X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.os390;h=d3b299bb08f33445e1858a69b2c9c485f318a1af;hb=40a3dda160f7716cf8fb3c9068ec08ae7f6c681e;hp=eaf8f4d4ce746ae3112f5f273f32ce4fc9373ef9;hpb=bbee22da22fa5dec68cc0a214906c852df8ebcc0;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.os390 b/README.os390 index eaf8f4d..d3b299b 100644 --- a/README.os390 +++ b/README.os390 @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html =head2 Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390 +If using ftp remember to transfer the distribution in binary format. + Gunzip/gzip for OS/390 is discussed at: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/faq/bpxqp1.html @@ -39,12 +41,20 @@ to extract an ASCII tar archive on OS/390, try this: pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar -If you get errors of the form +or + + zcat latest.tar.Z | pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r + +If you get lots of errors of the form tar: FSUM7171 ...: cannot set uid/gid: EDC5139I Operation not permitted. - tar: FSUM7148 cannot create file "...": EDC5111I Permission denied. -you didn't read the above and tried to use tar instead of pax. +you didn't read the above and tried to use tar instead of pax, you'll +first have to remove the (now corrupt) perl directory + + rm -rf perl-... + +and then use pax. =head2 Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390 @@ -414,14 +424,11 @@ L, L, L, L. =head2 Mailing list for Perl on OS/390 -The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a perl-mvs -mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or -using perl on all EBCDIC platforms (not just OS/390). -To subscribe, send a message of: - - subscribe perl-mvs +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. +To subscribe, send an empty message to perl-mvs-subscribe@perl.org. -to majordomo@perl.org. See also: +See also: http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs