Perl 5 Commit Summary

[email protected] (Perl 5 commit summary) Wed, 13 May 2026 03:11:25 +0000 (UTC)
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Perl 5 commit summary, activity since Saturday

Current branch blead
9 commits.  6 unique authors.  3 unique committers.
17 files changed, 211 insertions(+), 141 deletions(-)
Net code removal: Tomasz Konojacki (22 lines)
Thanks, applied:  Leon Timmermans (3) Tomasz Konojacki (1)
Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/16357f7bef073667

  Revise the description of the rand() function
  Robert Rothenberg           1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/16357f7bef073667

  Storable.xs: Avoid signed int overflow when unpacking a list of hook data it
  Paul Evans                  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/e4f681784bcdeaa9

  github: remove detect-conflicts workflow
  Tomasz Konojacki            1 file changed, 22 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/dacef9b371659676

  perlpacktut: fix variable name typo in an example
  Stefan Adams                2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/3822cdc03177ba7a

  pp_pack.c: Avoid some other potential overflows when calculating sizes
  Paul Evans                  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/40754edc72dd3e51

  pp_pack.c: Avoid ssize_t overflow when calculating the size of a structure
  Paul Evans                  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/5f7eb6bbbe051096

  Revert "SelfLoader: don't mix buffered and unbuffered I/O"
  Tony Cook                   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/62a147048dc26c1c

  Bring Configure and friends into consistent status
  H.Merijn Brand              5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 50 deletions(
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/4c9572f88d6c39a6

  cpan/Socket - Update to version 2.041
  Paul Evans                  3 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 55 deletions
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/de19a0b0ad1900fe

Current branch smoke-me/tonyc/selfloader-mixed-io-again
1 commit.  1 unique author.  1 unique committer.
14 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 139 deletions(-)

Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/2294b1a0cdc6309f

  SelfLoader: try harder to not confuse PERLIO=stdio
  Tony Cook                   1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/2294b1a0cdc6309f

New branch smoke-me/jkeenan/sync-archive-tar-20260511
1 commit.  1 unique author.  1 unique committer.
Thanks, applied:  James E Keenan (1)
Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/414a4bb5e9e3f45f

  cpan/Archive-Tar - Update to version 3.06
  Chris 'BinGOs' Williams     4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/414a4bb5e9e3f45f

Martian commit ea4895da386f67df1bd2c273f3bbc628baf3b32f
1 commit.  1 unique author.  1 unique committer.
Thanks, applied:  Stefan Adams (1)
Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/ea4895da386f67df

  perlpacktut: fix variable name typo in an example
  Stefan Adams                2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/ea4895da386f67df

Martian commit d6e3e981222adad3a1ca8d4727a3efe1fa27e270
2 commits.  1 unique author.  1 unique committer.

Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/d6e3e981222adad3

  pp_pack.c: Avoid some other potential overflows when calculating sizes
  Paul Evans                  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/d6e3e981222adad3

  pp_pack.c: Avoid ssize_t overflow when calculating the size of a structure
  Paul Evans                  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/8eb28858f2a3b70c

Martian commit 5346b90e3c973a7b228d69a33b4008acc61ac827
1 commit.  1 unique author.  1 unique committer.

Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/5346b90e3c973a7b

  Storable.xs: Avoid signed int overflow when unpacking a list of hook data it
  Paul Evans                  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/5346b90e3c973a7b

Martian commit 2ea1405bb14a68bb54e346a28dd9a6afef7dcc6d
3 commits.  1 unique author.  1 unique committer.

Snapshot: http://github.com/Perl/perl5/tarball/2ea1405bb14a68bb

  Add t/win32/cp_utf8_acp.t to MANIFEST
  Jan Dubois                  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/2ea1405bb14a68bb

  Cover Cwd::getdcwd and readlink under UTF-8 ACP
  Jan Dubois                  1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/d95fdb3a0757b130

  Test SvUTF8 on Win32 wrappers under UTF-8 ACP
  Jan Dubois                  2 files changed, 177 insertions(+)
  https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/51f4e2d4b293ff45

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