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source of perl for linux application,

    * fix XCPT_* macros

3.05 - 2005-01-31

    * fix a test for SvPV_nolen
    * add more examples to tht documentation
    * improve wording baseline information
    * added support for the following API
        dXCPT
        dXSTARG
        XCPT_CATCH
        XCPT_RETHROW
        XCPT_TRY_END
        XCPT_TRY_START

3.04 - 2004-12-29

    * fix a hint for sv_pvn_force
    * fix VMS problem with unquoted command line arguments
      not preserving case (perl change #23367)
    * add --api-info switch for ppport.h

3.03 - 2004-09-08

    * MY_CXT_CLONE was broken

3.02 - 2004-09-08

    * added support for the following API:
        END_EXTERN_C
        EXTERN_C
        MY_CXT_CLONE
        PERL_GCC_BRACE_GROUPS_FORBIDDEN
        START_EXTERN_C
        STMT_END
        STMT_START

3.01 - 2004-08-23

    * patchlevel.h tweak

3.00_03 - 2004-08-20

    * make sure the @INC path is kept up-to-date when changing
      directories while running in the core test suite

3.00_02 - 2004-08-19

    * remove PPPort.pm and PPPort.xs dependencies from Makefile.PL,
      as they can be rebuilt with a "make regen" when neccessary

3.00_01 - 2004-08-17

    * fixed problems with $^X in t/ppphtest.t when building in
      the core on OpenBSD
    * fixed a "duplicate dependencies" bug that could lead to
      global NEED_'s where static NEED_'s are sufficient
    * added support for the following API:
        PL_DBsingle
        PL_DBsub
        PL_debstash
        PL_diehook
        PL_errgv
        PL_no_modify
        PL_perl_destruct_level
        PL_ppaddr
        PL_stack_sp
        PL_sv_arenaroot
        PL_tainted
        PL_tainting
        PUSHu
        sv_catpvf_mg
        sv_catpvf_mg_nocontext
        sv_setpvf_mg
        sv_setpvf_mg_nocontext
        sv_vcatpvf
        sv_vcatpvf_mg
        sv_vsetpvf
        sv_vsetpvf_mg
        vnewSVpvf
        XPUSHu

3.00 - 2004-08-16

    * added support for dAX and dITEMS, which got lost while
      working on the 3.00 internals

2.99_07 - 2004-08-13

    * improve/check documentation
    * add tests for CopFILE and CopSTASHPV
    * add file headers
    * some code cleanups

2.99_06 - 2004-08-11

    * --compat-version now considers all macros/functions
      provided by Devel::PPPort, not only the documented API
    * fixed: PL_rsfp was PL_rsfpv
    * turn __PPPORT_NAME__ back to ppport.h, because the former
      looks ugly on search.cpan.org

2.99_05 - 2004-08-10

    * --compat-version now also hides compatibility warnings for
      unsupported API calls

2.99_04 - 2004-08-10

    * added code to check for correct INSTALLDIRS
    * added --compat-version option to ppport.h script to only
      check for compatibility with at least the given Perl version
    * some small adjustments

2.99_03 - 2004-08-09

    * remove useless dependency from Makefile.PL (spotted by
      Craig A. Berry)
    * added checking for and replacement of C++ comments as
      well as --cplusplus option to suppress it to ppport.h
      script
    * added more diagnostic output to ppport.h script
    * added a hint for gv_stashpvn
    * fixed the thread tests (spotted by Craig A. Berry)
    * added more tests
    * renamed and documented DPPP_NAMESPACE
    * renamed some files

2.99_02 - 2004-08-08

    * second beta
    * feature complete for 3.00
    * implemented missing functionality for ppport.h script:
      - can now perform global (i.e. multi-file) NEED_ checks
      - checks source for missing aTHX arguments
      - checks source for unsupported API calls
      - can now lists provided and unsupported API
      - can use Text::Diff on platforms without diff utility
      - can use custom diff utility / options
      - can write one patch against the module
      - can write single copies with changes applied
    * updated the documentation for Devel::PPPort and ppport.h
    * added lots of tests for the ppport.h script
    * merged tests for call_* eval_* from XS::APItest
    * added HACKERS file to document internals
    * now includes PPPort.pm, so you can read the full docs
      using search.cpan.org

