lines upset whatis on Solaris" + From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>, jmr@whirlwind.fmr.com (John + Redford) + Msg-ID: <E0wxoUZ-0006Ee-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk> + Files: pod/pod2man.PL + + Title: "The description of the \Q metacharacter is confusing to novices" + From: aml@world.std.com (Andrew M. Langmead) + Msg-ID: <199708101946.AA06339@world.std.com> + Files: pod/perlre.pod + + Title: "doc patch for pack("p",undef) packing a NULL pointer" + From: pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk (Paul Marquess) + Msg-ID: <9708102159.AA11726@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk> + Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod + + Title: "perlfunc.pod error" + From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com> + Msg-ID: <199708102235.QAA18420@jhereg.perl.com> + Files: pod/perlfunc.pod + + ------ LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS ------ + + Title: "patch for documentation error in FileCache.pm" + From: Mike Stok <mike@stok.co.uk>, mikebo@tellabs.com + Msg-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970810143321.437C-100000@stok.co.uk> + Files: lib/FileCache.pm + + Title: "[PATCH] 5.004_02: Complex/Trig: update" + From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> + Msg-ID: <199708081842.VAA31214@alpha.hut.fi> + Files: lib/Math/Complex.pm lib/Math/Trig.pm t/lib/complex.t + + Title: "CPAN Use of uninitialized value in newest perl" + From: tom@amber.ssd.hcsc.com (Tom Horsley) + Msg-ID: <9708091738.AA16435@amber.ssd.hcsc.com> + Files: lib/CPAN.pm + + ------ PORTABILITY - WIN32 ------ + + Title: "[PATCH] /x is not a valid shell switch on Win95" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199708121720.NAA14760@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: win32/win32.c + + Title: "[PATCH] Win95-proofing pl2bat" + From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu> + Msg-ID: <199708121733.NAA14888@aatma.engin.umich.edu> + Files: MANIFEST win32/Makefile win32/makefile.mk win32/bin/pl2bat.pl + win32/bin/runperl.pl win32/bin/search.pl + win32/bin/webget.pl + + Title: "[PATCH] [OK] Perl5.004_02 on Alpha NT" + From: wmiddlet@adobe.com (William Middleton) + Msg-ID: <199708072100.OAA13141@ducks> + Files: win32/win32.c + + ------ PORTABILITY - OTHER ------ + + Title: "Improve dual-universe comments in hints/sunos_4_1.sh" + From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.970812170358.14488E-100000@newton.phys> + Files: hints/sunos_4_1.sh + + Title: "Dynamic Loading on MkLinux (osname=linux,archname=ppc-linux)" + From: Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>, Shimpei Yamashita + <shimpei@socrates.patnet.caltech.edu> + Msg-ID: <33EF1634.B36B6500@pobox.com> + Files: hints/linux.sh + + Title: "5.004_02 Configure - worrying but normal errors displayed to user" + From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>, pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk + (Paul Marquess) + Msg-ID: <01BCA3DE.E257BFC0.pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>, + <9708102159.AA11726@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk> + Files: Configure os2/diff.configure + + Title: "Minor glitch with Perl 5.004_01 on SunOS 4.1.3 (groupstype)" + From: thad@thadlabs.com (Thad Floryan) + Msg-ID: <9708111415.AA03808@thadlabs.com> + Files: hints/sunos_4_1.sh + + Title: "SCO Openserver 5.0.4 - add comment to hint file re compiler bug" + From: Bill Glicker <billg@burrelles.com> + Msg-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.970811153021.18457A-100000@laura.burrelles.com> + Files: hints/sco.sh + + ------ UTILITIES ------ + + Title: "perlbug -d non-interactive (with patch)" + From: Ted Ashton <ashted@southern.edu> + Msg-ID: <199708071418.KAA15711@ns.southern.edu> + Files: utils/perlbug.PL + + + +---------------- Version 5.004_02 Maintenance release 2 for 5.004 ---------------- |