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RE: 5.8.0 release candidate status
From:
Henry A. Frystak - System Manager
Date:
June 12, 2002 09:26
Subject:
RE: 5.8.0 release candidate status
Message ID:
00A0F594.B68DCA8E.22@tesla.njit.edu
>From: MX%"craigberry@mac.com" "Craig A. Berry" 10-JUN-2002 17:13:18.45
>To: MX%"vmsperl@perl.org"
>CC:
>Subj: 5.8.0 release candidate status
>
>Thanks to those who have been testing RC1. Some problems that have come up
>have been resolved but there is room for a lot more testing. Release
>candidate 2 should be out in a couple more days, but if anyone can fit in a
>test build (please do), there is a snapshot available today from any of the
>following URLs:
>
><http://www.iki.fi/jhi/perl@17165.tgz>
>...
Having been a lurker on this list for many a year, maybe it's now time that I
contribute what little I can to the effort (actually I just found ONE extra
tuit and decided to spend it on Perl). Downloaded the above snapshot and
compiled it on my aging Vax system. Details are: VAX/VMS V5.5-2 on a VAXstation
4000-90a, Multinet V4.2 Rev A-X, DEC C V5.5-002 (yes, I know its old, but there
are reasons for not upgrading right now) and MMS V3.1-03. The @Configure went
O.K., but the following came up during the MMS :
CC/DECC/Include=[]/Standard=Relaxed_ANSI/Prefix=All/Obj=VMS.obj/NoList/Define=PERL_CORE
VMS.C
STRLEN trnlen = strlen(trndir);
.............^
%CC-E-NOSEMI, Missing ";".
At line number 3357 in $41$DKA400:[SYSSOFT.PERL.PERL5_8_0_RC1]VMS.C;1.
if (!strcmp(trndir+trnlen-2,".]")) {
.........................^
%CC-E-UNDECLARED, In this statement, "trnlen" is not declared.
At line number 3360 in $41$DKA400:[SYSSOFT.PERL.PERL5_8_0_RC1]VMS.C;1.
_ckvmssts(sys$create_user_profile(&usrdsc,&usrprolst,0,0,
..^
%CC-I-IMPLICITFUNC, In this statement, the identifier
"sys$create_user_profile" is implicitly declared as a function.
At line number 6647 in $41$DKA400:[SYSSOFT.PERL.PERL5_8_0_RC1]VMS.C;1.
_ckvmssts(sys$create_user_profile(&usrdsc,&usrprolst,0,usrprodsc.dsc$a_pointer,
..^
%CC-I-IMPLICITFUNC, In this statement, the identifier "sys$create_user_profile"
is implicitly declared as a function.
At line number 6652 in $41$DKA400:[SYSSOFT.PERL.PERL5_8_0_RC1]VMS.C;1.
/* End of vms.c */
%VCG-I-NOBJECT, No object file produced.
At line number 7321 in $41$DKA400:[SYSSOFT.PERL.PERL5_8_0_RC1]VMS.C;1.
%VCG-I-SUMMARY, Completed with 2 error(s), 0 warning(s), and
3 informational messages.
At line number 7321 in $41$DKA400:[SYSSOFT.PERL.PERL5_8_0_RC1]VMS.C;1.
%MMS-F-ABORT, For target VMS.OBJ, CLI returned abort status: %X1000002A.
I will leave it up to the Perl and C experts to figure out what's wrong. With
the remaining fractions of a tuit left, I will try the snapshot on 2 other systems I
have access to, both Alphas of different types and flavors of o/s and software.
P.S. If you come up with patches or mods, please make them simple, as I don't
have GNU patch of diff compiled for my systems.
Henry Frystak New Jersey Institute of Technology
System Administrator University Information Services
VAX/VMS USENET Newsmanager University Heights
TESLA::SYSHAF Newark, New Jersey 07102
syshaf@tesla.njit.edu