On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 09:11:52AM -0500, Craig A. Berry wrote: > With a -des configuration on: > > Compaq C V6.4-005 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.2-1, Compaq TCP/IP Services Version V5.1 - ECO >3 > > All tests successful. > > > with the same configuration on: > > DEC C V5.2-003 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1, Process Software MultiNet V4.2 Rev A-X > > t/comp/cpp..........................FAILED at test 3 > lib/ExtUtils/t/basic................FAILED at test 9 > lib/ExtUtils/t/Installed............FAILED at test 16 > lib/Net/hostent.....................FAILED at test 5 > Failed 4 test scripts out of 622, 99.36% okay. > > And what I think those mean is: > > The C pre-processor must be a bit funny on this very old compiler. > > I'm not sure why the ExtUtils tests still fail -- possibly a > remaining directory depth issue. > > I believe we're passing a Berkeley 4.4 hostent struct to a > gethostbyaddr routine that expects the 4.3 version. > > There is a possibility one or more of these will get fixed but none > should hold up 5.8.0 IMO.
Thanks for the heads-up. -- $jhi++; # http://www.iki.fi/jhi/ # There is this special biologist word we use for 'stable'. # It is 'dead'. -- Jack Cohen
