Re: Building 5.12.1

On Jun 23, 2010, at 1:07 AM, Mark Berryman wrote:

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> On Jun 22, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
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>> On Jun 22, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Mark Berryman wrote:
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>>> I am attempting to build Perl 5.12.1 on VMS V8.3 systems.  I have tried both Alpha and Integrity, and with the build disk being both ODS-5 and ODS-2.  In all cases the build aborts once it reaches the CPAN section, as follows:
>>> 
>>> Running Makefile.PL in cpan/Archive-Extract
>>> $1$dkd0:[berryman.perl-5_12_1]miniperl.exe;1 "Makefile.PL" "INST_LIB=[--.lib]" "INST_ARCHLIB=[--.lib]" "PERL_CORE=1"
>>> Writing Descrip.MMS for Archive::Extract
>>> Making all in cpan/Archive-Extract
>>> MMK "all" /DESCRIPTION=descrip.mms /MACRO=("PERL_CORE=1")
>>> %MMK-F-CANTUPD, cannot update target [.LIB]ARCHIVE - sources unknown
>>> %MMK-F-CANTUPD, cannot update target [.LIB]ARCHIVE - sources unknown
>>> Unsuccessful make(cpan/Archive-Extract): code=1024 at make_ext.pl line 449.
>>> %NONAME-F-NOMSG, Message number 0C14805C
>>> %MMK-F-ERRUPD, error status %X0C14805C occurred when updating target NONXSEXT
>>> 
>>> I did a standard configure using -des and there were no DECC logicals or dangerous symbols defined at build time.
>>> 
>>> Is there anything special that needs to be done in order to build the 5.12.1 kit?
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>> Shouldn't be.  What's your MMK version?  I've been using v4.1 from <http://www.kednos.com/kednos/Open_Source/MMK>.
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> I am also using V4.1.

I found the problem.  My system has the logical name ARCHIVE defined on it.  Building at a time when I could delete that logical allowed the build to complete.

Mark Berryman