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

[Chris Townley]

On 09/05/2023 23:37, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 5/9/2023 5:05 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> If talking about disk initialization, I for one would assume that 
> defaulting to original operations would be reasonable, and using newer 
> capabilities an option.  Or, if the option was not specified, ask the 
> user which is desired.
> 
>> 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.
> 
> One needs to be a bit competent to do things, though, obscure messages 
> are never acceptable.
> 
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Quite so.
> 

I haven't checked on VMS 9.2-1 but the defaults for initialising a disk 
have been unusable for a very long time

-- 
Chris