-The next big gotcha is directory depth. Perl can create directories four,
-five, or even six levels deep during the build, so you don't have to be
-too deep to start to hit the RMS 8 level limit (for ODS 2 volumes which were
-common on versions of VMS prior to V7.2 and even with V7.3 on the VAX).
-It is best to do:
-
- DEFINE/TRANS=(CONC,TERM) PERLSRC "disk:[dir.dir.dir.perldir.]"
- SET DEFAULT PERLSRC:[000000]
-
-before building in cases where you have to unpack the distribution so deep
-(note the trailing period in the definition of PERLSRC). Perl modules
-from CPAN can be just as bad (or worse), so watch out for them, too. Perl's
-configuration script will warn if it thinks you are too deep (at least on
-a VAX or on Alpha versions of VMS prior to 7.2). But MakeMaker will not
-warn you if you start out building a module too deep in a directory.
-
-As noted above ODS-5 escape sequences such as ^. can break the perl
-build. Solutions include renaming files and directories as needed
-when unpacking perl or CPAN modules on ODS-5 volumes.
-