It appears that only a handful of files have multiple dots in them, and as near as I can tell, on OpenVMS, these files are only referenced by the CONFIGURE.COM script.
It should not be to hard to change the configure script to be able to automatically on Alpha/I64 if those files like changes5^.8.* are in the multiple dot format or in an ODS-2 compatable name. -John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal Opinion Only
