In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated

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- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 9f9332db9d7efbba5be5556810f700da32ad6dee
Author: Matthew Horsfall <wolfs...@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 21 17:10:10 2017 -0400

    Bump perl version to 5.27.4, including Module::CoreList bits

M       Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
M       Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
M       INSTALL
M       META.json
M       META.yml
M       NetWare/Makefile
M       NetWare/config_H.wc
M       Porting/config.sh
M       Porting/config_H
M       README.haiku
M       README.macosx
M       README.os2
M       README.vms
M       dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
M       dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
M       dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm
M       dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm
M       hints/catamount.sh
M       lib/B/Op_private.pm
M       patchlevel.h
M       plan9/config.plan9
M       plan9/config_sh.sample
M       win32/GNUmakefile
M       win32/Makefile
M       win32/makefile.mk

commit c83a3d01fce273f514a32a1962452dc783eacbec
Author: Matthew Horsfall <wolfs...@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 21 17:00:39 2017 -0400

    Add new perldelta for 5.27.4

M       MANIFEST
M       Makefile.SH
M       pod/.gitignore
M       pod/perl.pod
A       pod/perl5273delta.pod
M       pod/perldelta.pod
M       vms/descrip_mms.template
M       win32/GNUmakefile
M       win32/Makefile
M       win32/makefile.mk
M       win32/pod.mak

commit 3bda2bac4eb8f5379e5001b8dc7f4c35afa02c03
Author: Matthew Horsfall <wolfs...@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 21 16:54:25 2017 -0400

    Tick 5.27.3 off the list

M       Porting/release_schedule.pod

commit f2b406d8fb1eacbc7d1c4431e773cc5a18aed3c5
Author: Matthew Horsfall <wolfs...@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 21 16:53:53 2017 -0400

    Update epigraphs.pod for 5.27.3 release

M       Porting/epigraphs.pod
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary of changes:
 Cross/config.sh-arm-linux                          |  40 +--
 Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770                     |  40 +--
 INSTALL                                            |  30 +-
 MANIFEST                                           |   1 +
 META.json                                          |   2 +-
 META.yml                                           |   2 +-
 Makefile.SH                                        |   8 +-
 NetWare/Makefile                                   |   4 +-
 NetWare/config_H.wc                                |  10 +-
 Porting/config.sh                                  |  42 +--
 Porting/config_H                                   |  18 +-
 Porting/epigraphs.pod                              |  28 ++
 Porting/release_schedule.pod                       |   2 +-
 README.haiku                                       |   4 +-
 README.macosx                                      |   8 +-
 README.os2                                         |   2 +-
 README.vms                                         |   4 +-
 dist/Module-CoreList/Changes                       |   3 +
 dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm        |  22 +-
 .../lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm            |   2 +-
 dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm  |   9 +-
 hints/catamount.sh                                 |   4 +-
 lib/B/Op_private.pm                                |   2 +-
 patchlevel.h                                       |   4 +-
 plan9/config.plan9                                 |  10 +-
 plan9/config_sh.sample                             |  38 +--
 pod/.gitignore                                     |   2 +-
 pod/perl.pod                                       |   1 +
 pod/{perldelta.pod => perl5273delta.pod}           |   2 +-
 pod/perldelta.pod                                  | 353 ++++++++++++++++-----
 vms/descrip_mms.template                           |   2 +-
 win32/GNUmakefile                                  |   6 +-
 win32/Makefile                                     |   6 +-
 win32/makefile.mk                                  |   6 +-
 win32/pod.mak                                      |   4 +
 35 files changed, 493 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)
 copy pod/{perldelta.pod => perl5273delta.pod} (99%)

diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index 3be1ebab70..1477fb7405 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='3'
+api_subversion='4'
 api_version='27'
-api_versionstring='5.27.3'
+api_versionstring='5.27.4'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='cc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -834,13 +834,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1040,17 +1040,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, ... [78 chars truncated]
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='3'
+subversion='4'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1181,8 +1181,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.27.3'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 3'
+version='5.27.4'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 4'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1196,9 +1196,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=27
-PERL_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=27
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
index b7264b9b8a..559ad88244 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='3'
+api_subversion='4'
 api_version='27'
-api_versionstring='5.27.3'
+api_versionstring='5.27.4'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -707,13 +707,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -841,8 +841,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -903,17 +903,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, ... [78 chars truncated]
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='3'
+subversion='4'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1035,8 +1035,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.27.3'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 3'
+version='5.27.4'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 4'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1050,9 +1050,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=27
-PERL_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=27
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 1b9c000240..5a88ded723 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad 
categories.
 
 =item Directories for the perl distribution
 
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.27.3.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.27.4.
 $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
 determined by Configure.  The full definitions of all Configure
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html
 
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
 
-Perl 5.27.3 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
+Perl 5.27.4 is not binary compatible with earlier versions of Perl.
 In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules.
 
 In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one version of Perl
@@ -2547,9 +2547,9 @@ won't interfere with another version.  (The defaults 
guarantee this for
 libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?)  One convenient
 way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
 
-       sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.27.3
+       sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.27.4
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.27.3/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.27.4/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
 may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
 scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
 
@@ -2562,13 +2562,13 @@ seriously consider using a separate directory, since 
development
 subversions may not have all the compatibility wrinkles ironed out
 yet.
 
-=head2 Upgrading from 5.27.2 or earlier
+=head2 Upgrading from 5.27.3 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.27.3 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.27.2 or
+B<Perl 5.27.4 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.27.3 or
 earlier Perl releases.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.27.3.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.27.3, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.27.4.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.27.4, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2601,15 +2601,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.27.3 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.27.4 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.27.3/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.27.3/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.27.3/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.27.3/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.27.3/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.27.3/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.27.4/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.27.4/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.27.4/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.27.4/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.27.4/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.27.4/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
 
 Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591
 files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index be5086d868..70b0427153 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -4967,6 +4967,7 @@ pod/perl5260delta.pod             Perl changes in version 
5.26.0
 pod/perl5270delta.pod          Perl changes in version 5.27.0
 pod/perl5271delta.pod          Perl changes in version 5.27.1
 pod/perl5272delta.pod          Perl changes in version 5.27.2
+pod/perl5273delta.pod          Perl changes in version 5.27.3
 pod/perl561delta.pod           Perl changes in version 5.6.1
 pod/perl56delta.pod            Perl changes in version 5.6
 pod/perl581delta.pod           Perl changes in version 5.8.1
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 54162c6cf1..d6d9388940 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -126,6 +126,6 @@
          "url" : "http://perl5.git.perl.org/";
       }
    },
-   "version" : "5.027003",
+   "version" : "5.027004",
    "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 2.94"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index 7824f853cb..6788ffbd16 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -113,5 +113,5 @@ resources:
   homepage: http://www.perl.org/
   license: http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
   repository: http://perl5.git.perl.org/
-version: '5.027003'
+version: '5.027004'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff --git a/Makefile.SH b/Makefile.SH
index 253a8881bf..37f3ff8829 100755
--- a/Makefile.SH
+++ b/Makefile.SH
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ esac
 
 $spitshell >>$Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
 
-perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5273delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod 
pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod
+perltoc_pod_prereqs = extra.pods pod/perl5274delta.pod pod/perlapi.pod 
pod/perlintern.pod pod/perlmodlib.pod pod/perluniprops.pod
 generated_pods = pod/perltoc.pod $(perltoc_pod_prereqs)
 generated_headers = uudmap.h bitcount.h mg_data.h
 
@@ -1120,9 +1120,9 @@ pod/perlintern.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) autodoc.pl embed.fnc
 pod/perlmodlib.pod: $(MINIPERL_EXE) pod/perlmodlib.PL MANIFEST
        $(MINIPERL) pod/perlmodlib.PL -q
 
-pod/perl5273delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod
-       $(RMS) pod/perl5273delta.pod
-       $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5273delta.pod
+pod/perl5274delta.pod: pod/perldelta.pod
+       $(RMS) pod/perl5274delta.pod
+       $(LNS) perldelta.pod pod/perl5274delta.pod
 
 extra.pods: $(MINIPERL_EXE)
        -@test ! -f extra.pods || rm -f `cat extra.pods`
diff --git a/NetWare/Makefile b/NetWare/Makefile
index ca98d98359..75331c51db 100644
--- a/NetWare/Makefile
+++ b/NetWare/Makefile
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ NLM_VERSION    = 3,20,0
 
 
 # Here comes the CW tools - TO BE FILLED TO BUILD WITH CW -
-MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.27.3 for NetWare"
+MODULE_DESC     = "Perl 5.27.4 for NetWare"
 CCTYPE          = CodeWarrior
 C_COMPILER             = mwccnlm -c
 CPP_COMPILER   = mwccnlm
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ INST_NW_TOP2 = $(INST_NW_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-INST_VER       = \5.27.3
+INST_VER       = \5.27.4
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/NetWare/config_H.wc b/NetWare/config_H.wc
index c50ff3bf9b..a24172c914 100644
--- a/NetWare/config_H.wc
+++ b/NetWare/config_H.wc
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
  *     This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *     in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.27.3\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"              
/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "c:\\perl\\5.27.4\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"              
/**/
 /*#define ARCHLIB_EXP ""       /**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
@@ -1073,8 +1073,8 @@
  *     This symbol is the filename expanded version of the BIN symbol, for
  *     programs that do not want to deal with that at run-time.
  */
-#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.27.3\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"  /**/
-#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.27.3\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"      /**/
+#define BIN "c:\\perl\\5.27.4\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"  /**/
+#define BIN_EXP "c:\\perl\\5.27.4\\bin\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"      /**/
 
 /* BYTEORDER:
  *     This symbol holds the hexadecimal constant defined in byteorder,
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@
  *     This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *     in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.27.3\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"       
        /**/
+#define SITEARCH "c:\\perl\\site\\5.27.4\\lib\\NetWare-x86-multi-thread"       
        /**/
 /*#define SITEARCH_EXP ""      /**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@
  *     removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *     be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to 
search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.27.3\\lib"          /**/
+#define SITELIB "c:\\perl\\site\\5.27.4\\lib"          /**/
 /*#define SITELIB_EXP ""       /**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM ""                /**/
 
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index adc9b5e74f..52a3b5a8d2 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ alignbytes='8'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/hostname'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='3'
+api_subversion='4'
 api_version='27'
-api_versionstring='5.27.3'
+api_versionstring='5.27.4'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.3/darwin-2level'
-archlibexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.3/darwin-2level'
+archlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.4/darwin-2level'
+archlibexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.4/darwin-2level'
 archname64=''
 archname='darwin-2level'
 archobjs=''
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ incpath=''
 incpth='/usr/local/include 
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/../lib/clang/6.0/include
 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeD ... [514 chars 
truncated]
 inews=''
 initialinstalllocation='/tmp/mblead/bin'
-installarchlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.3/darwin-2level'
+installarchlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.4/darwin-2level'
 installbin='/tmp/mblead/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -854,13 +854,13 @@ installman1dir='/tmp/mblead/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/tmp/mblead/man/man3'
 installprefix='/tmp/mblead'
 installprefixexp='/tmp/mblead'
-installprivlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
+installprivlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
 installscript='/tmp/mblead/bin'
-installsitearch='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/darwin-2level'
+installsitearch='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/darwin-2level'
 installsitebin='/tmp/mblead/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+installsitelib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 installsiteman1dir='/tmp/mblead/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/tmp/mblead/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/tmp/mblead/bin'
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ perl_patchlevel=''
 perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perladmin='aaron@daybreak.nonet'
 perllibs='-lpthread -ldl -lm -lutil -lc'
-perlpath='/tmp/mblead/bin/perl5.27.3'
+perlpath='/tmp/mblead/bin/perl5.27.4'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -994,8 +994,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/tmp/mblead'
 prefixexp='/tmp/mblead'
-privlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
-privlibexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.3'
+privlib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
+privlibexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/5.27.4'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='8'
@@ -1061,17 +1061,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 6, 0'
 sig_size='33'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/darwin-2level'
-sitearchexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/darwin-2level'
+sitearch='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/darwin-2level'
+sitearchexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/darwin-2level'
 sitebin='/tmp/mblead/bin'
 sitebinexp='/tmp/mblead/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+sitelib='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 sitelib_stem='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3'
+sitelibexp='/tmp/mblead/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4'
 siteman1dir='/tmp/mblead/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/tmp/mblead/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/tmp/mblead/man/man3'
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ src='.'
 ssizetype='ssize_t'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='8'
-startperl='#!/tmp/mblead/bin/perl5.27.3'
+startperl='#!/tmp/mblead/bin/perl5.27.4'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='3'
+subversion='4'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 sysroot=''
 tail=''
@@ -1209,8 +1209,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.27.3'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 3'
+version='5.27.4'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 4'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1220,9 +1220,9 @@ zcat=''
 zip='zip'
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=27
-PERL_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=27
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=''
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index dc890571a2..667a7ed7d2 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -960,8 +960,8 @@
  *     This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *     in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.3/i686-linux-64int-ld"            /**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.3/i686-linux-64int-ld"                
/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.4/i686-linux-64int-ld"            /**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.4/i686-linux-64int-ld"                
/**/
 
 /* ARCHNAME:
  *     This symbol holds a string representing the architecture name.
@@ -2068,8 +2068,8 @@
  *     This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *     in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.3"                /**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.3"            /**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.4"                /**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/5.27.4"            /**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *     This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -2119,8 +2119,8 @@
  *     This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *     in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/i686-linux-64int-ld"         
/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3/i686-linux-64int-ld"     
        /**/
+#define SITEARCH "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/i686-linux-64int-ld"         
/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4/i686-linux-64int-ld"     
        /**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *     This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -2142,8 +2142,8 @@
  *     removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *     be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to 
search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3"              /**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.3"          /**/
+#define SITELIB "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4"              /**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.27.4"          /**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/pro/lib/perl5/site_perl"                /**/
 
 /* SSize_t:
@@ -4282,7 +4282,7 @@
  *     script to make sure (one hopes) that it runs with perl and not
  *     some shell.
  */
-#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.27.3"              /**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/pro/bin/perl5.27.4"              /**/
 
 /* HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY:
  *     This symbol, if defined, tells that there is an array
diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod
index 27caa5098e..f672b3c381 100644
--- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod
+++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details.
 
 =head1 EPIGRAPHS
 
+=head2 v5.27.3 - Rodgers and Hammerstein, "You'll Never Walk Alone"
+
+L<Announced on 2017-07-20 by Matthew 
Horsfall|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/08/msg245988.html>
+
+  When you walk through a storm
+  Hold your head up high
+  And don't be afraid of the dark
+
+  At the end of a storm
+  There's a golden sky
+  And the sweet silver song of a lark
+
+  Walk on through the wind
+  Walk on through the rain
+  Though your dreams be tossed and blown
+
+  Walk on, walk on
+  With hope in your heart
+  And you'll never walk alone
+
+  You'll never walk alone
+
+  Walk on, walk on
+  With hope in your heart
+  And you'll never walk alone
+
+  You'll never walk alone
+
 =head2 v5.27.2 - Lev Grossman, Codex
 
