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

[hb]

On 10/20/21 2:34 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> 
> 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.
Worked for me. Using it, I get an unexpected "Hexadecimal number >
0xffffffff non-portable" which I didn't see in perl 5, version 28 on IA64.