From: jordan@lisa.gemair.com Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 3:45 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: Where is a reliable PERL5 distribution for VMS. In article <8m4h0e$7jt$1@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com>, Hoff Hoffman wrote: > >In article , "Mike Flaherty" writes: >:The following address is the recommended location to find PERL5 for VMS. >:However, the address is unresolvable. Is everyone else having the same >:problem? >: >:ftp://genetics.upenn.edu/perl5/ > > Some of the URLs in the OpenVMS FAQ in this area are outdated. Please > use the CPAN link listed in the FAQ for access to the current Perl kits. > The current 'stable' release (5.6.0) of Perl does not build and test on OpenVMS without some twiddling. If you're interested in attempting to build 5.6.0, then I direct your attention to: http://www.crinoid.com/perl560.htmlx Otherwise, the last stable release prior to 5.6.0, 5.004_05 (they changed the numbering scheme recently), is available here: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/perl5.004_05.tar.gz I've also had good luck running 5.005_03, which can be found here: http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/src/5.0/perl5.005_03.tar.gz ---------------- pure personal opinion --------------------------- > Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman OpenVMS Engineering hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com > -Jordan Henderson jordan@greenapple.com