From b03ea65b602b84275a42f2fa9c00c0a16eed4b4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ph10 Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:22:14 +0000 Subject: Documentation update. git-svn-id: svn://vcs.exim.org/pcre2/code/trunk@861 6239d852-aaf2-0410-a92c-79f79f948069 --- NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'NON-AUTOTOOLS-BUILD') 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 +=============================== -- cgit v1.2.1