[Info-vax] Perl 5.22.0 binary kits for OpenVMS available

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <mkpjfu$2uo$1 at dont-email.me>, "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>Installation kits for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS I64 v8.3 and later are
>available at:
>
><https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/>

Many thanks for keeping the heads up.

>The files are self-extracting archives and after downloading
>you must run them like so:
>
>$ run VMSPORTS-AXPVMS-PERL522-V0522-0-1.SFX_AXPEXE
>
>for Alpha, and:
>
>$ run VMSPORTS-I64VMS-PERL522-V0522-0-1.SFX_I64EXE

You could also simply UNZIP them (on every platform you want ;-)

>for Itanium. Then, on either platform:
>
>$ product install perl522
>
>and follow the usual installation prompts. Note that the major version
>is now included in the product name so this installation will not remove
>installations of previous versions (e.g., 5.18 or 5.20).

Would be good to know, if it easy to have more than one version installed
in parallel and use one or the other (by e.g. simply redefining a logcial)?

>The kits provided here are intended to be a convenient way to acquire a
>default build; there are many other configuration options available if
>you build your own Perl from the source at
><http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.22.0.tar.gz>.

As I didn't follow for quite some time now, I need to ask:
Does this default build contain now MOD_PERL (for Apache/CSWS)?

>Have an appropriate amount of fun. Anything related to these kits that
>turns out to be more fun than you can handle is probably best reported
>on the vmsperl mailing list.[1]
>
>Changes in this release can be found via typing "perldoc perldelta"
>after installation.
>
>
>[1] <http://lists.perl.org/list/vmsperl.html>

Thanks again

-- 
Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
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