Craig, I have not tried the installer. I've posted the DCL which I've used
in the past to install perl on a cluster at the Elias Sports Bureau; it uses
the Backup utility to move the files over to the destination tree; and then
creates an updated DCLTABLES.EXE with perl installed as a (foreign) command.
While it's not for everyone, it works fine for me, and avoids all those
(xxxx) unixsms to set protections. It's a typical system manager's hacking
approach; but I've been happy with it since 5.4.
I would expect that it will be difficult to get the unix-based install code
working properly on VMS (just a guess, as I've not looked at it). Installing
software on VMS requires a certain, well, "VMSness", if you know what I
mean. I think this might all be avoided, or worked-around, if we ever get to
a PCSI kit (hint, hint, to Compaq).
Carl
-----Original Message-----
From: Craig A. Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 1:13 PM
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Subject: Re: Perl 5.6.0 install errors
At 12:58 PM -0400 5/12/00, Ed James wrote:
>
>I have been working on getting 5.6.0, using the information on Chuck Lane's
>web page at http://www.crinoid.com/perl560.htmlx. I answered configure.com
>questions with defaults except:
[snip]
>However, when I install, I get errors that look like there are missing
>file names. Here is the edited log:
>
>Does anyone have an idea what may be missing or answered wrong?
>Is the perl ok to use otherwise?
[snip]
Ed,
I think it's just a broken installer problem, not a problem with Perl
itself. The install problems will probably be fixed by applying the
patch previously posted on this list and available at:
<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/vmsperl/2000-04/msg00134.html>
Unfortunately you'll have to reconfigure and rebuild since the patch
modifies subconfigure.com. Let us know whether or not that does the
trick; I don't think the installer gets widely tested since a lot of
people just build in the target location and leave it there.
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