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| author | Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com> | 1996-03-14 22:12:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Charles Bailey <bailey@genetics.upenn.edu> | 1996-03-14 22:12:12 +0000 |
| commit | 2114d1da37086653400412ce519eff150c42d85a (patch) | |
| tree | 671810797c05c3770965b12ecce05cb19d6996a3 /README.vms | |
| parent | 53a31ecefe15e34953f4868c1639344e11cfb0a6 (diff) | |
| download | perl-2114d1da37086653400412ce519eff150c42d85a.tar.gz | |
Miscellaneous updates
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms index fd64ce3b9a..ba0ba190fd 100644 --- a/README.vms +++ b/README.vms @@ -163,9 +163,11 @@ set up to use VAXC on a VAX, and does not include socket support. You can either edit the Makefile by hand, using Descrip.MMS as a guide, or use the Makefile to build Miniperl.Exe, and then run the Perl script MMS2Make.pl, found in the [.VMS] subdirectory, to generate a new Makefile with the options -appropriate to your site. If you are using MM[SK], and you decide to rebuild -Perl with a different set of parameters (e.g. changing the C compiler, or -adding socket support), be sure to say +appropriate to your site. + +If you are using MM[SK], and you decide to rebuild Perl with a different set +of parameters (e.g. changing the C compiler, or adding socket support), be +sure to say $ MMK/Descrip=[.VMS] realclean first, in order to remove files generated during the previous build. If you omit this step, you risk ending up with a copy of Perl which @@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ This will build the following files: h2xs - Perl program which generates template files for creating XSUB extensions, optionally beginning with the #defined constants in a C header file. - [.pod]perldoc - A Perl program which locates and displays documentation + [.lib.pod]perldoc - A Perl program which locates and displays documentation for Perl and its extensions. [.Lib]Config.pm - the Perl extension which saves configuration information about Perl and your system. @@ -253,7 +255,10 @@ a spectrum of possibilities. Once the build is complete, you'll need to do the following: - Put PerlShr.Exe in a common directory, and make it world-readable. If you place it in a location other than Sys$Share, you'll need to - define the logical name PerlShr to point to the image. + define the logical name PerlShr to point to the image. (If you're + installing on a VMScluster, be sure that each node is using the + copy of PerlShr you expect [e.g. if you put PerlShr.Exe in Sys$Share, + do they all share Sys$Share?]). - Put Perl.Exe in a common directory, and make it world-executable. - Define a foreign command to invoke Perl, using a statement like $ Perl == "$dev:[dir]Perl.Exe" @@ -297,7 +302,7 @@ internals, you might want to subscribe to the perl5-porters mailing list. You can do this by sending a message to perl5-porters-request@nicoh.com, containing the single line subscribe perl5-porters -This is a moderately high-volume list at the moment (25-50 messages/day). +This is a high-volume list at the moment (>50 messages/day). If you're interested in ongoing information about the VMS port, you can subscribe to the VMSperl mailing list by sending a request to @@ -336,8 +341,6 @@ missed someone. That said, special thanks are due to the following: for the getredirection() code Rich Salz <rsalz@bbn.com> for readdir() and related routines - Denis Haskin <DWH@epub.ziff.com> - for work on a pod-to-hlp translator for the Perl documentation Richard Dyson <dyson@blaze.physics.uiowa.edu> and Kent Covert <kacovert@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> for additional testing on the AXP. |