generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
the formatting regular.]
-Mcc (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the Mcc program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful.
-
_a (Unix.U):
This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries.
For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible
Currently, this is not supported, so we just abort.
aphostname (d_gethname.U):
- Thie variable contains the command which can be used to compute the
+ This variable contains the command which can be used to compute the
host name. The command is fully qualified by its absolute path, to make
it safe when used by a process with super-user privileges.
apiversion (patchlevel.U):
- This is a number which identifies the lowest version of perl
- to have an API (for XS extensions) compatible with the present
- version. For example, for 5.005_01, the apiversion should be
- 5.005, since 5.005_01 should be binary compatible with 5.005.
- This should probably be incremented manually somehow, perhaps
- from patchlevel.h. For now, we'll guess maintenance subversions
- will retain binary compatibility.
+ MakeMaker will install add-on modules in a directory with the
+ PERL_APIVERSION version number. The value is set manually in
+ patchlevel.h. Normally, for maintenance releases, this is
+ just something like 5.005 or 5.6 or 5.7. That is, it does not
+ include the subversion number and does not change across
+ maintenance releases. This is so that add-on extensions can
+ be shared across maintenance versions. It is unclear how this
+ ought to work for developer versions. If a release breaks
+ binary compatibility, this number should be increased.
ar (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the ar program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "ar" and is not useful.
This variable is the same as the archlib variable, but is
filename expanded at configuration time, for convenient use.
+archname64 (use64bits.U):
+ This variable is used for the 64-bitness part of $archname.
+
archname (archname.U):
This variable is a short name to characterize the current
architecture. It is used mainly to construct the default archlib.
include os2/os2.obj.
awk (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the awk program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "awk" and is not useful.
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 Perl 5.006 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 a plain '' and is not useful.
byacc (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the byacc program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful.
c (n.U):
This variable contains the \c string 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".
+ $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
castflags (d_castneg.U):
This variable contains a flag that precise difficulties the
compiler has casting odd floating values to unsigned long:
- 0 = ok
- 1 = couldn't cast < 0
- 2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000
- 4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list
+ 0 = ok
+ 1 = couldn't cast < 0
+ 2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000
+ 4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list
cat (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the cat program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "cat" and is not useful.
This variable contains any additional C compiler flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+ccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler alone.
+ The symbols defined by cpp or by cc when it calls cpp are not in
+ this list, see cppsymbols and cppccsymbols.
+ The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
+
cf_by (cf_who.U):
Login name of the person who ran the Configure script and answered the
questions. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH.
included).
comm (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the comm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "comm" and is not useful.
is primarily for the use of other Configure units.
cp (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the cp program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "cp" and is not useful.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
cpp (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the cpp program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "cpp" and is not useful.
This variable contains an identification of the catenation mechanism
used by the C preprocessor.
+cppccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler when
+ when it calls cpp. The symbols defined by the cc alone or cpp
+ alone are not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppsymbols.
+ The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
+
cppflags (ccflags.U):
This variable holds the flags that will be passed to the C pre-
processor. It is up to the Makefile to use it.
cpplast (cppstdin.U):
- This variable has the same functionality as cppminus, only it applies to
- cpprun and not cppstdin.
+ This variable has the same functionality as cppminus, only it applies
+ to cpprun and not cppstdin.
cppminus (cppstdin.U):
This variable contains the second part of the string which will invoke
the C preprocessor on the standard input and produce to standard
- output. This variable will have the value "-" if cppstdin needs a minus
- to specify standard input, otherwise the value is "".
+ output. This variable will have the value "-" if cppstdin needs
+ a minus to specify standard input, otherwise the value is "".
cpprun (cppstdin.U):
This variable contains the command which will invoke a C preprocessor
It is primarily used by other Configure units that ask about
preprocessor symbols.
+cppsymbols (Cppsym.U):
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C preprocessor
+ alone. The symbols defined by cc or by cc when it calls cpp are
+ not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppccsymbols.
+ The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
+
+crosscompile (crosscompile.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the CROSSCOMPILE symbol
+ which signifies that the build process is be a cross-compilation.
+ This is normally set by hints files or from Configure command line.
+
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
up to the Makefile to use this.
csh (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful.
-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.
-
d_access (d_access.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ACCESS if the access() system
call is available to check for access permissions using real IDs.
+d_accessx (d_accessx.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ACCESSX symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the accessx() routine is available.
