> BTW here is a patch that I had hoped to help the VAX running
>
> $ cc/ver nl:
> DEC C V5.3-006 on OpenVMS VAX V6.2
I'll put this patch in, anyway, since it seems to help part of the way.
> Special thanks to Robert Alan Byer for the /opt=(NODISJ) suggestion for
> MD5, it seemed to work. Note that this patch adds an extra surprise
> to ext/Digest/MD5/Makefile.PL and has only been tested on the Alpha
> running VMS (where the extra OPTIMIZE macro did not kick in).
>
> Do note that on the VAX running DEC C 5.3 even with this patch applied
> your build will die in either the ext ensions Fcntl or File::Glob with a
> message that looks a bit like so:
>
> Making File/Glob (dynamic)
> %SYSTEM-F-FLTOVF_F, arithmetic fault, floating overflow at PC=000918DD,
> PSL=03C00000
> %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
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