VMS update

VMS update

Subject: Re: _93 is a keeper

In article <199703112146.QAA12455@nielsenmedia.com>, Chip Salzenberg <salzench@nielsenmedia.com> writes:
> Based on feedback so far, I think we can release _93 as the first beta.
> ("And there was much rejoicing." "yeah") However, the announcement will
> refer to the Win32 support as "not yet ready"; that will wait for _94.

Here's my $0.02, just in from the field :-):

5.003_93 unchanged:
VMS hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu 6.0 MicroVAX 3400 Series
All tests successful.
u=1649.55  s=0  cu=0  cs=0  files=120  tests=3337

5.003_93 with minor patches:
VMS ssrl.slac.stanford.edu 6.2 AlphaServer 2100 4/275:
All tests successful.
u=352.57  s=0  cu=0  cs=0  files=118  tests=3328

I've appended a few patches below, some necessary for the AXP build,
and others just cleaning up the last remnants of old VMS subprocess
status code and some other nits.

If you're just going to rename _93 on CPAN, don't worry about this stuff.
OTOH, if you're planning a new kit, it'd be nice if you could sneak in the
vms/descrip.mms patch (necessary for build on some systems) and the
utils/perlbug.PL patch (necessary for perlbug to work on all systems).

Thanks again for all the work!

Off to the docs . . .

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