 L<Announced on 2017-07-20 by Aaron 
Crane|http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2017/07/msg245585.html>
diff --git a/Porting/release_schedule.pod b/Porting/release_schedule.pod
index 128c0f357b..50beeeffcf 100644
--- a/Porting/release_schedule.pod
+++ b/Porting/release_schedule.pod
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ you should reset the version numbers to the next blead series.
   2017-05-31  5.27.0 ✓        Sawyer X
   2017-06-20  5.27.1 ✓        Eric Herman
   2017-07-20  5.27.2 ✓        Aaron Crane
-  2017-08-20  5.27.3          Matthew Horsfall
+  2017-08-20  5.27.3 ✓        Matthew Horsfall
   2017-09-20  5.27.4          John Anderson
   2017-10-20  5.27.5          Steve Hay
   2017-11-20  5.27.6          Karen Etheridge
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index 0f20ff4cae..6e10026f75 100644
--- a/README.haiku
+++ b/README.haiku
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ The build procedure is completely standard:
 Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl:
 
   chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl
-  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.27.3/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.27.4/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.27.3> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.27.4> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx
index b883b17cc4..bc3aa7eebe 100644
--- a/README.macosx
+++ b/README.macosx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ perlmacosx - Perl under Mac OS X
 
 This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
-  curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.27.3.tar.gz
-  tar -xzf perl-5.27.3.tar.gz
-  cd perl-5.27.3
+  curl -O http://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.27.4.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf perl-5.27.4.tar.gz
+  cd perl-5.27.4
   ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/local/
   make
   make test
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-The latest Perl release (5.27.3 as of this writing) builds without changes
+The latest Perl release (5.27.4 as of this writing) builds without changes
 under all versions of Mac OS X from 10.3 "Panther" onwards. 
 
 In order to build your own version of Perl you will need 'make',
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 7657dc8495..cb49f35037 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ C<set PERLLIB_PREFIX> in F<Config.sys>, see 
L</"C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>">.
 
 =item Additional Perl modules
 
-  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.27.3/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.27.4/
 
 Same remark as above applies.  Additionally, if this directory is not
 one of directories on @INC (and @INC is influenced by C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>), you
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index 9a34d5636f..1dcdeea0d2 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ You may need to set up a foreign symbol for the unpacking 
utility of
 choice.  Once you have done so, use a command like the following to
 unpack the archive:
 
-    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.27^.3.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.27^.4.tar
 
 Then set default to the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set default [.perl-5^.27^.3]
+    set default [.perl-5^.27^.4]
 
 and proceed with configuration as described in the next section.
 
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
index 1788cf04b8..b5b0f904be 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/Changes
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5.20170920
+  - Updated for v5.27.4
+
 5.20170821
   - Updated for v5.27.3
 
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm 
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
index 8afd89af79..24bd67f9ef 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use vars qw/$VERSION %released %version %families %upstream
            %bug_tracker %deprecated %delta/;
 use version;
-$VERSION = '5.20170821';
+$VERSION = '5.20170920';
 
 sub PKG_PATTERN () { q#\A[a-zA-Z_][0-9a-zA-Z_]*(?:(::|')[0-9a-zA-Z_]+)*\z# }
 sub _looks_like_invocant ($) { local $@; !!eval { $_[0]->isa(__PACKAGE__) } }
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ sub changes_between {
     5.024002 => '2017-07-15',
     5.027002 => '2017-07-20',
     5.027003 => '2017-08-21',
+    5.027004 => '2017-09-20',
   );
 
 for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
@@ -14405,6 +14406,18 @@ for my $version ( sort { $a <=> $b } keys %released ) {
         removed => {
         }
     },
+    5.027004 => {
+        delta_from => 5.027003,
+        changed => {
+            'B::Op_private'         => '5.027004',
+            'Config'                => '5.027004',
+            'Module::CoreList'      => '5.20170920',
+            'Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta'=> '5.20170920',
+            'Module::CoreList::Utils'=> '5.20170920',
+        },
+        removed => {
+        }
+    },
 );
 
 sub is_core
@@ -15205,6 +15218,13 @@ sub is_core
         removed => {
         }
     },
+    5.027004 => {
+        delta_from => 5.027003,
+        changed => {
+        },
+        removed => {
+        }
+    },
 );
 
 %deprecated = _undelta(\%deprecated);
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm 
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm
index fd64f26ea3..553dc99d18 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/TieHashDelta.pm
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package Module::CoreList::TieHashDelta;
 use strict;
 use vars qw($VERSION);
 
-$VERSION = '5.20170821';
+$VERSION = '5.20170920';
 
 sub TIEHASH {
     my ($class, $changed, $removed, $parent) = @_;
diff --git a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm 
b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm
index 051a3176e0..1660d02b1f 100644
--- a/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm
+++ b/dist/Module-CoreList/lib/Module/CoreList/Utils.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 use vars qw[$VERSION %utilities];
 use Module::CoreList;
 
-$VERSION = '5.20170821';
+$VERSION = '5.20170920';
 
 sub utilities {
     my $perl = shift;
@@ -1305,6 +1305,13 @@ my %delta = (
         removed => {
         }
     },
+    5.027004 => {
+        delta_from => 5.027003,
+        changed => {
+        },
+        removed => {
+        }
+    },
 );
 
