RE: Perl - worth attempting?

[Van Duser, Brad]

Title: RE: Perl - worth attempting?

Dan,

 

We had to install gmake as well.  We have version 3.76.1 installed.  This fixed several problems during our build.  Delays appear to be normal during the entire make of Perl...it is a very long build on a zSeries box.

 

When we build Perl 5.8.x on z/OS 1.2 through 1.5, it passes most of the test suite and appears to run scripts, however, we are not able to use TCPIP sockets (they hang).  TCPIP works fine for all other uses under z/OS UNIX - including Rexx sockets, C++, web server, TCPIP diagnostic utilities, etc.

 

If TCPIP sockets work for you using Perl 5.6 on z/OS 1.4 then I would be very interested in hearing about this.

 

Thanks,

Brad Van Duser
EDS - BellSouth account
Technology Office and
Mainframe Software Support
Atlanta, GA

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From: Phipps, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:19 AM
To: 'perl-mvs@perl.org'
Subject: RE: Perl - worth attempting?

I just had initial success in building Perl 5.8.6 on z/OS 1.4.  I just finished yesterday performing the make, make test, and make install.  I am installing it as a prereq for MySQL.  It took multiple attempts to get the make to work.  I could not use the z/OS supplied make.  I installed make 3.76 to get past some problems.  I had to ensure that ulimit was set to unlimited.  I also had to reply "none" for the install paths for man or html files.  I am not sure whether I am out of the woods on all of the problems though.  When I execute the make test it takes a minute or two making files static:

AutoSplitting perl library
Making Encode::Symbol (static)
Making Encode::TW (static)
Making Encode::Unicode (static) ...etc.

Is that normal?  I do not know.

Dan Phipps
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affiliated Computer Services
Commercial Solutions
Southeast Data Center
803-753-6547

-----Original Message-----
From: Bowman, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 1:50 PM
To: 'perl-mvs@perl.org'
Subject: Perl - worth attempting?

I'd like to install perl on a z/OS 1.4 system, but most of the traffic on
this list seems to be about it not building.

A few questions before I start then:

1) If I get the latest version from CPAN, am I likely to be able to get it
to build to a point I can run programs under it, even if I can't get things
like IP sockets working? Is there a previous version (a 5.6 for example)
that would be better?

2) Is there a site (other than this list) with practical advice on setting
up and using perl in a z/OS environment, from people practically using it?
(Should someone set one up if not?) Or is the README.OS390 file sufficient?

Regards,

Phil

Phil Bowman
EDS - UK Mainframe Software Services (OSG)

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