the formatting regular.]
_a (Unix.U):
- This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries.
+ This variable defines the extension used for ordinary library files.
For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible
values include '.lib'.
_exe (Unix.U):
This variable defines the extension used for executable files.
- For unix it is empty. Other possible values include '.exe'.
+ DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'. Stratus VOS uses '.pm'.
+ On operating systems which do not require a specific extension
+ for executable files, this variable is empty.
_o (Unix.U):
This variable defines the extension used for object files.
or other facilities. For perl on OS/2, for example, this would
include os2/os2.obj.
+asctime_r_proto (d_asctime_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of asctime_r.
+
awk (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the awk program. After Configure runs,
is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
-bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U):
- This variable contains y if this version of Perl should be
- binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.
-
binexp (bin.U):
This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful.
byteorder (byteorder.U):
- This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits
- indicate more significance. The variable byteorder is either 4321
- on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, or 87654321
- on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order !
+ This variable holds the byte order in a UV. In the following,
+ larger digits indicate more significance. The variable byteorder
+ is either 4321 on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian,
+ or 87654321 on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order !
c (n.U):
This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
chmod (Loc.U):
- This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the chmod program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "chmod" and is not useful.
chown (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppccsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
+crypt_r_proto (d_crypt_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of crypt_r.
+
cryptlib (d_crypt.U):
This variable holds -lcrypt or the path to a libcrypt.a archive if
the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is
full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful.
+ctermid_r_proto (d_ctermid_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of ctermid_r.
+
+ctime_r_proto (d_ctime_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of ctime_r.
+
d__fwalk (d__fwalk.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS__FWALK if _fwalk() is
available to apply a function to all the file handles.
of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If
$archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef.
+d_asctime_r (d_asctime_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ASCTIME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the asctime_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_atolf (atolf.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLF symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the atolf() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCOPY symbol if
the bcopy() routine is available to copy strings.
-d_bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U):
- This variable conditionally defines BINCOMPAT5005 so that embed.h
- can take special action if this version of Perl should be
- binary-compatible with Perl 5.005. This is impossible for builds
- that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef
- for those versions.
-
d_bsd (Guess.U):
This symbol conditionally defines the symbol BSD when running on a
BSD system.
indicates to the C program that the chsize() routine is available
to truncate files. You might need a -lx to get this routine.
+d_class (d_class.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CLASS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the class() routine is available.
+
d_closedir (d_closedir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is
available.
indicates to the C program that the crypt() routine is available
to encrypt passwords and the like.
+d_crypt_r (d_crypt_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CRYPT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the crypt_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_csh (d_csh.U):
This variable conditionally defines the CSH symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the C-shell exists.
+d_ctermid_r (d_ctermid_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTERMID_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the ctermid_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_ctime_r (d_ctime_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTIME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the ctime_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_cuserid (d_cuserid.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CUSERID symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the cuserid() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the difftime() routine is available.
+d_dirfd (d_dirfd.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIRFD constant,
+ which indicates to the C program that dirfd() is available
+ to return the file descriptor of a directory stream.
+
d_dirnamlen (i_dirent.U):
This variable conditionally defines DIRNAMLEN, which indicates
to the C program that the length of directory entry names is
tells the C program that it should insert setuid emulation code
on hosts which have setuid #! scripts disabled.
+d_drand48_r (d_drand48_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the drand48_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_drand48proto (d_drand48proto.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_PROTO symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the system provides
indicates to the C program that the endgrent() routine is available
for sequential access of the group database.
+d_endgrent_r (d_endgrent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDGRENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the endgrent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_endhent (d_endhent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDHOSTENT if endhostent() is
available to close whatever was being used for host queries.
+d_endhostent_r (d_endhostent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDHOSTENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the endhostent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_endnent (d_endnent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDNETENT if endnetent() is
available to close whatever was being used for network queries.
+d_endnetent_r (d_endnetent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDNETENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the endnetent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_endpent (d_endpent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDPROTOENT if endprotoent() is
available to close whatever was being used for protocol queries.
+d_endprotoent_r (d_endprotoent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPROTOENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the endprotoent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_endpwent (d_endpwent.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPWENT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the endpwent() routine is available
for sequential access of the passwd database.
+d_endpwent_r (d_endpwent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPWENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the endpwent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_endsent (d_endsent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSERVENT if endservent() is
available to close whatever was being used for service queries.
+d_endservent_r (d_endservent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDSERVENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the endservent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U):
This variable conditionally defines EOF_NONBLOCK if EOF can be seen
when reading from a non-blocking I/O source.