 %utilities = Module::CoreList::_undelta(\%delta);
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index ed7670ff23..f8643c518c 100644
--- a/hints/catamount.sh
+++ b/hints/catamount.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.27.3
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.27.4
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/bin
 # cp *.h /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # cp libperl.a /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.27.3
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.27.4
 # cp miniperl perl run.sh cc.sh /opt/perl-catamount/lib
 #
 # With the headers and the libperl.a you can embed Perl to your Catamount
diff --git a/lib/B/Op_private.pm b/lib/B/Op_private.pm
index fbac993d0e..19d1333e4a 100644
--- a/lib/B/Op_private.pm
+++ b/lib/B/Op_private.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ package B::Op_private;
 our %bits;
 
 
-our $VERSION = "5.027003";
+our $VERSION = "5.027004";
 
 $bits{$_}{3} = 'OPpENTERSUB_AMPER' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
 $bits{$_}{6} = 'OPpENTERSUB_DB' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index b05a6f2092..1b44a8556c 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #define PERL_REVISION  5               /* age */
 #define PERL_VERSION   27              /* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION        3               /* generation */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION        4               /* generation */
 
 /* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
    Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 */
 #define PERL_API_REVISION      5
 #define PERL_API_VERSION       27
-#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION    3
+#define PERL_API_SUBVERSION    4
 /*
    XXX Note:  The selection of non-default Configure options, such
    as -Duselonglong may invalidate these settings.  Currently, Configure
diff --git a/plan9/config.plan9 b/plan9/config.plan9
index c4606f209d..768801d90e 100644
--- a/plan9/config.plan9
+++ b/plan9/config.plan9
@@ -3329,8 +3329,8 @@
  *     This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *     in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3"         /**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3"             /**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4"         /**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4"             /**/
 
 /* PTRSIZE:
  *     This symbol contains the size of a pointer, so that the C preprocessor
@@ -3457,9 +3457,9 @@
  *     removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *     be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to 
search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl"               /**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl"           /**/
-#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl"          /**/
+#define SITELIB "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl"               /**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl"           /**/
+#define SITELIB_STEM "/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl"          /**/
 
 /* Size_t_size:
  *     This symbol holds the size of a Size_t in bytes.
diff --git a/plan9/config_sh.sample b/plan9/config_sh.sample
index f6ad212814..49a42ff13d 100644
--- a/plan9/config_sh.sample
+++ b/plan9/config_sh.sample
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ alignbytes='4'
 ansi2knr=''
 aphostname='/bin/uname -n'
 api_revision='5'
-api_subversion='3'
+api_subversion='4'
 api_version='27'
-api_versionstring='5.27.3'
+api_versionstring='5.27.4'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.27.3/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.27.3/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.27.4/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.27.4/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -820,17 +820,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -955,8 +955,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1021,13 +1021,13 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, ... [7 chars truncated]
 sig_size='50'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.3/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.27.4/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='3'
+subversion='4'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1142,8 +1142,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.27.3'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 3'
+version='5.27.4'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 27 subversion 4'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth=''
@@ -1157,9 +1157,9 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=27
-PERL_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=27
-PERL_API_SUBVERSION=3
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION=4
 PERL_PATCHLEVEL=
 PERL_CONFIG_SH=true
diff --git a/pod/.gitignore b/pod/.gitignore
index b5e431d54b..276d3648dd 100644
--- a/pod/.gitignore
+++ b/pod/.gitignore
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 /roffitall
 
 # generated
-/perl5273delta.pod
+/perl5274delta.pod
 /perlapi.pod
 /perlintern.pod
 /perlmodlib.pod
diff --git a/pod/perl.pod b/pod/perl.pod
index ae00d805d0..2bb6ef1ed2 100644
--- a/pod/perl.pod
+++ b/pod/perl.pod
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ aux h2ph h2xs perlbug pl2pm pod2html pod2man splain xsubpp
 
     perlhist           Perl history records
     perldelta          Perl changes since previous version
+    perl5273delta      Perl changes in version 5.27.3
     perl5272delta      Perl changes in version 5.27.2
     perl5271delta      Perl changes in version 5.27.1
     perl5270delta      Perl changes in version 5.27.0
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perl5273delta.pod
similarity index 99%
copy from pod/perldelta.pod
copy to pod/perl5273delta.pod
index c34ea77eb6..5569d6d407 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perl5273delta.pod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.27.3
+perl5273delta - what is new for perl v5.27.3
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index c34ea77eb6..548b2e236a 100644
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -2,20 +2,57 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-perldelta - what is new for perl v5.27.3
+[ this is a template for a new perldelta file.  Any text flagged as XXX needs
+to be processed before release. ]
+
+perldelta - what is new for perl v5.27.4
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This document describes differences between the 5.27.2 release and the 5.27.3
+This document describes differences between the 5.27.3 release and the 5.27.4
 release.
 
