Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-25 Thread Craig A. Berry
Thanks, Mark. At 10:39 AM -0600 8/24/04, Mark Berryman wrote: >Now also available on the U.S. side of the pond. See: >http://mvb.saic.com/freeware/perl/ >ftp://mvb.saic.com/perl/ >and, of course, >$ dir mvb.saic.com::[.perl] > -- Craig A. Berry mailto:

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread Mark Berryman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:49:19 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:39:04 -0600, Mark Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: dir mvb.saic.com::[.perl] This is off topic but what do I need for that to work? Decnet V? Newer VMS than 7.2? Just curious.

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread lemkemch
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 19:49:19 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:39:04 -0600, Mark Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: dir mvb.saic.com::[.perl] This is off topic but what do I need for that to work? Decnet V? Newer VMS than 7.2? Just curious. Oops, guess I was a bit to

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread lemkemch
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:39:04 -0600, Mark Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: dir mvb.saic.com::[.perl] This is off topic but what do I need for that to work? Decnet V? Newer VMS than 7.2? Just curious. Michael

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread Mark Berryman
Craig A. Berry wrote: Hi Folks, This isn't the latest greatest since 5.8.5 is out now, but these are much more recent than other binary kits available (such as the now ancient 5.6.1 still distributed by HP). Here's what I've got: Binary kits for Alpha and Itanium: perl-5_8_4-vmsaxp-7_2-1.zip pe

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread Craig Berry
On Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 10:47AM, Pong-TC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can I copy >A2P.EXE,LIB.DIR;1,PERL.EXE;1,PERLSHR.EXE;1, and UTILS.DIR;1 from the >unzipped directory (perl 5.8.4) to the actual directory of perl 5.6.1 so >as to upgrade perl in the system? Don't do that; it can onl

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread Pong-TC
Thank you Craig for your advice. Now, I know how the perl_setup.com works. I have another question. Can I copy A2P.EXE,LIB.DIR;1,PERL.EXE;1,PERLSHR.EXE;1, and UTILS.DIR;1 from the unzipped directory (perl 5.8.4) to the actual directory of perl 5.6.1 so as to upgrade perl in the system? Will the

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread Craig Berry
On Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at 09:42AM, Pong-TC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am >confused with the sentence "run the included perl_setup.com from your >login.com or sylogin.com". Can you please give me more explainations? perl_setup.com doesn't move any files around or make any system modif

Re: Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-24 Thread Pong-TC
Hello All, I am really an amateur in installation and want a little advice from you guys. I have perl 5.6.1 on the system already, and try to install a new version (perl 5.8.4). I had unzipped perl-5_8_4-vmsaxp-7_2-1.zip under a specific directory [.perl.perl-5_8_4]. I already saw the perl_setup

Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source - additional

2004-08-23 Thread Willem Grooters
Just an addition: HTTP download from: http://www.grootersnet.nl/OpenVMS/ (Mind the ending "/" - otherwise it won't work) There are both HTTP and FTP on that page. Anonymous ftp from ftp://www.grootersnet.nl/perl/ should work as well. Craig couldn't test FTP (directly or via the web-page), i

Perl 5.8.4 in binary and easy-to-build source

2004-08-23 Thread Craig A. Berry
Hi Folks, This isn't the latest greatest since 5.8.5 is out now, but these are much more recent than other binary kits available (such as the now ancient 5.6.1 still distributed by HP). Here's what I've got: Binary kits for Alpha and Itanium: perl-5_8_4-vmsaxp-7_2-1.zip perl-5_8_4-vmsia64-8_1.