On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:33:34PM -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> At 12:24 AM 4/22/2002 -0400, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> >I've got something to test.  I've overriden prefixify() in MM_VMS but
> >managed to leave init_INSTALL() as is.  PREFIX should now work on VMS.
> >Grab a snapshot from makemaker.org.
> 
> 
> OK, here are the initial problems. There is still whitespace inserted 
> between the prefixes and their colons -- something splits on word boundaries?
> 
> PREFIX = perl_root :
> SITEPREFIX = perl_root :

No idea.


> Trying to make MM itself yields:
> 
> $ mmk
> %MMK-F-CANTUPD, cannot update target [.BLIB.LIB.EXTUTILS].EXISTS - sources unknown

Yeah, I saw this.  I was hoping it was a symptom of the 15 minute clock skew
on the VMS machine I was working on.


> It looks like the config target depends on $(INST_LIBDIR).exists, 
> $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR).exists, $(INST_AUTODIR).exists, and 
> $(INST_MAN3DIR).exists.  However, only $(INST_AUTODIR).exists is present as 
> a target, so the others will cause us to jump off the cliff of unknown sources.
>
> If we look at the one target that is there more closely (see below), there 
> are a couple of oddities, though I don't know their significance.  1.) We 
> are attempting to recreate the top-level directory; should we be trying to 
> create the target directory? 2.)  PERM_RWX is not define for VMS; should it 
> be?  3.) Probably cosmetic, but there is a blank line before the last action 
> line for the target.
> 
> $(INST_AUTODIR).exists :: perl_root:[lib.VMS_AXP.5_7_3.CORE]perl.h
>         @ $(MKPATH) D0:[CRAIG.EXTUTILS-MAKEMAKER]
>         @ $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) perl_root:[lib.VMS_AXP.5_7_3.CORE]perl.h 
>$(INST_AUTODIR).exists
> 
>         -@ $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) D0:[CRAIG.EXTUTILS-MAKEMAKER]

Which is very odd, since I don't think I touched that lately.


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