> And it would really help to know which one you're following
Yeah, I know, but after a couple of days it's a little blurry as to what
problem was noticed from which set of docs. It hasn't helped that this has
been a moving target, make one failure go away and another shows up
somewhere else. Had it been a consistent failure, it'd be a lot easier to
point a finger and say Ah Ha!
> I don't know if the patch sets from www.crinoid.com
Nope, I hadn't come across this site yet. Basically, I've been following
the link from www.perl.org to various VMS sites looking for tid bits as to
what goes where and in what order.
> Weird, never saw that one before.
> > [.pod]pod2usage.........FAILED on test 1 (hangs at this point)
This started after moving the install directory to a subdirectory off of the
root directory. I even deleted everything and reinstalled a fresh
downloaded copy and can still reproduce the error.
> > Should l see any test failures?
> No, it *is* possible to get a clean build/test.
Possible? So this is to say that I should not expect the base 5.6 to be a
clean install?
> > Is there a concise set of instructions for
> http://www.crinoid.com/
Um, I found instructions for applying patches, I didn't see anything about
actually getting a clean install of PERL though. Or were you implying that
I should attempt to apply the patches and rerun the MMK TEST?
> > Should the PERL_ROOT: logical point to a directory at the root level?
> It can be one or two levels down. What I generally do is something like
> $ define/trans=conceal xroot disk:[perl.perl560.]
> $ set default xroot:[000000]
> $ mmk
With the following (copied from my sylogicals):
$ dsr := define/system/executive/translation=(CONCEALED,TERMINAL)
<snip>
$ dsr perl_root DRA0:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.perl.]
I was able to run a MMK TEST that while it still had failures, did not hang.
Unfortunately, the MMK INSTALL failed at that point which is what led to the
question about moving the [.LIB] directory with a rename.
> Ah, but the *next* program will be a lot faster! :)
At the rate I'm going, there won't be a next program! :-)
The PERL installation at this point seems to run, or at least I haven't
exercised anything that causes a fatal error other than trying to use and
understand how the VMS interface works. Lacking the VMS interface, I'm
going to try to use PERL to build .com files that I can run to accomplish
what I need for now.
Thanks,
Mike Benedict
