From unknown Fri Jul 25 07:45:30 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#17967 <17967@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#17967 <17967@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: GNU Diffutils 3.3 for VMS Reply-To: bug#17967 <17967@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:45:30 +0000 retitle 17967 GNU Diffutils 3.3 for VMS reassign 17967 diffutils submitter 17967 "Ball, Kevin (King of Prussia)" severity 17967 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jul 07 14:43:26 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jul 2014 18:43:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46195 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Dsr-0007YL-UN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:43:26 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42571) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Ds7-0007WW-Nz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Drw-0003Jc-C3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:34 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:57736) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Drw-0003JX-9I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:28 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Drq-0004gy-SS for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Drl-0003GN-Mx for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:22 -0400 Received: from mail2.checkfree.com ([204.95.150.32]:10439 helo=mail1.checkfree.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X4Drl-0003EZ-GO for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:42:17 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.01,619,1400040000"; d="scan'208,217";a="32631108" Received: from iwpdlpem01.corp.checkfree.com (HELO JWPKEXHT01.corp.checkfree.com) ([10.132.91.25]) by iapiron02.corp.checkfree.com with ESMTP; 07 Jul 2014 14:42:15 -0400 Received: from JWPKEXMBX03.corp.checkfree.com ([169.254.5.236]) by JWPKEXHT01.corp.checkfree.com ([10.141.82.33]) with mapi id 14.02.0342.003; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:42:08 -0400 From: "Ball, Kevin (King of Prussia)" To: "bug-diffutils@gnu.org" Subject: GNU Diffutils 3.3 for VMS Thread-Topic: GNU Diffutils 3.3 for VMS Thread-Index: Ac+aEyWdpL+meyt8QHqUpCwa+kq1fg== Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 18:42:07 +0000 Message-ID: <5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410@JWPKEXMBX03.corp.checkfree.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.141.101.129] Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410JWPKEXMBX03corp_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-CFilter-Loop: True X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:43:24 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --_000_5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410JWPKEXMBX03corp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greetings I'm trying to wrap my arms around what steps I need to take to get Diffutil= s 3.3 running on a OpenVMS Alpha server. I looked at the readme files and = it's not clear to me where I should start. In the VMS_NOTES.TXT file I found this; SET DEFAULT [.DIFFUTILS-3_3A_VMS.VMS] ! For convenience. MMS /MACRO =3D (LARGE=3D1) ! Non-VAX (with large-file support). MMS ! VAX. My guess is MMS needs to be defined as a symbol? Any help you can provide = would be great! Thanks! Kevin Ball Systems Analyst System Support DataSafe Platform Fiserv. 800-523-7282 ext 2519 610-687-9400 ext 2519 Fax 610-293-4432 www.fiserv.com --_000_5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410JWPKEXMBX03corp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Greetings

 

I’m trying to wrap my arms around what steps I= need to take to get Diffutils 3.3 running on a OpenVMS Alpha server. = I looked at the readme files and it’s not clear to me where I should= start. 

 

In the VMS_NOTES.TXT file  I found this;

 

SET DEFAULT [.DIFFUTILS-3_3A_VMS.VMS]   ! = For convenience.

 

      MMS /MACRO =3D (= LARGE=3D1)    ! Non-VAX (with large-file support).

      MMS   =             &nb= sp;       ! VAX.

 

My guess is MMS needs to be defined as a symbol?&nbs= p; Any help you can provide would be great!

 

Thanks!

 

Kevin Ball

Systems Analyst

System Support

DataSafe Platform

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 <= /p>

Fiserv.

800-523-7282 ext 2519

610-687-9400 ext 2519

 <= /p>

Fax 610-293-4432

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www.fiserv.com

 

 

--_000_5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410JWPKEXMBX03corp_-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Jul 07 18:07:34 2014 Received: (at 17967-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jul 2014 22:07:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46298 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X4H4P-0005EH-UN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:07:34 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:57090) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1X4H4N-0005Dx-TD for 17967-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 07 Jul 2014 18:07:33 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10FC339E8015; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:07:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DRoZHEGEOEcd; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (pool-108-0-233-62.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [108.0.233.62]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8DACD39E8012; Mon, 7 Jul 2014 15:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53BB1A17.2070101@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:07:19 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Ball, Kevin (King of Prussia)" , 17967-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#17967: GNU Diffutils 3.3 for VMS References: <5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410@JWPKEXMBX03.corp.checkfree.com> In-Reply-To: <5DC5B5353F7F914497E3A0D543C39F9F28685410@JWPKEXMBX03.corp.checkfree.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 17967-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) Ball, Kevin (King of Prussia) wrote: > In the VMS_NOTES.TXT file There is no VMS_NOTES.TXT in GNU diffutils 3.3. My guess is that you got a port of diffutils 3.3 to VMS by Steven M. Schweda ; if so, please write to him about the VMS part. From unknown Fri Jul 25 07:45:30 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator