Remove vms/genconfig.pl and references to it; it was made obsolete way back

in change #1084.  Remove references to vms/config.vms, which was removed in
change #1084.
p4raw-link: @1084 on //depot/perl: 97abc6adffcd3efcbaee73cbdad2055b2d06be4f

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@31532

5 files changed, 6 insertions, 592 deletions

diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index a9bdfa44ec..a134634bec 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -3962,7 +3962,6 @@ vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.pm		VMS options to stdio routines
 vms/ext/Stdio/Stdio.xs		VMS options to stdio routines
 vms/ext/Stdio/test.pl		regression tests for VMS::Stdio
 vms/ext/XSSymSet.pm		manage linker symbols when building extensions
-vms/genconfig.pl		retcon config.sh from config.h
 vms/genopt.com			hack to write options files in case of broken makes
 vms/gen_shrfls.pl		generate options files and glue for shareable image
 vms/make_command.com		record MM[SK] command used to build Perl
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index 2c6a6b238c..87402eb11a 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ inappropriate changes to configure.com or config_h.SH can render perl
 unbuildable; odds are that there's nothing in there you'll need to
 change.
 
-The one exception is the various *DIR install locations. Changing those
-requires changes in genconfig.pl as well.  Be really careful if you need to
-change these, as they can cause some fairly subtle problems.
-
 =head2 Socket Support (optional) for Perl on VMS
 
 Perl includes a number of functions for IP sockets, which are available if
diff --git a/configure.com b/configure.com
index b6c923d825..67251acd63 100644
--- a/configure.com
+++ b/configure.com
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ $!
 $!: Try to determine whether config.sh was made on this system
 $!: Get old answers from old config file if Configure was run on the
 $!: same system, otherwise use the hints.
-$ config_sh_es = "''config_sh'/[-]config.sh/[-.vms]config.vms/"
+$ config_sh_es = "''config_sh'/[-]config.sh/"
 $ i = 0
 $ max = 3
 $Config_sh_look:
@@ -882,7 +882,6 @@ $   configshfound = F$SEARCH(config_sh)
 $   IF (configshfound.NES."") THEN GOTO Config_sh_found
 $ ENDIF
 $ IF (i.LT.max) THEN GOTO Config_sh_look
-$! genconfig.pl has "osname='VMS'"
 $ osname = F$EDIT(F$GETSYI("NODE_SWTYPE"),"COLLAPSE")
 $ IF (configshfound.EQS."")
 $ THEN
@@ -1128,7 +1127,6 @@ $ tz = f$fao("UTC!AS!UL:!2ZL",signothetime,tzhour,tzminrem)
 $ cf_time = "''wkday' ''mon' ''mday' ''hour':''min':''sec' ''tz' ''year'"
 $!
 $!: determine the architecture name  
-$! genconfig.pl has either archname='VMS_AXP' or 'VMS_VAX'
 $! Note that DCL in VMS V5.4 does not have F$GETSYI("ARCH_NAME")
 $! but does have F$GETSYI("HW_MODEL").
 $! Please try to use either archname .EQS. "VMS_VAX" or archname .EQS. 
@@ -2929,8 +2927,6 @@ $ rp="What pager is used on your system? [''dflt'] "
 $ GOSUB myread
 $ pager = ans
 $!
-$! update [.vms]config.vms here
-$!
 $! update makefile here
 $! echo4 "Updating makefile..."
 $!
diff --git a/vms/genconfig.pl b/vms/genconfig.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 02a2ea3fc0..0000000000
--- a/vms/genconfig.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,424 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-# Habit . . .
-#
-# Extract info from Config.VMS, and add extra data here, to generate Config.sh
-# Edit the static information after __END__ to reflect your site and options
-# that went into your perl binary.  In addition, values which change from run
-# to run may be supplied on the command line as key=val pairs.
-#
-# Rev. 16-Feb-1998  Charles Bailey  bailey@newman.upenn.edu
-#
-
-#==== Locations of installed Perl components
-$prefix='perl_root';
-$builddir="$prefix:[000000]";
-$installbin="$prefix:[000000]";
-$installscript="$prefix:[000000]";
-$installman1dir="$prefix:[man.man1]";
-$installman3dir="$prefix:[man.man3]";
-$installprivlib="$prefix:[lib]";
-$installsitelib="$prefix:[lib.site_perl]";
-
-unshift(@INC,'lib');  # In case someone didn't define Perl_Root
-                      # before the build
-
-if ($ARGV[0] eq '-f') {
-  open(ARGS,$ARGV[1]) or die "Can't read data from $ARGV[1]: $!\n";
-  @ARGV = ();
-  while (<ARGS>) {
-    chomp;
-    push(@ARGV,split(/\|/,$_));
-  }
-  close ARGS;
-}
-
-if (-f "config.vms") { $infile = "config.vms"; $outdir = "[-]"; }
-elsif (-f "[.vms]config.vms") { $infile = "[.vms]config.vms"; $outdir = "[]"; }
-elsif (-f "config.h") { $infile = "config.h"; $outdir = "[]";}
-
-if ($infile) { print "Generating Config.sh from $infile . . .\n"; }
-else { die <<EndOfGasp;
-Can't find config.vms or config.h to read!
-	Please run this script from the perl source directory or
-	the VMS subdirectory in the distribution.
-EndOfGasp
-}
-$outdir = '';
-open(IN,"$infile") || die "Can't open $infile: $!\n";
-open(OUT,">${outdir}Config.sh") || die "Can't open ${outdir}Config.sh: $!\n";
-
-$time = localtime;
-$cf_by = (getpwuid($<))[0];
-$archsufx = `Write Sys\$Output F\$GetSyi("HW_MODEL")` > 1024 ? 'AXP' : 'VAX';
-($vers = $]) =~ tr/./_/;
-$installarchlib = VMS::Filespec::vmspath($installprivlib);
-$installarchlib =~ s#\]#.VMS_$archsufx.$vers\]#;
-$installsitearch = VMS::Filespec::vmspath($installsitelib);
-$installsitearch =~ s#\]#.VMS_$archsufx\]#;
-($osvers = `Write Sys\$Output F\$GetSyi("VERSION")`) =~ s/^V?(\S+)\s*\n?$/$1/;
-
-print OUT <<EndOfIntro;
-# This file generated by GenConfig.pl on a VMS system.
-# Input obtained from:
-#     $infile
-#     $0
-# Time: $time
-
-package='perl5'
-CONFIG='true'
-cf_time='$time'
-cf_by='$cf_by'
-ccdlflags='undef'
-cccdlflags='undef'
-mab='undef'
-libpth='/sys\$share /sys\$library'
-ld='Link'
-lddlflags='/Share'
-ranlib='undef'
-ar='undef'
-eunicefix=':'
-hint='none'
-hintfile='undef'
-useshrplib='true'
-usemymalloc='n'
-usevfork='true'
-spitshell='write sys\$output '
-dlsrc='dl_vms.c'
-binexp='$installbin'
-man1ext='rno'
-man3ext='rno'
-arch='VMS_$archsufx'
-archname='VMS_$archsufx'
-bincompat3='undef'
-d_bincompat3='undef'
-osvers='$osvers'
-prefix='$prefix'
-builddir='$builddir'
-installbin='$installbin'
-installscript='$installscript'
-installman1dir='$installman1dir'
-installman3dir='$installman3dir'
-installprivlib='$installprivlib'
-installarchlib='$installarchlib'
-installsitelib='$installsitelib'
-installsitearch='$installsitearch'
-path_sep='|'
-startperl='\$ perl 'f\$env("procedure")' 'p1' 'p2' 'p3' 'p4' 'p5' 'p6' 'p7' 'p8' !
-\$ exit++ + ++\$status != 0 and \$exit = \$status = undef;'
-EndOfIntro
-
-foreach (@ARGV) {
-  ($key,$val) = split('=',$_,2);
-  if ($key eq 'cc') {  # Figure out which C compiler we're using
-    my($cc,$ccflags) = split('/',$val,2);
-    my($d_attr);
-    $ccflags = "/$ccflags";
-    if ($ccflags =~s!/DECC!!ig) { 
-      $cc .= '/DECC';
-      $cctype = 'decc';
-      $d_attr = 'undef';
-    }
-    elsif ($ccflags =~s!/VAXC!!ig) {
-      $cc .= '/VAXC';
-      $cctype = 'vaxc';
-      $d_attr = 'undef';
-    }
-    elsif (`$val/NoObject/NoList _nla0:/Version` =~ /GNU C version (\S+)/) {
-      $cctype = 'gcc';
-      $d_attr = 'define';
-      print OUT "gccversion='$1'\n";
-    }
-    elsif ($archsufx eq 'VAX' &&
-           # Check exit status too, in case message is turned off
-           ( `$val/NoObject/NoList /prefix=all _nla0:` =~ /IVQUAL/ ||
-              $? == 0x38240 )) {
-      $cctype = 'vaxc';
-      $d_attr = 'undef';
-    }
-    else {
-      $cctype = 'decc';
-      $d_attr = 'undef';
-    }
-    print OUT "vms_cc_type='$cctype'\n";
-    print OUT "d_attribute_format='$d_attr'\n";
-    # XXX The following attributes may be able to use $d_attr, too.
-    print OUT "d_attribute_malloc='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_attribute_nonnull='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_attribute_noreturn='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_attribute_pure='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_attribute_unused='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_attribute_warn_unused_result='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "cc='$cc'\n";
-    if ( ($cctype eq 'decc' and $archsufx eq 'VAX') || $cctype eq 'gcc') {
-      # gcc and DECC for VAX requires filename in /object qualifier, so we
-      # have to remove it here.  Alas, this means we lose the user's
-      # object file suffix if it's not .obj.
-      $ccflags =~ s#/obj(?:ect)?=[^/\s]+##i;
-    }
-    $debug = $optimize = '';
-    while ( ($qual) = $ccflags =~ m|(/(No)?Deb[^/]*)|i ) {
-      $debug = $qual;
-      $ccflags =~ s/$qual//;
-    }
-    while ( ($qual) = $ccflags =~ m|(/(No)?Opt[^/]*)|i ) {
-      $optimize = $qual;
-      $ccflags =~ s/$qual//;
-    }
-    $usethreads = ($ccflags =~ m!/DEF[^/]+USE_5005THREADS!i and
-                   $ccflags !~ m!/UND[^/]+USE_5005THREADS!i);
-    print OUT "usethreads='",($usethreads ? 'define' : 'undef'),"'\n";;
-    $optimize = "$debug$optimize";
-    print OUT "ccflags='$ccflags'\n";
-    print OUT "optimize='$optimize'\n";
-    $dosock = ($ccflags =~ m!/DEF[^/]+VMS_DO_SOCKETS!i and
-               $ccflags !~ m!/UND[^/]+VMS_DO_SOCKETS!i);
-    print OUT "d_vms_do_sockets=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_socket=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_sockpair=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_gethent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_sethent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_select=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "i_netdb=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "i_niin=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "i_neterrno=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_gethbyname=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_gethbyaddr=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getpbyname=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getpbynumber=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getsbyname=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getsbyport=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_endhent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getpent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_setpent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_endpent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getsent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_setsent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_endsent=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "netdb_name_type=",$dosock ? "'char *'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "netdb_host_type=",$dosock ? "'char *'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "netdb_hlen_type=",$dosock ? "'int'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_gethostprotos=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getnetprotos=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getservprotos=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_getprotoprotos=",$dosock ? "'define'\n" : "'undef'\n";
-
-    if ($dosock and $cctype eq 'decc' and $ccflags =~ /DECCRTL_SOCKETS/) {
-      print OUT "selecttype='fd_set'\n";
-      print OUT "d_getnbyaddr='define'\n";
-      print OUT "d_getnbyname='define'\n";
-      print OUT "d_getnent='define'\n";
-      print OUT "d_setnent='define'\n";
-      print OUT "d_endnent='define'\n";
-      print OUT "netdb_net_type='long'\n";
-    }
-    else {
-      print OUT "selecttype='int'\n";
-      print OUT "d_getnybname='undef'\n";
-      print OUT "d_getnybaddr='undef'\n";
-      print OUT "d_getnent='undef'\n";
-      print OUT "d_setnent='undef'\n";
-      print OUT "d_endnent='undef'\n";
-      print OUT "netdb_net_type='undef'\n";
-    }
-
-    if ($cctype eq 'decc') {
-      $rtlhas  = 'define';
-      print OUT "useposix='true'\n";
-      ($ccver,$vmsver) = `$cc/VERSION` =~ /V(\S+) on .*V(\S+)$/;
-      # Best guess; the may be wrong on systems which have separately
-      # installed the new CRTL.
