At 1:29 PM +1100 12/5/02, Keirnan, Paul wrote:

>I had earlier had difficulties which I thought may have been due to MMK,
>so I switched to MMS.
> 
>It would appear that this is where my difficulty lies.
> 
>When I do a "MMK INSTALL" the directories that were missing are created and populated.
> 
>I think it might be safest if I blow everything away then ensure that I use the same 
>tool throughout.

Well, I think there are some things done a bit differently depending
on which build tool you've chosen, but I confess that I switch back
and forth sometimes and have never noticed a problem.  But you may
well have tripped over some sensitivity in the installer.

Note that an unpatched 5.8.0 has trouble building extensions on VMS.
Details and a patch are here:

<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2002-08/msg00218.html>

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