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diff --git a/README.os390 b/README.os390 index cc550f0701..6c690d9b95 100644 --- a/README.os390 +++ b/README.os390 @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ about pod in pod/perlpod.pod or the short summary in the INSTALL file. =head1 NAME -README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390. +README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390 and z/OS =head1 SYNOPSIS This document will help you Configure, build, test and install Perl -on OS/390 Unix System Services. +on OS/390 (aka z/OS) Unix System Services. =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -21,11 +21,19 @@ the ones we've tested it on. You may need to carry out some system configuration tasks before running the Configure script for Perl. + +=head2 Tools + +The z/OS Unix Tools and Toys list may prove helpful and contains links +to ports of much of the software required to build Perl. +http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html + + =head2 Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390 Gunzip/gzip for OS/390 is discussed at: - http://www.s390.ibm.com/products/oe/bpxqp1.html + http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/faq/bpxqp1.html to extract an ASCII tar archive on OS/390, try this: @@ -44,10 +52,9 @@ The IBM document that described such USS system setup issues was SC28-1890-07 "OS/390 UNIX System Services Planning", in particular Chapter 6 on customizing the OE shell. -GNU make for OS/390, which is recommended for the build of perl (as well as -building CPAN modules and extensions), is available from: - - http://www.mks.com/s390/gnu/index.htm +GNU make for OS/390, which is recommended for the build of perl (as +well as building CPAN modules and extensions), is available from the +L</Tools>. Some people have reported encountering "Out of memory!" errors while trying to build Perl using GNU make binaries. If you encounter such @@ -386,7 +393,7 @@ Thanks to John Goodyear for dynamic loading help. L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>, L<perlebcdic>, L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>. - http://www.mks.com/s390/gnu/index.htm + http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245944.html @@ -423,6 +430,8 @@ release of Perl. This document was podified for the 5.005_03 release of Perl 11 March 1999. +Updated 28 November 2001 for broken URLs. + Updated 12 November 2000 for the 5.7.1 release of Perl. Updated 15 January 2001 for the 5.7.1 release of Perl. |