2.99_01 - 2004-08-07

    * first beta towards 3.00
    * complete rework of internals
    * autogenerated API-checks
    * autogenerated .pm, .xs and .t files
    * ppport.h changes:
      - no static/global functions without explicit NEED_
      - can now be run without -x
      - now shows hints and dependencies
      - now has POD documentation, so perldoc ppport.h works
      - now has options
      - now uses File::Find when available
    * tested with multi-threaded (ithreads and 5.005-threads) perls
      from 5.005 and single-threaded perls from 5.003 up to 5.9.x
    * added support for the following API:
        CopFILE
        CopFILEAV
        CopFILEGV
        CopFILEGV_set
        CopFILE_set
        CopFILESV
        CopSTASH
        CopSTASH_eq
        CopSTASHPV
        CopSTASHPV_set
        CopSTASH_set
        CopyD
        dUNDERBAR
        IN_PERL_COMPILETIME
        IV_MAX
        IV_MIN
        IVTYPE
        memEQ
        memNE
        MoveD
        mPUSHi
        mPUSHn
        mPUSHp
        mPUSHu
        mXPUSHi
        mXPUSHn
        mXPUSHp
        mXPUSHu
        newCONSTSUB
        newSVuv
        PERL_INT_MAX
        PERL_INT_MIN
        PERL_LONG_MAX
        PERL_LONG_MIN
        PERL_QUAD_MAX
        PERL_QUAD_MIN
        PERL_SHORT_MAX
        PERL_SHORT_MIN
        PERL_UCHAR_MAX
        PERL_UCHAR_MIN
        PERL_UINT_MAX
        PERL_UINT_MIN
        PERL_ULONG_MAX
        PERL_ULONG_MIN
        PERL_UQUAD_MAX
        PERL_UQUAD_MIN
        PERL_USHORT_MAX
        PERL_USHORT_MIN
        PL_hexdigit
        PL_rsfp
        Poison
        PUSHmortal
        sv_2pvbyte
        sv_2pvbyte_nolen
        sv_2pv_nolen
        sv_2uv
        sv_catpv_mg
        sv_catpvn_mg
        sv_catpvn_nomg
        sv_catsv_mg
        sv_catsv_nomg
        SvGETMAGIC
        SvIV_nomg
        SvPV_force_nomg
        sv_pvn
        sv_pvn_force
        sv_pvn_nomg
        SvPV_nomg
        sv_setiv_mg
        sv_setnv_mg
        sv_setpv_mg
        sv_setpvn_mg
        sv_setsv_mg
        sv_setsv_nomg
        sv_setuv
        sv_setuv_mg
        sv_usepvn_mg
        sv_uv
        SvUV
        SvUV_nomg
        SvUVx
        SvUVX
        SvUVXx
        UNDERBAR
        UV_MAX
        UV_MIN
        UVTYPE
        XPUSHmortal
        XSRETURN_UV
        XST_mUV
        ZeroD

2.008 - 20th October 2003

    * eval_(pv|sv) added
    * PERL_MAGIC_* added

2.007 - 18th September 2003

    * small fix in grok_numeric_radix: variable was used uninitialized

2.006 - 8th September 2003

    * call_(pv|sv|method|argv) added
    * still compiler-warnings for grok_??? and 5.6.x, fixed

2.005 - 2nd September 2003

    * Some tweaks to grok_(hex|oct|bin) to make compiler warnings
      go away for older perls
    * grok_number and grok_numeric_radix added

2.004 - 22th August 2003

    * Added grok_(hex|oct|bin) and related constants

2.003 - 8th May 2003

    * Added get_av, get_cv, get_hv and get_sv

2.002 - 2nd December 2001

    * More portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.
    * Merged the Harness sub-module into Devel::PPPort
    * More documentation in PPPort.pm

2.001

    * Some portability issues in Makefile.PL addresed.

2.000

    * Initial port to the perl core.

1.007

    * Original version of the module by Kenneth Albanowski.