-If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.27.1, first read
-L<perl5272delta>, which describes differences between 5.27.1 and 5.27.2.
+If you are upgrading from an earlier release such as 5.27.2, first read
+L<perl5273delta>, which describes differences between 5.27.2 and 5.27.3.
+
+=head1 Notice
+
+XXX Any important notices here
+
+=head1 Core Enhancements
+
+XXX New core language features go here.  Summarize user-visible core language
+enhancements.  Particularly prominent performance optimisations could go
+here, but most should go in the L</Performance Enhancements> section.
+
+[ List each enhancement as a =head2 entry ]
+
+=head1 Security
+
+XXX Any security-related notices go here.  In particular, any security
+vulnerabilities closed should be noted here rather than in the
+L</Selected Bug Fixes> section.
+
+[ List each security issue as a =head2 entry ]
+
+=head1 Incompatible Changes
+
+XXX For a release on a stable branch, this section aspires to be:
+
+    There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.XXX.XXX
+    If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a
+    report.  See L</Reporting Bugs> below.
+
+[ List each incompatible change as a =head2 entry ]
 
 =head1 Deprecations
 
+XXX Any deprecated features, syntax, modules etc. should be listed here.
+
 =head2 Module removals
 
+XXX Remove this section if inapplicable.
+
 The following modules will be removed from the core distribution in a
 future release, and will at that time need to be installed from CPAN.
 Distributions on CPAN which require these modules will need to list them as
@@ -32,175 +69,339 @@ not usually on concerns over their design.
 
 =over
 
-=item B::Debug
+=item XXX
+
+XXX Note that deprecated modules should be listed here even if they are listed
+as an updated module in the L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
 
 =back
 
+[ List each other deprecation as a =head2 entry ]
+
 =head1 Performance Enhancements
 
+XXX Changes which enhance performance without changing behaviour go here.
+There may well be none in a stable release.
+
+[ List each enhancement as an =item entry ]
+
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-C<SvTRUE()> is now more efficient.
+XXX
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-C<keys()> in void and scalar contexts is now more efficient.
+=head1 Modules and Pragmata
 
-=item *
+XXX All changes to installed files in F<cpan/>, F<dist/>, F<ext/> and F<lib/>
+go here.  If Module::CoreList is updated, generate an initial draft of the
+following sections using F<Porting/corelist-perldelta.pl>.  A paragraph summary
+for important changes should then be added by hand.  In an ideal world,
+dual-life modules would have a F<Changes> file that could be cribbed.
 
-Various integer-returning ops are now more efficient in scalar/boolean context.
+The list of new and updated modules is modified automatically as part of
+preparing a Perl release, so the only reason to manually add entries here is if
+you're summarising the important changes in the module update. (Also, if the
+manually-added details don't match the automatically-generated ones, the
+release manager will have to investigate the situation carefully.)
 
-=item *
+[ Within each section, list entries as an =item entry ]
 
-C<< if (index(...) != -1) { ... } >> is now more efficient.
+=head2 New Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-C<for()> loops and similar constructs are now more efficient in most cases.
+XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Modules and Pragmata
-
 =head2 Updated Modules and Pragmata
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<B> has been upgraded from version 1.68 to 1.69.
+L<XXX> has been upgraded from version A.xx to B.yy.
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-L<B::Concise> has been upgraded from version 1.000 to 1.001.
+=head2 Removed Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<B::Debug> has been upgraded from version 1.24 to 1.25.
-NOTE: L<B::Debug> is deprecated and may be removed from a future version of 
Perl.
+XXX
 
-=item *
+=back
 
-L<B::Deparse> has been upgraded from version 1.41 to 1.42.
+=head1 Documentation
 
-=item *
+XXX Changes to files in F<pod/> go here.  Consider grouping entries by
+file and be sure to link to the appropriate page, e.g. L<perlfunc>.
 
-L<base> has been upgraded from version 2.25 to 2.26.
+=head2 New Documentation
 
-=item *
+XXX Changes which create B<new> files in F<pod/> go here.
 
-L<Data::Dumper> has been upgraded from version 2.167 to 2.167_02.
+=head3 L<XXX>
 
-=item *
+XXX Description of the purpose of the new file here
 
-L<Devel::Peek> has been upgraded from version 1.26 to 1.27.
+=head2 Changes to Existing Documentation
 
-=item *
+We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes
+listed in this document.  If you find any we have missed, send email
+to L<perl...@perl.org|mailto:perl...@perl.org>.
 
-L<ExtUtils::Constant> has been upgraded from version 0.23 to 0.24.
+XXX Changes which significantly change existing files in F<pod/> go here.
+However, any changes to F<pod/perldiag.pod> should go in the L</Diagnostics>
+section.
 
-=item *
+Additionally, the following selected changes have been made:
 
