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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2016-03-25 08:27:35 +0100
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2016-03-25 09:05:46 +0100
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VMS: add a note about DECC$* logical names
These logical names are used to make the C RTL change certain behaviors, sometimes to make it act more like Unix. While they can make life easier in some cases, they can be disruptive as well. When building and testing OpenSSL, the latter is the case, so we ask people to avoid using them. Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
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About ANSI C compiler
---------------------
- An ANSI C compiled is needed among other things. This means that VAX C
- is not and will not be supported.
+ An ANSI C compiled is needed among other things. This means that
+ VAX C is not and will not be supported.
- We have only tested with DEC C (a.k.a HP VMS C / VSI C), compiling with
- a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.
+ We have only tested with DEC C (a.k.a HP VMS C / VSI C), compiling
+ with a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.
+
+ Please avoid using C RTL feature logical names DECC$* when building
+ and testing OpenSSL. Most of all, they can be disruptive when
+ running the tests, as they affect the Perl interpreter.
About MMS and DCL