1 This file documents the changes made to port Perl to the Stratus
5 Updated vos hints file (vos.sh) to use the POSIX-2001
6 standard and to recognize the V Series architecture of
7 i786. Cleaned-up a few issues so that more tests pass.
8 This version builds on VOS Release 15.3.0.
11 Added support for the syslog family of functions to vos.c.
12 This allows the source code to be built on versions of VOS
13 that do not support the syslog functions.
16 Removed support for building (mini) perl on VOS using
17 custom VOS command macros. Henceforth, perl must be built
18 using the native Configure script.
21 Updated "config.alpha.def", "config.ga.def", "build.cm" and
22 "perl.bind" to build this version of perl.
25 Updated "config.alpha.def", "config.ga.def", "build.cm", and
26 "install_perl.cm" to use directory naming conventions that
27 are closer to the perl standard directory names.
29 Added "compile_full_perl.cm", "configure_full_perl.sh" and
30 "make_full_perl.sh" for building full perl.
32 For the first time, full perl can now be built on VOS using
33 its native Configure script and makefiles. See README.vos
37 Updated "build.cm" and "compile_perl.cm" to build perl using
39 Brought "config.alpha.def" and "config.ga.def" up-to-date.
40 Updated "configure_perl.cm" to rebuild the header file even if
41 the date of the definitions file is equal to the date of
42 the header, because the perl distribution resets all dates
48 Updated "build.cm" to build perl using either the alpha or GA
51 Updated "compile_perl.cm" to use either the alpha or GA
53 Split "config.def" into config.alpha.def and config.ga.def;
54 one for each version. Use the configure_perl.cm macro
55 to select the appropriate version.
56 Split "config.h" into config.alpha.h and config.ga.h. Use the
57 configure_perl.cm macro to select the appropriate version.
58 Updated "config.pl". It now diagnoses undefined (missing) and
59 unused substitution variables. When a new version of
60 Perl comes out, run "configure_perl.cm", add any missing
61 definitions to config.*.def, and remove any unused
63 Removed "config_h.SH_orig". It is no longer needed.
64 Added "configure_perl.cm". It is used to configure perl so that
65 it can be built with either version of VOS POSIX.1 support.
66 Added "install_perl.cm" to install Perl into the appropriate
68 Updated "perl.bind" to work with either the alpha or GA
70 Updated "vosish.h" to just use the standard "unixish.h" since
71 there are no changes needed at this time.
74 Supplied "config.pl" perl script that takes "config_h.SH_orig"
75 and "config.def" as input and produces "config.h.new".
76 With some luck, you will just need to edit "config.def"
79 Updated "compile_perl.cm".
83 Updated "config_h.SH_orig".
86 Updated "vos_dummies.c".
91 Supplied "build.cm" command macro to build perl.
92 Supplied "Changes" to document the change history.
93 Supplied "compile_perl.cm" to launch processes to compile all
94 four versions of the Perl 5 binaries.
95 Supplied "config.h" to configure Perl 5 to VOS. Unfortunately,
96 since VOS does not have the configure tool, this file was
97 built by hand by editing "config_h.SH".
98 Supplied "config_h.SH_orig", which is the version of this file
99 that was current for version 5.005_02. Use this to discover
100 any subsequent changes to config_h.SH that must be
101 hand-copied into the real config.h.
102 Supplied "perl.bind" to control the VOS binder.
103 Supplied "README.vos" to describe the VOS port.
104 Supplied "test_vos_dummies.c" to test the VOS dummy functions.
105 Supplied "vos_dummies.c" to trap unimplemented POSIX functions.
106 Supplied "vosish.h" to configure Perl 5 to VOS.