[Info-vax] OpenSSL 1.1.0 released

[Richard Levitte]

Den tisdag 30 augusti 2016 kl. 17:26:23 UTC+2 skrev Stephen Hoffman:
> On 2016-08-29 17:48:36 +0000, dgordonatvsi at gmail.com said:
> 
> > On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:11:05 AM UTC-4, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> > 
> >> That PCSI kit is missing the VSI two-step around software providers and 
> >> prerequisite products, though.  (Another PCSI enhancement...)
> > 
> > That particular ship sailed years ago when the planned support to alias 
> > producers  wasn't added when CPQ became HP (then-no-E).
> 
> The ship allowing one kits to install files with the same filename in 
> different target directories sailed a whole long time ago, too.   

Hmmm, and installing the same file from different sources depending on platform as well, apparently.  I just tried something easy:

    if ( ( (<software DEC AXPVMS OPENVMS>)
       	   or (<software HP AXPVMS OPENVMS>) )
     	 or (<software VSI AXPVMS OPENVMS>) ) ;
	information alpha ;
        file [RL-TEST]foo.txt source [.AXPVMS]foo.txt ;
    else ;
	information ia64 ;
        file [RL-TEST]foo.txt source [.I64VMS]foo.txt ;
    end if ;

And with installation, it did give me the right message according to the information command, but both the alpha and the ia64 installs got the exact same content, [.AXPVMS]foo.txt...

> Something about the innards of the PCSI kit format being a single 
> directory, IIRC.

That doesn't sound right:

DSA20:[LEVITTE.TEST.PCSI]LEVITTE-VMS-TEST-T0001--1.PCSI;2
    Format:   Sequential
    Kit Size: 16 blocks
    Manifest: Kit indicates that a manifest file was not created for it
 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONTENTS OF KIT USING RELATIVE FILE SPECIFICATION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[000000]LEVITTE-VMS-TEST-T0001--1.PCSI$TLB
[.AXPVMS]FOO.TXT
[.I64VMS]FOO.TXT
[000000]LEVITTE-VMS-TEST-T0001--1.PCSI$DESCRIPTION
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

So, thanks for the tip on multi-platform PCSIs, but with this kind of bugger all crap going on, I pass.

> I like PCSI.   But — like other parts of OpenVMS – it needs some help.

*ahem* obviously...

Cheers,
Richard