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1 | This file contains a description of all the shell variables whose value is |
2 | determined by the Configure script. Variables intended for use in C |
3 | programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH. |
4 | |
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5 | _a (Unix.U): |
6 | This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries. |
7 | For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible |
8 | values include '.lib'. |
9 | |
10 | _exe (Unix.U): |
11 | This variable defines the extension used for executable files. |
12 | For unix it is empty. Other possible values include '.exe'. |
13 | |
14 | _o (Unix.U): |
15 | This variable defines the extension used for object files. |
16 | For unix, it is '.o'. The '.' is included. Other possible |
17 | values include '.obj'. |
18 | |
19 | afs (afs.U): |
20 | This variable is set to 'true' if AFS (Andrew File System) is used |
21 | on the system, 'false' otherwise. It is possible to override this |
22 | with a hint value or command line option, but you'd better know |
23 | what you are doing. |
24 | |
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25 | alignbytes (alignbytes.U): |
26 | This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a |
27 | double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8. |
28 | |
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29 | aphostname (d_gethname.U): |
30 | Thie variable contains the command which can be used to compute the |
31 | host name. The command is fully qualified by its absolute path, to make |
32 | it safe when used by a process with super-user privileges. |
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33 | |
34 | archlib (archlib.U): |
35 | This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants |
36 | to put architecture-dependent public library files for $package. |
37 | It is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/lib. |
38 | Programs using this variable must be prepared to deal |
39 | with filename expansion. |
40 | |
41 | archlibexp (archlib.U): |
42 | This variable is the same as the archlib variable, but is |
43 | filename expanded at configuration time, for convenient use. |
44 | |
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45 | archname (archname.U): |
46 | This variable is a short name to characterize the current |
47 | architecture. It is used mainly to construct the default archlib. |
48 | |
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49 | archobjs (Unix.U): |
50 | This variable defines any additional objects that must be linked |
51 | in with the program on this architecture. On unix, it is usually |
52 | empty. It is typically used to include emulations of unix calls |
53 | or other facilities. For perl on OS/2, for example, this would |
54 | include os2/os2.obj. |
55 | |
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56 | baserev (baserev.U): |
57 | The base revision level of this package, from the .package file. |
58 | |
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59 | bin (bin.U): |
60 | This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants |
61 | to put publicly executable images for the package in question. It |
62 | is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using |
63 | this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution. |
64 | |
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65 | binexp (bin.U): |
66 | This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at |
67 | configuration time, for use in your makefiles. |
68 | |
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69 | byteorder (byteorder.U): |
70 | This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits |
71 | indicate more significance. The variable byteorder is either 4321 |
72 | on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, or 87654321 |
73 | on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order ! |
74 | |
75 | c (n.U): |
76 | This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo |
77 | command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is |
78 | $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". |
79 | |
80 | castflags (d_castneg.U): |
81 | This variable contains a flag that precise difficulties the |
82 | compiler has casting odd floating values to unsigned long: |
83 | 0 = ok |
84 | 1 = couldn't cast < 0 |
85 | 2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000 |
86 | 4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list |
87 | |
88 | cc (cc.U): |
89 | This variable holds the name of a command to execute a C compiler which |
90 | can resolve multiple global references that happen to have the same |
91 | name. Usual values are "cc", "Mcc", "cc -M", and "gcc". |
92 | |
93 | cccdlflags (dlsrc.U): |
94 | This variable contains any special flags that might need to be |
95 | passed with cc -c to compile modules to be used to create a shared |
96 | library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this |
97 | should be +z. It is up to the makefile to use it. |
98 | |
99 | ccdlflags (dlsrc.U): |
100 | This variable contains any special flags that might need to be |
101 | passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading. |
102 | It is up to the makefile to use it. For sunos 4.1, it should |
103 | be empty. |
104 | |
105 | ccflags (ccflags.U): |
106 | This variable contains any additional C compiler flags desired by |
107 | the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this. |
108 | |
109 | cf_by (cf_who.U): |
110 | Login name of the person who ran the Configure script and answered the |
111 | questions. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH. |
112 | |
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113 | cf_email (cf_email.U): |
114 | Electronic mail address of the person who ran Configure. This can be |
115 | used by units that require the user's e-mail, like MailList.U. |
116 | |
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117 | cf_time (cf_who.U): |
118 | Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was |
119 | produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH. |
120 | |
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121 | clocktype (d_times.U): |
122 | This variable holds the type returned by times(). It can be long, |
123 | or clock_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be |
124 | included). |
125 | |
126 | contains (contains.U): |
127 | This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return |
128 | status. On most sane systems it is simply "grep". On insane systems |
129 | it is a grep followed by a cat followed by a test. This variable |
130 | is primarily for the use of other Configure units. |
131 | |
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132 | cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U): |
133 | This variable contains an identification of the catenation mechanism |
134 | used by the C preprocessor. |
135 | |
136 | cppflags (ccflags.U): |
137 | This variable holds the flags that will be passed to the C pre- |
138 | processor. It is up to the Makefile to use it. |
139 | |
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140 | cpplast (cppstdin.U): |
141 | This variable has the same functionality as cppminus, only it applies to |
142 | cpprun and not cppstdin. |
143 | |
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144 | cppminus (cppstdin.U): |
145 | This variable contains the second part of the string which will invoke |
146 | the C preprocessor on the standard input and produce to standard |
147 | output. This variable will have the value "-" if cppstdin needs a minus |
148 | to specify standard input, otherwise the value is "". |
149 | |
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150 | cpprun (cppstdin.U): |
151 | This variable contains the command which will invoke a C preprocessor |
152 | on standard input and put the output to stdout. It is guaranteed not |
153 | to be a wrapper and may be a null string if no preprocessor can be |
154 | made directly available. This preprocessor might be different from the |
155 | one used by the C compiler. Don't forget to append cpplast after the |
156 | preprocessor options. |
157 | |
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158 | cppstdin (cppstdin.U): |
159 | This variable contains the command which will invoke the C |
160 | preprocessor on standard input and put the output to stdout. |
161 | It is primarily used by other Configure units that ask about |
162 | preprocessor symbols. |
163 | |
164 | cryptlib (d_crypt.U): |
165 | This variable holds -lcrypt or the path to a libcrypt.a archive if |
166 | the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is |
167 | up to the Makefile to use this. |
168 | |
169 | d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U): |
170 | This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert |
171 | floating point numbers into strings. It could be 'gconvert' |
172 | or a more complex macro emulating gconvert with gcvt() or sprintf. |
173 | |
174 | d_access (d_access.U): |
175 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_ACCESS if the access() system |
176 | call is available to check for access permissions using real IDs. |
177 | |
178 | d_alarm (d_alarm.U): |
179 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ALARM symbol, which |
180 | indicates to the C program that the alarm() routine is available. |
181 | |
182 | d_archlib (archlib.U): |
183 | This variable conditionally defines ARCHLIB to hold the pathname |
184 | of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If |
185 | $archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef. |
186 | |
187 | d_bcmp (d_bcmp.U): |
188 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCMP symbol if |
189 | the bcmp() routine is available to compare strings. |
190 | |
191 | d_bcopy (d_bcopy.U): |
192 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCOPY symbol if |
193 | the bcopy() routine is available to copy strings. |
194 | |
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195 | d_bsd (Guess.U): |
196 | This symbol conditionally defines the symbol BSD when running on a |
197 | BSD system. |
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198 | |
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199 | d_bsdgetpgrp (d_getpgrp.U): |
200 | This variable conditionally defines USE_BSD_GETPGRP if |
201 | getpgrp needs one arguments whereas USG one needs none. |
202 | |
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203 | d_bzero (d_bzero.U): |
204 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BZERO symbol if |
205 | the bzero() routine is available to set memory to 0. |
206 | |
207 | d_casti32 (d_casti32.U): |
208 | This variable conditionally defines CASTI32, which indicates |
209 | whether the C compiler can cast large floats to 32-bit ints. |
210 | |
211 | d_castneg (d_castneg.U): |
212 | This variable conditionally defines CASTNEG, which indicates |
213 | wether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned. |
214 | |
215 | d_charvspr (d_vprintf.U): |
216 | This variable conditionally defines CHARVSPRINTF if this system |
217 | has vsprintf returning type (char*). The trend seems to be to |
218 | declare it as "int vsprintf()". |
219 | |
220 | d_chown (d_chown.U): |
221 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CHOWN symbol, which |
222 | indicates to the C program that the chown() routine is available. |
223 | |
224 | d_chroot (d_chroot.U): |
225 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CHROOT symbol, which |
226 | indicates to the C program that the chroot() routine is available. |
227 | |
228 | d_chsize (d_chsize.U): |
229 | This variable conditionally defines the CHSIZE symbol, which |
230 | indicates to the C program that the chsize() routine is available |
231 | to truncate files. You might need a -lx to get this routine. |
232 | |
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233 | d_closedir (d_closedir.U): |
234 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is |
235 | available. |
236 | |
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237 | d_const (d_const.U): |
238 | This variable conditionally defines the HASCONST symbol, which |
239 | indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows about the |
240 | const type. |
241 | |
242 | d_crypt (d_crypt.U): |
243 | This variable conditionally defines the CRYPT symbol, which |
244 | indicates to the C program that the crypt() routine is available |
245 | to encrypt passwords and the like. |
246 | |
247 | d_csh (d_csh.U): |
248 | This variable conditionally defines the CSH symbol, which |
249 | indicates to the C program that the C-shell exists. |
250 | |
251 | d_cuserid (d_cuserid.U): |
252 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CUSERID symbol, which |
253 | indicates to the C program that the cuserid() routine is available |
254 | to get character login names. |
255 | |
256 | d_dbl_dig (d_dbl_dig.U): |
257 | This variable conditionally defines d_dbl_dig if this system's |
258 | header files provide DBL_DIG, which is the number of significant |
259 | digits in a double precision number. |
260 | |
261 | d_difftime (d_difftime.U): |
262 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME symbol, which |
263 | indicates to the C program that the difftime() routine is available. |
264 | |
265 | d_dirnamlen (i_dirent.U): |
266 | This variable conditionally defines DIRNAMLEN, which indicates |
267 | to the C program that the length of directory entry names is |
268 | provided by a d_namelen field. |
269 | |
270 | d_dlerror (d_dlerror.U): |
271 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DLERROR symbol, which |
272 | indicates to the C program that the dlerror() routine is available. |
273 | |
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274 | d_dlopen (d_dlopen.U): |
275 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DLOPEN symbol, which |
276 | indicates to the C program that the dlopen() routine is available. |
277 | |
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278 | d_dlsymun (d_dlsymun.U): |
279 | This variable conditionally defines DLSYM_NEEDS_UNDERSCORE, which |
280 | indicates that we need to prepend an underscore to the symbol |
281 | name before calling dlsym(). |
282 | |
283 | d_dosuid (d_dosuid.U): |
284 | This variable conditionally defines the symbol DOSUID, which |
285 | tells the C program that it should insert setuid emulation code |
286 | on hosts which have setuid #! scripts disabled. |
287 | |
288 | d_dup2 (d_dup2.U): |
289 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_DUP2 if dup2() is |
290 | available to duplicate file descriptors. |
291 | |
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292 | d_endhent (d_endhent.U): |
293 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDHOSTENT if endhostent() is |
294 | available to close whatever was being used for host queries. |
295 | |
296 | d_endnent (d_endnent.U): |
297 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDNETENT if endnetent() is |
298 | available to close whatever was being used for network queries. |
299 | |
300 | d_endpent (d_endpent.U): |
301 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDPROTOENT if endprotoent() is |
302 | available to close whatever was being used for protocol queries. |
303 | |
304 | d_endsent (d_endsent.U): |
305 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSERVENT if endservent() is |
306 | available to close whatever was being used for service queries. |
307 | |
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308 | d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U): |
309 | This variable conditionally defines EOF_NONBLOCK if EOF can be seen |
310 | when reading from a non-blocking I/O source. |
311 | |
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312 | d_eunice (Guess.U): |
313 | This variable conditionally defines the symbols EUNICE and VAX, which |
314 | alerts the C program that it must deal with ideosyncracies of VMS. |
315 | |
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316 | d_fchmod (d_fchmod.U): |
317 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHMOD symbol, which |
318 | indicates to the C program that the fchmod() routine is available |
319 | to change mode of opened files. |
320 | |
321 | d_fchown (d_fchown.U): |
322 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHOWN symbol, which |
323 | indicates to the C program that the fchown() routine is available |
324 | to change ownership of opened files. |
325 | |
326 | d_fcntl (d_fcntl.U): |
327 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCNTL symbol, and indicates |
328 | whether the fcntl() function exists |
329 | |
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330 | d_fd_macros (d_fd_set.U): |
331 | This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FD_MACROS symbol, |
332 | which indicates if your C compiler knows about the macros which |
333 | manipulate an fd_set. |
334 | |
335 | d_fd_set (d_fd_set.U): |
336 | This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FD_SET symbol, |
337 | which indicates if your C compiler knows about the fd_set typedef. |
338 | |
339 | d_fds_bits (d_fd_set.U): |
340 | This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FDS_BITS symbol, |
341 | which indicates if your fd_set typedef contains the fds_bits member. |
342 | If you have an fd_set typedef, but the dweebs who installed it did |
343 | a half-fast job and neglected to provide the macros to manipulate |
344 | an fd_set, HAS_FDS_BITS will let us know how to fix the gaffe. |
345 | |
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346 | d_fgetpos (d_fgetpos.U): |
347 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_FGETPOS if fgetpos() is |
348 | available to get the file position indicator. |
349 | |
350 | d_flexfnam (d_flexfnam.U): |
351 | This variable conditionally defines the FLEXFILENAMES symbol, which |
352 | indicates that the system supports filenames longer than 14 characters. |
353 | |
354 | d_flock (d_flock.U): |
355 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_FLOCK if flock() is |
356 | available to do file locking. |
357 | |
358 | d_fork (d_fork.U): |
359 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FORK symbol, which |
360 | indicates to the C program that the fork() routine is available. |
361 | |
362 | d_fpathconf (d_pathconf.U): |
363 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPATHCONF symbol, which |
364 | indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available |
365 | to determine file-system related limits and options associated |
366 | with a given open file descriptor. |
367 | |
368 | d_fsetpos (d_fsetpos.U): |
369 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_FSETPOS if fsetpos() is |
370 | available to set the file position indicator. |
371 | |
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372 | d_ftime (d_ftime.U): |
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373 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTIME symbol, which indicates |
374 | that the ftime() routine exists. The ftime() routine is basically |
375 | a sub-second accuracy clock. |
376 | |
377 | d_getgrps (d_getgrps.U): |
378 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGROUPS symbol, which |
379 | indicates to the C program that the getgroups() routine is available |
380 | to get the list of process groups. |
381 | |
382 | d_gethbyaddr (d_gethbyad.U): |
383 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYADDR symbol, which |
384 | indicates to the C program that the gethostbyaddr() routine is available |
385 | to look up hosts by their IP addresses. |
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387 | d_gethent (d_gethent.U): |
388 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETHOSTENT if gethostent() is |
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389 | available to look up host names in some data base or another. |
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390 | |
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391 | d_gethname (d_gethname.U): |
392 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTNAME symbol, which |
393 | indicates to the C program that the gethostname() routine may be |
394 | used to derive the host name. |
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395 | |
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396 | d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U): |
397 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN symbol, which |
398 | indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available |
399 | to get the login name. |
400 | |
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401 | d_getnbyaddr (d_getnbyad.U): |
402 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR symbol, which |
403 | indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr() routine is available |
404 | to look up networks by their IP addresses. |
405 | |
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406 | d_getnbyname (d_getnbynm.U): |
407 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYNAME symbol, which |
408 | indicates to the C program that the getnetbyname() routine is available |
409 | to look up networks by their names. |
410 | |
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411 | d_getnent (d_getnent.U): |
412 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETNETENT if getnetent() is |
413 | available to look up network names in some data base or another. |
414 | |
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415 | d_getpbyname (d_getprotby.U): |
416 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME |
417 | symbol, which indicates to the C program that the |
418 | getprotobyname() routine is available to look up protocols |
419 | by their name. |
420 | |
421 | d_getpbynumber (d_getprotby.U): |
422 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER |
423 | symbol, which indicates to the C program that the |
424 | getprotobynumber() routine is available to look up protocols |
425 | by their number. |
426 | |
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427 | d_getpent (d_getpent.U): |
428 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPROTOENT if getprotoent() is |
429 | available to look up protocols in some data base or another. |
430 | |
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431 | d_getpgid (d_getpgid.U): |
432 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPGID symbol, which |
433 | indicates to the C program that the getpgid(pid) function |
434 | is available to get the process group id. |
435 | |
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436 | d_getpgrp2 (d_getpgrp2.U): |
437 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPGRP2 symbol, which |
438 | indicates to the C program that the getpgrp2() (as in DG/UX) routine |
439 | is available to get the current process group. |
440 | |
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441 | d_getpgrp (d_getpgrp.U): |
442 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPGRP if getpgrp() is |
443 | available to get the current process group. |
444 | |
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445 | d_getppid (d_getppid.U): |
446 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPPID symbol, which |
447 | indicates to the C program that the getppid() routine is available |
448 | to get the parent process ID. |
449 | |
450 | d_getprior (d_getprior.U): |
451 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRIORITY if getpriority() |
452 | is available to get a process's priority. |
453 | |
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454 | d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U): |
455 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME |
456 | symbol, which indicates to the C program that the |
457 | getservbyname() routine is available to look up services |
458 | by their name. |
459 | |
460 | d_getsbyport (d_getsrvby.U): |
461 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT |
462 | symbol, which indicates to the C program that the |
463 | getservbyport() routine is available to look up services |
464 | by their port. |
465 | |
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466 | d_getsent (d_getsent.U): |
467 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSERVENT if getservent() is |
468 | available to look up network services in some data base or another. |
469 | |
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470 | d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U): |
471 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which |
472 | indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a |
473 | sub-second accuracy clock). You should probably include <sys/resource.h>. |
474 | |
475 | d_gnulibc (d_gnulibc.U): |
476 | Defined if we're dealing with the GNU C Library. |
477 | |
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478 | d_htonl (d_htonl.U): |
479 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its |
480 | friends are available to do network order byte swapping. |
481 | |
482 | d_index (d_strchr.U): |
483 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and |
484 | rindex() are available for string searching. |
485 | |
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486 | d_inetaton (d_inetaton.U): |
487 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INET_ATON symbol, which |
488 | indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available |
489 | to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings. |
490 | |
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491 | d_isascii (d_isascii.U): |
492 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant, |
493 | which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available. |
494 | |
495 | d_killpg (d_killpg.U): |
496 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_KILLPG symbol, which |
497 | indicates to the C program that the killpg() routine is available |
498 | to kill process groups. |
499 | |
500 | d_link (d_link.U): |
501 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is |
502 | available to create hard links. |
503 | |
504 | d_locconv (d_locconv.U): |
505 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is |
506 | available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions. |
507 | |
508 | d_lockf (d_lockf.U): |
509 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCKF if lockf() is |
510 | available to do file locking. |
511 | |
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512 | d_longdbl (d_longdbl.U): |
513 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_DOUBLE if |
514 | the long double type is supported. |
515 | |
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516 | d_lstat (d_lstat.U): |
517 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_LSTAT if lstat() is |
518 | available to do file stats on symbolic links. |
519 | |
520 | d_mblen (d_mblen.U): |
521 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBLEN symbol, which |
522 | indicates to the C program that the mblen() routine is available |
523 | to find the number of bytes in a multibye character. |
524 | |
525 | d_mbstowcs (d_mbstowcs.U): |
526 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBSTOWCS symbol, which |
527 | indicates to the C program that the mbstowcs() routine is available |
528 | to convert a multibyte string into a wide character string. |
529 | |
530 | d_mbtowc (d_mbtowc.U): |
531 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBTOWC symbol, which |
532 | indicates to the C program that the mbtowc() routine is available |
533 | to convert multibyte to a wide character. |
534 | |
535 | d_memcmp (d_memcmp.U): |
536 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCMP symbol, which |
537 | indicates to the C program that the memcmp() routine is available |
538 | to compare blocks of memory. |
539 | |
540 | d_memcpy (d_memcpy.U): |
541 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCPY symbol, which |
542 | indicates to the C program that the memcpy() routine is available |
543 | to copy blocks of memory. |
544 | |
545 | d_memmove (d_memmove.U): |
546 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMMOVE symbol, which |
547 | indicates to the C program that the memmove() routine is available |
548 | to copy potentatially overlapping blocks of memory. |
549 | |
550 | d_memset (d_memset.U): |
551 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMSET symbol, which |
552 | indicates to the C program that the memset() routine is available |
553 | to set blocks of memory. |
554 | |
555 | d_mkdir (d_mkdir.U): |
556 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKDIR symbol, which |
557 | indicates to the C program that the mkdir() routine is available |
558 | to create directories.. |
559 | |
560 | d_mkfifo (d_mkfifo.U): |
561 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKFIFO symbol, which |
562 | indicates to the C program that the mkfifo() routine is available. |
563 | |
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564 | d_mkstemp (d_mkstemp.U): |
565 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKSTEMP symbol, which |
566 | indicates to the C program that the mkstemp() routine is available |
567 | to create and open a unique tempporary file. |
568 | |
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569 | d_mktime (d_mktime.U): |
570 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME symbol, which |
571 | indicates to the C program that the mktime() routine is available. |
572 | |
573 | d_msg (d_msg.U): |
574 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG symbol, which |
575 | indicates that the entire msg*(2) library is present. |
576 | |
dfe9444c |
577 | d_msgctl (d_msgctl.U): |
578 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGCTL symbol, which |
579 | indicates to the C program that the msgctl() routine is available. |
580 | |
581 | d_msgget (d_msgget.U): |
582 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGGET symbol, which |
583 | indicates to the C program that the msgget() routine is available. |
584 | |
585 | d_msgrcv (d_msgrcv.U): |
586 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGRCV symbol, which |
587 | indicates to the C program that the msgrcv() routine is available. |
588 | |
589 | d_msgsnd (d_msgsnd.U): |
590 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGSND symbol, which |
591 | indicates to the C program that the msgsnd() routine is available. |
592 | |
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593 | d_mymalloc (mallocsrc.U): |
594 | This variable conditionally defines MYMALLOC in case other parts |
595 | of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used. |
596 | This may include different sorts of profiling or error detection. |
597 | |
598 | d_nice (d_nice.U): |
599 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which |
600 | indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available. |
601 | |
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602 | d_oldpthreads (usethreads.U): |
603 | This variable conditionally defines the OLD_PTHREADS_API symbol, |
604 | and indicates that Perl should be built to use the old |
605 | draft POSIX threads API. This is only potneially meaningful if |
606 | usethreads is set. |
607 | |
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608 | d_oldsock (d_socket.U): |
609 | This variable conditionally defines the OLDSOCKET symbol, which |
610 | indicates that the BSD socket interface is based on 4.1c and not 4.2. |
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611 | |
612 | d_open3 (d_open3.U): |
613 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_OPEN3 manifest constant, |
614 | which indicates to the C program that the 3 argument version of |
615 | the open(2) function is available. |
616 | |
617 | d_pathconf (d_pathconf.U): |
618 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PATHCONF symbol, which |
619 | indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available |
620 | to determine file-system related limits and options associated |
621 | with a given filename. |
622 | |
623 | d_pause (d_pause.U): |
624 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PAUSE symbol, which |
625 | indicates to the C program that the pause() routine is available |
626 | to suspend a process until a signal is received. |
627 | |
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628 | d_phostname (d_gethname.U): |
629 | This variable conditionally defines the PHOSTNAME symbol, which |
630 | contains the shell command which, when fed to popen(), may be |
631 | used to derive the host name. |
632 | |
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633 | d_pipe (d_pipe.U): |
634 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PIPE symbol, which |
635 | indicates to the C program that the pipe() routine is available |
636 | to create an inter-process channel. |
637 | |
638 | d_poll (d_poll.U): |
639 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_POLL symbol, which |
640 | indicates to the C program that the poll() routine is available |
641 | to poll active file descriptors. |
642 | |
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643 | d_portable (d_portable.U): |
644 | This variable conditionally defines the PORTABLE symbol, which |
645 | indicates to the C program that it should not assume that it is |
646 | running on the machine it was compiled on. |
647 | |
648 | d_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U): |
649 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD |
650 | symbol if the pthread_yield routine is available to yield |
651 | the execution of the current thread. |
652 | |
653 | d_pthreads_created_joinable (d_pthreadj.U): |
654 | This variable conditionally defines the PTHREADS_CREATED_JOINABLE |
655 | symbol if pthreads are created in the joinable (aka undetached) |
656 | state. |
657 | |
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658 | d_pwage (i_pwd.U): |
659 | This varaible conditionally defines PWAGE, which indicates |
660 | that struct passwd contains pw_age. |
661 | |
662 | d_pwchange (i_pwd.U): |
663 | This varaible conditionally defines PWCHANGE, which indicates |
664 | that struct passwd contains pw_change. |
665 | |
666 | d_pwclass (i_pwd.U): |
667 | This varaible conditionally defines PWCLASS, which indicates |
668 | that struct passwd contains pw_class. |
669 | |
670 | d_pwcomment (i_pwd.U): |
671 | This varaible conditionally defines PWCOMMENT, which indicates |
672 | that struct passwd contains pw_comment. |
673 | |
674 | d_pwexpire (i_pwd.U): |
675 | This varaible conditionally defines PWEXPIRE, which indicates |
676 | that struct passwd contains pw_expire. |
677 | |
678 | d_pwquota (i_pwd.U): |
679 | This varaible conditionally defines PWQUOTA, which indicates |
680 | that struct passwd contains pw_quota. |
681 | |
682 | d_readdir (d_readdir.U): |
683 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is |
684 | available to read directory entries. |
685 | |
686 | d_readlink (d_readlink.U): |
687 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READLINK symbol, which |
688 | indicates to the C program that the readlink() routine is available |
689 | to read the value of a symbolic link. |
690 | |
691 | d_rename (d_rename.U): |
692 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RENAME symbol, which |
693 | indicates to the C program that the rename() routine is available |
694 | to rename files. |
695 | |
696 | d_rewinddir (d_readdir.U): |
697 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_REWINDDIR if rewinddir() is |
698 | available. |
699 | |
700 | d_rmdir (d_rmdir.U): |
701 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_RMDIR if rmdir() is |
702 | available to remove directories. |
703 | |
704 | d_safebcpy (d_safebcpy.U): |
705 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_BCOPY symbol if |
706 | the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies. |
707 | |
708 | d_safemcpy (d_safemcpy.U): |
709 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_MEMCPY symbol if |
710 | the memcpy() routine can do overlapping copies. |
711 | |
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712 | d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U): |
713 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SANE_MEMCMP symbol if |
714 | the memcpy() routine is available and can be used to compare relative |
715 | magnitudes of chars with their high bits set. |
716 | |
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717 | d_sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U): |
718 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCHED_YIELD |
719 | symbol if the sched_yield routine is available to yield |
720 | the execution of the current thread. |
721 | |
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722 | d_seekdir (d_readdir.U): |
723 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is |
724 | available. |
725 | |
726 | d_select (d_select.U): |
727 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SELECT if select() is |
728 | available to select active file descriptors. A <sys/time.h> |
729 | inclusion may be necessary for the timeout field. |
730 | |
731 | d_sem (d_sem.U): |
732 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEM symbol, which |
733 | indicates that the entire sem*(2) library is present. |
734 | |
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735 | d_semctl (d_semctl.U): |
736 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMCTL symbol, which |
737 | indicates to the C program that the semctl() routine is available. |
738 | |
739 | d_semget (d_semget.U): |
740 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMGET symbol, which |
741 | indicates to the C program that the semget() routine is available. |
742 | |
743 | d_semop (d_semop.U): |
744 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMOP symbol, which |
745 | indicates to the C program that the semop() routine is available. |
746 | |
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747 | d_setegid (d_setegid.U): |
748 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETEGID symbol, which |
749 | indicates to the C program that the setegid() routine is available |
750 | to change the effective gid of the current program. |
751 | |
752 | d_seteuid (d_seteuid.U): |
753 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETEUID symbol, which |
754 | indicates to the C program that the seteuid() routine is available |
755 | to change the effective uid of the current program. |
756 | |
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757 | d_setgrps (d_setgrps.U): |
758 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGROUPS symbol, which |
759 | indicates to the C program that the setgroups() routine is available |
760 | to set the list of process groups. |
761 | |
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762 | d_sethent (d_sethent.U): |
763 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETHOSTENT if sethostent() is |
764 | available. |
765 | |
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766 | d_setlinebuf (d_setlnbuf.U): |
767 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLINEBUF symbol, which |
768 | indicates to the C program that the setlinebuf() routine is available |
769 | to change stderr or stdout from block-buffered or unbuffered to a |
770 | line-buffered mode. |
771 | |
772 | d_setlocale (d_setlocale.U): |
773 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETLOCALE if setlocale() is |
774 | available to handle locale-specific ctype implementations. |
775 | |
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776 | d_setnent (d_setnent.U): |
777 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETNETENT if setnetent() is |
778 | available. |
779 | |
780 | d_setpent (d_setpent.U): |
781 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPROTOENT if setprotoent() is |
782 | available. |
783 | |
d7418ba7 |
784 | d_setpgid (d_setpgid.U): |
dfe9444c |
785 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPGID symbol if the |
786 | setpgid(pid, gpid) function is available to set process group ID. |
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787 | |
788 | d_setpgrp2 (d_setpgrp2.U): |
789 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPGRP2 symbol, which |
790 | indicates to the C program that the setpgrp2() (as in DG/UX) routine |
791 | is available to set the current process group. |
792 | |
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793 | d_setpgrp (d_setpgrp.U): |
794 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPGRP if setpgrp() is |
795 | available to set the current process group. |
796 | |
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797 | d_setprior (d_setprior.U): |
798 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPRIORITY if setpriority() |
799 | is available to set a process's priority. |
800 | |
801 | d_setregid (d_setregid.U): |
802 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREGID if setregid() is |
803 | available to change the real and effective gid of the current |
804 | process. |
805 | |
806 | d_setresgid (d_setregid.U): |
807 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETRESGID if setresgid() is |
808 | available to change the real, effective and saved gid of the current |
809 | process. |
810 | |
811 | d_setresuid (d_setreuid.U): |
812 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREUID if setresuid() is |
813 | available to change the real, effective and saved uid of the current |
814 | process. |
815 | |
816 | d_setreuid (d_setreuid.U): |
817 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREUID if setreuid() is |
818 | available to change the real and effective uid of the current |
819 | process. |
820 | |
821 | d_setrgid (d_setrgid.U): |
822 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRGID symbol, which |
823 | indicates to the C program that the setrgid() routine is available |
824 | to change the real gid of the current program. |
825 | |
826 | d_setruid (d_setruid.U): |
827 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRUID symbol, which |
828 | indicates to the C program that the setruid() routine is available |
829 | to change the real uid of the current program. |
830 | |
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831 | d_setsent (d_setsent.U): |
832 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSERVENT if setservent() is |
833 | available. |
834 | |
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835 | d_setsid (d_setsid.U): |
836 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSID if setsid() is |
837 | available to set the process group ID. |
838 | |
e5c9fcd0 |
839 | d_setvbuf (d_setvbuf.U): |
840 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETVBUF symbol, which |
841 | indicates to the C program that the setvbuf() routine is available |
842 | to change buffering on an open stdio stream. |
843 | |
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844 | d_sfio (d_sfio.U): |
845 | This variable conditionally defines the USE_SFIO symbol, |
846 | and indicates whether sfio is available (and should be used). |
847 | |
848 | d_shm (d_shm.U): |
849 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHM symbol, which |
850 | indicates that the entire shm*(2) library is present. |
851 | |
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852 | d_shmat (d_shmat.U): |
853 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMAT symbol, which |
854 | indicates to the C program that the shmat() routine is available. |
855 | |
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856 | d_shmatprototype (d_shmat.U): |
857 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMAT_PROTOTYPE |
858 | symbol, which indicates that sys/shm.h has a prototype for |
859 | shmat. |
860 | |
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861 | d_shmctl (d_shmctl.U): |
862 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMCTL symbol, which |
863 | indicates to the C program that the shmctl() routine is available. |
864 | |
865 | d_shmdt (d_shmdt.U): |
866 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMDT symbol, which |
867 | indicates to the C program that the shmdt() routine is available. |
868 | |
869 | d_shmget (d_shmget.U): |
870 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMGET symbol, which |
871 | indicates to the C program that the shmget() routine is available. |
872 | |
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873 | d_sigaction (d_sigaction.U): |
874 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which |
875 | indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available. |
876 | |
877 | d_sigsetjmp (d_sigsetjmp.U): |
878 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGSETJMP symbol, |
879 | which indicates that the sigsetjmp() routine is available to |
880 | call setjmp() and optionally save the process's signal mask. |
881 | |
882 | d_socket (d_socket.U): |
883 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SOCKET, which indicates |
884 | that the BSD socket interface is supported. |
885 | |
886 | d_sockpair (d_socket.U): |
887 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKETPAIR symbol, which |
888 | indicates that the BSD socketpair() is supported. |
889 | |
890 | d_statblks (d_statblks.U): |
891 | This variable conditionally defines USE_STAT_BLOCKS if this system |
892 | has a stat structure declaring st_blksize and st_blocks. |
893 | |
894 | d_stdio_cnt_lval (d_stdstdio.U): |
895 | This variable conditionally defines STDIO_CNT_LVALUE if the |
896 | FILE_cnt macro can be used as an lvalue. |
897 | |
898 | d_stdio_ptr_lval (d_stdstdio.U): |
899 | This variable conditionally defines STDIO_PTR_LVALUE if the |
900 | FILE_ptr macro can be used as an lvalue. |
901 | |
902 | d_stdiobase (d_stdstdio.U): |
903 | This variable conditionally defines USE_STDIO_BASE if this system |
904 | has a FILE structure declaring a usable _base field (or equivalent) |
905 | in stdio.h. |
906 | |
907 | d_stdstdio (d_stdstdio.U): |
908 | This variable conditionally defines USE_STDIO_PTR if this system |
909 | has a FILE structure declaring usable _ptr and _cnt fields (or |
910 | equivalent) in stdio.h. |
911 | |
912 | d_strchr (d_strchr.U): |
913 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRCHR if strchr() and |
914 | strrchr() are available for string searching. |
915 | |
916 | d_strcoll (d_strcoll.U): |
917 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRCOLL if strcoll() is |
918 | available to compare strings using collating information. |
919 | |
920 | d_strctcpy (d_strctcpy.U): |
921 | This variable conditionally defines the USE_STRUCT_COPY symbol, which |
922 | indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows how to copy |
923 | structures. |
924 | |
925 | d_strerrm (d_strerror.U): |
926 | This variable holds what Strerrr is defined as to translate an error |
927 | code condition into an error message string. It could be 'strerror' |
928 | or a more complex macro emulating strrror with sys_errlist[], or the |
929 | "unknown" string when both strerror and sys_errlist are missing. |
930 | |
931 | d_strerror (d_strerror.U): |
932 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRERROR if strerror() is |
933 | available to translate error numbers to strings. |
934 | |
7e1af8bc |
935 | d_strtod (d_strtod.U): |
936 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOD symbol, which |
937 | indicates to the C program that the strtod() routine is available |
938 | to provide better numeric string conversion than atof(). |
939 | |
940 | d_strtol (d_strtol.U): |
941 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOL symbol, which |
942 | indicates to the C program that the strtol() routine is available |
943 | to provide better numeric string conversion than atoi() and friends. |
944 | |
945 | d_strtoul (d_strtoul.U): |
946 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUL symbol, which |
947 | indicates to the C program that the strtoul() routine is available |
948 | to provide conversion of strings to unsigned long. |
949 | |
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950 | d_strxfrm (d_strxfrm.U): |
951 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRXFRM if strxfrm() is |
952 | available to transform strings. |
953 | |
954 | d_suidsafe (d_dosuid.U): |
955 | This variable conditionally defines SETUID_SCRIPTS_ARE_SECURE_NOW |
956 | if setuid scripts can be secure. This test looks in /dev/fd/. |
957 | |
958 | d_symlink (d_symlink.U): |
959 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYMLINK symbol, which |
960 | indicates to the C program that the symlink() routine is available |
961 | to create symbolic links. |
962 | |
963 | d_syscall (d_syscall.U): |
964 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYSCALL if syscall() is |
965 | available call arbitrary system calls. |
966 | |
967 | d_sysconf (d_sysconf.U): |
968 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYSCONF symbol, which |
969 | indicates to the C program that the sysconf() routine is available |
970 | to determine system related limits and options. |
971 | |
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972 | d_sysernlst (d_strerror.U): |
973 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYS_ERRNOLIST if sys_errnolist[] |
974 | is available to translate error numbers to the symbolic name. |
975 | |
d7418ba7 |
976 | d_syserrlst (d_strerror.U): |
977 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYS_ERRLIST if sys_errlist[] is |
978 | available to translate error numbers to strings. |
979 | |
980 | d_system (d_system.U): |
981 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYSTEM if system() is |
982 | available to issue a shell command. |
983 | |
984 | d_tcgetpgrp (d_tcgtpgrp.U): |
985 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TCGETPGRP symbol, which |
986 | indicates to the C program that the tcgetpgrp() routine is available. |
987 | to get foreground process group ID. |
988 | |
989 | d_tcsetpgrp (d_tcstpgrp.U): |
990 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TCSETPGRP symbol, which |
991 | indicates to the C program that the tcsetpgrp() routine is available |
992 | to set foreground process group ID. |
993 | |
994 | d_telldir (d_readdir.U): |
995 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_TELLDIR if telldir() is |
996 | available. |
997 | |
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998 | d_time (d_time.U): |
999 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates |
1000 | that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normaly |
1001 | provided on UNIX systems. |
1002 | |
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1003 | d_times (d_times.U): |
1004 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMES symbol, which indicates |
1005 | that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normaly |
1006 | provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>. |
1007 | |
1008 | d_truncate (d_truncate.U): |
1009 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_TRUNCATE if truncate() is |
1010 | available to truncate files. |
1011 | |
1012 | d_tzname (d_tzname.U): |
1013 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_TZNAME if tzname[] is |
1014 | available to access timezone names. |
1015 | |
1016 | d_umask (d_umask.U): |
1017 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UMASK symbol, which |
1018 | indicates to the C program that the umask() routine is available. |
1019 | to set and get the value of the file creation mask. |
1020 | |
1021 | d_uname (d_gethname.U): |
1022 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNAME symbol, which |
1023 | indicates to the C program that the uname() routine may be |
1024 | used to derive the host name. |
1025 | |
1026 | d_vfork (d_vfork.U): |
1027 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VFORK symbol, which |
1028 | indicates the vfork() routine is available. |
1029 | |
1030 | d_void_closedir (d_closedir.U): |
1031 | This variable conditionally defines VOID_CLOSEDIR if closedir() |
1032 | does not return a value. |
1033 | |
dfe9444c |
1034 | d_voidsig (d_voidsig.U): |
1035 | This variable conditionally defines VOIDSIG if this system |
1036 | declares "void (*signal(...))()" in signal.h. The old way was to |
1037 | declare it as "int (*signal(...))()". |
1038 | |
1039 | d_voidtty (i_sysioctl.U): |
1040 | This variable conditionally defines USE_IOCNOTTY to indicate that the |
1041 | ioctl() call with TIOCNOTTY should be used to void tty association. |
1042 | Otherwise (on USG probably), it is enough to close the standard file |
1043 | decriptors and do a setpgrp(). |
1044 | |
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1045 | d_volatile (d_volatile.U): |
1046 | This variable conditionally defines the HASVOLATILE symbol, which |
1047 | indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows about the |
1048 | volatile declaration. |
1049 | |
1050 | d_vprintf (d_vprintf.U): |
1051 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VPRINTF symbol, which |
1052 | indicates to the C program that the vprintf() routine is available |
1053 | to printf with a pointer to an argument list. |
1054 | |
1055 | d_wait4 (d_wait4.U): |
1056 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WAIT4 symbol, which |
1057 | indicates the wait4() routine is available. |
1058 | |
1059 | d_waitpid (d_waitpid.U): |
1060 | This variable conditionally defines HAS_WAITPID if waitpid() is |
1061 | available to wait for child process. |
1062 | |
1063 | d_wcstombs (d_wcstombs.U): |
1064 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WCSTOMBS symbol, which |
1065 | indicates to the C program that the wcstombs() routine is available |
1066 | to convert wide character strings to multibyte strings. |
1067 | |
1068 | d_wctomb (d_wctomb.U): |
1069 | This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WCTOMB symbol, which |
1070 | indicates to the C program that the wctomb() routine is available |
1071 | to convert a wide character to a multibyte. |
1072 | |
dfe9444c |
1073 | d_xenix (Guess.U): |
1074 | This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts |
1075 | the C program that it runs under Xenix. |
1076 | |
d7418ba7 |
1077 | db_hashtype (i_db.U): |
1078 | This variable contains the type of the hash structure element |
1079 | in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was |
1080 | int, while in newer ones it is u_int32_t. |
1081 | |
1082 | db_prefixtype (i_db.U): |
1083 | This variable contains the type of the prefix structure element |
1084 | in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was |
1085 | int, while in newer ones it is size_t. |
1086 | |
1087 | direntrytype (i_dirent.U): |
1088 | This symbol is set to 'struct direct' or 'struct dirent' depending on |
1089 | whether dirent is available or not. You should use this pseudo type to |
1090 | portably declare your directory entries. |
1091 | |
1092 | dlext (dlext.U): |
1093 | This variable contains the extension that is to be used for the |
1094 | dynamically loaded modules that perl generaties. |
1095 | |
1096 | dlsrc (dlsrc.U): |
1097 | This variable contains the name of the dynamic loading file that |
1098 | will be used with the package. |
1099 | |
693762b4 |
1100 | doublesize (doublesize.U): |
1101 | This variable contains the value of the DOUBLESIZE symbol, which |
1102 | indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a double. |
1103 | |
d7418ba7 |
1104 | dynamic_ext (Extensions.U): |
1105 | This variable holds a list of extension files we want to |
1106 | link dynamically into the package. It is used by Makefile. |
1107 | |
1108 | eagain (nblock_io.U): |
1109 | This variable bears the symbolic errno code set by read() when no |
1110 | data is present on the file and non-blocking I/O was enabled (otherwise, |
1111 | read() blocks naturally). |
1112 | |
1113 | eunicefix (Init.U): |
1114 | When running under Eunice this variable contains a command which will |
1115 | convert a shell script to the proper form of text file for it to be |
1116 | executable by the shell. On other systems it is a no-op. |
1117 | |
1118 | exe_ext (Unix.U): |
dfe9444c |
1119 | This is an old synonym for _exe. |
1120 | |
1121 | extensions (Extensions.U): |
1122 | This variable holds a list of all extension files |
1123 | linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm |
1124 | and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion |
1125 | is available. |
d7418ba7 |
1126 | |
1127 | firstmakefile (Unix.U): |
1128 | This variable defines the first file searched by make. On unix, |
1129 | it is makefile (then Makefile). On case-insensitive systems, |
1130 | it might be something else. This is only used to deal with |
1131 | convoluted make depend tricks. |
1132 | |
1133 | fpostype (fpostype.U): |
1134 | This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpost_t, long, |
1135 | uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc. |
1136 | |
1137 | freetype (mallocsrc.U): |
1138 | This variable contains the return type of free(). It is usually |
1139 | void, but occasionally int. |
1140 | |
1141 | full_csh (d_csh.U): |
1142 | This variable contains the full pathname to 'csh', whether or |
1143 | not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used |
1144 | in the compiled C program, and we assume that all systems which |
1145 | can share this executable will have the same full pathname to |
1146 | 'csh.' |
1147 | |
1148 | full_sed (Loc_sed.U): |
1149 | This variable contains the full pathname to 'sed', whether or |
1150 | not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used |
1151 | in the compiled C program, and we assume that all systems which |
1152 | can share this executable will have the same full pathname to |
1153 | 'sed.' |
1154 | |
dfe9444c |
1155 | gccversion (cc.U): |
1156 | If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds '1' or '2' to |
1157 | indicate whether the compiler is version 1 or 2. This is used in |
1158 | setting some of the default cflags. It is set to '' if not gcc. |
1159 | |
d7418ba7 |
1160 | gidtype (gidtype.U): |
1161 | This variable defines Gid_t to be something like gid_t, int, |
1162 | ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type |
1163 | of getgid(). Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel. |
1164 | |
dfe9444c |
1165 | groupcat (nis.U): |
1166 | This variable contains a command that produces the text of the |
1167 | /etc/group file. This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be |
1168 | "ypcat group" when NIS is used. |
1169 | |
d7418ba7 |
1170 | groupstype (groupstype.U): |
1171 | This variable defines Groups_t to be something like gid_t, int, |
1172 | ushort, or whatever type is used for the second argument to |
dfe9444c |
1173 | getgroups() and setgroups(). Usually, this is the same as |
1174 | gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't. |
1175 | |
1176 | h_fcntl (h_fcntl.U): |
1177 | This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_fcntl that |
1178 | <fcntl.h> should be included. |
1179 | |
1180 | h_sysfile (h_sysfile.U): |
1181 | This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_sys_file that |
1182 | <sys/file.h> should be included. |
1183 | |
1184 | hint (Oldconfig.U): |
1185 | Gives the type of hints used for previous answers. May be one of |
1186 | "default", "recommended" or "previous". |
1187 | |
1188 | hostcat (nis.U): |
1189 | This variable contains a command that produces the text of the |
1190 | /etc/hosts file. This is normally "cat /etc/hosts", but can be |
1191 | "ypcat hosts" when NIS is used. |
1192 | |
1193 | huge (models.U): |
1194 | This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader |
1195 | to produce a program running with a huge memory model. If the |
1196 | huge model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large |
1197 | model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this. |
1198 | |
1199 | i_bsdioctl (i_sysioctl.U): |
1200 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_BSDIOCTL symbol, which |
1201 | indicates to the C program that <sys/bsdioctl.h> exists and should |
1202 | be included. |
1203 | |
1204 | i_db (i_db.U): |
1205 | This variable conditionally defines the I_DB symbol, and indicates |
1206 | whether a C program may include Berkeley's DB include file <db.h>. |
d7418ba7 |
1207 | |
1208 | i_dirent (i_dirent.U): |
1209 | This variable conditionally defines I_DIRENT, which indicates |
1210 | to the C program that it should include <dirent.h>. |
1211 | |
dfe9444c |
1212 | i_dld (i_dld.U): |
1213 | This variable conditionally defines the I_DLD symbol, which |
1214 | indicates to the C program that <dld.h> (GNU dynamic loading) |
1215 | exists and should be included. |
1216 | |
d7418ba7 |
1217 | i_dlfcn (i_dlfcn.U): |
1218 | This variable conditionally defines the I_DLFCN symbol, which |
1219 | indicates to the C program that <dlfcn.h> exists and should |
1220 | be included. |
1221 | |
1222 | i_fcntl (i_fcntl.U): |
1223 | This variable controls the value of I_FCNTL (which tells |
1224 | the C program to include <fcntl.h>). |
1225 | |
1226 | i_float (i_float.U): |
1227 | This variable conditionally defines the I_FLOAT symbol, and indicates |
1228 | whether a C program may include <float.h> to get symbols like DBL_MAX |
1229 | or DBL_MIN, i.e. machine dependent floating point values. |
1230 | |
1231 | i_grp (i_grp.U): |
1232 | This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates |
1233 | whether a C program should include <grp.h>. |
1234 | |
1235 | i_limits (i_limits.U): |
1236 | This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates |
1237 | whether a C program may include <limits.h> to get symbols like WORD_BIT |
1238 | and friends. |
1239 | |
1240 | i_locale (i_locale.U): |
1241 | This variable conditionally defines the I_LOCALE symbol, |
1242 | and indicates whether a C program should include <locale.h>. |
1243 | |
dfe9444c |
1244 | i_malloc (i_malloc.U): |
1245 | This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOC symbol, and indicates |
1246 | whether a C program should include <malloc.h>. |
1247 | |
d7418ba7 |
1248 | i_math (i_math.U): |
1249 | This variable conditionally defines the I_MATH symbol, and indicates |
1250 | whether a C program may include <math.h>. |
1251 | |
1252 | i_memory (i_memory.U): |
1253 | This variable conditionally defines the I_MEMORY symbol, and indicates |
1254 | whether a C program should include <memory.h>. |
1255 | |
dfe9444c |
1256 | i_netdb (i_netdb.U): |
1257 | This variable conditionally defines the I_NETDB symbol, and indicates |
1258 | whether a C program should include <netdb.h>. |
1259 | |
d7418ba7 |
1260 | i_neterrno (i_neterrno.U): |
1261 | This variable conditionally defines the I_NET_ERRNO symbol, which |
1262 | indicates to the C program that <net/errno.h> exists and should |
1263 | be included. |
1264 | |
1265 | i_niin (i_niin.U): |
1266 | This variable conditionally defines I_NETINET_IN, which indicates |
1267 | to the C program that it should include <netinet/in.h>. Otherwise, |
1268 | you may try <sys/in.h>. |
1269 | |
1270 | i_pwd (i_pwd.U): |
1271 | This variable conditionally defines I_PWD, which indicates |
1272 | to the C program that it should include <pwd.h>. |
1273 | |
1274 | i_rpcsvcdbm (i_dbm.U): |
1275 | This variable conditionally defines the I_RPCSVC_DBM symbol, which |
1276 | indicates to the C program that <rpcsvc/dbm.h> exists and should |
1277 | be included. Some System V systems might need this instead of <dbm.h>. |
1278 | |
1279 | i_sfio (i_sfio.U): |
1280 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SFIO symbol, |
1281 | and indicates whether a C program should include <sfio.h>. |
1282 | |
1283 | i_sgtty (i_termio.U): |
1284 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SGTTY symbol, which |
1285 | indicates to the C program that it should include <sgtty.h> rather |
1286 | than <termio.h>. |
1287 | |
1288 | i_stdarg (i_varhdr.U): |
1289 | This variable conditionally defines the I_STDARG symbol, which |
1290 | indicates to the C program that <stdarg.h> exists and should |
1291 | be included. |
1292 | |
1293 | i_stddef (i_stddef.U): |
1294 | This variable conditionally defines the I_STDDEF symbol, which |
1295 | indicates to the C program that <stddef.h> exists and should |
1296 | be included. |
1297 | |
1298 | i_stdlib (i_stdlib.U): |
1299 | This variable conditionally defines the I_STDLIB symbol, which |
1300 | indicates to the C program that <stdlib.h> exists and should |
1301 | be included. |
1302 | |
1303 | i_string (i_string.U): |
1304 | This variable conditionally defines the I_STRING symbol, which |
1305 | indicates that <string.h> should be included rather than <strings.h>. |
1306 | |
1307 | i_sysdir (i_sysdir.U): |
1308 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_DIR symbol, and indicates |
1309 | whether a C program should include <sys/dir.h>. |
1310 | |
1311 | i_sysfile (i_sysfile.U): |
1312 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_FILE symbol, and indicates |
1313 | whether a C program should include <sys/file.h> to get R_OK and friends. |
1314 | |
dfe9444c |
1315 | i_sysfilio (i_sysioctl.U): |
1316 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_FILIO symbol, which |
1317 | indicates to the C program that <sys/filio.h> exists and should |
1318 | be included in preference to <sys/ioctl.h>. |
1319 | |
1320 | i_sysin (i_niin.U): |
1321 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_IN, which indicates |
1322 | to the C program that it should include <sys/in.h> instead of |
1323 | <netinet/in.h>. |
1324 | |
d7418ba7 |
1325 | i_sysioctl (i_sysioctl.U): |
1326 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_IOCTL symbol, which |
1327 | indicates to the C program that <sys/ioctl.h> exists and should |
1328 | be included. |
1329 | |
1330 | i_sysndir (i_sysndir.U): |
1331 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_NDIR symbol, and indicates |
1332 | whether a C program should include <sys/ndir.h>. |
1333 | |
1334 | i_sysparam (i_sysparam.U): |
1335 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_PARAM symbol, and indicates |
1336 | whether a C program should include <sys/param.h>. |
1337 | |
1338 | i_sysresrc (i_sysresrc.U): |
1339 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_RESOURCE symbol, |
1340 | and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/resource.h>. |
1341 | |
1342 | i_sysselct (i_sysselct.U): |
1343 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_SELECT, which indicates |
1344 | to the C program that it should include <sys/select.h> in order to |
1345 | get the definition of struct timeval. |
1346 | |
dfe9444c |
1347 | i_syssockio (i_sysioctl.U): |
1348 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_SOCKIO to indicate to the |
1349 | C program that socket ioctl codes may be found in <sys/sockio.h> |
1350 | instead of <sys/ioctl.h>. |
1351 | |
d7418ba7 |
1352 | i_sysstat (i_sysstat.U): |
1353 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_STAT symbol, |
1354 | and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/stat.h>. |
1355 | |
1356 | i_systime (i_time.U): |
1357 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_TIME, which indicates |
1358 | to the C program that it should include <sys/time.h>. |
1359 | |
1360 | i_systimek (i_time.U): |
1361 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_TIME_KERNEL, which |
1362 | indicates to the C program that it should include <sys/time.h> |
1363 | with KERNEL defined. |
1364 | |
1365 | i_systimes (i_systimes.U): |
1366 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_TIMES symbol, and indicates |
1367 | whether a C program should include <sys/times.h>. |
1368 | |
1369 | i_systypes (i_systypes.U): |
1370 | This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_TYPES symbol, |
1371 | and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/types.h>. |
1372 | |
1373 | i_sysun (i_sysun.U): |
1374 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_UN, which indicates |
1375 | to the C program that it should include <sys/un.h> to get UNIX |
1376 | domain socket definitions. |
1377 | |
1378 | i_syswait (i_syswait.U): |
1379 | This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_WAIT, which indicates |
1380 | to the C program that it should include <sys/wait.h>. |
1381 | |
1382 | i_termio (i_termio.U): |
1383 | This variable conditionally defines the I_TERMIO symbol, which |
1384 | indicates to the C program that it should include <termio.h> rather |
1385 | than <sgtty.h>. |
1386 | |
1387 | i_termios (i_termio.U): |
1388 | This variable conditionally defines the I_TERMIOS symbol, which |
1389 | indicates to the C program that the POSIX <termios.h> file is |
1390 | to be included. |
1391 | |
1392 | i_time (i_time.U): |
1393 | This variable conditionally defines I_TIME, which indicates |
1394 | to the C program that it should include <time.h>. |
1395 | |
1396 | i_unistd (i_unistd.U): |
1397 | This variable conditionally defines the I_UNISTD symbol, and indicates |
1398 | whether a C program should include <unistd.h>. |
1399 | |
1400 | i_utime (i_utime.U): |
1401 | This variable conditionally defines the I_UTIME symbol, and indicates |
1402 | whether a C program should include <utime.h>. |
1403 | |
1404 | i_values (i_values.U): |
1405 | This variable conditionally defines the I_VALUES symbol, and indicates |
1406 | whether a C program may include <values.h> to get symbols like MAXLONG |
1407 | and friends. |
1408 | |
1409 | i_varargs (i_varhdr.U): |
1410 | This variable conditionally defines I_VARARGS, which indicates |
1411 | to the C program that it should include <varargs.h>. |
1412 | |
1413 | i_varhdr (i_varhdr.U): |
1414 | Contains the name of the header to be included to get va_dcl definition. |
1415 | Typically one of varargs.h or stdarg.h. |
1416 | |
1417 | i_vfork (i_vfork.U): |
1418 | This variable conditionally defines the I_VFORK symbol, and indicates |
1419 | whether a C program should include vfork.h. |
1420 | |
dfe9444c |
1421 | incpath (usrinc.U): |
1422 | This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte |
1423 | right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib". |
1424 | Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips. |
1425 | |
1426 | installarchlib (archlib.U): |
1427 | This variable is really the same as archlibexp but may differ on |
1428 | those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable |
1429 | should be used in makefiles. |
1430 | |
d7418ba7 |
1431 | installbin (bin.U): |
1432 | This variable is the same as binexp unless AFS is running in which case |
1433 | the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always |
1434 | be used in your makefiles for maximum portability. |
1435 | |
dfe9444c |
1436 | installman1dir (man1dir.U): |
1437 | This variable is really the same as man1direxp, unless you are using |
1438 | AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas |
1439 | man1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra |
1440 | portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles. |
1441 | |
1442 | installman3dir (man3dir.U): |
1443 | This variable is really the same as man3direxp, unless you are using |
1444 | AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas |
1445 | man3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra |
1446 | portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles. |
1447 | |
d7418ba7 |
1448 | installprivlib (privlib.U): |
1449 | This variable is really the same as privlibexp but may differ on |
1450 | those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable |
1451 | should be used in makefiles. |
1452 | |
dfe9444c |
1453 | installscript (scriptdir.U): |
1454 | This variable is usually the same as scriptdirexp, unless you are on |
1455 | a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You |
1456 | should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability. |
1457 | |
1458 | installsitearch (sitearch.U): |
1459 | This variable is really the same as sitearchexp but may differ on |
1460 | those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable |
1461 | should be used in makefiles. |
1462 | |
1463 | installsitelib (sitelib.U): |
1464 | This variable is really the same as sitelibexp but may differ on |
1465 | those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable |
1466 | should be used in makefiles. |
1467 | |
d7418ba7 |
1468 | intsize (intsize.U): |
dfe9444c |
1469 | This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which |
1470 | indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int. |
1471 | |
1472 | known_extensions (Extensions.U): |
1473 | This variable holds a list of all extensions included in |
1474 | the package. |
d7418ba7 |
1475 | |
1476 | large (models.U): |
1477 | This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader |
1478 | to produce a program running with a large memory model. It is up to |
1479 | the Makefile to use this. |
1480 | |
1481 | ld (dlsrc.U): |
1482 | This variable indicates the program to be used to link |
1483 | libraries for dynamic loading. On some systems, it is 'ld'. |
1484 | On ELF systems, it should be $cc. Mostly, we'll try to respect |
1485 | the hint file setting. |
1486 | |
1487 | lddlflags (dlsrc.U): |
1488 | This variable contains any special flags that might need to be |
1489 | passed to $ld to create a shared library suitable for dynamic |
1490 | loading. It is up to the makefile to use it. For hpux, it |
1491 | should be -b. For sunos 4.1, it is empty. |
1492 | |
1493 | ldflags (ccflags.U): |
1494 | This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by |
1495 | the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this. |
1496 | |
1497 | lib_ext (Unix.U): |
dfe9444c |
1498 | This is an old synonym for _a. |
1499 | |
1500 | libc (libc.U): |
1501 | This variable contains the location of the C library. |
d7418ba7 |
1502 | |
1503 | libperl (libperl.U): |
1504 | The perl executable is obtained by linking perlmain.c with |
1505 | libperl, any static extensions (usually just DynaLoader), |
1506 | and any other libraries needed on this system. libperl |
1507 | is usually libperl.a, but can also be libperl.so.xxx if |
1508 | the user wishes to build a perl executable with a shared |
1509 | library. |
1510 | |
dfe9444c |
1511 | libpth (libpth.U): |
1512 | This variable holds the general path used to find libraries. It is |
1513 | intended to be used by other units. |
1514 | |
d7418ba7 |
1515 | libs (libs.U): |
1516 | This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use. |
1517 | It is up to the Makefile to deal with it. |
1518 | |
dfe9444c |
1519 | libswanted (Myinit.U): |
1520 | This variable holds a list of all the libraries we want to |
1521 | search. The order is chosen to pick up the c library |
1522 | ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4. |
1523 | |
1524 | lkflags (ccflags.U): |
1525 | This variable contains any additional C partial linker flags desired by |
1526 | the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this. |
1527 | |
d7418ba7 |
1528 | lns (lns.U): |
1529 | This variable holds the name of the command to make |
1530 | symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used |
1531 | in the Makefile. It is either 'ln -s' or 'ln' |
1532 | |
dfe9444c |
1533 | locincpth (ccflags.U): |
1534 | This variable contains a list of additional directories to be |
1535 | searched by the compiler. The appropriate -I directives will |
1536 | be added to ccflags. This is intended to simplify setting |
1537 | local directories from the Configure command line. |
1538 | It's not much, but it parallels the loclibpth stuff in libpth.U. |
1539 | |
1540 | loclibpth (libpth.U): |
1541 | This variable holds the paths used to find local libraries. It is |
1542 | prepended to libpth, and is intended to be easily set from the |
1543 | command line. |
1544 | |
e5c9fcd0 |
1545 | longdblsize (d_longdbl.U): |
1546 | This variable contains the value of the LONG_DOUBLESIZE symbol, which |
1547 | indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long double, |
1548 | if this system supports long doubles. |
1549 | |
4fdae800 |
1550 | longsize (intsize.U): |
dfe9444c |
1551 | This variable contains the value of the LONGSIZE symbol, which |
1552 | indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long. |
4fdae800 |
1553 | |
d7418ba7 |
1554 | lseektype (lseektype.U): |
1555 | This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long, |
1556 | or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the |
1557 | kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type). |
1558 | |
d7418ba7 |
1559 | make_set_make (make.U): |
1560 | Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE. Others do not. |
1561 | This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH |
1562 | so that MAKE is set if needed, and not if not needed. |
1563 | Possible values are: |
dfe9444c |
1564 | make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you, |
1565 | make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't. |
d7418ba7 |
1566 | I used a comment character so that we can distinguish a |
1567 | 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure -D option) |
1568 | from an uncomputed value. |
1569 | |
1570 | mallocobj (mallocsrc.U): |
1571 | This variable contains the name of the malloc.o that this package |
1572 | generates, if that malloc.o is preferred over the system malloc. |
1573 | Otherwise the value is null. This variable is intended for generating |
1574 | Makefiles. See mallocsrc. |
1575 | |
1576 | mallocsrc (mallocsrc.U): |
1577 | This variable contains the name of the malloc.c that comes with |
1578 | the package, if that malloc.c is preferred over the system malloc. |
1579 | Otherwise the value is null. This variable is intended for generating |
1580 | Makefiles. |
1581 | |
1582 | malloctype (mallocsrc.U): |
1583 | This variable contains the kind of ptr returned by malloc and realloc. |
1584 | |
1585 | man1dir (man1dir.U): |
1586 | This variable contains the name of the directory in which manual |
1587 | source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the |
1588 | Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command. |
1589 | You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself. |
1590 | |
dfe9444c |
1591 | man1direxp (man1dir.U): |
1592 | This variable is the same as the man1dir variable, but is filename |
1593 | expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. |
1594 | |
d7418ba7 |
1595 | man1ext (man1dir.U): |
1596 | This variable contains the extension that the manual page should |
1597 | have: one of 'n', 'l', or '1'. The Makefile must supply the '.'. |
1598 | See man1dir. |
1599 | |
1600 | man3dir (man3dir.U): |
1601 | This variable contains the name of the directory in which manual |
1602 | source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the |
1603 | Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command. |
1604 | You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself. |
1605 | |
dfe9444c |
1606 | man3direxp (man3dir.U): |
1607 | This variable is the same as the man3dir variable, but is filename |
1608 | expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. |
1609 | |
d7418ba7 |
1610 | man3ext (man3dir.U): |
1611 | This variable contains the extension that the manual page should |
1612 | have: one of 'n', 'l', or '3'. The Makefile must supply the '.'. |
1613 | See man3dir. |
1614 | |
dfe9444c |
1615 | medium (models.U): |
1616 | This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader |
1617 | to produce a program running with a medium memory model. If the |
1618 | medium model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large |
1619 | model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this. |
1620 | |
1621 | mips_type (usrinc.U): |
1622 | This variable holds the environment type for the mips system. |
1623 | Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V". |
1624 | |
1625 | models (models.U): |
1626 | This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this |
1627 | system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small, |
1628 | medium, large, and huge. The component values are space separated. |
1629 | |
d7418ba7 |
1630 | modetype (modetype.U): |
1631 | This variable defines modetype to be something like mode_t, |
1632 | int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file |
1633 | modes for system calls. |
1634 | |
dfe9444c |
1635 | myarchname (archname.U): |
1636 | This variable holds the architecture name computed by Configure in |
1637 | a previous run. It is not intended to be perused by any user and |
1638 | should never be set in a hint file. |
1639 | |
1640 | mydomain (myhostname.U): |
1641 | This variable contains the eventual value of the MYDOMAIN symbol, |
1642 | which is the domain of the host the program is going to run on. |
1643 | The domain must be appended to myhostname to form a complete host name. |
1644 | The dot comes with mydomain, and need not be supplied by the program. |
1645 | |
1646 | myuname (Oldconfig.U): |
1647 | The output of 'uname -a' if available, otherwise the hostname. On Xenix, |
1648 | pseudo variables assignments in the output are stripped, thank you. The |
1649 | whole thing is then lower-cased. |
1650 | |
d7418ba7 |
1651 | n (n.U): |
1652 | This variable contains the -n flag if that is what causes the echo |
1653 | command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is |
1654 | $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". |
1655 | |
dfe9444c |
1656 | netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U): |
1657 | This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to |
1658 | gethostbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or size_t or unsigned. |
1659 | This is only useful if you have gethostbyaddr(), naturally. |
1660 | |
1661 | netdb_host_type (netdbtype.U): |
1662 | This variable holds the type used for the 1st argument to |
1663 | gethostbyaddr(). Usually, this is char * or void *, possibly |
1664 | with or without a const prefix. |
1665 | This is only useful if you have gethostbyaddr(), naturally. |
1666 | |
1667 | netdb_name_type (netdbtype.U): |
1668 | This variable holds the type used for the argument to |
1669 | gethostbyname(). Usually, this is char * or const char *. |
1670 | This is only useful if you have gethostbyname(), naturally. |
1671 | |
1672 | netdb_net_type (netdbtype.U): |
1673 | This variable holds the type used for the 1st argument to |
1674 | getnetbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or long. |
1675 | This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally. |
1676 | |
1677 | nm_opt (usenm.U): |
1678 | This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm. |
1679 | |
1680 | nm_so_opt (usenm.U): |
1681 | This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm |
1682 | to work on a shared library but that can not be used on an |
1683 | archive library. Currently, this is only used by Linux, where |
1684 | nm --dynamic is *required* to get symbols from an ELF library which |
1685 | has been stripped, but nm --dynamic is *fatal* on an archive library. |
1686 | Maybe Linux should just always set usenm=false. |
1687 | |
d7418ba7 |
1688 | o_nonblock (nblock_io.U): |
1689 | This variable bears the symbol value to be used during open() or fcntl() |
1690 | to turn on non-blocking I/O for a file descriptor. If you wish to switch |
1691 | between blocking and non-blocking, you may try ioctl(FIOSNBIO) instead, |
1692 | but that is only supported by some devices. |
1693 | |
dfe9444c |
1694 | obj_ext (Unix.U): |
1695 | This is an old synonym for _o. |
d7418ba7 |
1696 | |
1697 | optimize (ccflags.U): |
1698 | This variable contains any optimizer/debugger flag that should be used. |
1699 | It is up to the Makefile to use it. |
1700 | |
dfe9444c |
1701 | orderlib (orderlib.U): |
1702 | This variable is "true" if the components of libraries must be ordered |
1703 | (with `lorder $* | tsort`) before placing them in an archive. Set to |
1704 | "false" if ranlib or ar can generate random libraries. |
1705 | |
d7418ba7 |
1706 | osname (Oldconfig.U): |
1707 | This variable contains the operating system name (e.g. sunos, |
1708 | solaris, hpux, etc.). It can be useful later on for setting |
1709 | defaults. Any spaces are replaced with underscores. It is set |
1710 | to a null string if we can't figure it out. |
1711 | |
dfe9444c |
1712 | osvers (Oldconfig.U): |
1713 | This variable contains the operating system version (e.g. |
1714 | 4.1.3, 5.2, etc.). It is primarily used for helping select |
1715 | an appropriate hints file, but might be useful elsewhere for |
1716 | setting defaults. It is set to '' if we can't figure it out. |
1717 | We try to be flexible about how much of the version number |
1718 | to keep, e.g. if 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3 are essentially the |
1719 | same for this package, hints files might just be os_4.0 or |
1720 | os_4.1, etc., not keeping separate files for each little release. |
1721 | |
1722 | package (package.U): |
1723 | This variable contains the name of the package being constructed. |
1724 | It is primarily intended for the use of later Configure units. |
1725 | |
d7418ba7 |
1726 | pager (pager.U): |
1727 | This variable contains the name of the preferred pager on the system. |
1728 | Usual values are (the full pathnames of) more, less, pg, or cat. |
1729 | |
dfe9444c |
1730 | passcat (nis.U): |
1731 | This variable contains a command that produces the text of the |
1732 | /etc/passwd file. This is normally "cat /etc/passwd", but can be |
1733 | "ypcat passwd" when NIS is used. |
1734 | |
1735 | patchlevel (patchlevel.U): |
1736 | The patchlevel level of this package. |
1737 | The value of patchlevel comes from the patchlevel.h file. |
1738 | |
d7418ba7 |
1739 | path_sep (Unix.U): |
dfe9444c |
1740 | This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character |
1741 | used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH. |
d7418ba7 |
1742 | |
1743 | perladmin (perladmin.U): |
1744 | Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator. |
1745 | |
7e1af8bc |
1746 | perlpath (perlpath.U): |
1747 | This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol, |
1748 | which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in |
1749 | shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom. |
1750 | |
dfe9444c |
1751 | phostname (myhostname.U): |
1752 | This variable contains the eventual value of the PHOSTNAME symbol, |
1753 | which is a command that can be fed to popen() to get the host name. |
1754 | The program should probably not presume that the domain is or isn't |
1755 | there already. |
1756 | |
1757 | pidtype (pidtype.U): |
1758 | This variable defines PIDTYPE to be something like pid_t, int, |
1759 | ushort, or whatever type is used to declare process ids in the kernel. |
1760 | |
1761 | plibpth (libpth.U): |
1762 | Holds the private path used by Configure to find out the libraries. |
1763 | Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special |
1764 | machines, like the mips. Usually, it should be empty. |
1765 | |
d7418ba7 |
1766 | prefix (prefix.U): |
1767 | This variable holds the name of the directory below which the |
1768 | user will install the package. Usually, this is /usr/local, and |
1769 | executables go in /usr/local/bin, library stuff in /usr/local/lib, |
1770 | man pages in /usr/local/man, etc. It is only used to set defaults |
1771 | for things in bin.U, mansrc.U, privlib.U, or scriptdir.U. |
1772 | |
dfe9444c |
1773 | prefixexp (prefix.U): |
1774 | This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below |
1775 | which the user will install the package. Derived from prefix. |
1776 | |
d7418ba7 |
1777 | privlib (privlib.U): |
1778 | This variable contains the eventual value of the PRIVLIB symbol, |
1779 | which is the name of the private library for this package. It may |
1780 | have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create |
1781 | this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). |
1782 | |
1783 | privlibexp (privlib.U): |
1784 | This variable is the ~name expanded version of privlib, so that you |
1785 | may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. |
1786 | |
1787 | prototype (prototype.U): |
1788 | This variable holds the eventual value of CAN_PROTOTYPE, which |
1789 | indicates the C compiler can handle funciton prototypes. |
1790 | |
693762b4 |
1791 | ptrsize (ptrsize.U): |
1792 | This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which |
1793 | indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a pointer. |
1794 | |
d7418ba7 |
1795 | randbits (randbits.U): |
1796 | This variable contains the eventual value of the RANDBITS symbol, |
1797 | which indicates to the C program how many bits of random number |
1798 | the rand() function produces. |
1799 | |
1800 | ranlib (orderlib.U): |
1801 | This variable is set to the pathname of the ranlib program, if it is |
1802 | needed to generate random libraries. Set to ":" if ar can generate |
1803 | random libraries or if random libraries are not supported |
1804 | |
1805 | rd_nodata (nblock_io.U): |
1806 | This variable holds the return code from read() when no data is |
1807 | present. It should be -1, but some systems return 0 when O_NDELAY is |
1808 | used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between |
1809 | no data and an EOF.. Sigh! |
1810 | |
dfe9444c |
1811 | runnm (usenm.U): |
1812 | This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the |
1813 | nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value |
1814 | of usenm and the flags on the Configure command line. |
1815 | |
d7418ba7 |
1816 | scriptdir (scriptdir.U): |
1817 | This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants |
1818 | to put publicly scripts for the package in question. It is either |
1819 | the same directory as for binaries, or a special one that can be |
1820 | mounted across different architectures, like /usr/share. Programs |
1821 | must be prepared to deal with ~name expansion. |
1822 | |
dfe9444c |
1823 | scriptdirexp (scriptdir.U): |
1824 | This variable is the same as scriptdir, but is filename expanded |
1825 | at configuration time, for programs not wanting to bother with it. |
1826 | |
d7418ba7 |
1827 | selecttype (selecttype.U): |
1828 | This variable holds the type used for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th |
1829 | arguments to select. Usually, this is 'fd_set *', if HAS_FD_SET |
1830 | is defined, and 'int *' otherwise. This is only useful if you |
1831 | have select(), naturally. |
1832 | |
1833 | sh (sh.U): |
1834 | This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used |
1835 | on this system to execute Bourne shell scripts. Usually, this will be |
1836 | /bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh, |
bb14ff96 |
1837 | /bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as |
1838 | D:/bin/sh.exe. |
d7418ba7 |
1839 | This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a -D |
1840 | option, though you can override this (and startsh) |
1841 | with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever |
1842 | |
dfe9444c |
1843 | sharpbang (spitshell.U): |
1844 | This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that |
1845 | construct. |
1846 | |
d7418ba7 |
1847 | shmattype (d_shmat.U): |
1848 | This symbol contains the type of pointer returned by shmat(). |
1849 | It can be 'void *' or 'char *'. |
1850 | |
4fdae800 |
1851 | shortsize (intsize.U): |
dfe9444c |
1852 | This variable contains the value of the SHORTSIZE symbol which |
1853 | indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a short. |
4fdae800 |
1854 | |
c43cd16b |
1855 | shrpenv (libperl.U): |
1856 | If the user builds a shared libperl.so, then we need to tell the |
1857 | 'perl' executable where it will be able to find the installed libperl.so. |
1858 | One way to do this on some systems is to set the environment variable |
1859 | LD_RUN_PATH to the directory that will be the final location of the |
1860 | shared libperl.so. The makefile can use this with something like |
1861 | $shrpenv $(CC) -o perl perlmain.o $libperl $libs |
1862 | Typical values are |
1863 | shrpenv="env LD_RUN_PATH=$archlibexp/CORE" |
1864 | or |
1865 | shrpenv='' |
1866 | See the main perl Makefile.SH for actual working usage. |
1867 | Alternatively, we might be able to use a command line option such |
1868 | as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris, NetBSD) or -Wl,-rpath |
1869 | $archlibexp/CORE (Linux). |
1870 | |
dfe9444c |
1871 | shsharp (spitshell.U): |
1872 | This variable tells further Configure units whether your sh can |
1873 | handle # comments. |
1874 | |
d7418ba7 |
1875 | sig_name (sig_name.U): |
1876 | This variable holds the signal names, space separated. The leading |
dfe9444c |
1877 | SIG in signal name is removed. A ZERO is prepended to the |
1878 | list. This is currently not used. |
1879 | |
1880 | sig_name_init (sig_name.U): |
1881 | This variable holds the signal names, enclosed in double quotes and |
1882 | separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NAME definition |
1883 | below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is |
1884 | terminated with a plain 0. The leading SIG in signal names |
1885 | is removed. See sig_num. |
d7418ba7 |
1886 | |
1887 | sig_num (sig_name.U): |
dfe9444c |
1888 | This variable holds the signal numbers, comma separated. A 0 is |
1889 | prepended to the list (corresponding to the fake SIGZERO), and |
1890 | the list is terminated with a 0. Those numbers correspond to |
1891 | the value of the signal listed in the same place within the |
1892 | sig_name list. |
d7418ba7 |
1893 | |
1894 | signal_t (d_voidsig.U): |
1895 | This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int). |
1896 | |
1897 | sitearch (sitearch.U): |
1898 | This variable contains the eventual value of the SITEARCH symbol, |
1899 | which is the name of the private library for this package. It may |
1900 | have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create |
1901 | this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). |
1902 | |
1903 | sitearchexp (sitearch.U): |
1904 | This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitearch, so that you |
1905 | may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. |
1906 | |
1907 | sitelib (sitelib.U): |
1908 | This variable contains the eventual value of the SITELIB symbol, |
1909 | which is the name of the private library for this package. It may |
1910 | have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create |
1911 | this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). |
1912 | |
1913 | sitelibexp (sitelib.U): |
1914 | This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you |
1915 | may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. |
1916 | |
1917 | sizetype (sizetype.U): |
1918 | This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t, |
1919 | unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length |
1920 | parameters for string functions. |
1921 | |
1922 | small (models.U): |
1923 | This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader |
1924 | to produce a program running with a small memory model. It is up to |
1925 | the Makefile to use this. |
1926 | |
dfe9444c |
1927 | so (so.U): |
1928 | This variable holds the extension used to identify shared libraries |
1929 | (also known as shared objects) on the system. Usually set to 'so'. |
1930 | |
1931 | sockethdr (d_socket.U): |
1932 | This variable has any cpp -I flags needed for socket support. |
1933 | |
1934 | socketlib (d_socket.U): |
1935 | This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support. |
1936 | |
1937 | spackage (package.U): |
1938 | This variable contains the name of the package being constructed, |
1939 | with the first letter uppercased, i.e. suitable for starting |
1940 | sentences. |
1941 | |
d7418ba7 |
1942 | spitshell (spitshell.U): |
1943 | This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable |
1944 | shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep -v for # comments. |
1945 | |
1946 | split (models.U): |
1947 | This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader |
1948 | to produce a program that will run in separate I and D space, for those |
1949 | machines that support separation of instruction and data space. It is |
1950 | up to the Makefile to use this. |
1951 | |
1952 | ssizetype (ssizetype.U): |
1953 | This variable defines ssizetype to be something like ssize_t, |
1954 | long or int. It is used by functions that return a count |
1955 | of bytes or an error condition. It must be a signed type. |
1956 | We will pick a type such that sizeof(SSize_t) == sizeof(Size_t). |
1957 | |
1958 | startperl (startperl.U): |
1959 | This variable contains the string to put on the front of a perl |
1960 | script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with perl and not some |
1961 | shell. Of course, that leading line must be followed by the classical |
1962 | perl idiom: |
dfe9444c |
1963 | eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' |
d7418ba7 |
1964 | if $running_under_some_shell; |
1965 | to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note |
1966 | that this magic incatation is not understood by csh. |
1967 | |
1968 | startsh (startsh.U): |
1969 | This variable contains the string to put on the front of a shell |
1970 | script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with sh and not some |
1971 | other shell. |
1972 | |
1973 | static_ext (Extensions.U): |
1974 | This variable holds a list of extension files we want to |
1975 | link statically into the package. It is used by Makefile. |
1976 | |
1977 | stdchar (stdchar.U): |
1978 | This variable conditionally defines STDCHAR to be the type of char |
1979 | used in stdio.h. It has the values "unsigned char" or "char". |
1980 | |
dfe9444c |
1981 | stdio_base (d_stdstdio.U): |
1982 | This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to access the |
1983 | _base field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure. This will |
1984 | be used to define the macro FILE_base(fp). |
1985 | |
1986 | stdio_bufsiz (d_stdstdio.U): |
1987 | This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to determine |
1988 | the number of bytes store in the I/O buffer pointer to by the |
1989 | _base field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure. This will |
1990 | be used to define the macro FILE_bufsiz(fp). |
1991 | |
1992 | stdio_cnt (d_stdstdio.U): |
1993 | This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to access the |
1994 | _cnt field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure. This will |
1995 | be used to define the macro FILE_cnt(fp). |
1996 | |
1997 | stdio_filbuf (d_stdstdio.U): |
1998 | This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to tell |
1999 | stdio to refill it's internal buffers (?). This will |
2000 | be used to define the macro FILE_filbuf(fp). |
2001 | |
2002 | stdio_ptr (d_stdstdio.U): |
2003 | This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to access the |
2004 | _ptr field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure. This will |
2005 | be used to define the macro FILE_ptr(fp). |
2006 | |
2007 | strings (i_string.U): |
2008 | This variable holds the full path of the string header that will be |
2009 | used. Typically /usr/include/string.h or /usr/include/strings.h. |
2010 | |
2011 | subversion (patchlevel.U): |
2012 | The subversion level of this package. |
2013 | The value of subversion comes from the patchlevel.h file. |
2014 | This is unique to perl. |
2015 | |
2016 | sysman (sysman.U): |
2017 | This variable holds the place where the manual is located on this |
2018 | system. It is not the place where the user wants to put his manual |
2019 | pages. Rather it is the place where Configure may look to find manual |
2020 | for unix commands (section 1 of the manual usually). See mansrc. |
2021 | |
2022 | timeincl (i_time.U): |
2023 | This variable holds the full path of the included time header(s). |
2024 | |
d7418ba7 |
2025 | timetype (d_time.U): |
2026 | This variable holds the type returned by time(). It can be long, |
2027 | or time_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be |
2028 | included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used. |
2029 | |
2030 | uidtype (uidtype.U): |
2031 | This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int, |
2032 | ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel. |
2033 | |
dfe9444c |
2034 | usedl (dlsrc.U): |
2035 | This variable indicates if the the system supports dynamic |
2036 | loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj. |
2037 | |
2038 | usemymalloc (mallocsrc.U): |
2039 | This variable contains y if the malloc that comes with this package |
2040 | is desired over the system's version of malloc. People often include |
2041 | special versions of malloc for effiency, but such versions are often |
2042 | less portable. See also mallocsrc and mallocobj. |
2043 | If this is 'y', then -lmalloc is removed from $libs. |
2044 | |
2045 | usenm (usenm.U): |
2046 | This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the |
2047 | nm extraction is wanted or not. |
2048 | |
2049 | useopcode (Extensions.U): |
2050 | This variable holds either 'true' or 'false' to indicate |
2051 | whether the Opcode extension should be used. The sole |
2052 | use for this currently is to allow an easy mechanism |
2053 | for users to skip the Opcode extension from the Configure |
2054 | command line. |
2055 | |
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2056 | useperlio (useperlio.U): |
2057 | This variable conditionally defines the USE_PERLIO symbol, |
2058 | and indicates that the PerlIO abstraction should be |
2059 | used throughout. |
2060 | |
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2061 | useposix (Extensions.U): |
2062 | This variable holds either 'true' or 'false' to indicate |
2063 | whether the POSIX extension should be used. The sole |
2064 | use for this currently is to allow an easy mechanism |
2065 | for hints files to indicate that POSIX will not compile |
2066 | on a particular system. |
2067 | |
2068 | usesfio (d_sfio.U): |
2069 | This variable is set to true when the user agrees to use sfio. |
2070 | It is set to false when sfio is not available or when the user |
2071 | explicitely requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so |
2072 | that command-line settings can override the auto-detection of |
2073 | d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE". |
2074 | |
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2075 | useshrplib (libperl.U): |
2076 | This variable is set to 'yes' if the user wishes |
2077 | to build a shared libperl, and 'no' otherwise. |
2078 | |
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2079 | usethreads (usethreads.U): |
2080 | This variable conditionally defines the USE_THREADS symbol, |
2081 | and indicates that Perl should be built to use threads. |
2082 | |
2083 | usevfork (d_vfork.U): |
2084 | This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork. |
2085 | It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user |
2086 | explicitely requests not to use vfork. |
2087 | |
2088 | usrinc (usrinc.U): |
2089 | This variable holds the path of the include files, which is |
2090 | usually /usr/include. It is mainly used by other Configure units. |
2091 | |
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2092 | voidflags (voidflags.U): |
2093 | This variable contains the eventual value of the VOIDFLAGS symbol, |
2094 | which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this |
2095 | compiler. See VOIDFLAGS for more info. |
2096 | |