-L<ExtUtils::ParseXS> has been upgraded from version 3.34 to 3.35.
+=head3 L<XXX>
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<ExtUtils::Typemaps> has been upgraded from version 3.34 to 3.35.
+XXX Description of the change here
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Diagnostics
+
+The following additions or changes have been made to diagnostic output,
+including warnings and fatal error messages.  For the complete list of
+diagnostic messages, see L<perldiag>.
+
+XXX New or changed warnings emitted by the core's C<C> code go here.  Also
+include any changes in L<perldiag> that reconcile it to the C<C> code.
+
+=head2 New Diagnostics
+
+XXX Newly added diagnostic messages go under here, separated into New Errors
+and New Warnings
+
+=head3 New Errors
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<Filter::Simple> has been upgraded from version 0.93 to 0.94.
+XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+
+=back
+
+=head3 New Warnings
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<Module::CoreList> has been upgraded from version 5.20170720 to 5.20170821.
+XXX L<message|perldiag/"message">
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Changes to Existing Diagnostics
+
+XXX Changes (i.e. rewording) of diagnostic messages go here
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<SelfLoader> has been upgraded from version 1.23 to 1.24.
+XXX Describe change here
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Utility Changes
+
+XXX Changes to installed programs such as F<perlbug> and F<xsubpp> go here.
+Most of these are built within the directory F<utils>.
+
+[ List utility changes as a =head2 entry for each utility and =item
+entries for each change
+Use L<XXX> with program names to get proper documentation linking. ]
+
+=head2 L<XXX>
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<Storable> has been upgraded from version 2.63 to 2.64.
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+
+XXX Changes to F<Configure>, F<installperl>, F<installman>, and analogous tools
+go here.  Any other changes to the Perl build process should be listed here.
+However, any platform-specific changes should be listed in the
+L</Platform Support> section, instead.
+
+[ List changes as an =item entry ].
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<threads> has been upgraded from version 2.16 to 2.17.
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Testing
+
+XXX Any significant changes to the testing of a freshly built perl should be
+listed here.  Changes which create B<new> files in F<t/> go here as do any
+large changes to the testing harness (e.g. when parallel testing was added).
+Changes to existing files in F<t/> aren't worth summarizing, although the bugs
+that they represent may be covered elsewhere.
+
+XXX If there were no significant test changes, say this:
+
+Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes
+in this release.
+
+XXX If instead there were significant changes, say this:
+
+Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and
+changes in this release.  Furthermore, these significant changes were
+made:
+
+[ List each test improvement as an =item entry ]
+
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-L<utf8> has been upgraded from version 1.19 to 1.20.
+XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Configuration and Compilation
+=head1 Platform Support
+
+XXX Any changes to platform support should be listed in the sections below.
+
+[ Within the sections, list each platform as an =item entry with specific
+changes as paragraphs below it. ]
+
+=head2 New Platforms
+
+XXX List any platforms that this version of perl compiles on, that previous
+versions did not.  These will either be enabled by new files in the F<hints/>
+directories, or new subdirectories and F<README> files at the top level of the
+source tree.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item XXX-some-platform
+
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Discontinued Platforms
+
+XXX List any platforms that this version of perl no longer compiles on.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item XXX-some-platform
+
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Platform-Specific Notes
+
+XXX List any changes for specific platforms.  This could include configuration
+and compilation changes or changes in portability/compatibility.  However,
+changes within modules for platforms should generally be listed in the
+L</Modules and Pragmata> section.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item XXX-some-platform
+
+XXX
+
+=back
+
+=head1 Internal Changes
+
+XXX Changes which affect the interface available to C<XS> code go here.  Other
+significant internal changes for future core maintainers should be noted as
+well.
+
+[ List each change as an =item entry ]
 
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-On GCC, C<-Werror=pointer-arith> is now enabled by default,
-disallowing arithmetic on void and function pointers.
+XXX
 
 =back
 
 =head1 Selected Bug Fixes
 
+XXX Important bug fixes in the core language are summarized here.  Bug fixes in
+files in F<ext/> and F<lib/> are best summarized in L</Modules and Pragmata>.
+
+[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
+
 =over 4
 
 =item *
 
-Fixed a duplicate symbol failure with C<-flto -mieee-fp> builds.
-F<pp.c> defined C<_LIB_VERSION> which C<-lieee> already defines. [perl
-#131786]
+XXX
 
-=item *
+=back
+
+=head1 Known Problems
+
+XXX Descriptions of platform agnostic bugs we know we can't fix go here.  Any
+tests that had to be C<TODO>ed for the release would be noted here.  Unfixed
+platform specific bugs also go here.
+
+[ List each fix as an =item entry ]
 
-The tokenizer no longer consumes the exponent part of a floating
-point number if it's incomplete. [perl #131725]
+=over 4
 
 =item *
 
-On non-threaded builds, for C<m/$null/> where C<$null> is an empty
-string is no longer treated as if the C</o> flag was present when the
-previous matching match operator included the C</o> flag.  The
-rewriting used to implement this behavior could confuse the
-interpreter.  This matches the behaviour of threaded builds.  [perl
-#124368]
+XXX
 
 =back
 
-=head1 Acknowledgements
+=head1 Errata From Previous Releases
+
+=over 4
 
-Perl 5.27.3 represents approximately 5 weeks of development since Perl 5.27.2
-and contains approximately 5,600 lines of changes across 150 files from 19
-authors.
+=item *
+
+XXX Add anything here that we forgot to add, or were mistaken about, in
+the perldelta of a previous release.
 
-Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
-approximately 4,000 lines of changes to 84 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.
+=back
 
-Perl continues to flourish into its third decade thanks to a vibrant community
-of users and developers. The following people are known to have contributed the
-improvements that became Perl 5.27.3:
+=head1 Obituary
 
-Aaron Crane, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams, Craig A. Berry,
-Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker, Daniel Dragan, David Mitchell, Father Chrysostomos,
-James E Keenan, Karl Williamson, Ken Brown, Lukas Mai, Matthew Horsfall,
-Nicholas Clark, Robin Barker, Steffen Müller, Steve Hay, Tony Cook, Zefram.
+XXX If any significant core contributor has died, we've added a short obituary
+here.
 
