Okay, I put my CPAN patches etc. up on the web:
http://www.crinoid.com/perl650.htmlx
it includes the pipe patch, some other fix patches, a patch to CPAN 1.54
and the VMS::FileUtils that need to be installed prior to installing
CPAN 1.54.
I'd call the CPAN stuff "preliminary"...but once you get a bit of it going,
it should be easier to track down the remaining problems.
Good luck!
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