On Tuesday, February 07, 2006, at 08:33AM, Chris Sharman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>... failed again - is it tripping over ODS5
>(disk$web:[tools.perl-5^.8^.8]) ?
>I think I'll build without dots.
>From README.vms, which is recommended reading for anyone buliding Perl on VMS,
>especially those who have run into trouble while attempting to do so:
=head1 Unpacking the Perl source code
You may need to set up a foreign symbol for the unpacking utility of choice.
If you unpack a perl source kit with a name containing multiple periods on
an ODS-5 volume using recent versions of vmstar (e.g. V3.4 or later) you may
need to be especially careful in unpacking the tape archive file. Try to use
the ODS-2 compatability qualifiers such as:
vmstar /extract/verbose/ods2 perl-V^.VIII^.III.tar
or:
vmstar -xvof perl-5^.8^.3.tar
If you neglected to use the /ODS2 qualifier or the -o switch then you
could rename the source directory:
set security/protection=(o:rwed) perl-5^.8^.3.dir
rename perl-5^.8^.3.dir perl-5_8_3.dir
Perl on VMS as of 5.8.3 does not completely handle extended file
parse styles such as are encountered on ODS-5. While it can be built,
installed, and run on ODS-5 filesystems; it may encounter
trouble with characters that are otherwise illegal on ODS-2
volumes (notably the ^. escaped period sequence).
