diff options
| author | Peter Prymmer <PPrymmer@factset.com> | 2001-08-14 06:33:32 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-08-15 03:25:32 +0000 |
| commit | dab31494e8babda9e44271415766b2d4aac35d7a (patch) | |
| tree | 36f7356c29820acf2d514da64ddf1c7f81b57d90 /README.vms | |
| parent | 2da16753ddb193e398c5ed0181f9c876d7891043 (diff) | |
| download | perl-dab31494e8babda9e44271415766b2d4aac35d7a.tar.gz | |
modify VMS default prefix for installation
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10108141327590.192110-100000@aspara.forte.com>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@11674
Diffstat (limited to 'README.vms')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.vms | 30 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms index 524eb2f43a..2aa9fb044f 100644 --- a/README.vms +++ b/README.vms @@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ non-default location for where Perl will be installed: @ Configure "-d" "-Dprefix=dka100:[utils.perl5.]" +Note that the installation location would be by default where you unpacked +the source with a "ROOT." appended. For example if you unpacked the perl +source into: + + DKA200:[PERL-5_10_2...] + +Then the PERL_SETUP.COM that gets written out by Configure.com will +try to DEFINE your installation PERL_ROOT to be: + + DKA200:[PERL-5_10_2ROOT.] + More help with configure.com is available from: @ Configure "-h" @@ -451,6 +462,20 @@ it is probably beneficial to INSTALL at least portions of perl. While there is code in perl to remove privileges as it runs you are advised to NOT INSTALL PERL.EXE with PRIVs! +=head2 Running h2ph to create perl header files (optional) on VMS + +If using DEC C or Compaq C ensure that you have extracted loose versions +of your compiler's header or *.H files. Be sure to check the contents of: + + SYS$LIBRARY:DECC$RTLDEF.TLB + SYS$LIBRARY:SYS$LIB_C.TLB + SYS$LIBRARY:SYS$STARLET_C.TLB + +etcetera. + +If using GNU cc then also check your GNU_CC:[000000...] tree for the locations +of the GNU cc headers. + =head1 Reporting Bugs If you come across what you think might be a bug in Perl, please report @@ -467,8 +492,9 @@ script prints! The next big gotcha is directory depth. Perl can create directories four, five, or even six levels deep during the build, so you don't have to be -too deep to start to hit the RMS 8 level limit (for versions of VMS prior -to V7.2 and even with V7.2 on the VAX). It is best to do +too deep to start to hit the RMS 8 level limit (for ODS 2 volumes which were +common on versions of VMS prior to V7.2 and even with V7.2 on the VAX). +It is best to do: DEFINE/TRANS=(CONC,TERM) PERLSRC "disk:[dir.dir.dir.perldir.]" SET DEFAULT PERLSRC:[000000] |