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diff --git a/NOTES-VMS.md b/NOTES-VMS.md index c82e231ad7..c317e82de2 100644 --- a/NOTES-VMS.md +++ b/NOTES-VMS.md @@ -1,17 +1,15 @@ - - NOTES FOR THE OPENVMS PLATFORM - ============================== +NOTES FOR THE OPENVMS PLATFORM +============================== Requirement details ------------------- - In addition to the requirements and instructions listed in INSTALL, - this are required as well: + In addition to the requirements and instructions listed + in [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md), this are required as well: * At least ODS-5 disk organization for source and build. Installation can be done on any existing disk organization. - About ANSI C compiler --------------------- @@ -22,20 +20,19 @@ version 7.1 or later. Compiling with a different ANSI C compiler may require some work. - Please avoid using C RTL feature logical names DECC$* when building + Please avoid using C RTL feature logical names `DECC$*` when building and testing OpenSSL. Most of all, they can be disruptive when running the tests, as they affect the Perl interpreter. - About ODS-5 directory names and Perl ------------------------------------ - It seems that the perl function canonpath() in the File::Spec module + It seems that the perl function canonpath() in the `File::Spec` module doesn't treat file specifications where the last directory name contains periods very well. Unfortunately, some versions of VMS tar will keep the periods in the OpenSSL source directory instead of converting them to underscore, thereby leaving your source in - something like [.openssl-1^.1^.0]. This will lead to issues when + something like `[.openssl-1^.1^.0]`. This will lead to issues when configuring and building OpenSSL. We have no replacement for Perl's canonpath(), so the best workaround @@ -44,7 +41,6 @@ $ rename openssl-1^.1^.0.DIR openssl-1_1_0.DIR - About MMS and DCL ----------------- @@ -55,7 +51,6 @@ yourself up a few logical names for the directory trees you're going to use. - About debugging --------------- @@ -68,7 +63,7 @@ directly for debugging. Do not try to use them from a script, such as running the test suite. - *The following is not available on Alpha* + ### The following is not available on Alpha As a compromise, we're turning off the flag that makes the debugger start automatically. If there is a program that you need to debug, @@ -81,7 +76,6 @@ $ set image /flag=nocall_debug [.test]evp_test.exe - Checking the distribution ------------------------- @@ -92,16 +86,16 @@ The easiest way to check if everything got through as it should is to check for one of the following files: - [.crypto]opensslconf^.h.in + [.crypto]opensslconf^.h.in The best way to get a correct distribution is to download the gzipped - tar file from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/, use GZIP -d to uncompress - it and VMSTAR to unpack the resulting tar file. + tar file from ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/, use `GZIP -d` to uncompress + it and `VMSTAR` to unpack the resulting tar file. Gzip and VMSTAR are available here: - http://antinode.info/dec/index.html#Software + <http://antinode.info/dec/index.html#Software> Should you need it, you can find UnZip for VMS here: - http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html + <http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html> |