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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / Porting / Glossary

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 09657fa..1ceb4dd 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U):
        such as '5.6.1', api_revision is the '5'.
        Prior to 5.5.640, the format was a floating point number,
        like 5.00563.
-               perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in
+
+       perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in
        $sitelib/.. for older directories back to the limit specified
        by these api_ variables.  This is only useful if you have a
        perl library directory tree structured like the default one.
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U):
        directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the lowest
        possible value.  The version list appropriate for the current
        system is determined in inc_version_list.U.
-               XXX To do:  Since compatibility can depend on compile time
+
+       XXX To do:  Since compatibility can depend on compile time
        options (such as bincompat, longlong, etc.) it should
        (perhaps) be set by Configure, but currently it isn't.
        Currently, we read a hard-wired value from patchlevel.h.
@@ -771,7 +773,8 @@ d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
        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-
+
+       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
@@ -3065,9 +3068,11 @@ installstyle (installstyle.U):
        directory dedicated to perl (e.g. /opt/perl), while the latter
        is useful if $prefix is shared by many packages, e.g. if
        $prefix=/usr/local.
-               This may later be extended to include other information, so
+
+       This may later be extended to include other information, so
        be careful with pattern-matching on the results.
-               For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
+
+       For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
        setting is based on whether or not $prefix contains the string
        "perl".
 
@@ -3576,11 +3581,6 @@ perl5 (perl5.U):
        installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
        to determine inc_version_list.
 
-perl5 (perl5.U):
-       This variable contains the full path (if any) to a previously
-       installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
-       to determine inc_version_list.
-
 perl (Loc.U):
        This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
        The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
@@ -4594,6 +4594,10 @@ xs_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
        though in principle we could go snooping around in old
        Config.pm files.
 
+yacc (yacc.U):
+       This variable holds the name of the compiler compiler we
+       want to use in the Makefile. It can be yacc, byacc, or bison -y.
+
 yaccflags (yacc.U):
        This variable contains any additional yacc flags desired by the
        user.  It is up to the Makefile to use this.