Thanks, applied!
Tim.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 05:46:20AM -0800, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:02:52PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this the right place to mention it or the right time but I
> > still get (that is before the last two snapshots Michael has made available) a
> > few problems building the latest DBI and DBD::ODBC on VMS with Perl 5.8.1 that
> > I believe might be down to MakeMaker.
>
> These are both problems in DBI's Makefile.PL, not MakeMaker. Both can
> be fixed with simple patches to Makefile.PL (for a) and lib/DBI/DBD.pm
> (for b) by simply adding in $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) as you suggest. Patch
> attached. You'll probably also need to send something similar to the
> DBD::ODBC author as he likely parroted some of the DBI Makefile.PL code.
>
>
> > I added the following to our instructions for using our OOB ODBC driver with
> > Perl DBI/DBD::ODBC which identify the problems:
> >
> > When building DBI:
> >
> > With DBI-1.35 and this Perl snapshot we had two problems with the
> > makefile generated from the Makefile.PL by MakeMaker:
> >
> > [a] "%MMS-F-GWKNOACTS, Actions to update CONFIG are unknown."
> >
> > This seems to be caused by a rule with no action. If you search the
> > generated descrip.mms file for the line:
> >
> > config :: $(changes_pm)
> >
> > add on the next line:
> >
> > $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
> >
> > Make sure you put a tab before "$(NOECHO)".
> >
> > [b] "%MMS-F-GWKNOACTS, Actions to update [.BLIB.ARCH.AUTO.DBI]DRIVER.XST
> > are unknown."
> >
> > This seems to be caused by the lines generated by MakeMaker
> > commented as "these two keep make -j4 working". e.g. in descrip.mms
> > search for:
> >
> >
> > # these two keep make -j4 working
> > $(DBI_DRIVER_XST) :: pm_to_blib
> > $(DBI_INSTARCH_DIR)Driver_xst.h :: pm_to_blib
> >
> > and comment out (with a #) the two rules after the comment.
> >
> > You may also see %SYSTEM-W-BADFILEVER errors for dbiprof.pl.rno,
> > dbiproxy.pl.rno and possibly dbish.pl.rno (pre 1.35). This
> > problem is due to the double file extension which is invalid in
> > VMS but we currently do not know the solution (you can ignore it).
> >
> > [a] and [b] above also happen with DBD::ODBC.
> >
> > Martin
> > --
> > Martin J. Evans
> > Easysoft Ltd, UK
> > Development
> >
> > On 25-Mar-2003 Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > > The latest MakeMaker snapshot (www.makemaker.org) is feeling much better
> > > about VMS. Its down to a small handful of problems, the major one being
> > > a bug in the doc_*_install targets having to do with perllocal.pod not
> > > being properly created. I should be able to fix that one tommorrow.
> > >
> > > Still need help with the newline escaping in order to test split_command().
> > >
> > > Not yet sure why install.t is failing or why 'mmk pm_to_blib' doesn't
> > > show any skip messages, just copies.
> > >
> > > Here's what I see when running the snapshot on VMS against 5.8.0:
> > >
> > > Failed Test Stat Wstat Total Fail Failed List of Failed
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -
> > > t/basic.t 44 1024 48 20 41.67% 27-45 48
> > > t/install.t 44 1024 18 3 16.67% 9 13 17
> > > t/split_command.t 44 1024 6 2 33.33% 4 6
> > > 7 tests and 52 subtests skipped.
> > > Failed 3/30 test scripts, 90.00% okay. 25/454 subtests failed, 94.49% okay.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > 7. It is always something
> > > -- RFC 1925
> >
>
> --
> <GuRuThuG> make a channel called #Perl, and infest it with joking and
> fun.... it doesnt make alot of sense.
Content-Description: DBI.patch
> --- Makefile.PL 2003/03/25 13:42:27 1.1
> +++ Makefile.PL 2003/03/25 13:42:50
> @@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
> changes_pm = ' . File::Spec->catfile($self->{INST_LIB}, 'DBI', 'Changes.pm') . '
>
> config :: $(changes_pm)
> + $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
>
> $(changes_pm): Changes
> $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(inst_libdbi)
> --- lib/DBI/DBD.pm 2003/03/25 13:43:02 1.1
> +++ lib/DBI/DBD.pm 2003/03/25 13:43:41
> @@ -3647,7 +3647,10 @@
>
> # these two keep make -j4 working
> $(DBI_DRIVER_XST) :: pm_to_blib
> + $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
> +
> '.$xstf_h.' :: pm_to_blib
> + $(NOECHO) $(NOOP)
>
> # ---
> ';