-      if ($ccver >= 5.2 and $vmsver >= 7) { $rtlnew = 'define'; }
-      else                                { $rtlnew = 'undef';  }
-    }
-    else { $rtlhas = $rtlnew = 'undef';  print OUT "useposix='false'\n"; }
-    foreach (qw[ d_stdstdio d_stdio_ptr_lval d_stdio_cnt_lval d_stdiobase
-                 d_locconv d_setlocale i_locale d_mbstowcs d_mbtowc
-                 d_wcstombs d_wctomb d_mblen d_mktime d_strcoll d_strxfrm ]) {
-      print OUT "$_='$rtlhas'\n";
-    }
-    print OUT "d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt='undef'\n";
-    print OUT "d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt='undef'\n";
-    foreach (qw[ d_gettimeod d_uname d_truncate d_wait4 d_index
-                 d_pathconf d_fpathconf d_sysconf d_sigsetjmp ]) {
-      print OUT "$_='$rtlnew'\n";
-    }
-    next;
-  }
-  elsif ($key eq 'exe_ext') { 
-    my($nodot) = $val;
-    $nodot =~ s!\.!!;
-    print OUT "so='$nodot'\ndlext='$nodot'\n";
-  }
-  elsif ($key eq 'obj_ext') { print OUT "dlobj='dl_vms$val'\n";     }
-  print OUT "$key='$val'\n";
-}
-
-# Are there any other logicals which TCP/IP stacks use for the host name?
-$myname = $ENV{'ARPANET_HOST_NAME'}  || $ENV{'INTERNET_HOST_NAME'} ||
-          $ENV{'MULTINET_HOST_NAME'} || $ENV{'UCX$INET_HOST'}      ||
-          $ENV{'TCPWARE_DOMAINNAME'} || $ENV{'NEWS_ADDRESS'};
-if (!$myname) {
-  ($myname) = `hostname` =~ /^(\S+)/;
-  if ($myname =~ /IVVERB/) {
-    warn "Can't determine TCP/IP hostname" if $dosock;
-    $myname = '';
-  }
-}
-$myname = $ENV{'SYS$NODE'} unless $myname;
-($myhostname,$mydomain) = split(/\./,$myname,2);
-print OUT "myhostname='$myhostname'\n" if $myhostname;
-if ($mydomain) {
-  print OUT "mydomain='.$mydomain'\n";
-  print OUT "perladmin='$cf_by\@$myhostname.$mydomain'\n";
-  print OUT "cf_email='$cf_by\@$myhostname.$mydomain'\n";
-}
-else {
-  print OUT "perladmin='$cf_by'\n";
-  print OUT "cf_email='$cf_by'\n";
-}
-chomp($hwname = `Write Sys\$Output F\$GetSyi("HW_NAME")`);
-$hwname = $archsufx if $hwname =~ /IVKEYW/;  # *really* old VMS version
-print OUT "myuname='VMS $myname $osvers $hwname'\n";
-
-# Before we read the C header file, find out what config.sh constants are
-# equivalent to the C preprocessor macros
-if (open(SH,"${outdir}config_h.SH")) {
-  while (<SH>) {
-    next unless m%^#(?!if).*\$%;
-    s/^#//; s!(.*?)\s*/\*.*!$1!;
-    my(@words) = split;
-    $words[1] =~ s/\(.*//;  # Clip off args from macro
-    # Did we use a shell variable for the preprocessor directive?
