From: Paul Green <Paul.Green@stratus.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:02:00 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: update VOS-specific pod files
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update VOS-specific pod files
Message-Id: <200204222002.QAA07350@mailhub1.stratus.com>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@16087
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diff --git a/README.vos b/README.vos
index ae33d6b..8807908 100644
--- a/README.vos
+++ b/README.vos
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ If you wish to run the test cases, type:
 =item 1
 
 If you have built perl using the Configure script, ensure that
-you have modify permission to >system>ported and type
+you have modify permission to C<< >system>ported >> and type
 
      gmake install
 
diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod
index e81e146..16237ca 100644
--- a/pod/perlport.pod
+++ b/pod/perlport.pod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ This information should not be considered complete; it includes possibly
 transient information about idiosyncrasies of some of the ports, almost
 all of which are in a state of constant evolution.  Thus, this material
 should be considered a perpetual work in progress
-(<IMG SRC="yellow_sign.gif" ALT="Under Construction">).
+(C<< <IMG SRC="yellow_sign.gif" ALT="Under Construction"> >>).
 
 =head1 ISSUES
 
@@ -1024,12 +1024,12 @@ Perl on VOS is discussed in F<README.vos> in the perl distribution
 (installed as L<perlvos>).  Perl on VOS can accept either VOS- or
 Unix-style file specifications as in either of the following:
 
-    $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system>notices
-    $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" /system/notices
+    C<< $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system>notices >>
+    C<< $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" /system/notices >>
 
 or even a mixture of both as in:
 
-    $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system/notices
+    C<< $ perl -ne "print if /perl_setup/i" >system/notices >>
 
 Even though VOS allows the slash character to appear in object
 names, because the VOS port of Perl interprets it as a pathname
@@ -1038,11 +1038,12 @@ contain a slash character cannot be processed.  Such files must be
 renamed before they can be processed by Perl.  Note that VOS limits
 file names to 32 or fewer characters.
 
-See F<README.vos> for restrictions that apply when Perl is built
-with the alpha version of VOS POSIX.1 support.
-
-Perl on VOS is built without any extensions and does not support
-dynamic loading.
+Perl on VOS can be built using two different compilers and two different
+versions of the POSIX runtime.  The recommended method for building full
+Perl is with the GNU C compiler and the generally-available version of
+VOS POSIX support.  See F<README.vos> (installed as L<perlvos>) for
+restrictions that apply when Perl is built using the VOS Standard C
+compiler or the alpha version of VOS POSIX support.
 
 The value of C<$^O> on VOS is "VOS".  To determine the architecture that
 you are running on without resorting to loading all of C<%Config> you
@@ -1074,7 +1075,7 @@ Also see:
 
 =item *
 
-F<README.vos>
+F<README.vos> (installed as L<perlvos>)
 
 =item *
 
@@ -1082,12 +1083,12 @@ The VOS mailing list.
 
 There is no specific mailing list for Perl on VOS.  You can post
 comments to the comp.sys.stratus newsgroup, or subscribe to the general
-Stratus mailing list.  Send a letter with "Subscribe Info-Stratus" in
+Stratus mailing list.  Send a letter with "subscribe Info-Stratus" in
 the message body to majordomo@list.stratagy.com.
 
 =item *
 
-VOS Perl on the web at http://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/vos.html
+VOS Perl on the web at http://ftp.stratus.com/pub/vos/posix/posix.html
 
 =back