-The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically generated
-from version control history. In particular, it does not include the names of
-the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues to the Perl bug
-tracker.
+=head1 Acknowledgements
 
-Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
-included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
-helping Perl to flourish.
+XXX Generate this with:
 
-For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please see
-the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.25.5..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template
index 10fc86a64a..829977e0d5 100644
--- a/vms/descrip_mms.template
+++ b/vms/descrip_mms.template
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ utils : $(utils1) $(utils2) $(utils3) $(utils4) $(utils5)
 extra.pods : miniperl
        @ @extra_pods.com
 
-PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5273delta.pod
+PERLDELTA_CURRENT = [.pod]perl5274delta.pod
 
 $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT) : [.pod]perldelta.pod
        Copy/NoConfirm/Log $(MMS$SOURCE) $(PERLDELTA_CURRENT)
diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index 3adaff396a..16961e73d1 100644
--- a/win32/GNUmakefile
+++ b/win32/GNUmakefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ INST_TOP := $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER      := \5.27.3
+#INST_VER      := \5.27.4
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ utils: $(HAVEMINIPERL) ..\utils\Makefile
        copy ..\README.tw       ..\pod\perltw.pod
        copy ..\README.vos      ..\pod\perlvos.pod
        copy ..\README.win32    ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
-       copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5273delta.pod
+       copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5274delta.pod
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl ..
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q ..
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ distclean: realclean
        -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
        -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
        -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \
-           perl5273delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
+           perl5274delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
            perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \
            perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \
            perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 4132e2c0dc..3998517c5f 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ INST_TOP      = $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER      = \5.27.3
+#INST_VER      = \5.27.4
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ utils: $(PERLEXE) ..\utils\Makefile
        copy ..\README.tw       ..\pod\perltw.pod
        copy ..\README.vos      ..\pod\perlvos.pod
        copy ..\README.win32    ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
-       copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5273delta.pod
+       copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5274delta.pod
        cd ..\win32
        $(PERLEXE) $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl ..
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ distclean: realclean
        -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
        -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
        -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \
-           perl5273delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
+           perl5274delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
            perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \
            perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \
            perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \
diff --git a/win32/makefile.mk b/win32/makefile.mk
index b4c83beb85..b13b5975cb 100644
--- a/win32/makefile.mk
+++ b/win32/makefile.mk
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ INST_TOP      *= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER      *= \5.27.3
+#INST_VER      *= \5.27.4
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ utils: $(HAVEMINIPERL) ..\utils\Makefile
        copy ..\README.tw       ..\pod\perltw.pod
        copy ..\README.vos      ..\pod\perlvos.pod
        copy ..\README.win32    ..\pod\perlwin32.pod
-       copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5273delta.pod
+       copy ..\pod\perldelta.pod ..\pod\perl5274delta.pod
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib $(PL2BAT) $(UTILS)
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\autodoc.pl ..
        $(MINIPERL) -I..\lib ..\pod\perlmodlib.PL -q ..
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ distclean: realclean
        -if exist $(LIBDIR)\Win32API rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\Win32API
        -if exist $(LIBDIR)\XS rmdir /s /q $(LIBDIR)\XS
        -cd $(PODDIR) && del /f *.html *.bat roffitall \
-           perl5273delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
+           perl5274delta.pod perlaix.pod perlamiga.pod perlandroid.pod \
            perlapi.pod perlbs2000.pod perlce.pod perlcn.pod perlcygwin.pod \
            perldos.pod perlfreebsd.pod perlhaiku.pod perlhpux.pod \
            perlhurd.pod perlintern.pod perlirix.pod perljp.pod perlko.pod \
diff --git a/win32/pod.mak b/win32/pod.mak
index 188a671e5d..bd2fb621d1 100644
--- a/win32/pod.mak
+++ b/win32/pod.mak
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ POD = perl.pod        \
        perl5271delta.pod       \
        perl5272delta.pod       \
        perl5273delta.pod       \
+       perl5274delta.pod       \
        perl561delta.pod        \
        perl56delta.pod \
        perl581delta.pod        \
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ MAN = perl.man      \
        perl5271delta.man       \
        perl5272delta.man       \
        perl5273delta.man       \
+       perl5274delta.man       \
        perl561delta.man        \
        perl56delta.man \
        perl581delta.man        \
@@ -348,6 +350,7 @@ HTML = perl.html    \
        perl5271delta.html      \
        perl5272delta.html      \
        perl5273delta.html      \
+       perl5274delta.html      \
        perl561delta.html       \
        perl56delta.html        \
        perl581delta.html       \
@@ -496,6 +499,7 @@ TEX = perl.tex      \
        perl5271delta.tex       \
        perl5272delta.tex       \
        perl5273delta.tex       \
+       perl5274delta.tex       \
        perl561delta.tex        \
        perl56delta.tex \
        perl581delta.tex        \

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