Hello Peter, thanks a lot for the patch, there are a number of useful things in there (like the catfile vs catdir calls), but it is not the solution to my question.
Essentially what you are doing is replacing Unix-centric hackery with VMS-centric hackery, as the patched Makefile.PL will not work on non-VMS systems. Also the assumption that you can not run make while Makefile.PL is executing is not correct. As long as you do have a descrip.mms file (even if it is empty) before invoking the test in Makefile.PL it does work fine. I suppose my mail has not been clear. If I just wanted to get this somehow working for me I'd been done already for a while ;-) What I want to do is put a patch together that will work on both Unix and VMS without hardcoding stuff in Net::DNS that MakeMaker obviously knows about ;-) Greetings, Martin > From: IN%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "Peter Prymmer" 18-MAY-2006 21:12:01.60 > Subj: RE: Make/Makefile name to use in Makefile.PL > > --Boundary_(ID_WpaOBlN88kZNo1qpMQsv9Q) > Content-type: text/plain > > "Dr. Martin P.J. Zinser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on > 05/18/2006 02:44:24 PM: > > > I am trying to port Net::DNS (0.57) to VMS. Unfortunatly the Makefile.PL > > > does contain some pretty Unix-centric hackery, part of it involving > > calling make as part of Makefile.PL. To make this "portable" I need the > > name of the platform specific makefile as known to MakeMaker. Can you > > advise on where to look for this? "Make" can be found in $Config, but > > I have not found "Makefile" in there... > > The name 'descrip.mms' is buried in ExtUtils::MakeMaker::MM_VMS.pm > and is not queryable directly. > > To get Net::DNS 0.57 working on VMS we did not use the descrip.mms > name but found that we had to modify 5 of the source files: > > DNS.xs > Makefile.PL > netdns.h > t/00-pod.t > t/00-version.t > > as follows: > > > > I hope that helps. > > Peter Prymmer > > --Boundary_(ID_WpaOBlN88kZNo1qpMQsv9Q) > Content-type: application/octet-stream; name=net-dns.patch > Content-disposition: attachment > Content-transfer-encoding: BASE64 > > LS0tIG5ldC1kbnMtMF81Ny9kbnMueHMJMjAwNi8wNS8wNCAxMjo1NDoxNA0KKysr > IG5ldC1kbnMtMF81Ny9ETlMueHMJMjAwNi8wNS8wNCAxMzoyNDozMA0KQEAgLTY5 > LDcgKzY5LDcgQEANCiAJDQogCUVYVEVORChTUCwgMik7DQogCQ0KLQlpZiAocG9z > IDwgMCkgew0KKwlpZiAocG9zKzEgPCAxKSB7DQogCQlQVVNIcyhzdl8ybW9ydGFs > KG5ld1NWc3YoJlBMX3N2X3VuZGVmKSkpOw0KIAkJUFVTSHMoc3ZfMm1vcnRhbChu > ZXdTVnN2KCZQTF9zdl91bmRlZikpKTsNCiAJfSBlbHNlIHsNCi0tLSBuZXQtZG5z > LTBfNTcvbWFrZWZpbGUucGwJMjAwNi8wNS8wNCAxMjo1NDoxNA0KKysrIG5ldC1k > bnMtMF81Ny9NYWtlZmlsZS5QTAkyMDA2LzA1LzA0IDEzOjI0OjMwDQpAQCAtNzQs > MTMgKzc0LDExIEBADQogCX0sDQogCVhTICAgICAgICAgICAgPT4ge30sDQogCUMg > ICAgICAgICAgICAgPT4gW10sDQotCWNsZWFuICAgICAgICAgPT4geyBGSUxFUyA9 > PiAndC9vbmxpbmUuZW5hYmxlZCBjb21waWxlLiogRE5TLm8gRE5TLmMgRE5TLmJz > JyB9LA0KLQ0KLQ0KKwljbGVhbiAgICAgICAgID0+IHsgRklMRVMgPT4gJ3Qvb25s > aW5lLmVuYWJsZWQgY29tcGlsZS4qIEROUy5vIEROUy5jIEROUy5icyBuZXRkbnMn > LiRDb25maWd7bGliX2V4dH0uJyBuZXRkbnMnLiRDb25maWd7b2JqX2V4dH0gfSwN > CisgICAgICAgIEFSICAgICAgICAgICAgPT4gJ2xpYnJhcnknDQogKTsNCiANCiAN > Ci0NCiBpZiAoJF5PIGVxICdNU1dpbjMyJykgew0KIAkkTWFrZWZpbGV7J1BSRVJF > UV9QTSd9LT57J1dpbjMyOjpSZWdpc3RyeSd9ID0gMDsNCiB9DQpAQCAtMTkxLDYg > KzE4OSwxNSBAQA0KIAkNCiAJY2xvc2UoRikgb3IgcmV0dXJuOw0KIA0KKyAgICAg > ICAgbXkgJGNtZCA9ICIkQ29uZmlneydtYWtlJ30gY29tcGlsZSRDb25maWd7b2Jq > X2V4dH0iOw0KKw0KKyAgICAgICAgaWYgKCReTyBlcSAnVk1TJykgew0KKyAgICAg > ICAgICAgICMgV2UgY2FuJ3QgcnVuIG1ha2UgaGVyZSBhcyB0aGUgZmlsZSBpcyBi > ZWluZyB3cml0dGVuLCBWTVMgaGFzIGZpbGUgbG9ja3MNCisgICAgICAgICAgICBy > ZXR1cm4gMTsNCisgICAgICAgIH0NCisNCisgICAgICAgIHByaW50IFNUREVSUiAi > Y21kPSckY21kJ1xuIjsNCisNCiAJbXkgJHJldCA9IHN5c3RlbSgiJENvbmZpZ3sn > bWFrZSd9IGNvbXBpbGUkQ29uZmlne29ial9leHR9Iik7DQogCQ0KIAlmb3JlYWNo > IG15ICRmaWxlIChnbG9iKCdjb21waWxlKicpKSB7DQpAQCAtMjIyLDkgKzIyOSw5 > IEBADQogDQogDQogDQotbmV0ZG5zJChMSUJfRVhUKTogbmV0ZG5zLm8NCi0JJChB > UikgY3IgbmV0ZG5zJChMSUJfRVhUKSBuZXRkbnMubw0KLQkkKFJBTkxJQikgbmV0 > ZG5zJChMSUJfRVhUKQ0KK25ldGRucyQoTElCX0VYVCkgOiBuZXRkbnMkKE9CSl9F > WFQpDQorCSQoQVIpIC9vYmplY3QvY3JlYXRlIG5ldGRucyQoTElCX0VYVCkNCisJ > JChBUikgL29iamVjdC9yZXBsYWNlIG5ldGRucyQoTElCX0VYVCkgbmV0ZG5zJChP > QkpfRVhUKQ0KIA0KIA0KICc7DQotLS0gbmV0LWRucy0wXzU3L25ldGRucy5oCTIw > MDYvMDUvMDQgMTI6NTQ6MTQNCisrKyBuZXQtZG5zLTBfNTcvbmV0ZG5zLmgJMjAw > Ni8wNS8wNCAxMzoyNDozMA0KQEAgLTE5LDcgKzE5LDkgQEANCiAgKiBIbW1tIDEw > MTAgaXMganVzdCBhIGJpdCBvdmVyc2l6ZWQgDQogICovDQogDQorI2lmbmRlZiBW > TVMNCiAjZGVmaW5lIE1BWEROQU1FIDEwMTANCisjZW5kaWYNCiANCiBpbnQgbmV0 > ZG5zX2RuX2V4cGFuZCggdV9jaGFyICptc2csICB1X2NoYXIgKmVvbW9yaWcsDQog > CSAgICAgICB1X2NoYXIgKmNvbXBfZG4sICB1X2NoYXIgKmV4cF9kbiwNCi0tLSBu > ZXQtZG5zLTBfNTcvdC8wMC1wb2QudAkyMDA2LzA1LzA0IDEyOjU0OjE0DQorKysg > bmV0LWRucy0wXzU3L3QvMDAtcG9kLnQJMjAwNi8wNS8wNCAxMzoyNDozMA0KQEAg > LTEzLDkgKzEzLDkgQEANCiAJVGVzdDo6UG9kLT5pbXBvcnQ7DQogCQ0KIAlteSBA > ZmlsZXM7DQotCW15ICRibGliID0gRmlsZTo6U3BlYy0+Y2F0ZmlsZShxdyhibGli > IGxpYikpOw0KKwlteSAkYmxpYiA9IEZpbGU6OlNwZWMtPmNhdGRpcihxdyhibGli > IGxpYikpOw0KIAkNCi0JZmluZCggc3ViIHsgcHVzaChAZmlsZXMsICRGaWxlOjpG > aW5kOjpuYW1lKSBpZiAvXC5wKGx8bXxvZCkkL30sICRibGliKTsNCisgICAgICAg > IGZpbmQoIHN1YiB7IHB1c2ggQGZpbGVzLCBGaWxlOjpTcGVjLT5jYXRmaWxlKEZp > bGU6OlNwZWMtPnNwbGl0ZGlyKCRGaWxlOjpGaW5kOjpkaXIpLCRfKSBpZiAvXC5w > KGx8bXxvZCkkL30sICRibGliKTsNCiANCiAJcGxhbiB0ZXN0cyA9PiBzY2FsYXIg > QGZpbGVzOw0KIA0KLS0tIG5ldC1kbnMtMF81Ny90LzAwLXZlcnNpb24udAkyMDA2 > LzA1LzA0IDEyOjU0OjE0DQorKysgbmV0LWRucy0wXzU3L3QvMDAtdmVyc2lvbi50 > CTIwMDYvMDUvMDQgMTM6MjQ6MzANCkBAIC03LDkgKzcsOSBAQA0KIHVzZSBzdHJp > Y3Q7DQogDQogbXkgQGZpbGVzOw0KLW15ICRibGliID0gRmlsZTo6U3BlYy0+Y2F0 > ZmlsZShxdyhibGliIGxpYikpOw0KLQkNCi1maW5kKCBzdWIgeyBwdXNoKEBmaWxl > cywgJEZpbGU6OkZpbmQ6Om5hbWUpIGlmIC9cLnBtJC99LCAkYmxpYik7DQorbXkg > JGJsaWIgPSBGaWxlOjpTcGVjLT5jYXRkaXIocXcoYmxpYiBsaWIpKTsNCisNCitm > aW5kKCBzdWIgeyBwdXNoIEBmaWxlcywgRmlsZTo6U3BlYy0+Y2F0ZmlsZShGaWxl > OjpTcGVjLT5zcGxpdGRpcigkRmlsZTo6RmluZDo6ZGlyKSwkXykgaWYgL1wucG0k > L30sICRibGliKTsNCiANCiBteSAkY2FuID0gZXZhbCB7IE1NLT5jYW4oJ3BhcnNl > X3ZlcnNpb24nKSB9Ow0KDQpFbmQgb2YgUGF0Y2guIA0K > > --Boundary_(ID_WpaOBlN88kZNo1qpMQsv9Q)-- Dr. Martin P.J. 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