sub TTY {
- # We can get here with $term undefined, which means that the new
- # terminal has been created, but we can not switch to it.
- if ( @_ and !defined($term)) {
+ # With VMS we can get here with $term undefined, so we do not
+ # switch to this terminal. There may be a better place to make
+ # sure that $term is defined on VMS
+ if ( @_ and ($^O eq 'VMS') and !defined($term) ) {
eval { require Term::ReadLine } or die $@;
if ( !$rl ) {
$term = new Term::ReadLine::Stub 'perldb', $IN, $OUT;