Maarten Koskamp wrote:
>
> ----- 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...
>
You can also ignore those errors. Everything builds and runs without
problem. You could report it to Tim Bunce however, as it is a bug in
his installer not strictly MMK's fault.
John
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