+
d_alarm (d_alarm.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ALARM symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the alarm() routine is available.
of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If
$archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef.
+d_atolf (atolf.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLF symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the atolf() routine is available.
+
+d_atoll (atoll.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the atoll() routine is available.
+
d_attribut (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE, which
indicates the C compiler can check for function attributes,
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 Perl 5.006 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.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is
available.
+d_cmsghdr_s (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_CMSGHDR symbol,
+ which indicates that the the struct cmsghdr is supported.
+
d_const (d_const.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HASCONST symbol, which
indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows about the
tells the C program that it should insert setuid emulation code
on hosts which have setuid #! scripts disabled.
+d_drand48proto (d_drand48proto.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_PROTO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the system provides
+ a prototype for the drand48() function. Otherwise, it is
+ up to the program to supply one.
+
d_dup2 (d_dup2.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_DUP2 if dup2() is
available to duplicate file descriptors.
+d_eaccess (d_eaccess.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_EACCESS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the eaccess() routine is available.
+
+d_endgrent (d_endgrent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDGRENT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the endgrent() routine is available
+ for sequential access of the group database.
+
d_endhent (d_endhent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDHOSTENT if endhostent() is
available to close whatever was being used for host queries.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDPROTOENT if endprotoent() is
available to close whatever was being used for protocol queries.
+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_endsent (d_endsent.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSERVENT if endservent() is
available to close whatever was being used for service queries.
+d_endspent (d_endspent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSPENT if endspent() is
+ available to finalize the scan of SysV shadow password entries.
+
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.
to determine file-system related limits and options associated
with a given open file descriptor.
+d_fpos64_t (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
+
+d_fseeko (d_fseeko.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSEEKO symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fseeko() routine is available.
+
d_fsetpos (d_fsetpos.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_FSETPOS if fsetpos() is
available to set the file position indicator.
+d_fstatfs (d_statfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fstatfs() routine is available.
+
+d_fstatvfs (d_statvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATVFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fstatvfs() routine is available.
+
+d_ftello (d_ftello.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELLO symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the ftello() routine is available.
+
d_ftime (d_ftime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTIME symbol, which indicates
that the ftime() routine exists. The ftime() routine is basically
a sub-second accuracy clock.
+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))'
+
+d_getgrent (d_getgrent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRENT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getgrent() routine is available
+ for sequential access of the group database.
+
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 getlogin() routine is available
to get the login name.
+d_getmntent (d_getmntent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNTENT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getmntent() routine is available
+ to iterate through mounted files.
+
d_getnbyaddr (d_getnbyad.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr() routine is available
prototypes for the various getproto*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+d_getpwent (d_getpwent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWENT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getpwent() routine is available
+ for sequential access of the passwd database.
+
d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME
symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
prototypes for the various getserv*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+d_getspent (d_getspent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPENT if getspent() is
+ available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries sequentially.
+
+d_getspnam (d_getspnam.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPNAM if getspnam() is
+ available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries by name.
+
d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which
indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a
d_gnulibc (d_gnulibc.U):
Defined if we're dealing with the GNU C Library.
+d_grpasswd (i_grp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines GRPASSWD, which indicates
+ that struct group in <grp.h> contains gr_passwd.
+
+d_hasmntopt (d_hasmntopt.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_HASMNTOPT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the hasmntopt() routine is available
+ to query the mount options of file systems.
+
d_htonl (d_htonl.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its
friends are available to do network order byte swapping.
indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available
to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
+d_int64t (i_inttypes.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
+
+d_iovec_s (i_sysuio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_IOVEC symbol,
+ which indicates that the struct iovec is supported.
+
d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
indicates to the C program that the lchown() routine is available
to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the link).
+d_ldbl_dig (d_ldbl_dig.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines d_ldbl_dig if this system's
+ header files provide LDBL_DIG, which is the number of significant
+ digits in a long double precision number.
+
d_link (d_link.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is
available to create hard links.
+d_llseek (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LLSEEK symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the llseek() 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 HAS_LSTAT if lstat() is
available to do file stats on symbolic links.
+d_madvise (d_madvise.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_MADVISE if madvise() is
+ available to map a file into memory.
+
d_mblen (d_mblen.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBLEN symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mblen() routine is available
indicates to the C program that the mbtowc() routine is available
to convert multibyte to a wide character.