-    if ($words[0] =~ m!^\$(\w+)!) { $pp_vars{$words[1]} = $1; }
-    if (@words > 2) {  # We may also have a shell var in the value
-      shift @words;              #  Discard preprocessor directive
-      my($token) = shift @words; #  and keep constant name
-      my($word);
-      foreach $word (@words) {
-        next unless $word =~ m!\$(\w+)!;
-        $val_vars{$token} = $1;
-        last;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  close SH;
-}
-else { warn "Couldn't read ${outdir}config_h.SH: $!\n"; }
-$pp_vars{UNLINK_ALL_VERSIONS} = 'd_unlink_all_versions';  # VMS_specific
-
-# OK, now read the C header file, and retcon statements into config.sh
-while (<IN>) {  # roll through the comment header in Config.VMS
-  last if /config-start/;
-}
-
-while (<IN>) {
-  chop;
-  while (/\\\s*$/) {  # pick up contination lines
-    my $line = $_;
-    $line =~ s/\\\s*$//;
-    $_ = <IN>;
-    s/^\s*//;
-    $_ = $line . $_;
-  }              
-  next unless my ($blocked,$un,$token,$val) =
-                 m%^(\/\*)?\s*\#\s*(un)?def\w*\s+([A-Za-z0-9]\w+)\S*\s*(.*)%;
-  if (/config-skip/) {
-    delete $pp_vars{$token} if exists $pp_vars{$token};
-    delete $val_vars{$token} if exists $val_vars{$token};
-    next;
-  }
-  $val =~ s!\s*/\*.*!!; # strip off trailing comment
-  my($had_val); # Maybe a macro with args that we just #undefd or commented
-  if (!length($val) and $val_vars{$token} and ($un || $blocked)) {
-    print OUT "$val_vars{$token}=''\n" unless exists $done{$val_vars{$token}};
-    $done{$val_vars{$token}}++;
-    delete $val_vars{$token};
-    $had_val = 1;
-  }
-  $state = ($blocked || $un) ? 'undef' : 'define';
-  if ($pp_vars{$token}) {
-    print OUT "$pp_vars{$token}='$state'\n" unless exists $done{$pp_vars{$token}};
-    $done{$pp_vars{$token}}++;
-    delete $pp_vars{$token};
-  }
-  elsif (not length $val and not $had_val) {
-    # Wups -- should have been shell var for C preprocessor directive
-    warn "Constant $token not found in config_h.SH\n";
-    $token = lc $token;
-    $token = "d_$token" unless $token =~ /^i_/;
-    print OUT "$token='$state'\n";
-  }
-  next unless length $val;
-  $val =~ s/^"//; $val =~ s/"$//;               # remove end quotes
-  $val =~ s/","/ /g;                            # make signal list look nice
-  # Library directory; convert to VMS syntax
-  $val = VMS::Filespec::vmspath($val) if ($token =~ /EXP$/);
-  if ($val_vars{$token}) {
-    print OUT "$val_vars{$token}='$val'\n" unless exists $done{$val_vars{$token}};
-    if ($val_vars{$token} =~ s/exp$//) {
-      print OUT "$val_vars{$token}='$val'\n" unless exists $done{$val_vars{$token}};;
-    }
-    $done{$val_vars{$token}}++;
-    delete $val_vars{$token};
-  }
-  elsif (!$pp_vars{$token}) {  # Haven't seen it previously, either
-    warn "Constant $token not found in config_h.SH (val=|$val|)\n";
-    $token = lc $token;
-    print OUT "$token='$val'\n";
-    if ($token =~ s/exp$//) {print OUT "$token='$val'\n";}
-  }
-}
-close IN;
-# Special case -- preprocessor manifest "VMS" is defined automatically
-# on VMS systems, but is also used erroneously by the Perl build process
-# as the manifest for the obsolete variable $d_eunice.
