=head2 Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+If using ftp remember to transfer the distribution in binary format.
+
Gunzip/gzip for OS/390 is discussed at:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/faq/bpxqp1.html
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.
+
+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
+
+ rm -rf perl-...
+
+and then use pax.
+
=head2 Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
Be sure that your yacc installation is in place including any necessary
=head2 Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
-The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a perl-mvs
-mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or
-using perl on all EBCDIC platforms (not just OS/390).
-To subscribe, send a message of:
-
- subscribe perl-mvs
+If you are interested in the VM/ESA, z/OS (formerly known as OS/390)
+and POSIX-BC (BS2000) ports of Perl then see the perl-mvs mailing list.
+To subscribe, send an empty message to perl-mvs-subscribe@perl.org.
-to majordomo@perl.org. See also:
+See also:
http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs