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---------------------------------------- > From: xdg@xdg.me > Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:50:22 -0400 > Subject: Re: upcoming release of 5.18.1 > CC: perl5-porters@perl.org > > Looking at the selected bug fixes from 5.19.1 and 5.19.2, here are the > ones that seem like possible backport candidates per perlpolicy if > someone were to dig up the relevant commits for them: > > [side note: organizing "selected bug fixes" in perldelta along these > lines in the future would make it easier to triage for backport > candidates] > > Build related: > > * The OP allocation code now returns correctly aligned memory in all > cases for "struct pmop". Previously it could return memory only > aligned to a 4-byte boundary, which is not correct for an ithreads > build with 64 bit IVs on some 32 bit platforms. Notably, this caused > the build to fail completely on sparc GNU/Linux. [RT #118055] > That would break ABI/XS between maint releases.Thread Previous | Thread Next