Perl 5.20.1 binary kits for OpenVMS available

Installation kits for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS I64 v8.3 and later are =
available at:

<https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmsperlkit/files/>

The files are self-extracting archives and after downloading you must =
run them like so:

$ run VMSPORTS-AXPVMS-PERL-V0520-1-1.SFX_AXPEXE

for Alpha, and:

$ run VMSPORTS-I64VMS-PERL-V0520-1-1.SFX_I64EXE

for Itanium.  Then, on either platform:

$ product install perl

and follow the usual installation prompts.

Note that the kits provided here are intended to be a convenient way to =
acquire a default build; there are many other configuration options =
available if you build your own Perl from the source at =
<http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.20.1.tar.gz>.

N.B.  The version of CPAN.pm (the module that lets you install other =
modules) that ships with Perl 5.20.x is completely non-functional on =
VMS.  The binary kits announced here include a patched version and those =
patches have been sent upstream to =
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=3D98265> but not yet =
included in a release.  Don't upgrade your CPAN.pm without verifying =
that these problems have been fixed.

Have an appropriate amount of fun.  Anything related to these kits that =
turns out to be more fun than you can handle is probably best reported =
on the vmsperl mailing list.[1]

Changes in this release can be found via typing "perldoc perldelta" =
after installation.


[1] <http://lists.perl.org/list/vmsperl.html>

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Craig A. Berry
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