Change 16087 by jhi@alpha on 2002/04/22 19:51:29
Subject: [PATCH] update VOS-specific pod files
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 02 16:02 edt
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
.... //depot/perl/README.vos#14 edit
.... //depot/perl/pod/perlport.pod#103 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/README.vos#14 (text) ====
Index: perl/README.vos
--- perl/README.vos.~1~ Mon Apr 22 14:00:05 2002
+++ perl/README.vos Mon Apr 22 14:00:05 2002
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
=item 1
If you have built perl using the Configure script, ensure that
-you have modify permission to >system>ported and type
+you have modify permission to C<< >system>ported >> and type
gmake install
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlport.pod#103 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlport.pod
--- perl/pod/perlport.pod.~1~ Mon Apr 22 14:00:05 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlport.pod Mon Apr 22 14:00:05 2002
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
transient information about idiosyncrasies of some of the ports, almost
all of which are in a state of constant evolution. Thus, this material
should be considered a perpetual work in progress
-(<IMG SRC="yellow_sign.gif" ALT="Under Construction">).
+(C<< <IMG SRC="yellow_sign.gif" ALT="Under Construction"> >>).
=head1 ISSUES
@@ -1024,12 +1024,12 @@
(installed as L<perlvos>). Perl on VOS can accept either VOS- or
Unix-style file specifications as in either of the following:
- $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system>notices
- $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" /system/notices
+ C<< $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system>notices >>
+ C<< $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" /system/notices >>
or even a mixture of both as in:
- $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system/notices
+ C<< $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system/notices >>
Even though VOS allows the slash character to appear in object
names, because the VOS port of Perl interprets it as a pathname
@@ -1038,11 +1038,12 @@
renamed before they can be processed by Perl. Note that VOS limits
file names to 32 or fewer characters.
-See F<README.vos> for restrictions that apply when Perl is built
-with the alpha version of VOS POSIX.1 support.
-
-Perl on VOS is built without any extensions and does not support
-dynamic loading.
+Perl on VOS can be built using two different compilers and two different
+versions of the POSIX runtime. The recommended method for building full
+Perl is with the GNU C compiler and the generally-available version of
+VOS POSIX support. See F<README.vos> (installed as L<perlvos>) for
+restrictions that apply when Perl is built using the VOS Standard C
+compiler or the alpha version of VOS POSIX support.
The value of C<$^O> on VOS is "VOS". To determine the architecture that
you are running on without resorting to loading all of C<%Config> you
@@ -1074,7 +1075,7 @@
=item *
-F<README.vos>
+F<README.vos> (installed as L<perlvos>)
=item *
@@ -1082,12 +1083,12 @@
There is no specific mailing list for Perl on VOS. You can post
comments to the comp.sys.stratus newsgroup, or subscribe to the general
-Stratus mailing list. Send a letter with "Subscribe Info-Stratus" in
+Stratus mailing list. Send a letter with "subscribe Info-Stratus" in
the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
=item *
-VOS Perl on the web at http://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/vos.html
+VOS Perl on the web at http://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/posix.html
=back
End of Patch.