This variable conditionally defines the symbols EUNICE and VAX, which
alerts the C program that it must deal with ideosyncracies of VMS.
+d_fchdir (d_fchdir.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHDIR symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fchdir() routine is available.
+
d_fchmod (d_fchmod.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHMOD symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the fchmod() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines HAS_FGETPOS if fgetpos() is
available to get the file position indicator.
+d_finite (d_finite.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FINITE symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the finite() routine is available.
+
+d_finitel (d_finitel.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FINITEL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the finitel() routine is available.
+
d_flexfnam (d_flexfnam.U):
This variable conditionally defines the FLEXFILENAMES symbol, which
indicates that the system supports filenames longer than 14 characters.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FORK symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the fork() routine is available.
+d_fp_class (d_fp_class.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FP_CLASS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fp_class() routine is available.
+
d_fpathconf (d_pathconf.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPATHCONF symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available
to determine file-system related limits and options associated
with a given open file descriptor.
+d_fpclass (d_fpclass.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fpclass() routine is available.
+
+d_fpclassify (d_fpclassify.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASSIFY symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fpclassify() routine is available.
+
+d_fpclassl (d_fpclassl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASSL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fpclassl() routine is available.
+
d_fpos64_t (d_fpos64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert
- floating point numbers into strings. It could be 'gconvert'
- or a more complex macro emulating gconvert with gcvt() or sprintf.
- Possible values are:
- d_Gconvert='gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))'
- d_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))'
- d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))'
+ floating point numbers into strings. By default, Configure
+ sets this macro to use the first of gconvert, gcvt, or sprintf
+ that pass sprintf-%g-like behaviour tests. If perl is using
+ long doubles, the macro uses the first of the following
+ functions that pass Configure's tests: qgcvt, sprintf (if
+ Configure knows how to make sprintf format long doubles--see
+ sPRIgldbl), gconvert, gcvt, and sprintf (casting to double).
+ The gconvert_preference and gconvert_ld_preference variables
+ can be used to alter Configure's preferences, for doubles and
+ long doubles, respectively. If present, they contain a
+ space-separated list of one or more of the above function
+ names in the order they should be tried.
+ d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
+ specific function. If this function expects a double, a
+ different value may need to be set by the uselongdouble.cbu
+ call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without
+ loss of precision.
d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETCWD symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getgrent() routine is available
for sequential access of the group database.
+d_getgrent_r (d_getgrent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getgrent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getgrgid_r (d_getgrgid_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRGID_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getgrgid_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getgrnam_r (d_getgrnam_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRNAM_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getgrnam_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_getgrps (d_getgrps.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGROUPS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getgroups() routine is available
indicates to the C program that the gethostname() routine may be
used to derive the host name.
+d_gethostbyaddr_r (d_gethostbyaddr_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYADDR_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the gethostbyaddr_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_gethostbyname_r (d_gethostbyname_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the gethostbyname_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_gethostent_r (d_gethostent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the gethostent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_gethostprotos (d_gethostprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOST_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
to get the login name.
+d_getlogin_r (d_getlogin_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getlogin_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_getmnt (d_getmnt.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getmnt() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETNETENT if getnetent() is
available to look up network names in some data base or another.
+d_getnetbyaddr_r (d_getnetbyaddr_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getnetbyname_r (d_getnetbyname_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYNAME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getnetbyname_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getnetent_r (d_getnetent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getnetent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_getnetprotos (d_getnetprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNET_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRIORITY if getpriority()
is available to get a process's priority.
+d_getprotobyname_r (d_getprotobyname_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getprotobyname_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getprotobynumber_r (d_getprotobynumber_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getprotobynumber_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getprotoent_r (d_getprotoent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getprotoent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_getprotoprotos (d_getprotoprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
indicates to the C program that the getpwent() routine is available
for sequential access of the passwd database.
+d_getpwent_r (d_getpwent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getpwent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getpwnam_r (d_getpwnam_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWNAM_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getpwnam_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getpwuid_r (d_getpwuid_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWUID_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getpwuid_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME
symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSERVENT if getservent() is
available to look up network services in some data base or another.
+d_getservbyname_r (d_getservbyname_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getservbyname_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getservbyport_r (d_getservbyport_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getservbyport_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_getservent_r (d_getservent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getservent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_getservprotos (d_getservprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERV_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPNAM if getspnam() is
available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries by name.
+d_getspnam_r (d_getspnam_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSPNAM_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getspnam_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which
indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a
sub-second accuracy clock). You should probably include <sys/resource.h>.
