[EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes FIRST_MAKEFILE, PL_FILES

2005-09-06 Thread John E. Malmberg
These are the patches needed for the tests FIRST_MAKEFILE.t and PL_FILES.t to pass on VMS. There are also two typo fixes in MM_Unix.pm and MM_VMS.pm that are already in [EMAIL PROTECTED] but not in the 6.30_01 tarball. In lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm, $^X is a complete specification on VMS, and

[EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes for cbuilder

2005-09-08 Thread John E. Malmberg
This patch is needed for the lib/ExtUtils/ParseXS.t/basic.t test to pass on VMS. In lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Platform/VMS.pm, VMS needs to have a pre-link file generated. In lib/ExtUtils/CBuilder/Base.pm: VMS can only have one /include qualifier on the CC command, and the last one wins, so if

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes for cbuilder

2005-09-10 Thread John E. Malmberg
::_do_link($type, %args, objects = $objects); } sub arg_nolink { return; } === On Sep 7, 2005, at 6:59 PM, John E. Malmberg wrote: This patch is needed for the lib/ExtUtils/ParseXS.t/basic.t test to pass on VMS. In lib/ExtUtils

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes for cbuilder

2005-09-11 Thread John E. Malmberg
John E. Malmberg wrote: Ken Williams wrote: Hi John, After my last email I reworked the patch so that all the modifications are in Platform/VMS.pm. Could you confirm that it still works for you and I haven't broken it? Hello Ken, As I previously wrote to you, both my patch

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes for cbuilder

2005-09-13 Thread John E. Malmberg
Ken Williams wrote: Thanks, John. I've applied your patch (in a slightly modified form) and released a new beta, 0.13_01. It would be great if you (and/or a couple other people on the vmsperl list) could try it out, and then I can release 0.14 when it checks out. It is not yet showing up

Re: File::Spec::VMS enhancements.

2005-09-14 Thread John E. Malmberg
Tim Maher wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 09:53:15AM -0400, John E. Malmberg wrote: Ken Williams wrote: Extended characters in pathnames: The traditional VMS mode ... [0..9],[A..Z],[-$_] I'm admittedly a few decades past the peak of my expertise in VMS, but shouldn't the ; preceding

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes for cbuilder

2005-09-14 Thread John E. Malmberg
Ken Williams wrote: On Sep 12, 2005, at 11:12 PM, John E. Malmberg wrote: Ken Williams wrote: Thanks, John. I've applied your patch (in a slightly modified form) and released a new beta, 0.13_01. It would be great if you (and/or a couple other people on the vmsperl list) could try it out

Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VMS fixes FIRST_MAKEFILE, PL_FILES

2005-09-16 Thread John E. Malmberg
John E. Malmberg wrote: These are the patches needed for the tests FIRST_MAKEFILE.t and PL_FILES.t to pass on VMS. I have seen no response to the patch in the message I am replying to, is there a problem with it? There are also two typo fixes in MM_Unix.pm and MM_VMS.pm that are already

RFC: Long path name support on VMS issue.

2005-10-18 Thread John E. Malmberg
With 64 bit OpenVMS 7.2, The OpenVMS ODS-5 file system can support paths as long as 4096 characters long. Perl on VMS is currently limited in most places to paths that are only 255 characters long. I am looking at removing that restriction on 64 bit OpenVMS. The issue that comes up is that

Re: Module::Build 0.30 is released - ppm.t on VMS depends on Archive::Tar patch.

2008-10-01 Thread John E. Malmberg
Steve Hay wrote: Ken Williams wrote: Hi all, After much tireless work by Eric Wilhelm and lots of feedback from patient nonpatient users alike, I'm pleased to announce that version 0.30 of Module::Build is now on CPAN. This is the first non-beta release in a long time. Thanks, applied to

Re: Module::Build 0.30 is released - ppm.t on VMS depends on Archive::Tar patch.

2008-10-02 Thread John E. Malmberg
Jos I. Boumans wrote: Hi John, On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:51 AM, John E. Malmberg wrote: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14821.html The main problem is that Archive::Tar needs a patch to properly be able to pack a VMS binary into a tarball. We were waiting for word from