Hi, Does that mean Perl was/is successfully compiled using DEC C (Compaq C for OVMS) and not using C++. If I use a DEC C compiler, can I expect the compilation to go through without any errors?
Thanks in advance Regards -----Original Message----- From: Craig A. Berry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 10:38 AM To: Prabhu, Anantha (STSD) Cc: vmsperl@perl.org Subject: Re: Issue while configuring perl on VMS At 2:59 PM +0530 2/14/05, Prabhu, Anantha (STSD) wrote: >Hello, > >I have an OVMS 7.3-1 system with "Compaq C++ V6.5-041 for OpenVMS Alpha >V7.3-1" compiler. The C++ compiler is a separate product from the C compiler and, unlike other native VMS languages, also requires a separate linker (CXXLINK). While support for C++ has long been desired for building Perl, and some of the building blocks for that support have been started in the configuration procedure configure.com, the work has never been completed for lack of a champion to see it through. If you would like to take on this project, do post progress here and feel free to pose specific questions. And of course do submit patches when the work is complete. >I have downloaded the Perl-5.8.6 sources from the web and was trying to >compile the sources on my OVMS system. I am getting following error for @ >Configure "-des" command, > >Nope, we can't. >Creating config.sh... >%LINK-F-OPENIN, error opening >SYS$SYSDEVICE:[HOME.LTT.perl_an.PERL-5_8_6.UU]munchconfig.obj; as input >-RMS-E-FNF, file not found It's entirely possible that [.vms]munchconfig.c will not even compile with C++ and will need some tweaking. In any case, if it is compiled with CXX, I believe it should be linked with CXXLINK. -- ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