+d_gmtime_r (d_gmtime_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GMTIME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the gmtime_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_gnulibc (d_gnulibc.U):
Defined if we're dealing with the GNU C Library.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its
friends are available to do network order byte swapping.
-d_iconv (d_iconv.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ICONV symbol, which
- indicates to the C program that the iconv() routine is available.
-
d_index (d_strchr.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and
rindex() are available for string searching.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
+d_isfinite (d_isfinite.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISFINITE symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the isfinite() routine is available.
+
+d_isinf (d_isinf.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISINF symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the isinf() routine is available.
+
d_isnan (d_isnan.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISNAN symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the isnan() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is
available to create hard links.
+d_localtime_r (d_localtime_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LOCALTIME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the localtime_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_locconv (d_locconv.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is
available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
+d_nl_langinfo (d_nl_langinfo.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NL_LANGINFO symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the nl_langinfo() routine is available.
+
d_nv_preserves_uv (perlxv.U):
This variable indicates whether a variable of type nvtype
can preserve all the bits a variable of type uvtype.
-d_nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
- This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
- a variable nvtype can preserve.
-
d_off64_t (d_off64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even
case-blind systems can see the difference.
+d_procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U):
+ Defined if $procselfexe is symlink to the absolute
+ pathname of the executing program.
+
+d_pthread_atfork (d_pthread_atfork.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_ATFORK symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the pthread_atfork()
+ routine is available.
+
d_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD
symbol if the pthread_yield routine is available to yield
This variable, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type,
quadtype.
+d_random_r (d_random_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RANDOM_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the random_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_readdir64_r (d_readdir64_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR64_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the readdir64_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_readdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is
available to read directory entries.
+d_readdir_r (d_readdir_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the readdir_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_readlink (d_readlink.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READLINK symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the readlink() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READV symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the readv() routine is available.
-d_realpath (d_realpath.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_REALPATH symbol, which
- indicates to the C program that the realpath() routine is available.
-
d_recvmsg (d_recvmsg.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RECVMSG symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the recvmsg() routine is available.
d_safebcpy (d_safebcpy.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_BCOPY symbol if
- the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies.
+ the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies. Normally, you
+ should probably use memmove().
d_safemcpy (d_safemcpy.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_MEMCPY symbol if
the memcpy() routine can do overlapping copies.
+ For overlapping copies, memmove() should be used, if available.
d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SANE_MEMCMP symbol if
indicates to the C program that the setgrent() routine is available
for initializing sequential access to the group database.
+d_setgrent_r (d_setgrent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGRENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setgrent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setgrps (d_setgrps.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGROUPS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setgroups() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETHOSTENT if sethostent() is
available.
+d_sethostent_r (d_sethostent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETHOSTENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the sethostent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setitimer (d_setitimer.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETITIMER symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setitimer() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETLOCALE if setlocale() is
available to handle locale-specific ctype implementations.
+d_setlocale_r (d_setlocale_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLOCALE_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setlocale_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setnent (d_setnent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETNETENT if setnetent() is
available.
+d_setnetent_r (d_setnetent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETNETENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setnetent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setpent (d_setpent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPROTOENT if setprotoent() is
available.
which indicates to the C program that the setproctitle() routine
is available.
+d_setprotoent_r (d_setprotoent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPROTOENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setprotoent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setpwent (d_setpwent.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setpwent() routine is available
for initializing sequential access to the passwd database.
+d_setpwent_r (d_setpwent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setpwent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setregid (d_setregid.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREGID if setregid() is
available to change the real and effective gid of the current
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSERVENT if setservent() is
available.
+d_setservent_r (d_setservent_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETSERVENT_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setservent_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_setsid (d_setsid.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSID if setsid() is
available to set the process group ID.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SQRTL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the sqrtl() routine is available.
+d_srand48_r (d_srand48_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SRAND48_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the srand48_r()
+ routine is available.
+
+d_srandom_r (d_srandom_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SRANDOM_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the srandom_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_sresgproto (d_sresgproto.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRESGID_PROTO symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the system provides
This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRERROR if strerror() is
available to translate error numbers to strings.
+d_strerror_r (d_strerror_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRERROR_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the strerror_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_strftime (d_strftime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRFTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the strftime() routine is available.
that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normaly
provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>.
+d_tm_tm_gmtoff (i_time.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_TM_TM_GMTOFF, which indicates
+ indicates to the C program that the struct tm has the tm_gmtoff field.
+
+d_tm_tm_zone (i_time.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_TM_TM_ZONE, which indicates
+ indicates to the C program that the struct tm has the tm_zone field.
+
+d_tmpnam_r (d_tmpnam_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TMPNAM_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the tmpnam_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_truncate (d_truncate.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_TRUNCATE if truncate() is
available to truncate files.
+d_ttyname_r (d_ttyname_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TTYNAME_R symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the ttyname_r()
+ routine is available.
+
d_tzname (d_tzname.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_TZNAME if tzname[] is
available to access timezone names.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_UNION_SEMUN if the
union semun is defined by including <sys/sem.h>.
+d_unordered (d_unordered.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNORDERED symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the unordered() routine is available.
+
d_usleep (d_usleep.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_USLEEP if usleep() is
available to do high granularity sleeps.
normalize the result.
In C programs, the macro 'Drand01' is mapped to drand01.
+drand48_r_proto (d_drand48_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of drand48_r.
+
dynamic_ext (Extensions.U):
This variable holds a list of XS extension files we want to
link dynamically into the package. It is used by Makefile.
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+endgrent_r_proto (d_endgrent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of endgrent_r.
+
+endhostent_r_proto (d_endhostent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of endhostent_r.
+
+endnetent_r_proto (d_endnetent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of endnetent_r.
+
+endprotoent_r_proto (d_endprotoent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of endprotoent_r.
+
+endpwent_r_proto (d_endpwent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of endpwent_r.
+
+endservent_r_proto (d_endservent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of endservent_r.
+
eunicefix (Init.U):
When running under Eunice this variable contains a command which will
convert a shell script to the proper form of text file for it to be
and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
is available.
+extras (Extras.U):
+ This variable holds a list of extra modules to install.
+
fflushall (fflushall.U):
This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
all pending stdio output one must loop through all
indicate whether the compiler is version 1 or 2. This is used in
setting some of the default cflags. It is set to '' if not gcc.
+getgrent_r_proto (d_getgrent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getgrent_r.
+
+getgrgid_r_proto (d_getgrgid_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getgrgid_r.
+
+getgrnam_r_proto (d_getgrnam_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getgrnam_r.
+
+gethostbyaddr_r_proto (d_gethostbyaddr_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of gethostbyaddr_r.
+
+gethostbyname_r_proto (d_gethostbyname_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of gethostbyname_r.
+
+gethostent_r_proto (d_gethostent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of gethostent_r.
+
+getlogin_r_proto (d_getlogin_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getlogin_r.
+
+getnetbyaddr_r_proto (d_getnetbyaddr_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getnetbyaddr_r.
+
+getnetbyname_r_proto (d_getnetbyname_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getnetbyname_r.
+
+getnetent_r_proto (d_getnetent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getnetent_r.
+
+getprotobyname_r_proto (d_getprotobyname_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getprotobyname_r.
+
+getprotobynumber_r_proto (d_getprotobynumber_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getprotobynumber_r.
+
+getprotoent_r_proto (d_getprotoent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getprotoent_r.
+
+getpwent_r_proto (d_getpwent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getpwent_r.
+
+getpwnam_r_proto (d_getpwnam_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getpwnam_r.
+
+getpwuid_r_proto (d_getpwuid_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getpwuid_r.
+
+getservbyname_r_proto (d_getservbyname_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getservbyname_r.
+
+getservbyport_r_proto (d_getservbyport_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getservbyport_r.
+
+getservent_r_proto (d_getservent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getservent_r.
+
+getspnam_r_proto (d_getspnam_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of getspnam_r.
+
gidformat (gidf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing a Gid_t.
find libraries. It may contain directories that do not exist on
this platform, libpth is the cleaned-up version.
+gmake (Loc.U):
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the gmake program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "gmake" and is not useful.
+
+gmtime_r_proto (d_gmtime_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of gmtime_r.
+
grep (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs,
indicates to the C program that <sys/bsdioctl.h> exists and should
be included.
+i_crypt (i_crypt.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_CRYPT symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <crypt.h>.
+
i_db (i_db.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_DB symbol, and indicates
whether a C program may include Berkeley's DB include file <db.h>.
whether a C program may include <float.h> to get symbols like DBL_MAX
or DBL_MIN, i.e. machine dependent floating point values.
+i_fp (i_fp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_FP symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <fp.h>.
+
+i_fp_class (i_fp_class.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_FP_CLASS symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <fp_class.h>.
+
i_gdbm (i_gdbm.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBM symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <gdbm.h> exists and should
This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <grp.h>.
-i_iconv (i_iconv.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the I_ICONV symbol, and indicates
- whether a C program should include <iconv.h>.
-
i_ieeefp (i_ieeefp.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_IEEEFP symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <ieeefp.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>.
+i_langinfo (i_langinfo.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_LANGINFO symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <langinfo.h>.
+
i_libutil (i_libutil.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_LIBUTIL symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <libutil.h>.
libs (libs.U):
This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use.
- It is up to the Makefile to deal with it.
+ It is up to the Makefile to deal with it. The list can be empty.
libsdirs (libs.U):
This variable holds the directory names aka dirnames of the libraries
symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used
in the Makefile. It is either 'ln -s' or 'ln'
+localtime_r_proto (d_localtime_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of localtime_r.
+
locincpth (ccflags.U):
This variable contains a list of additional directories to be
searched by the compiler. The appropriate '-I' directives will
full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
+nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
+ This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
+ a variable nvtype can preserve.
+
nveformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format.
This variable is the ~name expanded version of privlib, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U):
+ If d_procselfexe is defined, $procselfexe is the filename
+ of the symbolic link pointing to the absolute pathname of
+ the executing program.
+
prototype (prototype.U):
This variable holds the eventual value of CAN_PROTOTYPE, which
indicates the C compiler can handle funciton prototypes.
the 'Drand01' macro is defined to generate uniformly distributed
random numbers over the range [0., 1.[ (see drand01 and nrand).
+random_r_proto (d_random_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of random_r.
+
randseedtype (randfunc.U):
Indicates the type of the argument of the seedfunc.
used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between
no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
+readdir64_r_proto (d_readdir64_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of readdir64_r.
+
+readdir_r_proto (d_readdir_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of readdir_r.
+
revision (patchlevel.U):
The value of revision comes from the patchlevel.h file.
In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "5".
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+setgrent_r_proto (d_setgrent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of setgrent_r.
+
+sethostent_r_proto (d_sethostent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of sethostent_r.
+
+setlocale_r_proto (d_setlocale_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of setlocale_r.
+
+setnetent_r_proto (d_setnetent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of setnetent_r.
+
+setprotoent_r_proto (d_setprotoent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of setprotoent_r.
+
+setpwent_r_proto (d_setpwent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of setpwent_r.
+
+setservent_r_proto (d_setservent_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of setservent_r.
+
sh (sh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used
on this system to execute Bourne shell scripts. Usually, this will be
shrpenv=''
See the main perl Makefile.SH for actual working usage.
Alternatively, we might be able to use a command line option such
- as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris, NetBSD) or -Wl,-rpath
+ as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris) or -Wl,-rpath
$archlibexp/CORE (Linux).
shsharp (spitshell.U):
The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even
case-blind systems can see the difference.
+srand48_r_proto (d_srand48_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of srand48_r.
+
+srandom_r_proto (d_srandom_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of srandom_r.
+
src (src.U):
This variable holds the path to the package source. It is up to
the Makefile to use this variable and set VPATH accordingly to
stdio_filbuf (d_stdstdio.U):
This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to tell
- stdio to refill it's internal buffers (?). This will
+ stdio to refill its internal buffers (?). This will
be used to define the macro FILE_filbuf(fp).
stdio_ptr (d_stdstdio.U):
This variable tells the name of the array holding the stdio streams.
Usual values include _iob, __iob, and __sF.
+strerror_r_proto (d_strerror_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of strerror_r.
+
strings (i_string.U):
This variable holds the full path of the string header that will be
used. Typically /usr/include/string.h or /usr/include/strings.h.
or time_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used.
+tmpnam_r_proto (d_tmpnam_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of tmpnam_r.
+
to (Cross.U):
This variable contains the command used by Configure
to copy to from the target host. Useful and available
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ttyname_r_proto (d_ttyname_r.U):
+ This variable encodes the prototype of ttyname_r.
+
u16size (perlxv.U):
This variable is the size of an U16 in bytes.
This is suitable for use as a directory name, and hence is
filesystem dependent.
+version_patchlevel_string (patchlevel.U):
+ This is a string combining version, subversion and
+ perl_patchlevel (if perl_patchlevel is non-zero).
+ It is typically something like
+ 'version 7 subversion 1' or
+ 'version 7 subversion 1 patchlevel 11224'
+ It is computed here to avoid duplication of code in myconfig.SH
+ and lib/Config.pm.
+
versiononly (versiononly.U):
If set, this symbol indicates that only the version-specific
components of a perl installation should be installed.
See INSTALL for how this works.
The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
so that is the lowest possible value.
- Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
- bincompat) it is set by Configure. Other non-default sources
+ Since this can depend on compile time options
+ it is set by Configure. Other non-default sources
of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
though in principle we could go snooping around in old