Patch for VMS

[martinv]

Hi all!

When trying to migrate my changes to ZeroMQ from one version to another I noticed there isn't a port of the GNU patch utiliy.

I had a look at the Linux sources, but they are too entangled in a GNU jungle of dependencies. But I fouund the OpenBSD sources to be quite standalone. Supplied some OpenBSD code for mssing system services, and voila - patch for VMS! Built and cursorily tested on Alpha V8.4, I64 V8.4-2L3, and x86_64 V9.2-3. It really amazed me that in my tests it didn't even need StreamLF input files...

It still is work in progress, but if anyone would like to give it a try: it's available for download from de.OpenVMS.org with binaries or sources only..

cu,
Martin

[goathunter]

Thanks, Martin!

[sms]

> I had a look at the Linux sources, but they are too entangled in a GNU
> jungle of dependencies. [...]

I know the feeling. "Open-source" and "portable" are spelled
differently for a reason.

Some time in the 1999-2005 time range, I seem to have done a quick
port of GNU

patch 2.5.4
Copyright 1984-1988 Larry Wall
Copyright 1989-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

But I never: tested it much, stripped out my printf() diagnostics,
adapted my usual builder scheme, or published any of it.

I also see a 2.6.1 source kit (c. 2009?), but I seem to have done
approximately nothing with it. (Perhaps discouraged by the first build
failure?)

I doubt that it's worth much, but if anyone cares, I could make my
modified 2.5.4 sources available.

[craigberry]

Supplied some OpenBSD code for missing system services, and voila - patch for VMS!

Thanks for working on this, Martin. I have some e-mail correspondence from the fall of 2000 in which you, Charles Lane, and I were collaborating to get GNU patch 2.5.4 onto the Freeware CD, which we appear to have done: https://www.digiater.com/openvms/freeware/v50/gnupatch/.

I concur on the general code hygiene of BSD sources versus GNU sources.

[martinv]

you, Charles Lane, and I were collaborating to get GNU patch 2.5.4 onto the Freeware CD, which we appear to have done:

Argh! I had completely forgotten about that. Okay, it's been more than 20 years... Thanks for the pointer.