Hi! Doesn't look too good using HP C V7.3-019 on OpenVMS IA64 V8.3-1H1 and MMK V4.1...
The first annoyance is ExtUtils::MakeMaker (in cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker) checking for completeness of its kit and not finding any files: Running Makefile.PL in cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker $1$dga1:[build.perl-5_12_2-rc1]miniperl.exe;1 "Makefile.PL" "INST_LIB=[--.lib]" "INST_ARCHLIB=[--.lib]" "PERL_CORE=1" Checking if your kit is complete... Warning: the following files are missing in your kit: [...lists all files from MANIFEST...] The build then fails at Running Makefile.PL in cpan/Parse-CPAN-Meta $1$dga1:[build.perl-5_12_2-rc1]miniperl.exe;1 "Makefile.PL" "INST_LIB=[--.lib]" "INST_ARCHLIB=[--.lib]" "PERL_CORE=1" Writing Descrip.MMS for Parse::CPAN::Meta Making all in cpan/Parse-CPAN-Meta MMK "all" /DESCRIPTION=descrip.mms /MACRO=("PERL_CORE=1") cp [.lib.parse.cpan]meta.pm [--.lib.parse.cpan]meta.pm MCR [--]miniperl.exe "-I[--.lib]" "-I[--.lib]" "-I[--.lib]" "-I[--.lib]" UUPACKTOOL.PL UUPACKTOOL Can't locate constant.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ../../lib/VMS_IA64 ../../lib ../../lib/VMS_IA64 ../../lib ../../lib/VMS_IA64 ../../lib ../../lib/VMS_IA64 ../../lib ../../cpan/AutoLoader/lib ../../cpan/Cwd ../../cpan/Cwd/lib ../../cpan/ExtUtils-Command/lib ../../dist/ExtUtils-Install/lib ../../cpan/ExtUtils-MakeMaker/lib ../../cpan/ExtUtils-Manifest/lib ../../cpan/File-Path/lib ../../lib/VMS_IA64 ../../lib .) at ../../lib/Getopt/Long.pm line 208. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ../../lib/Getopt/Long.pm line 208. Compilation failed in require at uupacktool.pl line 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at uupacktool.pl line 5. %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort %MMK-F-ERRUPD, error status %X0000002C occurred when updating target UUPACKTOOL %MMK-F-ERRUPD, error status %X0000002C occurred when updating target UUPACKTOOL Unsuccessful make(cpan/Parse-CPAN-Meta): code=1024 at make_ext.pl line 449. %NONAME-F-NOMSG, Message number 0C14803C %MMK-F-ERRUPD, error status %X0C14803C occurred when updating target NONXSEXT I'm a bit at a loss at what goes wrong - constant.pm is there in [.dist.constant.lib], but not in any of the above paths. If I copy it over to [.lib], the next file not located is File/Spec.pm cu, Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Craig A. Berry [mailto:craig.a.be...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. September 2010 02:25 An: VMSperl Mailing List Betreff: Fwd: Perl 5.12.2-RC1 is now available Hi Folks, please test. Several VMS-specific changes are in this release candidate, most of them fixes for things reported right here on vmsperl. Relevent release note sections are visible at: <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/maint-5.12:/pod/perl5122delta.pod#l267> and <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/maint-5.12:/pod/perl5122delta.pod#l76> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jesse Vincent <je...@fsck.com> Date: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:10 PM Subject: Perl 5.12.2-RC1 is now available To: perl5-port...@perl.org The front page opens, familiar as a friend's living room. A frame-grab from #48 serves as backdrop, dim and almost monochrome, no characters in view. This is one of the sequences that generate comparisons with Tarkovsky. She only knows Tarkovsky from stills, really, though she did once fall asleep during a screening of The Stalker, going under on an endless pan, the camera aimed straight down, in close-up, at a puddle on a ruined mosaic floor. But she is not one of those who think that much will be gained by analysis of the maker's imagined influences. The cult of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence. Truffaut, Peckinpah -- The Peckinpah people, among the least likely, are still waiting for the guns to be drawn. -- William Gibson, /Pattern Recognition/ I've just uploaded the first release candidate for Perl 5.12.2 to PAUSE. Shortly, you should be able to find it at: http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl-5.12.2-RC1/ SHA1 sums for this release are: d77be49a073807c04a8701d643ea307c41808a3c perl-5.12.2-RC1.tar.bz2 5d04e518b8aef98e30d3f16f984b402701e9b608 perl-5.12.2-RC1.tar.gz It's very important that you test this release with any software written in Perl which you use or maintain. If no "showstopper" class bugs are found in the next few days, we will release a virtually identical tarball as Perl 5.12.2. Best, Jesse -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkx9N3sACgkQEi9d9xCOQEbtcACdHs7xY2BtC7FlEQR4a3GVGga6 IFMAn0b/OjclX1ZIsg4hZ/hp+yxWPghm =cCi3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----