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diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 79abd06..43723bb 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -482,6 +482,11 @@ d_bzero (d_bzero.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BZERO symbol if
        the bzero() routine is available to set memory to 0.
 
+d_c99_variadic_macros (d_c99_variadic.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS
+       symbol, which indicates to the C program that C99 variadic macros
+       are available.
+
 d_casti32 (d_casti32.U):
        This variable conditionally defines CASTI32, which indicates
        whether the C compiler can cast large floats to 32-bit ints.
@@ -3584,7 +3589,7 @@ make_set_make (make.U):
        make_set_make="MAKE=$make"      # if it doesn't.
 
        This uses a comment character to distinguish a
-       'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure -D option)
+       'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option)
        from an uncomputed value.
 
 mallocobj (mallocsrc.U):
@@ -3701,7 +3706,7 @@ myuname (Oldconfig.U):
        whole thing is then lower-cased.
 
 n (n.U):
-       This variable contains the -n flag if that is what causes the echo
+       This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo
        command to suppress newline.  Otherwise it is null.  Correct usage is
        $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
 
@@ -3878,6 +3883,36 @@ perl5 (perl5.U):
        installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
        to determine inc_version_list.
 
+PERL_API_REVISION (patchlevel.h):
+       This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_REVISION of
+       Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+       compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
+       Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
+       Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
+
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION (patchlevel.h):
+       This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_SUBVERSION of
+       Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+       compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
+       Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
+       Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
+
+PERL_API_VERSION (patchlevel.h):
+       This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_VERSION of
+       Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+       compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
+       Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
+       Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
+
+PERL_CONFIG_SH (Oldsyms.U):
+       This is set to 'true' in config.sh so that a shell script
+       sourcing config.sh can tell if it has been sourced already.
+
+PERL_PATCHLEVEL (Oldsyms.U):
+       This symbol reflects the patchlevel, if available. Will usually
+       come from the .patch file, which is available when the perl
+       source tree was fetched with rsync.
+
 perl_patchlevel (patchlevel.U):
        This is the Perl patch level, a numeric change identifier,
        as defined by whichever source code maintenance system
@@ -4144,9 +4179,9 @@ sh (sh.U):
        /bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh,
        /bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as
        D:/bin/sh.exe.
-       This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a -D
+       This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a '-D'
        option, though you can override this (and startsh)
-       with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever
+       with '-O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever'
 
 shar (Loc.U):
        This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
@@ -4397,7 +4432,7 @@ spackage (package.U):
 
 spitshell (spitshell.U):
        This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable
-       shell on this system.  It is either cat or a grep -v for # comments.
+       shell on this system.  It is either cat or a grep '-v' for # comments.
 
 sPRId64 (quadfio.U):
        This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to