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diff --git a/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD b/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD index fc45ca7..fa884ee 100644 --- a/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD +++ b/NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD @@ -369,18 +369,19 @@ BUILDING PCRE2 ON NATIVE Z/OS AND Z/VM z/OS and z/VM are operating systems for mainframe computers, produced by IBM. The character code used is EBCDIC, not ASCII or Unicode. In z/OS, UNIX APIs and applications can be supported through UNIX System Services, and in such an -environment PCRE2 can be built in the same way as in other systems. However, in -native z/OS (without UNIX System Services) and in z/VM, special ports are -required. For details, please see this web site: +environment it should be possible to build PCRE2 in the same way as in other +systems, with the EBCDIC related configuration settings, but it is not known if +anybody has tried this. - http://www.zaconsultants.net +In native z/OS (without UNIX System Services) and in z/VM, special ports are +required. For details, please see file 939 on this web site: -The site currently has ports for PCRE1 releases, but PCRE2 should follow in due -course. + http://www.cbttape.org -You may also download PCRE1 from WWW.CBTTAPE.ORG, file 882. Everything, source -and executable, is in EBCDIC and native z/OS file formats and this is the -recommended download site. +Everything in that location, source and executable, is in EBCDIC and native +z/OS file formats. The port provides an API for LE languages such as COBOL and +for the z/OS and z/VM versions of the Rexx languages. -============================= -Last Updated: 12 September 2017 +=============================== +Last Updated: 13 September 2017 +=============================== |