pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar
+or
+
+ zcat latest.tar.Z | pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r
+
If you get lots of errors of the form
tar: FSUM7171 ...: cannot set uid/gid: EDC5139I Operation not permitted.
- tar: FSUM7148 cannot create file "...": EDC5111I Permission denied.
you didn't read the above and tried to use tar instead of pax, you'll
first have to remove the (now corrupt) perl directory
_C89_CCMODE=1 is also a good idea for users of GNU make).
You might also want to have GNU groff for OS/390 installed before
-running the `make install` step for Perl.
+running the "make install" step for Perl.
There is a syntax error in the /usr/include/sys/socket.h header file
that IBM supplies with USS V2R7, V2R8, and possibly V2R9. The problem with
=head2 Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
+The "make test" step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
installation. You might encounter STDERR messages even during a successful
-run of `make test`. Here is a guide to some of the more commonly seen
+run of "make test". Here is a guide to some of the more commonly seen
anomalies:
=over 4