Re: [PATCH Storable 2.06] const declaration fixup

2003-01-23 Thread Forrest Cahoon
Thanks, Craig! This worked fine for me as well. (Dang simple patch -- I should have tried that. I messed my head up by trying to figure out what the WRITE macro actually did instead.) Forrest not speaking for merrill corporation

Re: Problem building Storable-2.06 under VMS perl 5.6.1 (and now Test-Simple-0.47)

2003-01-22 Thread Forrest Cahoon
e missing at line 1. Semicolon seems to be missing at line 2. Where it hangs. This really doesn't seem to be going well. Forrest Cahoon not speaking for merrill corporation

Problem building Storable-2.06 under VMS perl 5.6.1

2003-01-20 Thread Forrest Cahoon
ever made it that far. Obviously, not everyone (no one?) else has suffered from this build problem. Help? Here's some more info about my environment: $ cc/vers Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3 $ perl -v This is perl, v5.6.1 built for VMS_AXP [ ... ] Forrest Cahoon not speaking for merrill corporation

VMS::Logical (was Re: Perl vs. DCL (was ...))

2002-09-07 Thread Forrest Cahoon
ode -- I have to use a different system call to get executive mode and I got sidetracked while I was working that one out. In practice, I find user mode logicals work for what I've needed to do as a non-priveleged user, so perhaps that's why I've been slow to fix it

Re: strange result from sys$getjpi

2002-06-10 Thread Forrest Cahoon
why is "MMK TEST" different? It's still attached to the console. Oh well, I guess it will work as it's really intended to be used. Thanks for the help. -- | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |

Re: strange result from sys$getjpi

2002-06-09 Thread Forrest Cahoon
can ask the administrator to upgrade but I kind of already feel he's bending over backwards for me. I'll check on 5.6.1 when I get to work. -- | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |--| Only unbalanced people | | Mpls MN 55414-2514 | |can tip the scales... |

Re: strange result from sys$getjpi

2002-06-09 Thread Forrest Cahoon
> > At 8:50 PM -0500 6/9/02, Forrest Cahoon wrote: > >But 0 is JPI$K_OTHER, what I should really be getting is 3, which is > >JPI$K_INTERACTIVE. Changing this XS code into plain C, where test1() > >becomes main() and running it gives me the results I expect: > >

strange result from sys$getjpi

2002-06-09 Thread Forrest Cahoon
C, where test1() becomes main() and running it gives me the results I expect: status = %X0001 mode = 3 This is with Perl 5.6.0 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3. What the heck's going on here? | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE

VMS::Logical module available - the correct URL

2002-06-01 Thread Forrest Cahoon
> You can find it at http://vmsbox.cjb.net/~forrest/. That should be http://vmsbox.cjb.net/~fcahoon/. Sorry. -- | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |--| Only unbalanced people | | Mpls MN 55414-2

VMS::Logical module available

2002-06-01 Thread Forrest Cahoon
I posted this from another address before, but it's not showing up in the archives. I apologize if this is a repeat. I've just finished a module to get and set logical names, using hooks into sys$crelnm and sys$dellnm. (I was planning to write a hook into sys$trnlnm to but haven't gotten ther

XS hooks into olb compiled with /names=(as_is, shortened) ?

2002-04-02 Thread Forrest Cahoon
ould it help to build the ghostscript library as a sharable image? There are build files to do this on unix and win32, but I'm just creating a static library on VMS right now, because that's a lot simpler. Any advice would be most appreciated. Forrest Cahoon not speaking for merrill corporation

Re: Putting the perl source in with the embedding executable?

2002-01-31 Thread Forrest Cahoon
01/30/2002 cc: 05:25 PM Subject: Re: Putting the perl source in with the embedding executable?

Putting the perl source in with the embedding executable?

2002-01-30 Thread Forrest Cahoon
Hello, everyone. I have been using simple wrappers around perl so I can run privileged operations. This works nicely, since I'm careful that my embedded executable will only run one perl file. I wish I didn't have to keep my perl source and C wrapper seperate, though if I write more than

Error handling on magic open into Ghostscript

2001-10-10 Thread Forrest Cahoon
83(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:65/200(L)-- Current allocation mode is local Current file position is 5 GS>GS> Ghostscript doesn't die, and the jpeg is generated. Here too, I have the problem that my output is probably corrupt, yet I have no warning to go implement special processing. Tell me, O Wise Perl Gurus, how shall I impliment such programs with robust error handling? I should probably mention that "This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for VMS_AXP". Forrest Cahoon not speaking for merrill corporation

Re: Nevermind ... olb order dependency

2001-07-24 Thread Forrest Cahoon
I found it: http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/vmsperl/1999-05/msg00057.html Thanks! One less annoyance ... "Craig A. Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/24/2001 04:17:20 PM To: "Forrest Cahoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subje

Nevermind ... olb order dependency

2001-07-24 Thread Forrest Cahoon
Ok, I'm an idiot. After I posted, I checked our test 5.6.1 install, and found that the problem is fixed -- olb order is preserved from the Makefile.PL. Hopefully we'll be able to actually use 5.6.1 in production some day Forrest not speaking for merrill corporation

olb order dependencies when building XS modules

2001-07-24 Thread Forrest Cahoon
e if there was some easy fix I could make, but it wasn't obvious to my simple mind. Has anyone else been bit by this? Have an idea how to fix it? Forrest Cahoon not speaking for merrill corporation

moving modules between perl trees

2001-07-09 Thread Forrest Cahoon
copied? Is the risk of hosing things substantial enough that I should just install all the modules from sources again into the new tree? The versions are the same, 5.005_03, so moving files seems plausible. But I'd really hate to mess things up. Forrest Cahoon not speaking for merrill corporation

Mixing Perl and DCL

2001-04-26 Thread Forrest Cahoon
w that if you're not careful, it's very easy to get into a deadlock situation, so I'm a little nervous about just jumping in and trying to write this myself ... Has anyone done something like this already? Does it sound reasonable? Anyone want to write it for me? | Forrest Cahoon

dealing with VMS format dates

2001-03-29 Thread Forrest Cahoon
m service calls with little difficulty. Suggestions? | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |--| Only unbalanced people | | Mpls MN 55414-2514 | |can tip the scales... |

VMS::FindFile update

2001-02-08 Thread Forrest Cahoon
p, and the error handling is better (and simpler). If someone wants to put this in the CPAN under their name, I'd be happy. I read up on how to submit stuff there, and it seems like a lot of work for someone who is not likely to write another CPAN module any time soon. | Forrest Cahoo

Socket madness

2001-02-08 Thread Forrest Cahoon
d='Link', ldflags ='/NoTrace/NoMap' libpth=/sys$share /sys$library libs= libc=(DECCRTL), so=exe, useshrplib=undef, libperl=undef Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_vms.c, dlext=exe, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='' cccdlflags='', ld

new VMS::FindFile perl module

2000-09-21 Thread Forrest Cahoon
will take a look. I'm interested in your feedback on my coding style -- if I've done something really stupid, please tell me. | Forrest Cahoon | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| | 850 21st Ave SE |--| Only unbalanced people