----- Original Message -----
From: "Piyush Avichal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 5:58 PM
Subject: DBI 1-19 Installation
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have just attempted to build and install DBI-1-19 for Perl.
> > I am running Perl 5.6.1 on VAX/VMS 7.1 using MMK 3.9.2
> > and using DEC C 5.5.
> >
> > Whilst doing the MMK and the MMK Install I got the following
> > messages in both:
> >
> > Can't open output file [.blib.man1]dbiproxy.pl.rno as stdout
> > %RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error
> > Can't open output file [.blib.man1]dbish.pl.rno as stdout
> > %RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error
[...]
MMK is trying to make files with two dots in the filename.
This filename syntax is not allowed on VMS.
It should replace one dot with an underscore.
Dont know why it does this. Maybe your MM_VMS is broke...
Maarten.
