[Info-vax] Building latest C-Kermit under OpenVMS gives errors

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/1/21 2:18 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-10-29, dthi... at gmail.com <dthittner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The current 9.0.305 sources does not currently compile on OpenVMS. Frank da Cruz lost his ability to compile on OpenVMS 10 or so years ago.
>>

He used to build the VAX version on systems I ran at the University.

> 
> Would working on Kermit qualify as hobbyist use ?
> 
> If so, he could run an emulated Alpha system under the VSI hobbyist licence.

I think Frank is pretty much retired at this point.

> 
> Unfortunately, that's about the best he could do for free as there are
> no free full system emulators for Itanium I am aware of. (Ski is _NOT_
> a full system emulator).
> 
> However, allowing him to build the code even on Alpha could help with
> identifying general VMS issues in the code.

I haven't looked at Kermit development in years (I still
use it quite a bit on older systems to move things around.)

If I could get an emulated system up with functional networking
I might be able to fiddle with it again.

bill