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On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 04:06:43PM -0500, Henderson, Jordan (Contractor) (DAASC) wrote:
> No, but
>
> VOLUME:[foo.bar.][baz.biff]file.wif
> ^ (note the dot here)
> is equivalent to
>
> VOLUME:[foo.bar.baz.biff]file.wif
>
> Note that you only get one extension this way:
>
> VOLUME:[foo.][bar.][baz.biff]file.wif
>
> Does not work.
Hmmm. Having the magic only work one level down does limit things some, but
it still will be useful. Are there any other caveats?
I want to simplify MakeMaker by just doing this:
PREFIX = VOL:[foo.bar.]
INSTALLPRIVLIB = $(PREFIX)[lib.perl]
pure_perl_install ::
@$(MOD_INSTALL)
read $(PERL_ARCHLIB)[auto.]$(FULLEXT).packlist
write $(INSTALLARCHLIB)[auto.]$(FULLEXT).packlist
$(INST_LIB) $(INSTALLPRIVLIB)
$(INAT_ARCHLIB) $(INSTALLARCHLIB)
similar to what all other OS's do rather than what it currently does which
is having MakeMaker pre-concatinate all the paths together. Since the magic
only goes one level, I can't get away with the .packlist generation, but I
can fix the INSTALL*LIB variables and leave $(PREFIX) in.
Interally it makes things much simpler.
Externally, it means this: "make install PREFIX=[foo.bar]"
(or your moral equivalent) will work on VMS.
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