On 2005–07–29, at 12:30, Abe Timmerman wrote:
$This is perl, v5.8.6 built for VMS_AXP $ uname -a OpenVMS SPE180 0 V8.2 AlphaServer_DS20_500_MHz Alpha $ perl -we "printf qq/%0.f\n/, -0.1" 0 This is perl, v5.8.6 built for VMS_VAX TIMMERMAN:FAFNER$ uname -a OpenVMS FAFNER 0 V7.2 VAX_7000-720 VAX $ perl -we "printf qq/%0.f\n/, -0.1" 0 HTH +
Indeed it does. Thanks. AFAICT from HP's site, OpenVMS V8.2 is current, while V7.2 dates from 1999. Am I correct? If I am, t/op/ sprintf.t can stay in its post-patch 25235 state, which expects all versions to fail this particular test.
-- Dominic Dunlop