Re: What is this MAD stuff all about?

[perl5.git] / README.os390

diff --git a/README.os390 b/README.os390
index ff805b2..cea717d 100644 (file)
--- a/README.os390
+++ b/README.os390
@@ -41,10 +41,13 @@ to extract an ASCII tar archive on OS/390, try this:
 
    pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar
 
+or
+
+   zcat latest.tar.Z | pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r
+
 If you get lots of errors of the form
 
   tar: FSUM7171 ...: cannot set uid/gid: EDC5139I Operation not permitted.
-  tar: FSUM7148 cannot create file "...": EDC5111I Permission denied.
 
 you didn't read the above and tried to use tar instead of pax, you'll
 first have to remove the (now corrupt) perl directory
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ and be sure to also set the environment variable _C89_CCMODE=1 (exporting
 _C89_CCMODE=1 is also a good idea for users of GNU make).
 
 You might also want to have GNU groff for OS/390 installed before
-running the `make install` step for Perl.
+running the "make install" step for Perl.
 
 There is a syntax error in the /usr/include/sys/socket.h header file
 that IBM supplies with USS V2R7, V2R8, and possibly V2R9.  The problem with
@@ -217,9 +220,9 @@ header /usr/include/sys/socket.h.
 
 =head2 Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
 
-The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
+The "make test" step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before
 installation.  You might encounter STDERR messages even during a successful
-run of `make test`.  Here is a guide to some of the more commonly seen
+run of "make test".  Here is a guide to some of the more commonly seen
 anomalies:
 
 =over 4