Re: v6.4 C compiler?

From: Hoff Hoffman (hoff_at_hp.nospam)
Date: 04/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:29:44 GMT

In article <c4fm18$3p3@dispatch.concentric.net>, "Paul Dembry" <pade@nospam.trifox.com> writes:
:> Hobbyists can get this via the Hobbyist program, commercial
:> sites can acquire this package from your HP Reseller or HP.
:> (IIRC, the DSPP program generally doesn't offer VAX packages,
:> though the program is a good option for developers working on
:> OpenVMS Alpha and developers can acquire this and other tools
:> via the DSPP program.)
:The last time I tried this (a year or so ago), the HP folks were so confused
:that I gave up. We are part of the DSPP program and get the AXP s/w from
:this.

  AFAIK, the DSPP program does NOT provide VAX tools, and has not
  provided VAX tools. (One of the central ancestors of DSPP was
  a DIGITAL program that was implemented to help move applications
  from OpenVMS VAX to OpenVMS Alpha.)

  Please read my last sentence as:

    ...IIRC, the DSPP program generally doesn't offer VAX packages,
    though the program is a good option for developers working on
    OpenVMS Alpha and developers can acquire this [compiler] and
    other tools [for Alpha] via the DSPP program...

  Bracketed text added. On re-reading my answer, I see it could be
  ambiguous.

:I think we are running v6.2 or v6.4, I would have to fire up the VAX to
:check.

  There is and was no OpenVMS VAX V6.4 release.

  If you are using OpenVMS VAX V6.2, you might as well upgrade to
  current -- OpenVMS VAX V7.0 was not a classic ".0" major release
  on OpenVMS VAX in the tradition of ".0" major releases and the
  requisite changes to the kernel and the need to rebuild drivers
  and such. There hasn't been a classic major ".0" release for
  OpenVMS VAX since V6.0, and I'm not aware of any plans for a
  classic-style major ".0" release among any future OpenVMS VAX
  releases. Upward-compatibility of both user- and kernel-mode
  code is the target for OpenVMS VAX releases, starting at V6.0.

  If you are on V6.1 or later, you should be able to perform a
  straight installation of C V6.4, load any available ACRTL ECO
  kit or consolditated kit, and load the mandatory ECO kits for
  OpenVMS VAX, and be able to compile your code.

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