[Info-vax] PHP on VMS x86-64 9.2-2

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2024-03-24 22:54:07 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro said:

> On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:30:17 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> 
>> OpenVMS does not do well around installations and upgrades and parallel 
>> versions, with various apps chosing their own paths here, and OpenVMS 
>> itself chosing different paths in different cases.
> 
> Like I said, while VMS was a pioneer of shared libraries in the early  
> days, it never progressed to developing library versioning. Which (I  
> didn’t make clear before, I assumed it was understood) nowadays means  
> being able to cope with transitioning between versions.
> 
> It’s not just Linux that has a solution to this problem: the BSDs do, 
> too,  and I believe their solution predated Linux.
> 
> Back when VMS was new, the Unixes were still trying to come to terms 
> with shared libraries. But they have long since surpassed the pioneer 
> in this regard.

Examples of alternatives and tooling mentioned in my earlier reply, 
too. And Linux is a mess here, too. This is not an easy problem.

OpenVMS is limited here both by its compatibility goals, and as this 
and related areas are seemingly "below the fold" when investing time 
and effort on the platform.

But you're not interested in any of this.



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