[Info-vax] Perl 5.34.0 for OpenVMS x86_64 installation kit available

[Craig A. Berry]

On 10/20/21 2:57 AM, hb wrote:
> On 10/19/21 9:20 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
>>
>> Built with X86_XTOOLS V9.1-A_XG1K and a fair amount of colorful language:
>>
>> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/VMSPORTS-X86VMS-PERL534-T0534-0-1.SFX_X86EXE/download>
>>
>>
>> Note the "T" indicating test in the version number, which seemed
>> appropriate given I can't run the test suite in a cross compile
>> environment.  That means you are the tester, so if it breaks something
>> or crashes your system, the test has been successful in identifying a
>> problem :-).  That said, it looks pretty solid with the few small things
>> I've run with it on 9.1-A.
>>
>> Have an appropriate amount of fun.

> The file looks corrupted. It can not be activated and unzip can't look
> into it.

Hmm. I used the same mechanisms I've always used for Alpha and Itanium
and I did test the self-extracting archive before uploading to
sourceforge.  But you're right -- something didn't survive the round
trip.  I've replaced it with an ordinary zip file (not self-extracting):

<https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/VMSPORTS-X86VMS-PERL534-T0534-0-1.zip/download>

See if that works any better.