1. Add section to perlxs.pod describing that the refcount of AVs/HVs

[perl5.git] / README.os390

diff --git a/README.os390 b/README.os390
index eaf8f4d..d3b299b 100644 (file)
--- a/README.os390
+++ b/README.os390
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/bpxa1toy.html
 
 =head2 Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
 
+If using ftp remember to transfer the distribution in binary format.
+
 Gunzip/gzip for OS/390 is discussed at:
 
   http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/unix/faq/bpxqp1.html
@@ -39,12 +41,20 @@ to extract an ASCII tar archive on OS/390, try this:
 
    pax -o to=IBM-1047,from=ISO8859-1 -r < latest.tar
 
-If you get errors of the form
+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 didn't read the above and tried to use tar instead of pax, you'll
+first have to remove the (now corrupt) perl directory
+
+   rm -rf perl-...
+
+and then use pax.
 
 =head2 Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
 
@@ -414,14 +424,11 @@ L<INSTALL>, L<perlport>, L<perlebcdic>, L<ExtUtils::MakeMaker>.
 
 =head2 Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
 
-The Perl Institute (http://www.perl.org/) maintains a perl-mvs
-mailing list of interest to all folks building and/or
-using perl on all EBCDIC platforms (not just OS/390).
-To subscribe, send a message of:
-
-    subscribe perl-mvs
+If you are interested in the VM/ESA, z/OS (formerly known as OS/390)
+and POSIX-BC (BS2000) ports of Perl then see the perl-mvs mailing list.
+To subscribe, send an empty message to perl-mvs-subscribe@perl.org.
 
-to majordomo@perl.org.   See also:
+See also:
 
     http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs