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From: vbronkhorst%sef.decnet@nwc.arpa (SEF::VBRONKHORST)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: perl / HP-UX
Message-ID: <13090@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: 23 Apr 88 00:07:31 GMT
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In article <1220@zen.UUCP> vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin) writes:
: Can anyone fill me in on the current status of perl as we still haven't got it
: working.
: 
: We are running an HP9000 model 840 with HPUX 1.2, perl is at patchlevel 29.
:(remainder deleted)

In article <1877@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> Larry Wall <lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.GOV>
writes:
>The current status of perl is that version 2.0 beta 1 is available for
>anyone with anonymous ftp to get and test.  Is there anyone out there that
>could test on HPUX for me?  Get it from jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.8.43).
>(remainder deleted)

	I am running an HP9000 series 350 with HP-UX 5.5.  I would be happy
to test perl whatever it is.  
	
	Since I had trouble sending mail to vic@zen: to Victor:
	I am surprised that you say you are using HP-UX 1.2.  Unless HP numbers
	the 300/500/800 series differently (I know 300 and 500 to be similar)
	5.x should have been the current and earliest version available when
	the 800 series was announced.  If in fact you are using an ancient
	version, it may be the cause of your difficulty.  My understanding is
	that versions prior to 5.0 were system III + some BSD 4.2 features, and
	were not intended to be system V supportive.

	To Larry: jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.GOV is not listed in sri-nic.  
	Consequently, there is no address on nwc.arpa for me to ftp to or
	mail to.  In order to test perl, or mail to you or whatever, I need
	another way (other than ftp) of making the connection.  Perhaps you
	could mail it to me...

Erik van Bronkhorst
vbronkhorst@nwc.arpa (DDN)
{rutgers,uunet,...}!nwc.arpa!vbronknorst
(619) 939-1421

ps. nwc.arpa is not our HP9000, it is two vaxes in a cluster running VMeSs and
    I am not responsible for their function (or lack thereof).

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