+d_memchr (d_memchr.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCHR symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the memchr() routine is available
+ to locate characters within a C string.
+
d_memcmp (d_memcmp.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCMP symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the memcmp() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mktime() routine is available.
+d_mmap (d_mmap.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_MMAP if mmap() is
+ available to map a file into memory.
+
+d_mprotect (d_mprotect.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_MPROTECT if mprotect() is
+ available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
+
d_msg (d_msg.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG symbol, which
indicates that the entire msg*(2) library is present.
+d_msg_ctrunc (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_CTRUNC symbol,
+ which indicates that the MSG_CTRUNC is available. #ifdef is
+ not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
+
+d_msg_dontroute (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_DONTROUTE symbol,
+ which indicates that the MSG_DONTROUTE is available. #ifdef is
+ not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
+
+d_msg_oob (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_OOB symbol,
+ which indicates that the MSG_OOB is available. #ifdef is
+ not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
+
+d_msg_peek (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_PEEK symbol,
+ which indicates that the MSG_PEEK is available. #ifdef is
+ not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
+
+d_msg_proxy (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_PROXY symbol,
+ which indicates that the MSG_PROXY is available. #ifdef is
+ not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
+
d_msgctl (d_msgctl.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGCTL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgctl() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGGET symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgget() routine is available.
+d_msghdr_s (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_MSGHDR symbol,
+ which indicates that the struct msghdr is supported.
+
d_msgrcv (d_msgrcv.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGRCV symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgrcv() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGSND symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgsnd() routine is available.
+d_msync (d_msync.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_MSYNC if msync() is
+ available to synchronize a mapped file.
+
+d_munmap (d_munmap.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_MUNMAP if munmap() is
+ available to unmap a region mapped by mmap().
+
d_mymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
This variable conditionally defines MYMALLOC in case other parts
of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
+d_off64_t (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
+
+d_old_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines pthread_create_joinable.
+ undef if pthread.h defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
+
d_oldpthreads (usethreads.U):
This variable conditionally defines the OLD_PTHREADS_API symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the old
- draft POSIX threads API. This is only potneially meaningful if
+ draft POSIX threads API. This is only potentially meaningful if
usethreads is set.
d_oldsock (d_socket.U):
to suspend a process until a signal is received.
d_phostname (d_gethname.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PHOSTNAME symbol, which
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PHOSTNAME symbol, which
contains the shell command which, when fed to popen(), may be
used to derive the host name.
indicates to the C program that it should not assume that it is
running on the machine it was compiled on.
+d_PRId64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+
+d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIEldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIFldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIGldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIi64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIi64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+
+d_PRIo64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIo64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
+
+d_PRIu64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIu64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
+ numbers.
+
+d_PRIx64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIx64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
+
+d_PRIX64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIX64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
+
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
the execution of the current thread.
-d_pthreads_created_joinable (d_pthreadj.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PTHREADS_CREATED_JOINABLE
- symbol if pthreads are created in the joinable (aka undetached)
- state.
-
d_pwage (i_pwd.U):
This variable conditionally defines PWAGE, which indicates
that struct passwd contains pw_age.
This variable conditionally defines PWGECOS, which indicates
that struct passwd contains pw_gecos.
+d_pwpasswd (i_pwd.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines PWPASSWD, which indicates
+ that struct passwd contains pw_passwd.
+
d_pwquota (i_pwd.U):
This variable conditionally defines PWQUOTA, which indicates
that struct passwd contains pw_quota.
indicates to the C program that the readlink() routine is available
to read the value of a symbolic link.
+d_readv (d_readv.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READV symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the readv() routine is available.
+
+d_recvmsg (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RECVMSG symbol,
+ which indicates that the recvmsg is supported.
+
d_rename (d_rename.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RENAME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the rename() routine is available
symbol if the sched_yield routine is available to yield
the execution of the current thread.
+d_scm_rights (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCM_RIGHTS symbol,
+ which indicates that the SCM_RIGHTS is available. #ifdef is
+ not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
+
d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMCTL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the semctl() routine is available.
-d_semctl_semid_ds (d_union_senum.U):
+d_semctl_semid_ds (d_union_semun.U):
This variable conditionally defines USE_SEMCTL_SEMID_DS, which
indicates that struct semid_ds * is to be used for semctl IPC_STAT.
