X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.vmesa;h=98fa5ec9cfd60ffa673a8c7f667f4e34e52d93b1;hb=716b4790df6f17d149d5436bbd66ba94395be359;hp=a67e6bff482d0f5790f61ebc597e1fe005d968cd;hpb=b5ab506977d1ee50356f33e5eebd52b6102eecb5;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/README.vmesa b/README.vmesa index a67e6bf..98fa5ec 100644 --- a/README.vmesa +++ b/README.vmesa @@ -21,25 +21,25 @@ other versions, but that's the one we've tested it on. If you've downloaded the binary distribution, it needs to be installed below /usr/local. Source code distributions have an -automated `make install` step that means you do not need to extract +automated "make install" step that means you do not need to extract the source code below /usr/local (though that is where it will be installed by default). You may need to worry about the networking configuration files discussed in the last bullet below. -=head2 Unpacking +=head2 Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA To extract an ASCII tar archive on VM/ESA, try this: pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar -=head2 Setup and utilities +=head2 Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA GNU make for VM/ESA, which may be required for the build of perl, is available from: - http://pucc.princeton.edu/~neale/vmoe.html + http://vm.marist.edu/~neale/vmoe.html -=head2 Configure +=head2 Configure Perl on VM/ESA Once you've unpacked the distribution, run Configure (see INSTALL for full discussion of the Configure options), and then run make, then @@ -79,17 +79,17 @@ statements in the preprocessor output (.i) file. =back -=head2 testing anomalies +=head2 Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA -The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before -installation. As the 5.6.1 kit was was being assembled +The "make test" step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before +installation. As the 5.6.1 kit was being assembled the following "failures" were known to appear on some machines -during `make test` (mostly due to ASCII vs. EBCDIC conflicts), +during "make test" (mostly due to ASCII vs. EBCDIC conflicts), your results may differ: [the list of failures being compiled] -=head2 Usage Hints +=head2 Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA When using perl on VM/ESA please keep in mind that the EBCDIC and ASCII character sets are different. Perl builtin functions that may behave @@ -112,18 +112,13 @@ Neale Ferguson. L, L, L. -=head2 Mailing list +=head2 Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA -If you are interested in the VM and OS/390 ports of perl then see the -perl-mvs mailing list: The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) -maintains a mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or -using perl on EBCDIC platforms. To subscribe, send a message of: +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. - subscribe perl-mvs - -to majordomo@perl.org. - - See also: +See also: http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs