If you've downloaded the binary distribution, it needs to be
installed below /usr/local. Source code distributions have an
-automated `make install` step that means you do not need to extract
+automated "make install" step that means you do not need to extract
the source code below /usr/local (though that is where it will be
installed by default). You may need to worry about the networking
configuration files discussed in the last bullet below.
GNU make for VM/ESA, which may be required for the build of perl,
is available from:
- http://pucc.princeton.edu/~neale/vmoe.html
+ http://vm.marist.edu/~neale/vmoe.html
=head2 Configure Perl on VM/ESA
=head2 Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
-The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
+The "make test" step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
installation. As the 5.6.1 kit was being assembled
the following "failures" were known to appear on some machines
-during `make test` (mostly due to ASCII vs. EBCDIC conflicts),
+during "make test" (mostly due to ASCII vs. EBCDIC conflicts),
your results may differ:
[the list of failures being compiled]
=head2 Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
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:
+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.
- subscribe perl-mvs
-
-to majordomo@perl.org.
-
- See also:
+See also:
http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs