X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/f224927c1e379a33cd6d5e0a5d25d0ecb9c9d964..345d70e3f599db40c8311185ac403b1a5b35d2a5:/README.vmesa diff --git a/README.vmesa b/README.vmesa index 810af88..ae8e386 100644 --- a/README.vmesa +++ b/README.vmesa @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ INSTALL file. =head1 NAME -README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA. +perlvmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA. =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ other versions, but that's the one we've tested it on. If you've downloaded the binary distribution, it needs to be installed below /usr/local. Source code distributions have an -automated `make install` step that means you do not need to extract +automated "make install" step that means you do not need to extract the source code below /usr/local (though that is where it will be installed by default). You may need to worry about the networking configuration files discussed in the last bullet below. @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ To extract an ASCII tar archive on VM/ESA, try this: GNU make for VM/ESA, which may be required for the build of perl, is available from: - http://pucc.princeton.edu/~neale/vmoe.html +L =head2 Configure Perl on VM/ESA @@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ statements in the preprocessor output (.i) file. =head2 Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA -The `make test` step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before +The "make test" step runs a Perl Verification Procedure, usually before installation. As the 5.6.1 kit was being assembled the following "failures" were known to appear on some machines -during `make test` (mostly due to ASCII vs. EBCDIC conflicts), +during "make test" (mostly due to ASCII vs. EBCDIC conflicts), your results may differ: [the list of failures being compiled] @@ -115,23 +115,26 @@ L, L, L. =head2 Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA 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: -The Perl Institute ( http://www.perl.org/ ) maintains a mailing list of -interest to all folks building and/or using perl on EBCDIC platforms. -To subscribe, send a message of: +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. - subscribe perl-mvs +See also: -to majordomo@perl.org. +L - See also: +There are web archives of the mailing list at: - http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-mvs +=over 4 -There are web archives of the mailing list at: +=item * + +L - http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl-mvs/ - http://archive.develooper.com/perl-mvs@perl.org/ +=item * + +L + +=back =cut