From: Craig A. Berry Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:02:54 +0000 (-0500) Subject: updates to README.vms X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c54e8273062a87ae6b235cfa92b11d4b2da434ab;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git updates to README.vms To: perl5-porters@perl.org, VMSPERL@perl.org Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991027105257.00addc10@mmtnt11.metamor.com> p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@4572 --- diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms index e2c0e08..fb13838 100644 --- a/README.vms +++ b/README.vms @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -Last Revised 01-March-1999 by Dan Sugalski +Last revised 27-October-1999 by Craig Berry +Revised 01-March-1999 by Dan Sugalski Originally by Charles Bailey * Important safety tip @@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ change these, as they can cause some fairly subtle problems. On systems that are using perl quite a bit, and particularly those with minimal RAM, you can boost the performance of perl by INSTALLing it as -a known image. PERLSHR.EXE is typically larger than 1500 blocks +a known image. PERLSHR.EXE is typically larger than 2000 blocks and that is a reasonably large amount of IO to load each time perl is invoked. @@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ before you rebuild. * Dec C issues Note to DECC users: Some early versions (pre-5.2, some pre-4. If you're Dec -C 5.x or higher, with current patches if anym you're fine) of the DECCRTL +C 5.x or higher, with current patches if any, you're fine) of the DECCRTL contained a few bugs which affect Perl performance: - Newlines are lost on I/O through pipes, causing lines to run together. This shows up as RMS RTB errors when reading from a pipe. You can @@ -380,16 +381,16 @@ specific issues (including both Perl questions and installation problems) there is the VMSPERL mailing list. It's usually a low-volume (10-12 messages a week) mailing list. -The subscription address is VMSPERL-REQUEST@NEWMAN.UPENN.EDU. Send a mail -message with just the words SUBSCRIBE VMSPERL in the body of the message. - -The VMSPERL mailing list address is VMSPERL@NEWMAN.UPENN.EDU. Any mail -sent there gets echoed to all subscribers of the list. - +The subscription address is MAJORDOMO@PERL.ORG. Send a mail message with just +the words SUBSCRIBE VMSPERL in the body of the message. + +The VMSPERL mailing list address is VMSPERL@PERL.ORG. Any mail sent there +gets echoed to all subscribers of the list. There is a searchable archive of +the list at . + To unsubscribe from VMSPERL send the message UNSUBSCRIBE VMSPERL to -VMSPERL-REQUEST@NEWMAN.UPENN.EDU. Be sure to do so from the subscribed -account that you are cancelling. - +MAJORDOMO@PERL.ORG. Be sure to do so from the subscribed account that +you are cancelling. * Acknowledgements @@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ missed someone. That said, special thanks are due to the following: Peter Prymmer or for extensive testing, as well as development work on configuration and documentation for VMS Perl, - Dan Sugalski + Dan Sugalski for extensive contributions to recent version support, development of VMS-specific extensions, and dissemination of information about VMS Perl,