instead.
-=head2 Introduction
+=head2 Introduction to Perl on VMS
The VMS port of Perl is as functionally complete as any other Perl port
(and as complete as the ports on some Unix systems). The Perl binaries
relatively modern version, check the "DEC C issues" section later on in this
document.
-=head2 Other required software
+=head2 Other required software for Compiling Perl on VMS
In addition to VMS and DCL you will need two things:
=back
-=head2 Additional software that is optional
+=head2 Additional software that is optional for Perl on VMS
You may also want to have on hand:
T "LOGICAL"
FOO "LOGICAL"
EXT "LOGICAL"
+ SOME_LOGICAL_NAME_NOT_LIKELY "LOGICAL"
+ DOWN_LOGICAL_NAME_NOT_LIKELY "LOGICAL"
TEST "SYMBOL"
As a handy shortcut, the command:
fresh (optional)" and the checklist of items in the "CAVEATS" sections
below.
-=head2 Changing compile-time options (optional)
+=head2 Changing compile-time options (optional) for Perl on VMS
Most of the user definable features of Perl are enabled or disabled in
[.VMS]CONFIG.VMS. There is code in there to Do The Right Thing, but that
requires changes in genconfig.pl as well. Be really careful if you need to
change these, as they can cause some fairly subtle problems.
-=head2 Socket Support (optional)
+=head2 Socket Support (optional) for Perl on VMS
Perl includes a number of functions for IP sockets, which are available if
you choose to compile Perl with socket support. Since IP networking is an
MMK you are running try "MMS/ident" or "MMK /ident". The GNU make version
can be identified with "make --version".
-=head2 Cleaning up and starting fresh (optional)
+=head2 Cleaning up and starting fresh (optional) installing Perl on VMS
If you need to recompile from scratch, you have to make sure you clean up
first. There is a procedure to do it--enter the *exact* MMS line you used
See also the "INSTALLing images (optional)" section.
-=head2 Installing Perl into DCLTABLES (optional)
+=head2 Installing Perl into DCLTABLES (optional) on VMS
Execute the following command file to define PERL as a DCL command.
You'll need CMKRNL privilege to install the new dcltables.exe.
$ install replace sys$common:[syslib]dcltables.exe
$ exit
-=head2 INSTALLing images (optional)
+=head2 INSTALLing Perl images (optional) on VMS
On systems that are using perl quite a bit, and particularly those with
minimal RAM, you can boost the performance of perl by INSTALLing it as
build. If things go wrong make sure you do a "(MMK|MMS|make) realclean"
before you rebuild.
-=head2 DEC C issues
+=head2 DEC C issues with Perl on VMS
Note to DEC C users: Some early versions (pre-5.2, some pre-4. If you're DEC
C 5.x or higher, with current patches if any, you're fine) of the DECCRTL
Please note that in later versions "DEC C" may also be known as
"Compaq C".
-=head2 GNU issues
+=head2 GNU issues with Perl on VMS
It has been a while since the GNU utilities such as GCC or GNU make
were used to build perl on VMS. Hence they may require a great deal
on the web at:
http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/vmsperl/
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-=head2 Web sites
+=head2 Web sites for Perl on VMS
Vmsperl pages on the web include: