installed by default). You may need to worry about the networking
configuration files discussed in the last bullet below.
-=head2 Unpacking
+=head2 Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
To extract an ASCII tar archive on VM/ESA, try this:
pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar
-=head2 Setup and utilities
+=head2 Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
GNU make for VM/ESA, which may be required for the build of perl,
is available from:
http://pucc.princeton.edu/~neale/vmoe.html
-=head2 Configure
+=head2 Configure Perl on VM/ESA
Once you've unpacked the distribution, run Configure (see INSTALL for
full discussion of the Configure options), and then run make, then
=back
-=head2 testing anomalies
+=head2 Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
installation. As the 5.6.1 kit was was being assembled
[the list of failures being compiled]
-=head2 Usage Hints
+=head2 Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
When using perl on VM/ESA please keep in mind that the EBCDIC and ASCII
character sets are different. Perl builtin functions that may behave
L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>, L<perlebcdic>.
-=head2 Mailing list
+=head2 Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
-If you are interested in the VM and OS/390 ports of perl then see the
-perl-mvs mailing list: The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/)
-maintains a mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or
-using perl on EBCDIC platforms. To subscribe, send a message of:
+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:
+The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a mailing list of
+interest to all folks building and/or using perl on EBCDIC platforms.
+To subscribe, send a message of:
subscribe perl-mvs