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-rw-r--r--packages/vms/curlmsg.msg7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/packages/vms/curlmsg.msg b/packages/vms/curlmsg.msg
index 4cdaaafda..ec6149de0 100644
--- a/packages/vms/curlmsg.msg
+++ b/packages/vms/curlmsg.msg
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
! file and putting all the CURLE_* enum stuff into this file,
! CURLMSG.MSG. An .SDL file is created from this file with
! MESSAGE/SDL. The .H file is created using the freeware SDL tool
-! against the .SDL file.
+! against the .SDL file with SDL/ALPHA/LANG=CC command.
!
! With the exception of CURLE_OK, all of the messages are at
! the error severity level. With the exception of
! FTP_USER_PWD_INCORRECT, which is a shortened form of
! FTP_USER_PASSWORD_INCORRECT, these are the same names as the
-! CURLE_ ones in include/curl.h
+! CURLE_ ones in include/curl.h. The Message Utility manual states
+! "The combined length of the prefix and the message symbol name cannot
+! exceed 31 characters." With a prefix of five that leaves us with 26
+! for the message name.
!
! If you update this file also update curlmsg_vms.h so that they are in sync
!