-d_semctl_semun (d_union_senum.U):
+d_semctl_semun (d_union_semun.U):
This variable conditionally defines USE_SEMCTL_SEMUN, which
indicates that union semun is to be used for semctl IPC_STAT.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMOP symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the semop() routine is available.
+d_sendmsg (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SENDMSG symbol,
+ which indicates that the sendmsg is supported.
+
d_setegid (d_setegid.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETEGID symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setegid() routine is available
indicates to the C program that the seteuid() routine is available
to change the effective uid of the current program.
+d_setgrent (d_setgrent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGRENT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the setgrent() routine is available
+ for initializing sequential access to the group database.
+
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_SETPRIORITY if setpriority()
is available to set a process's priority.
+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_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_SETSID if setsid() is
available to set the process group ID.
+d_setspent (d_setspent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSPENT if setspent() is
+ available to initialize the scan of SysV shadow password entries.
+
d_setvbuf (d_setvbuf.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETVBUF symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setvbuf() routine is available
indicates that the BSD socketpair() is supported.
d_statblks (d_statblks.U):
- This variable conditionally defines USE_STAT_BLOCKS if this system
- has a stat structure declaring st_blksize and st_blocks.
+ This variable conditionally defines USE_STAT_BLOCKS
+ if this system has a stat structure declaring
+ st_blksize and st_blocks.
+
+d_statfs (d_statfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the statfs() routine is available.
+
+d_statfsflags (d_statfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS_FLAGS
+ symbol, which indicates to struct statfs from has f_flags member.
+ This kind of struct statfs is coming from sys/mount.h (BSD),
+ not from sys/statfs.h (SYSV).
+
+d_statvfs (d_statvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATVFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the statvfs() routine is available.
d_stdio_cnt_lval (d_stdstdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines STDIO_CNT_LVALUE if the
This variable conditionally defines STDIO_PTR_LVALUE if the
FILE_ptr macro can be used as an lvalue.
+d_stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U):
+ This variable tells whether there is an array holding
+ the stdio streams.
+
d_stdiobase (d_stdstdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines USE_STDIO_BASE if this system
has a FILE structure declaring a usable _base field (or equivalent)
indicates to the C program that the strtoul() routine is available
to provide conversion of strings to unsigned long.
+d_strtoull (strtoull.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOULL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the strtoull() routine is available.
+
d_strxfrm (d_strxfrm.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRXFRM if strxfrm() is
available to transform strings.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_TELLDIR if telldir() is
available.
+d_telldirproto (d_telldirproto.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TELLDIR_PROTO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the system provides
+ a prototype for the telldir() function. Otherwise, it is
+ up to the program to supply one.
+
d_time (d_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates
that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normaly
indicates to the C program that the uname() routine may be
used to derive the host name.
-d_union_semun (d_union_senum.U):
+d_union_semun (d_union_semun.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_UNION_SEMUN if the
union semun is defined by including <sys/sem.h>.
+d_vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORLIB.
+
d_vfork (d_vfork.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VFORK symbol, which
indicates the vfork() routine is available.
indicates to the C program that the wctomb() routine is available
to convert a wide character to a multibyte.
+d_writev (d_writev.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WRITEV symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the writev() routine is available.
+
d_xenix (Guess.U):
This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts
the C program that it runs under Xenix.
date (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the date program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "date" and is not useful.
in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was
int, while in newer ones it is size_t.
+defvoidused (voidflags.U):
+ This variable contains the default value of the VOIDUSED symbol (15).
+
direntrytype (i_dirent.U):
This symbol is set to 'struct direct' or 'struct dirent' depending on
whether dirent is available or not. You should use this pseudo type to
This variable contains the value of the DOUBLESIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a double.
+drand01 (randfunc.U):
+ Indicates the macro to be used to generate normalized
+ random numbers. Uses randfunc, often divided by
+ (double) (((unsigned long) 1 << randbits)) in order to
+ normalize the result.
+ In C programs, the macro 'Drand01' is mapped to drand01.
+
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.
data is present on the file and non-blocking I/O was enabled (otherwise,
read() blocks naturally).
+ebcdic (ebcdic.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines EBCDIC if this
+ system uses EBCDIC encoding. Among other things, this
+ means that the character ranges are not contiguous.
+ See trnl.U
+
echo (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the echo program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "echo" and is not useful.
egrep (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the egrep program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "egrep" and is not useful.
This is an old synonym for _exe.
expr (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the expr program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "expr" and is not useful.
and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
is available.
+fflushall (fflushall.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
+ all pending stdio output one must loop through all
+ the stdio file handles stored in an array and fflush them.
+ Note that if fflushNULL is defined, fflushall will not
+ even be probed for and will be left undefined.
+
+fflushNULL (fflushall.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush
+ all pending stdio output.
+
find (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the find program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "find" and is not useful.
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
firstmakefile (Unix.U):
This variable defines the first file searched by make. On unix,
This variable contains the return type of free(). It is usually
void, but occasionally int.
+full_ar (Loc_ar.U):
+ This variable contains the full pathname to 'ar', whether or
+ not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used
+ in the Makefile.SH.
+
full_csh (d_csh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname to 'csh', whether or
not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type
of getgid(). Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel.
+glibpth (libpth.U):
+ This variable holds the general path (space-separated) used to
+ find libraries. It may contain directories that do not exist on
+ this platform, libpth is the cleaned-up version.
+
grep (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "grep" and is not useful.
gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't.
gzip (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the gzip program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "gzip" and is not useful.
huge model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large
model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+i_arpainet (i_arpainet.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_ARPA_INET symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <arpa/inet.h>.
+
i_bsdioctl (i_sysioctl.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_BSDIOCTL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <sys/bsdioctl.h> exists and should
This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <grp.h>.
+i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>.
+
i_limits (i_limits.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates
whether a C program may include <limits.h> to get symbols like WORD_BIT
This variable conditionally defines the I_LOCALE symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <locale.h>.
+i_machcthr (i_machcthr.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_MACH_CTHREADS symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <mach/cthreads.h>.
+
i_malloc (i_malloc.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOC symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <malloc.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_MEMORY symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <memory.h>.
+i_mntent (i_mntent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_MNTENT symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <mntent.h>.
+
i_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_NDBM symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <ndbm.h> exists and should
indicates to the C program that <net/errno.h> exists and should
be included.
+i_netinettcp (i_netinettcp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_NETINET_TCP symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <netinet/tcp.h>.
+
i_niin (i_niin.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_NETINET_IN, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <netinet/in.h>. Otherwise,
you may try <sys/in.h>.
+i_poll (i_poll.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_POLL symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <poll.h>.
+
+i_pthread (i_pthread.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREAD symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <pthread.h>.
+
i_pwd (i_pwd.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_PWD, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <pwd.h>.
indicates to the C program that it should include <sgtty.h> rather
than <termio.h>.
+i_shadow (i_shadow.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SHADOW symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <shadow.h>.
+
+i_socks (i_socks.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SOCKS symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <socks.h>.
+
i_stdarg (i_varhdr.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_STDARG symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <stdarg.h> exists and should
This variable conditionally defines the I_STRING symbol, which
indicates that <string.h> should be included rather than <strings.h>.
+i_sysaccess (i_sysaccess.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_ACCESS symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/access.h>.
+
i_sysdir (i_sysdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_DIR symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <sys/dir.h>.
indicates to the C program that <sys/ioctl.h> exists and should
be included.
+i_sysmman (i_sysmman.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_MMAN symbol, and
+ indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mman.h>.
+
+i_sysmount (i_sysmount.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMOUNT symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mount.h>.
+
i_sysndir (i_sysndir.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_NDIR symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <sys/ndir.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_RESOURCE symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/resource.h>.
+i_syssecrt (i_syssecrt.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_SECURITY symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/security.h>.
+
i_sysselct (i_sysselct.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_SELECT, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <sys/select.h> in order to
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_STAT symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/stat.h>.
+i_sysstatvfs (i_sysstatvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSSTATVFS symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/statvfs.h>.
+
i_systime (i_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_TIME, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <sys/time.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_TYPES symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/types.h>.
+i_sysuio (i_sysuio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSUIO symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <sys/uio.h>.
+
i_sysun (i_sysun.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_UN, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <sys/un.h> to get UNIX
This variable conditionally defines the I_VFORK symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include vfork.h.
+ignore_versioned_solibs (libs.U):
+ This variable should be non-empty if non-versioned shared
+ libraries (libfoo.so.x.y) are to be ignored (because they
+ cannot be linked against).
