=item 1
-The VOS Standard C Compiler and Runtime, or the VOS Standard C
-Cross-Compiler. This is a standard Stratus product.
+The VOS Standard C Compiler (or the VOS Standard C
+Cross-Compiler) and the VOS C Runtime. If you are using
+the generally-available version of POSIX support, you may
+instead use the the VOS GNU C/C++ Compiler. These are
+standard Stratus products.
=item 2
are at ftp://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/utility/utility.html.
This is not a standard Stratus product.
-The generally-available version of POSIX.1 support is
-bundled with the VOS Standard C compiler and Runtime (or
-Cross-Compiler) in VOS Release 14.3.0 or higher. This is a
-standard Stratus product.
+In VOS Release 14.3.0, the generally-available version of
+POSIX.1 support is bundled with the VOS Standard C compiler
+(or Standard C Cross-Compiler). In VOS Release 14.4.0 or
+higher, it is also bundled with the VOS C Runtime. These
+are standard Stratus products.
=item 4
release-compatibility rules, this port of perl may not
execute on VOS Release 12 or earlier.
+=item 5
+
+If you are using the generally-available version of VOS
+POSIX support, then you should also acquire the VOS GNU
+C/C++ Compiler and GNU Tools product. When perl is built
+with this version of POSIX support, it assumes that it can
+find "bash", "sed" and other POSIX-compatible commands in
+the directory /system/gnu_library/bin.
+
=back
To build perl 5, change to the "vos" subdirectory and type the
Note that the generally-available version of POSIX.1 support is
not available for the mc68020 or i80860 processors.
+Use the "-version alpha" control argument to build perl with
+the alpha version of POSIX support, and use the "-version
+ga" control argument to build it with the
+generally-available version of POSIX. The default is "ga".
+
+Use the "-compiler cc" control argument to build perl with
+the VOS Standard C compiler. Use the "-compiler gcc"
+control argument to build it with the GNU GCC compiler. The
+default is "cc".
+
You must have purchased the VOS Standard C Cross Compiler in
order to compile perl for a processor type that is different
from the processor type of the module.
=head1 LAST UPDATE
-October 24, 2000
+June 11, 2001
=cut