John E. Malmberg wrote: > The comments for eliminate_macros() and fixpath() in File::Spec::VMS > imply that they are only used in older versions of Make Maker that does > not contain them. > > Putting a print STDERR statement shows that is not the case, that the > methods of those names contained in File::Spec::VMS are used unless they > are called by MM_VMS. > > I am now trying to update File::Spec to handle VMS EFS character > specifications and GNV (GNU is not VMS) Unix compatibilty mode, so I > will need to first update File::Spec::VMS, and then MM_VMS later. > > In the EFS (Extended character set) mode, in addition to handling the > extended character set, the routines will return Unix syntax for Unix > input and VMS syntax for VMS input. > > For cases where there is no input, or the input does not indicate the > output format, then the output will be in VMS syntax unless the UNIX > compatibilty mode is also on. If that mode is on, then ambigous output > will be in Unix syntax. > > This appears to match the expectation of most of the Perl scripts that I > have worked on getting ported to VMS.
Do you need anything, or was that just an FYI/RFC? -- Robrt: People can't win Schwern: No, but they can riot after the game.
