At 5:34 PM -0700 8/13/01, Peter Prymmer wrote:
> * The default PERL_ROOT prefix will be 'perl_src' + "ROOT.]"
good idea
> * A better check of the ACPTYPE of the DEFAULT file system
> instead of checking OS version and architecture. Since it is
> rare to deploy recent OSes on SYSTEM DISKS that are not ODS-2
I'm pretty sure ODS-5 is not supported for system disks, even on VMS 7.3.
>this
> check is more correct than the previous one. The previous one
> also ignore the fact that /STRUCTURE=5 is optional on AXP VMS V7.2++
> and is not required.
I believe there is extended directory depth support on ODS-2 volumes
on OpenVMS Alpha 7.2 and later (in addition, of course, to ODS-5
volumes). On VAX, old limits still apply regardless of OS version.
In other words, deeper directory support, unless I'm hallucinating,
became available on Alpha independently of other ODS-5 enhancements,
but best to check the docs.
> * PERL_SETUP.COM will be written out with a new foreign symbol for
> @-executing perlivp.com.
> * A start on instructions about running h2ph in README.vms. Do note
> that this is only a start and I would appreciate hearing some war
> stories about what people have done to get *.ph files on VMS.
I've never tried it. You are most likely aware of the fact that when
installing the C compiler you get the option of extracting a
reference version of the .h files to
SYS$COMMON:[DECC$LIB.REFERENCE...]. Can those be used to create the
.ph files?
>and so forth. Would anyone object to this going into the next dev
>snapshot? Thanks for your comments.
Perhaps check the directory depth stuff first, though Jarkko is not
threatening to release momentarily so there's time to fix it later if
IIRC about 7.2 Alpha vs. ODS-5.
Cheers,
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