-print OUT "d_eunice='undef'\n";  delete $pp_vars{VMS};
-
-# XXX temporary -- USE_5005THREADS is currently on CC command line
-delete $pp_vars{'USE_5005THREADS'};
-
-foreach (sort keys %pp_vars) {
-  warn "Didn't see $_ in $infile\n";
-}
-foreach (sort keys %val_vars) {
-  warn "Didn't see $_ in $infile(val)\n";
-}
-
-if (open(OPT,"${outdir}crtl.opt")) {
-  while (<OPT>) {
-    next unless m#/(sha|lib)#i;
-    chomp;
-    if (/crtl/i || /gcclib/i) { push(@crtls,$_); }
-    else                      { push(@libs,$_);  }
-  }
-  close OPT;
-  print OUT "libs='",join(' ',@libs),"'\n";
-  push(@crtls,'(DECCRTL)') if $cctype eq 'decc';
-  print OUT "libc='",join(' ',@crtls),"'\n";
-}
-else { warn "Can't read ${outdir}crtl.opt - skipping 'libs' & 'libc'"; }
-
-if (open(PL,"${outdir}patchlevel.h")) {
-  while (<PL>) {
-    if    (/^#define PERL_VERSION\s+(\S+)/) {
-      print OUT "PERL_VERSION='$1'\n";
-      print OUT "PATCHLEVEL='$1'\n";	# XXX compat
-    }
-    elsif (/^#define PERL_SUBVERSION\s+(\S+)/) {
-      print OUT "PERL_SUBVERSION='$1'\n";
-      print OUT "SUBVERSION='$1'\n";	# XXX compat
-    }
-  }
-  close PL;
-}
-else { warn "Can't read ${outdir}patchlevel.h - skipping 'PATCHLEVEL'"; }
-
-# simple pager support for perldoc                                             
-if    (`most not..file` =~ /IVVERB/) {
-  $pager = 'more';
-  if (`more nl:` =~ /IVVERB/) { $pager = 'type/page'; }
-}
-else { $pager = 'most'; }
-print OUT "pager='$pager'\n";
-
-close OUT;
diff --git a/vms/myconfig.com b/vms/myconfig.com
index 1429f86de8..2f91648ac3 100644
--- a/vms/myconfig.com
+++ b/vms/myconfig.com
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ $  stop = f$locate("'",line)
 $  value = f$extract(start,stop-start,line)
 $  if (f$locate("#",name).eqs.f$length(name)).and. -
       (name.nes."").and. -
-      (name.nes."'") -               !bug in genconfig.pl (vms) for osvers='' ?
+      (name.nes."'") -               !bug in configure.com for osvers='' ?
         then $$'name' = "'" + value  !$ not necessary but looks more sh-ish
 $ goto Loop
 
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ $!  hard-coded stuff (for now):
 $ $cppflags = "'"+"'"  !(vestigal)
 $ $optimize = "'"+"'"  !descrip.mms has /Optimize=2 in $(XTRACCFLAGS)
 
-$!  following assigns done via `dcl` calls in genconfig.pl anyway:
-$ $osname = "'"+f$edit(f$getsyi("NODE_SWTYPE"),"COLLAPSE") !genconfig.pl has "osname='VMS'"
+$ $osname = "'"+f$edit(f$getsyi("NODE_SWTYPE"),"COLLAPSE")
 $ $osvers = f$edit(f$getsyi("VERSION")-"V","COLLAPSE")
 $ if f$getsyi("HW_MODEL").GT.1024
 $   then $$archname = "'VMS_AXP'"  !string from descrip.mms vmsperl 12-21-95
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ $  if $myname.eqs."" then $$myname = f$trnlnm("UCX$INET_HOST_NAME")
 $  if $myname.eqs."" then $$myname = f$trnlnm("TCPWARE_DOMAINNAME")
 $  if $myname.eqs."" then $$myname = f$trnlnm("NEWS_ADDRESS")
 $  if $myname.eqs."" then $$myname = f$trnlnm("SYS$NODE")
-$!  Is this same as genconfig.pl ? (spacing/order unknown):
+$!  Is this same as configure.com ? (spacing/order unknown):
 $ $myuname=$osname+" "+$myname+" "+$osvers+" "+F$GetSyi("HW_NAME")+"'"
 $ $osname = $osname+"'"
 $ $osvers = "'"+$osvers+"'"
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ $         goto Research_patchlevel_h
 $       else
 $ 	  ECHO "Can't find the header file patchlevel.h used to make config.sh"
 $         set default 'RATHER_LONG_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_NAME'
-$         goto look_for_genconfig.pl
+$         goto spit_it_out
 $     endif
 $ endif
 
@@ -140,161 +139,9 @@ $ if $PATCHLEVEL.eqs.""
 $   then
 $     echo "warning: PERL_VERSION was not found in ''RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND':" 
 $ endif
-
-$look_for_genconfig_pl:
 $!
-$ if f$search("VMS.DIR").nes."" then set default [.vms]
-$ RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND = "GENCONFIG.PL"
-$ genconfig_pl_dir = ""
-$Research_genconfig_pl:
-$ RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_SEARCH = F$Search(RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND)
-$ if RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_SEARCH.EQS."" 
-$   then
-$     if f$parse(f$environment("DEFAULT"),,,"DIRECTORY",).NES."[000000]"
-$       then 
-$         set default [-]
-$         goto Research_genconfig_pl
-$       else
-$ 	  ECHO "Can't find the perl genconfig.pl used to make config.sh"
-$         set default 'RATHER_LONG_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_NAME'
-$         goto look_for_config_vms
-$     endif
-$   else    !genconfig.pl has been found
-$     genconfig_pl_dir = f$parse(f$environment("DEFAULT"),,,"DIRECTORY",)
-$ endif
-
-$ cnfg_keys = "package/hintfile/ld/dlext/d_stdstdio/"
-$ cnfg_keys = cnfg_keys + "usevfork/usemymalloc/so/libpth/"
-$ cnfg_keys = cnfg_keys + "dlsrc/cccdlflags/ccdlflags/lddlflags/"
-
-$ cnfg_vars = "$package/$hint/$ld/$dlext/$d_stdstdio/"
-$ cnfg_vars = cnfg_vars + "$usevfork/$usemymalloc/$so/$libpth/"
-$ cnfg_vars = cnfg_vars + "$dlsrc/$cccdlflags/$ccdlflags/$lddlflags/" 
-
-$ open/read RATHER_LONG_CONFIG_FILE_HANDLE 'RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_SEARCH' 
-$read_genconfig_pl:
-$ read/end_of_file = Genconfig_pl_Done RATHER_LONG_CONFIG_FILE_HANDLE  line
-$ if f$locate("=",line).ne.f$length(line)   !then may be an assigment
-$   then
-$     name = f$edit( f$extract(0,f$locate("=",line),line), "COLLAPSE")
-$     num = 0
-$key_genconfig_pl:
-$     key = f$element(num,"/",cnfg_keys)
-$     if (key .nes. "/").and.(key .nes. "") !not end of cnfg_keys
-$       then
-$         if key.eqs.name  !then is key
-$           then
-$             start = f$locate("=",line)+1
-$             stop = f$length(line)
-$             value = f$extract(start,stop-start,line)
-$             var = f$element(num,"/",cnfg_vars)
-$             'var' = value  
-$             cnfg_keys = cnfg_keys - ("''name'/" ) !trim to shorten future matches
-$             cnfg_vars = cnfg_vars - ("''var'/" ) !trim to shorten future matches
-$         endif
-$         num = num + 1
-$         goto key_genconfig_pl
-$     endif ! not end of cnfg_keys
-$ endif ! then may be an assigment
-$ goto read_genconfig_pl
-
-$Genconfig_pl_Done:
-$ close RATHER_LONG_CONFIG_FILE_HANDLE 
-$ if cnfg_vars.nes.""
-$   then
-$     echo "warning: the following variables were not found in ''RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND':" 
-$     echo "''cnfg_vars'"
-$ endif
-
-$ if (p8.nes."").and.($ld.nes."") then $ld = $ld + " DBG='"+p8+"'" 
-
-$look_for_config_vms:
-$ RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND = "''genconfig_pl_dir'CONFIG.VMS"
-
-$Research_config_vms:
-$ RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_SEARCH = F$Search(RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND)
-$ if RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_SEARCH.EQS."" 
