Re: OpenVMS V7.2-1H1 configure.pl results using the defaults

2002-04-01 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 07:00:57AM -0800, Charles Bunders wrote: > Checking some things by compiling and running another small C program (this > could take a while): > > Building ./testparrotsizes.cfrom testparrotsizes_c.in... > > #include "parrot/parrot.h" > ..^ > %CC-F-NOINCLFILE

OpenVMS V7.2-1H1 configure.pl results using the defaults

2002-04-01 Thread Charles Bunders
Configure.pl had a few problems. Thought I would send it to the list. Below this is a 'perl -"V"' if you want to know that info. Thanks... Parrot Version 0.0.4 Configure Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Yet Another Society Since you're running this script, you obviously have Perl 5--I'll be pulling s

Re: [PATCH Configure.pl] (still broken) Re: OpenVMS can't getpast configure

2002-03-18 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:08 PM -0500 3/17/02, Michael G Schwern wrote: >Poking around in the DECC manual, there's two problems. >http://www.openvms.compaq.com/commercial/c/5492p004.htm#index_x_113 > >First, its INCLUDE_DIRECTORY, not INCLUDE (although INCLUDE works). VMS applies the shortest unique prefix rule with

Re: [PATCH Configure.pl] (still broken) Re: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Michael G Schwern
_113 First, its INCLUDE_DIRECTORY, not INCLUDE (although INCLUDE works). Second, there seems to be some confusing rules about mixing VMS and Unix style paths. It seems that the style used in INCLUDE_DIRECTORY has to match the style used in the #include. Search the places specified in

RE: [PATCH Configure.pl] (still broken) Re: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Brent Dax
Michael G Schwern: # On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 10:13:58AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote: # > Lines in question: # > # > # > foreach(grep {/^i_/} keys %Config) { # > $c{$_}=$Config{$_}; # > $c{headers}.=defineifdef((/^i_(.*)$/)); # > } # > # > I think VMS is too lame to handle the grep line. Honest

RE: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Melvin Smith
>personal dislike for VMS. I don't know enough about VMS to form an >opinion on it--its popular days were before my time. ;^) I never cared for the VMS command shell (I think it was DCL, been a few years since I worked on it), but there is a lot to be learned from the VMS architecture itself.

[PATCH Configure.pl] (still broken) Re: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Michael G Schwern
On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 10:13:58AM -0800, Brent Dax wrote: > Lines in question: > > > foreach(grep {/^i_/} keys %Config) { > $c{$_}=$Config{$_}; > $c{headers}.=defineifdef((/^i_(.*)$/)); > } > > I think VMS is too lame to handle the grep line. Honestly, I'd rather > not change it to bo

RE: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 11:52 AM -0800 3/17/02, Brent Dax wrote: >Dan Sugalski: ># At 10:13 AM -0800 3/17/02, Brent Dax wrote: ># ># Probing Perl 5's configuration to determine which headers you ># ># have (this could ># ># take a while on slow machines)... ># ># Out of memory! ># ># %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort ># > ># >Li

Re: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Josh Wilmes
I suspect that it's not that VMS can't handle it- it's more likely that VMS does a better job of placing quotas on memory usage than other OSes. There's probably something analogous to "ulimit" which would fix the issue, but requiring that in order to build parrot isn't really reasonable. If w

RE: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Brent Dax
Dan Sugalski: # At 10:13 AM -0800 3/17/02, Brent Dax wrote: # ># Probing Perl 5's configuration to determine which headers you # ># have (this could # ># take a while on slow machines)... # ># Out of memory! # ># %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort # > # >Lines in question: # > # > # >foreach(grep {/^i_/} keys

RE: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 10:13 AM -0800 3/17/02, Brent Dax wrote: ># Probing Perl 5's configuration to determine which headers you ># have (this could ># take a while on slow machines)... ># Out of memory! ># %SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort > >Lines in question: > > >foreach(grep {/^i_/} keys %Config) { > $c{$_}=$Config{$_}

