perl.vmsperl...RE: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by Green, Paul- June 25, 2008 Andy Dougherty wrote:> John Malmberg wrote:> > I mean use the system supplied headers that contain the > > prototype for the routine.> > But the existence of a prototype in the system-supplied headers does> not guarantee the availability of the routine. There are oodles of> counter examples. But I think I know what you mean -- the > test for the routine ought to include the appropriate headers.I maintain the port of various open-source packages to the Stratus...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14845.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by Andy Dougherty- June 24, 2008 On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, John E. Malmberg wrote:> Craig A. Berry wrote:> > At 11:48 PM -0500 61608, John E. Malmberg wrote:> > > > Most of the tests for the existence of the header files failed. I> > > am assuming that it was trying to find them in the usual places on a NIX> > > system.> > > > It mostly compiles little test programs -- I&39;m not sure if it does> > any actual filesystem hunting at all.> > I run configure scripts that...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14844.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by Andy Dougherty- June 24, 2008 On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, John E. Malmberg wrote:> Andy Dougherty wrote:> > To the best of my recollection, here&39;s how it&39;s supposed to look for header> > files:> > > > 1. Configure guesses a location $usrinc for header files. Usually,> > this is just usrinclude. What did Configure guess for $usrinc> > in your case (I think we used to prompt for this, but don&39;t any> > more.) Setting -Dusrinc=&39;none&39; from the Configure command...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14843.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by John E. Malmberg- June 24, 2008 Andy Dougherty wrote:> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008, John E. Malmberg wrote:> >> Craig A. Berry wrote:>>> At 11:48 PM -0500 61608, John E. Malmberg wrote:>>>> Most of the tests for the existence of the header files failed. I>>>> am assuming that it was trying to find them in the usual places on a NIX>>>> system.>>> It mostly compiles little test programs -- I&39;m not sure if it does>>> any actual filesystem hunting at...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14842.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by John E. Malmberg- June 18, 2008 Peter Prymmer wrote:> You may help yourself by setting some default GNV specific variable values > in a hintsvms.sh file (which should> be OK to add to perl source since it cannot interfere with the operation > of configure.com the DCL procedure).> > Check to be sure that osname=&39;vms&39; or something similar is set in the > config.sh script that Configure writes out.> Adjust so that hints$osname.sh is the name of your hints file.If I get the time to go that route, I...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14841.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by John E. Malmberg- June 18, 2008 Mark Berryman wrote:> The GNU way of doing things is specific to GNU and, as far as I can > see, GNU has never been concerned with maintaining backwards compatibility.> > Most of the configure scripts I have encountered simply attempt to > compile a short cc++ program that contains a statement or two but no > include files. If the statement fails, then support must not be > present. To me, this approach explains a lot of the really bad coding > I&39;ve seen in some...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14840.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by Mark Berryman- June 18, 2008 The GNU way of doing things is specific to GNU and, as far as I can see, GNU has never been concerned with maintaining backwards compatibility.Most of the configure scripts I have encountered simply attempt to compile a short cc++ program that contains a statement or two but no include files. If the statement fails, then support must not be present. To me, this approach explains a lot of the really bad coding I&39;ve seen in some open source projects.I worked around this by having GNV..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14839.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by Peter Prymmer- June 18, 2008 You may help yourself by setting some default GNV specific variable values in a hintsvms.sh file (which shouldbe OK to add to perl source since it cannot interfere with the operation of configure.com the DCL procedure).Check to be sure that osname=&39;vms&39; or something similar is set in the config.sh script that Configure writes out.Adjust so that hints$osname.sh is the name of your hints file.Peter Prymmerhttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14838.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by John E. Malmberg- June 18, 2008 Craig A. Berry wrote:> At 11:48 PM -0500 61608, John E. Malmberg wrote:>> Most of the tests for the existence of the header files failed. I>> am assuming that it was trying to find them in the usual places on a NIX>> system.> > It mostly compiles little test programs -- I&39;m not sure if it does> any actual filesystem hunting at all.I run configure scripts that run the little test programs all the time, and they are able to find the standard libraries. They need.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14837.html Re: Attempt to Configure under Bash on VMS results. by Craig A. Berry- June 17, 2008 At 11:48 PM -0500 61608, John E. Malmberg wrote:>Just to see how much would be involved to build Perl using the GNV subsystem, I tried it.>>Since VMS currently is bundled with LDAP, SSL, SSH, and Kereberos libraries, I was curious to see if Perl was looking for any of them.Seems unlikely, particularly as part of the core configurationprocess. Modules could be a different matter.>Most of the tests for the existence of the header files failed. I am assuming that it was trying to...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/2008/06/msg14836.html |