[Info-vax] VGIT for VMS x86-64 - failed to make .git directory

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2023-05-09 16:48:52 +0000, MJ OS_EXAMINE said:

> On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 11:58:51 AM UTC-4, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> With SET PROCESS/PARSE=EXTEND and on an ODS-5 disk? If not, start there.
> I should have checked that the disk had ODS-5, as that turned out to be 
> the issue.
> Doing the init without specifying /struct still defaults to ODS-2, apparently.

It is safe to assume that OpenVMS app and system defaults are somewhere 
between somewhat-less-than-optimal, and wrong. Most were probably 
reasonable choices, once upon a time.

It is also safe to assume that OpenVMS tools will not check 
prerequisites such as required quotas or volume formats, and the 
resulting misconfigurations can or will fail with obscure messages.

Compatibility is a harsh default, particularly when the costs of 
compatibility are shifted to new work and not onto under- or 
unmaintained apps. Trade-offs between short term and long term are 
never fun choices.

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