=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 USING PERL IN VOS
-=head2 Unimplemented Features
+=head2 Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
If perl is built with the alpha version of VOS POSIX.1 support
and if it attempts to call an unimplemented VOS POSIX.1
functions are unimplemented and what the error message looks
like, compile and execute "test_vos_dummies.c".
-=head2 Restrictions
+=head2 Restrictions of Perl on VOS
This port of Perl version 5 to VOS prefers Unix-style,
slash-separated pathnames over VOS-style greater-than-separated
=head1 LAST UPDATE
-October 24, 2000
+June 11, 2001
=cut