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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/README.VMS b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/README.VMS index d3eaa3bd9af..c7f64a72e59 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/README.VMS +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/README.VMS @@ -165,19 +165,38 @@ to their advantage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wildcard expansion is not yet implemented (i.e. CVS COMMIT *.c won't -work.) I have found GPL'd routine which does shell globbing, but I -have not tried to put it in yet. - -Log messages must be entered on the command line using -m. I wanted to start -up TPU for editing log messages, but apparently SYS$SYSTEM:TPU.EXE requires -some command table parsing through DCL, and cannot be directly invoked using C -within CVS. [I did get LSEDIT to launch, but it wasn't interested in argv at -all.] - -You can use -e or define the logical EDITOR to cause CVS to try other editors -if you want to test what's available on your system. I haven't tested this, -but if you install vi or emacs, chances are it will probably work. Just make -sure the .EXE files are in a directory listed in VAXC$PATH. +work.) I think that expand_wild should be calling lib$findfile +(util.c in gzip is said to provide an example), but noone has gotten +around to implementing this. + +Log messages must be entered on the command line using -m or -F. You +can use -e or define the logical EDITOR to cause CVS to try other +editors (TPU.EXE or any other editor which wants DCL command parsing +will not work) if you want to test what's available on your system. I +haven't tested this, but if you install vi or emacs, chances are it +will probably work. Just make sure the .EXE files are in a directory +listed in VAXC$PATH (is this a typo for DCL$PATH? Also, will a +logical name work?). If someone gets around to implementing it, we +should probably be using the callable editors (e.g. TPU$TPU), although +of course we also need interface(s) which are not locked into any +particular editors. + +---------------------------------------- + +Notes regarding compiling on VAX/VMS 6.2 (not Alpha) (These are items +which hopefully will have cleaner solutions in the future, but here is +how to get around them for now): + +* Need to compile lib/getdate.c with vaxc instead of decc to avoid a +compiler bugcheck. Therefore one must add SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCRTL/LIBRARY +to the link. + +* In src/ignore.c, change lstat to stat. In vms/filesubr.c, change +"#ifdef S_ISLNK" to "#if 0". + +* Ignore the warnings in vms/vmsmunch.c; the system include file +declares something as an int when it should be void *. Not *our* +fault! Credits: |