[Info-vax] Updates to VMSTAR and Wget for VMS

[Steven Schweda]

> I don't know if it's worth the trouble, but it would be nice if
> third-party software like this had some sort of standard setup, [...]

   I'm sure that it would be too much work (for me), but I'm not sure
that it would be nice.  If all users had identical (or even similar)
environments, and/or requirements, then there might be some hope.  As
soon as build options appear, everything gets worse.

   My approach is to provide documentation, and hope for the best.


> Some of the .zip files in my archive (all of the ones I worked on or
> repackaged) have a LINK.COM to create .EXE files from the supplied
> binaries. [...]

   And, as I recall, that caused problems by being too simple for recent
(cough) versions of Info-ZIP programs.  Whose official builders should
have built-in LINK-only options.


> It should probably fall on the maintainers of the open source not
> the distribution host.

   Good luck with that.  For example, the Wget folks are very good about
making changes which I request, but have zero interest is dealing with
VMS themselves.

> I don't think VMSINSTAL is the right solution.

   I can beat that.  I don't think there is a right solution.


   And the latest OpenSSL stuff (1.1.1) wants to pollute my SYS$COMMON. 
What a world, ...