[ID 20001025.011] [PATCH] t/io/open.t perl@7369[ 7350] breaks VMS perl

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlport.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index 0c35546..d1887bf 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -890,9 +890,9 @@ vmsperl on the web, http://www.sidhe.org/vmsperl/index.html
 
 =head2 VOS
 
-Perl on VOS is discussed in F<README.vos> in the perl distribution.
-Perl on VOS can accept either VOS- or Unix-style file
-specifications as in either of the following:
+Perl on VOS is discussed in F<README.vos> in the perl distribution
+(installed as L<perlvos>).  Perl on VOS can accept either VOS- or
+Unix-style file specifications as in either of the following:
 
     $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system>notices
     $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" /system/notices
@@ -908,12 +908,11 @@ contain a slash character cannot be processed.  Such files must be
 renamed before they can be processed by Perl.  Note that VOS limits
 file names to 32 or fewer characters.
 
-The following C functions are unimplemented on VOS, and any attempt by
-Perl to use them will result in a fatal error message and an immediate
-exit from Perl:  dup, do_aspawn, do_spawn, fork, waitpid.  Once these
-functions become available in the VOS POSIX.1 implementation, you can
-either recompile and rebind Perl, or you can download a newer port from
-ftp.stratus.com.
+See F<README.vos> for restrictions that apply when Perl is built
+with the alpha version of VOS POSIX.1 support.
+
+Perl on VOS is built without any extensions and does not support
+dynamic loading.
 
 The value of C<$^O> on VOS is "VOS".  To determine the architecture that
 you are running on without resorting to loading all of C<%Config> you
@@ -1995,9 +1994,9 @@ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports/index.html for binary distributions.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<perlaix>, L<perlamiga>, L<perlcygwin>, L<perldos>, L<perlebcdic>,
-L<perlhpux>, L<perlos2>, L<perlos390>, L<perlposix-bc>, L<perlwin32>,
-L<perlvms>, and L<Win32>.
+L<perlaix>, L<perlamiga>, L<perlcygwin>, L<perldos>, L<perlepoc>,
+L<perlebcdic>, L<perlhpux>, L<perlos2>, L<perlos390>, L<perlposix-bc>,
+L<perlwin32>, L<perlvms>, L<perlvos>, and L<Win32>.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS