VMS patches from Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@osshe.edu>

	Date:    Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:04:40 PDT
	Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980721160440.00a916f0@ous.edu>
	Subject: [PATCH 5.004_76]Document Vax C's death for VMS
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	Date:    Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:08:57 PDT
	Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980721160857.00a6d250@ous.edu>
	Subject: [PATCH 5.004_76]fix clean/realclean targets of VMS' makefile
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	Date:    Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:05:56 PDT
	Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980721160556.00a1a100@ous.edu>
	Subject: [PATCH 5.004_76]Note the record-read capabilities of $/ in perldelta.pod

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1637

diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index dce2b8e..239142f 100644 (file)
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Last Revised 02-June-1998 by Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@ous.edu>
+Last Revised 21-July-1998 by Dan Sugalski <sugalskd@ous.edu>
 Originally by Charles Bailey <bailey@newman.upenn.edu>
 
 * Important safety tip
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ The build and install procedures have changed significantly from the 5.004
 releases! Make sure you read the "Building Perl" and "Installing Perl"
 sections before you build or install.
 
+Also note that, as of 5.005, an ANSI C compliant compiler is required to
+build Perl. Vax C is *not* ANSI compliant, as it died a natural death some
+time before the standard was set. Therefore Vax C will not compile perl
+5.005. Sorry about that.
+
+If you're stuck without Dec C (the Vax C license should be good for Dec C,
+but the media charges might prohibit an upgrade), consider getting Gnu C
+instead.
+
 * Intro
 
 The VMS port of Perl is as functionally complete as any other Perl port
@@ -32,8 +41,7 @@ document.
 * Other required software
 
 In addition to VMS, you'll need:
-        1) A C compiler. Dec C for AXP, or VAX C, Dec C, or gcc for the
-           VAX.
+        1) A C compiler. Dec C for AXP, or Dec C, or gcc for the VAX.
         2) A make tool. Dec's MMS (v2.6 or later), or MadGoat's free MMS
            analog MMK (available from ftp.madgoat.com/madgoat) both work
            just fine. Gnu Make might work, but it's been so long since
@@ -57,14 +65,8 @@ questions, and the answers to them (along with the capabilities of your C
 compiler and network stack) will determine how perl's built.
 
 If you've got multiple C compilers installed, you'll have your choice of
-which one to use. Using Dec C is recommended over Vax C--the compiler is
-newer, and supported. (Vax C was decommisioned around 1993) Various older
-versions had some gotchas, so if you're using a version older than 5.2,
-check the Dec C Issues section.
-
-We'll also point out that Dec C will get you at least a ten-fold increase
-in line-oriented IO over Vax C. The optimizer is amazingly better, too. If
-you can use Dec C, then you *really*, *really* should.
+which one to use. Various older versions of Dec C had some gotchas, so if
+you're using a version older than 5.2, check the Dec C Issues section.
 
 The configuration script will print out, at the very end, the MMS or MMK
 command you need to compile perl. Issue it (exactly as printed) to start
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ As a handy shortcut, the command:
 @CONFIGURE "-des"
 
 (note the quotes and case) will choose reasonable defaults. (It takes Dec C
-over Vax C, Dec C sockets over SOCKETSHR sockets, and either over no sockets)
+over Gnu C, Dec C sockets over SOCKETSHR sockets, and either over no sockets)
 
 * Testing Perl
 

diff --git a/pod/perldelta.pod b/pod/perldelta.pod
index 659cb2f..0cbba50 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perldelta.pod
+++ b/pod/perldelta.pod
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ magic lvalue too. For instance, this code now acts differently:
 
 In previous versions, this would print "hello", but it now prints "g'bye".
 
+=head2 E<lt>E<gt> now reads in records
+
+If C<$/> is a referenence to an integer, or a scalar that holds an integer,
+E<lt>E<gt> will read in records instead of lines. For more info, see
+L<perlvar/$/>.
 
 =head1 Supported Platforms
 

diff --git a/vms/descrip_mms.template b/vms/descrip_mms.template
index b1ba0a0..8648b94 100644 (file)
--- a/vms/descrip_mms.template
+++ b/vms/descrip_mms.template
@@ -1519,9 +1519,6 @@ clean : tidy
        - $(MMS) clean
        Set Default [--]
 .endif
-    Set Default [.ext.re]
-    - $(MMS) clean
-    Set Default [--]
        Set Default [.ext.SDBM_File]
        - $(MMS) clean
        Set Default [--]
@@ -1531,6 +1528,12 @@ clean : tidy
        Set Default [.vms.ext.DCLsym]
        - $(MMS) clean
        Set Default [---]
+    Set Default [.ext.re]
+    - $(MMS) clean
+    Set Default [--]
+    Set Default [.ext.dumper]
+    - $(MMS) clean
+    Set Default [--]
        - If F$Search("*.Opt").nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log *.Opt;*/Exclude=PerlShr_*.Opt
        - If F$Search("[...]*$(O);*") .nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log [...]*$(O);*
        - If F$Search(F$Parse("Sys$Disk:[]","$(SOCKH)")).nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log $(SOCKH);*
@@ -1551,7 +1554,7 @@ clean : tidy
        - If F$Search("[.VMS.Ext...]*$(O)").nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log [.VMS.Ext...]*$(O);*
        - If F$Search("[.pod]*.com").nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log [.pod]*.com;*
 
-realclean : clean
+realclean : tidy
        Set Default [.ext.Fcntl]
        - $(MMS) realclean
        Set Default [--]
@@ -1580,9 +1583,6 @@ realclean : clean
        - $(MMS) realclean
        Set Default [--]
 .endif
-       Set Default [.ext.re]
-       - $(MMS) realclean
-       Set Default [--]
        Set Default [.ext.SDBM_File]
        - $(MMS) realclean
        Set Default [--]
@@ -1592,6 +1592,12 @@ realclean : clean
        Set Default [.vms.ext.DCLsym]
        - $(MMS) realclean
        Set Default [---]
+       Set Default [.ext.dumper]
+       - $(MMS) realclean
+       Set Default [--]
+       Set Default [.ext.re]
+       - $(MMS) realclean
+       Set Default [--]
        - If F$Search("*$(OLB)").nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log *$(OLB);*
        - If F$Search("*.Opt").nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log *.Opt;*
        - If F$Search("Config.H").nes."" Then Delete/NoConfirm/Log Config.H;*