RE: OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-17 Thread Brent Dax
Michael G Schwern: # Using 5.005_03 on OpenVMS 7.3... # # # Determining if your C compiler is actually gcc (this could # take a while): # # # Your C compiler is not gcc. # # # Probing Perl 5's configuration to determine which headers you # have (this could # take a while on slow mac

OpenVMS can't get past configure

2002-03-16 Thread Michael G Schwern
Using 5.005_03 on OpenVMS 7.3... Determining if your C compiler is actually gcc (this could take a while): Your C compiler is not gcc. Probing Perl 5's configuration to determine which headers you have (this could take a while on slow machines)... Out of memory! %SYSTEM-F-ABORT,

RE: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-04 Thread Brent Dax
Dan Sugalski: # At 02:56 PM 10/4/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: # >Can't we just use a hints file? :( # # Give me a day or so and I'll get it fixed properly. I'm used # to that by If you're hacking in that area, can you package the test.c stuff in a subroutine for ease of hints overloading? # n

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 02:45 PM 10/4/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:18:04PM -0700, Brent Dax wrote: > > foreach(grep {/pattern/} keys %Config) { > > blah blah blah > > > > with: > > > > while($_=each %Config) { > > next unless /pattern/; > >

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-04 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 02:56 PM 10/4/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >Can't we just use a hints file? :( Give me a day or so and I'll get it fixed properly. I'm used to that by now... :) (There's a reason we just chucked it all and do our own thing to configure stuff in perl 5 on VMS)

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-04 Thread Simon Cozens
On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 02:45:31PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: > Oh dear. Even if I hack it wildly: Alright, now I'm gonna check some stuff by compiling and running a small C program. This could take a bit... Use of uninitialized value at configure.pl line 140. CC/DECC /float=ieee/Include=[]/Sta

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-04 Thread Simon Cozens
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:18:04PM -0700, Brent Dax wrote: > foreach(grep {/pattern/} keys %Config) { > blah blah blah > > with: > > while($_=each %Config) { > next unless /pattern/; > blah blah blah Better, but it doesn't appear to ever *en

RE: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Brent Dax
though. # > # > Waiting might also help to shake out whatever's wrong with # Win2K. Maybe # > it's just Brent's system being funny. (And I'd try playing # with Compaq # > Test Drive's OpenVMS system, but I can't find gzip, vmstar # or, unfortunately, # > per

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Michael G Schwern
ht also help to shake out whatever's wrong with Win2K. Maybe > it's just Brent's system being funny. (And I'd try playing with Compaq > Test Drive's OpenVMS system, but I can't find gzip, vmstar or, unfortunately, > perl. And damn, it's been a long time

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Simon Cozens
's system being funny. (And I'd try playing with Compaq Test Drive's OpenVMS system, but I can't find gzip, vmstar or, unfortunately, perl. And damn, it's been a long time since I used DCL.) No release today, folks. False alarm. -- With the arrest of Dimitry Sklyarov it has

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 06:49 PM 10/3/2001 +0100, Simon Cozens wrote: >On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:52:05PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > > If we don't build on VMS it's not a show-stopper for 0.02. > >I think it is. There's not much point having a core platforms >list if we selectively ignore it. :( Well, like any othe

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Simon Cozens
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:52:05PM -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote: > If we don't build on VMS it's not a show-stopper for 0.02. I think it is. There's not much point having a core platforms list if we selectively ignore it. :( -- * DrForr digs around for a fresh IV drip bag and proceeds to hook up.

Re: SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 07:47 PM 10/3/2001 +0200, Henrik Tougaard wrote: > > Fra: Simon Cozens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Botheration, I forgot all about this. How's it coming on? > >I haven't had any tuits yet. >Has anybody involved the vms-perl list? I have, but everyone's tied up. As am I, unfortunately.

SV: OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Henrik Tougaard
> Fra: Simon Cozens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Botheration, I forgot all about this. How's it coming on? I haven't had any tuits yet. Has anybody involved the vms-perl list? I forgot to include them in the original mail, but someone migth have tuits enough to start it. Does VMS have to be

OpenVMS

2001-10-03 Thread Simon Cozens
Botheration, I forgot all about this. How's it coming on? -- IBM: It may be slow, but it's hard to use.