On Dec 16, 2012, at 10:12 AM, John E. Malmberg <wb8...@qsl.net> wrote:
> Bash 4.2.39 is the current release and patch level of the GNU bash project > and is now available for OpenVMS. Thanks very much John, and congratulations. This has been sorely needed for a very long time and I know you've put a lot of work into it. > Items of specific interest to the to the VMS Perl community are: > > Recent versions of Perl will go into a UNIX mode when run under Bash 4.2.39. Yes, basically several pertinent CRTL features will be set. See <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/blob/HEAD:/vms/vms.c#l14004>, though that line number will change as development continues. > I have not yet attempted to run the Perl configure script under Bash 4.2.39. That would be a pretty major undertaking. While it's a tantalizing prospect to think we could eventually avoid maintaining the 7000+ lines of configure.com and just use the Configure shell script, it's a long ways from happening and might not be the best way to spend scarce resources. ________________________________________ Craig A. Berry mailto:craigbe...@mac.com "... getting out of a sonnet is much more difficult than getting in." Brad Leithauser
