Re: [blead 2009-05-29.22:08:17] vms.c EFS logical name fix.

John E. Malmberg wrote:
> Here is the latest attempt.  Still not fully tested.
> 

And the results are that with this new change, I am getting failures in 
the UNIX mode with:  lib/File/Compare.t, 
lib/File/Spec/t/Crossplatform.t, lib/File/Temp/t/object.t, 
lib/Module/Build/t/compat.t, lib/vmsish.t

Some of the above failures may be because I did not define SYS$SCRATCH 
or /tmp to be on an ODS-5 volume, so it may not be as bad as what it looks.

I am also running the makemaker code with out the Unix compatibility 
changes, as Michael has not integrated them yet, and those are failing, 
along with the new lib/Test/Simple/t/exit.t

In VMS/EFS mode, 52 tests are failing that do not fail in the default 
VMS mode.

I really am short of cycles right now, so I think we may have to work on 
getting better support for VMS/EFS for Perl next, and just document that 
while the UNIX mode is working reasonably well, there are known issues 
with EFS / VMS mode.

We really need to get some sort of logical name support that we can 
count on being bundled with Perl on VMS.

We really could use more volunteers to help get the EFS mode working.

Debugging Perl is much easier now with the support for the "forked" 
debugger on VMS, so I can help with people who want learn how to 
troubleshoot these issues.

Regards,
-John
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