-$   then
-$     if f$parse(f$environment("DEFAULT"),,,"DIRECTORY",).NES."[000000]"
-$       then 
-$         set default [-]
-$         goto Research_config_vms
-$       else
-$ 	  ECHO "Can't find the perl config.vms used to make config.sh"
-$         set default 'RATHER_LONG_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY_NAME'
-$         stop
-$         exit 3 
-$     endif
-$ endif
-
-$ cnfg_keys = "MEM_ALIGNBYTES/CASTNEGFLOAT/CASTFLAGS/RANDBITS/STDCHAR/"
-$ cnfg_keys = cnfg_keys+"CASTI32/INTSIZE/VOIDFLAGS/DLSYM_NEEDS_UNDERSCORE"
-
-$ cnfg_vars = "$alignbytes/$d_castneg/$castflags/$randbits/$stdchar/"
-$ cnfg_vars = cnfg_vars+"$d_casti32/$intsize/$voidflags/$d_dlsymun/"
-
-$ open/read RATHER_LONG_CONFIG_FILE_HANDLE 'RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_SEARCH' 
-$read_config_vms:
-$ read/end_of_file = config_vms_Done RATHER_LONG_CONFIG_FILE_HANDLE  line
-$! look for "#define" or "#undef"
-$ if (f$length(line).ne.0).and.-
-   ((f$locate("#define",line).eq.0).or.(f$locate("#undef",line).eq.0)) 
-$   then
-$     line = f$edit(line,"COMPRESS, TRIM")
-$     name = f$element(1," ",line) !macro
-$     num = 0
-$key_config_vms:
-$     key = f$element(num,"/",cnfg_keys)
-$     if (key .nes. "/").and.(key .nes. "") !not end of cnfg_keys
-$       then
-$         if key.eqs.name  !then is key
-$           then
-$             var = f$element(num,"/",cnfg_vars)
-$             cnfg_keys = cnfg_keys - ("''name'/" ) !trim to shorten future matches
-$             cnfg_vars = cnfg_vars - ("''var'/" ) !trim to shorten future matches
-$             if (f$locate("#undef",line).eq.0)
-$               then
-$                 'var' = "'undef'"
-$               else                  !is a #define
-$strip_comment:
-$                 start = f$locate("/*",line)
-$                 if start.ne.f$length(line) !comment started
-$                   then
-$                     if f$locate("*/",line).ne.f$length(line) !comment stopped
-$                       then stop = f$locate("*/",line)+2
-$                       else stop = f$locate("*/",line)
-$                     endif
-$                     comment = f$extract(start,stop-start,line)
-$                     line = line - comment
-$                     goto strip_comment
-$                 endif
-$                 line = f$edit(line,"TRIM")
-$                 start = f$locate(key,line)+f$length(key)
-$                 stop = f$length(line)
-$                 value = f$edit(f$extract(start,stop-start,line),"TRIM")
-$                 if (value.nes."") 
-$                   then 
-$                     'var' = "'"+value+"'"
-$                   else 
-$                     'var' = "'define'"
-$                 endif
-$             endif            !#define
-$         endif                ! is key of interest
-$         num = num + 1
-$         goto key_config_vms
-$     endif ! not end of cnfg_keys
-$ endif ! then may be #define or #undef of interest
-$ goto read_config_vms
-
-$config_vms_Done:
-$ close RATHER_LONG_CONFIG_FILE_HANDLE 
-$ if cnfg_vars.nes.""
-$   then
-$     echo "warning: the following variables were not found in ''RATHER_LONG_FILENAME_TO_FIND':" 
-$     echo "''cnfg_vars'"
-$ endif
-
 $spit_it_out:
+$ if (p8.nes."").and.($ld.nes."") then $ld = $ld + " DBG='"+p8+"'" 
 $! $spitshell = ECHO !<<!GROK!THIS! 
 $ ECHO " "
 $ ECHO "Summary of my ''$package' (version ''$PATCHLEVEL' subversion ''$SUBVERSION') configuration:"