On Nov 7, 2012, at 4:46 AM, Jeremy Begg <jer...@vsm.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm putting together a new OpenVMS IA64 V8.4 system and want to get things > as up to date as possible. > > I went looking for the current/latest version of Perl and it's far from > clear what I should be using. So I ownloaded 5.16.2 but the build fails on > ext/Dynaloader:
> %MMS-F-GWKNOACTS, Actions to update DL_VMS.C are unknown. > %MMS-F-GWKNOACTS, Actions to update DL_VMS.C are unknown. > > > Unsuccessful make(ext/DynaLoader): code=1024 at make_ext.pl line 466. > %MMS-F-NOMSG, Message number 00EE805C > %MMS-F-ABORT, For target DYNALOADER.OBJ, CLI returned abort status: > %X00EE805C. > -MMS-F-GWKNOACTS, Actions to update !AS are unknown. > $ > > So what version should I be using? You've got the right version of Perl. But MMS doesn't work; the rules for building extensions are just a bit too complicated for it. MMK works fine, though, so just use that. It's currently available from <https://github.com/endlesssoftware/mmk>. Unfortunately it now requires SDL to build from source so you'll needs SDL from one of the freeware distributions. Or just use an older version of MMK, such as <http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv.com?MMK>. ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:craigbe...@mac.com "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
