Article 128333 of comp.os.vms:
At 04:17 AM 7/24/97 -0600, bmclaughlin@rdwarf.ingenius.com wrote:
>Hello. I got the latest PERL gzip file and am attempting to install it on
an OpenVMS 
>VAX system. This system is running VMS 7.0 and UCX 4.1 ECO 6 and DEC C
5.2.  So far, I 
>am having no luck at all. The documentation that came with PERL is
terrible, as is 
>most of the VMS PERL documentation I found on the web.

Okay, Step 1: Nuke your VMS Perl tree and re-extract from the archive.

Step 2: Compile without sockets--just a normal
MMK/DESC=[.VMS]/Macro=("decc=1") and see if it compiles OK. If so, then
test it.

Using the Dec C RTL socket interface is a little trickier--it requires some
manipulation of [.VMS]DESCRIP.MMS. I've got an altered copy if you want the
details.

					Dan

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