Blog:
http://blogs.perl.org/users/sawyer_x/2018/04/perl-5-porters-mailing-list-summary-april-3rd-30th.html
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April 3rd-30th
News
Perl 5.24.4 is now [1]available!
Perl 5.26.2 is now [2]available!
Perl 5.26.2 binary kits for OpenVMS are now [3]available!
Perl 5.27.11 is now [4]available!
Grant Reports
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 March 2018 [5]report.
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 weekly report for [6]week 203.
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 weekly report for [7]weeks 204-206.
* Dave Mitchell TPF Grant 2 weekly report for [8]week 207.
* Tony Cook TPF Grant 10 report [9]17.
* Tony Cook TPF Grant 10 report [10]18.
* Tony Cook TPF Grant 10 report [11]19.
* Tony Cook TPF Grant 10 report [12]20.
* Tony Cook TPF Grant Report for [13]March 2018.
Issues
New Issues
* [14]Perl #133064: Multiple assignments in assignment ops.
* [15]Perl #133073: 5.26.1: some coverity findings in pp.c and toke.c.
* [16]Perl #133074: uninitialized variable and integer overrun in pp.c
and toke.c.
* [17]Perl #133093: [18]I18N::LangTags::List name fails for az-*.
* [19]Perl #133098: [PATCH] fix -DNO_MATHOMS build, mathomed syms were
not removed from perldll.def.
* [20]Perl #133102: Error Message In [21]File::Copy.
* [22]Perl #133113: [PATCH] fix SEGV in
XS::APItest::Backrefs::Comctl32Version().
* [23]Perl #133117: [PATCH] fix version autodetect for Visual C 64bit
edition.
* [24]Perl #133120: pod: fix some typos.
* [25]Perl #133121: [PATCH] fix crash in gv_fetchmeth_sv.
* [26]Perl #133125: more -DNO_MATHOMS breakage on Win32.
* [27]Perl #133126: [PATCH] fix version autodetect for Visual C 64bit
edition.
* [28]Perl #133127: [PATCH] fix SEGV in
XS::APItest::Backrefs::Comctl32Version().
* [29]Perl #133128: yyparse do not preserve ReadOnly flag for negative
numbers pass as reference.
* [30]Perl #133130: no autodie removes system function.
* [31]Perl #133131: Blead Breaks CPAN: [32]Devel::Cover.
* [33]Perl #133132: fix missing parentheses in if statement.
* [34]Perl #133134: map{ /.../; { %+ } } @data wrongly flattens hashes
into arrays.
* [35]Perl #133135: Blead Breaks CPAN:
ZEFRAM/Lexical-SealRequireHints-0.011.tar.gz.
* [36]Perl #133136: Bisect.pl broken for 3 commits in blead.
* [37]Perl #133137: S_sprintf_is_multiconcatable(): Assertion failure.
* [38]Perl #133141: cwd_enoent.t fails on DragonFly BSD.
* [39]Perl #133142: Bleadperl breaks [40]Devel::FindRef.
* [41]Perl #133150: sprintf2.t tests fail on Linux/ia64.
* [42]Perl #133152: Cygwin build failure with v5.27.11-16-g71e845c342.
* [43]Perl #133153: [PATCH] [44]Time::HiRes: Fix generating Makefile
when it does not exist.
* [45]Perl #133154: [PATCH] implement USE_CPLUSPLUS build option in
win32/GNUmakefile.
* [46]Perl #133155: perl5: false warning on "Multidimensional
syntax not
supported".
* [47]Perl #133157: Solaris Failing Some Locale Tests.
* [48]Perl #133160: Bug #133133 for perl5: [META]: Tickets deferred
until 5.29.0.
* [49]Perl #133161: Anythingatall->import gives no error.
Resolved Issues
* [50]Perl #125619: Documentation of byte I/O.
* [51]Perl #131594: Bleadperl v5.27.0-141-g5d09ee1cb7 breaks
DAVIDO/JSON-Tiny-0.56.tar.gz.
* [52]Perl #131760: "Wide character" errors are undocumented.
* [53]Perl #131844: [CVE-2018-6913] heap-buffer-overflow in S_pack_rec.
* [54]Perl #131953: Bleadperl v5.27.2-30-gdf6b4bd565 breaks
SYBER/Panda-Lib-1.3.2.tar.gz.
