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@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ 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 + 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 + configuring and building OpenSSL. + + We have no replacement for Perl's canonpath(), so the best workaround + for now is to rename the OpenSSL source directory, as follows (please + adjust for the actual source directory name you have): + + $ rename openssl-1^.1^.0.DIR openssl-1_1_0.DIR + + About MMS and DCL ----------------- |