* [55]Perl #132167: Error parsing regex set in perl 5.26.0.
* [56]Perl #132094: Bleadperl v5.27.3-31-gf14cf36320 DEBUGGING breaks
ETJ/Event-1.26.tar.gz.
* [57]Perl #132227: [CVE-2018-6797] heap-buffer-overflow in S_regatom.
* [58]Perl #132483: BBC: recent commit breaks [59]App::perlbrew.
* [60]Perl #132594: BBC smartmatch
da4e040f42421764ef069371d77c008e6b801f45.
* [61]Perl #132727: BBC [62]Class::MethodMaker broken by
6661956a23de82b41adc406200054293d6d7aded.
* [63]Perl #132744: bogus syntax errors with use subs.
* [64]Perl #132769: Blead Breaks CPAN: LEONT/App-a2p-1.009.tar.gz.
* [65]Perl #132775: [BBC]: Commit 60fa466 breaks
SMUELLER/Math-Clipper-1.23.tar.gz.
* [66]Perl #132788: Blead Breaks CPAN:
LEMBARK/Object-Trampoline-1.42.tar.gz.
* [67]Perl #132955: USE_CPLUSPLUS build broken in 5.27 blead and all
5.26 stables.
* [68]Perl #132992: [PATCH] for perl static build for gcc + win32 .
* [69]Perl #133037: new warning in inline.h:
S_variant_under_utf8_count.
* [70]Perl #133039: ALL_STATIC build is broken on MSVC.
* [71]Perl #133070: [PATCH] fix parallel ALL_STATIC Win32 build.
* [72]Perl #133071: [PATCH] pod: Spelling fixes.
* [73]Perl #133073: 5.26.1: some coverity findings in pp.c and toke.c.
* [74]Perl #133084: [PATCH] fix win32 with Ming.org GCC 3.4.5 build.
* [75]Perl #133088: [PATCH] fix utf8.c overflowed VC6's preproc macro
buffer and syntax errored.
* [76]Perl #133098: [PATCH] fix -DNO_MATHOMS build, mathomed syms were
not removed from perldll.def.
* [77]Perl #133100: SEGV using a regex with an invalid repeat range.
* [78]Perl #133113: [PATCH] fix SEGV in
XS::APItest::Backrefs::Comctl32Version().
* [79]Perl #133120: pod: fix some typos.
* [80]Perl #133121: [PATCH] fix crash in gv_fetchmeth_sv.
* [81]Perl #133125: more -DNO_MATHOMS breakage on Win32.
* [82]Perl #133131: Blead Breaks CPAN: [83]Devel::Cover.
* [84]Perl #133138: Blead Breaks CPAN:
TOBYINK/Alt-Module-Runtime-ButEUMM-0.001.tar.gz.
References
1. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250439
2. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250440
3. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250460
4. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250571
5. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250256
6. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250255
7. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250699
8. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250816
9. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250700
10. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250701
11. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250813
12. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250814
13. http://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/250815
14. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133064
15. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133073
16. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133074
17. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133093
18. http://metacpan.org/pod/I18N::LangTags::List
19. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133098
20. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133102
21. http://metacpan.org/pod/File::Copy
22. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133113
23. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133117
24. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133120
25. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133121
26. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133125
27. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133126
28. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133127
29. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133128
30. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133130
31. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133131
32. http://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Cover
33. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133132
34. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133134
35. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133135
36. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133136
37. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133137
38. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133141
39. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133142
40. http://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::FindRef
41. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133150
42. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133152
43. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133153
44. http://metacpan.org/pod/Time::HiRes
45. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133154
46. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133155
47. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133157
48. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133160
49. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133161
50. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=125619
51. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131594
52. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131760
53. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131844
54. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131953
55. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132167
56. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132094
57. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132227
58. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132483
59. http://metacpan.org/pod/App::perlbrew
60. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132594
61. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132727
62. http://metacpan.org/pod/Class::MethodMaker
63. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132744
64. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132769
65. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132775
66. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132788
67. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132955
68. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=132992
69. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133037
70. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133039
71. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133070
72. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133071
73. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133073
74. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133084
75. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133088
76. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133098
77. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133100
78. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133113
79. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133120
80. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133121
81. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133125
82. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133131
83. http://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Cover
84. http://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133138