+
incpath (usrinc.U):
This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
man3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+installprefix (installprefix.U):
+ This variable holds the name of the directory below which
+ "make install" will install the package. For most users, this
+ is the same as prefix. However, it is useful for
+ installing the software into a different (usually temporary)
+ location after which it can be bundled up and moved somehow
+ to the final location specified by prefix.
+
+installprefixexp (installprefix.U):
+ This variable holds the full absolute path of installprefix
+ with all ~-expansion done.
+
installprivlib (privlib.U):
This variable is really the same as privlibexp but may differ on
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
should be used in makefiles.
+installstyle (installstyle.U):
+ This variable describes the "style" of the perl installation.
+ This is intended to be useful for tools that need to
+ manipulate entire perl distributions. Perl itself doesn't use
+ this to find its libraries -- the library directories are
+ stored directly in Config.pm. Currently, there are only two
+ styles: "lib" and "lib/perl5". The default library locations
+ (e.g. privlib, sitelib) are either $prefix/lib or
+ $prefix/lib/perl5. The former is useful if $prefix is a
+ 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
+ be careful with pattern-matching on the results.
+ For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
+ setting is based on whether or not $prefix contains the string
+ "perl".
+
+installusrbinperl (instubperl.U):
+ This variable tells whether Perl should be installed also as
+ /usr/bin/perl in addition to
+ $installbin/perl
+
+installvendorlib (vendorlib.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorlibexp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
intsize (intsize.U):
This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+ldlibpthname (libperl.U):
+ This variable holds the name of the shared library
+ search path, often LD_LIBRARY_PATH. To get an empty
+ string, the hints file must set this to 'none'.
+
less (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the less program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "less" and is not useful.
library.
libpth (libpth.U):
- This variable holds the general path used to find libraries. It is
- intended to be used by other units.
+ This variable holds the general path (space-separated) used to find
+ libraries. It is intended to be used by other units.
libs (libs.U):
This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use.
ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4.
line (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the line program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "line" and is not useful.
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
lint (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
ln (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the ln program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful.
It's not much, but it parallels the loclibpth stuff in libpth.U.
loclibpth (libpth.U):
- This variable holds the paths used to find local libraries. It is
- prepended to libpth, and is intended to be easily set from the
- command line.
+ This variable holds the paths (space-separated) used to find local
+ libraries. It is prepended to libpth, and is intended to be easily
+ set from the command line.
longdblsize (d_longdbl.U):
This variable contains the value of the LONG_DOUBLESIZE symbol, which
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
ls (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the ls program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "ls" and is not useful.
+lseeksize (lseektype.U):
+ This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
+ or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
+ kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
+
lseektype (lseektype.U):
This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
make (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the make program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful.
have: one of 'n', 'l', or '3'. The Makefile must supply the '.'.
See man3dir.
+Mcc (Loc.U):
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the Mcc program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful.
+
medium (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
to produce a program running with a medium memory model. If the
Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
mkdir (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the mkdir program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "mkdir" and is not useful.
+mmaptype (d_mmap.U):
+ This symbol contains the type of pointer returned by mmap()
+ (and simultaneously the type of the first argument).
+ It can be 'void *' or 'caddr_t'.
+
models (models.U):
This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this
system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small,
modes for system calls.
more (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the more program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "more" and is not useful.
+multiarch (multiarch.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the MULTIARCH symbol
+ which signifies the presence of multiplatform files.
+ This is normally set by hints files.
+
mv (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
n (n.U):
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".
+ $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U):
This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to
This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally.
nm (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the nm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nm" and is not useful.
in the package. All of them will be built.
nroff (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
obj_ext (Unix.U):
This is an old synonym for _o.
+old_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
+ This variable defines the constant to use for creating joinable
+ (aka undetached) pthreads. Unused if pthread.h defines
+ PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE. If used, possible values are
+ PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED and __UNDETACHED.
+
optimize (ccflags.U):
This variable contains any optimizer/debugger flag that should be used.
It is up to the Makefile to use it.
used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
perl (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the perl program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "perl" and is not useful.
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
perladmin (perladmin.U):
Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator.
shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom.
pg (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the pg program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "pg" and is not useful.
Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special
machines, like the mips. Usually, it should be empty.
+pm_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
+ This variable contains the version of the oldest perl
+ compatible with the present perl. (That is, pure perl modules
+ written for $pm_apiversion will still work for the current
+ version). perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically
+ search in $sitelib for older directories across major versions
+ back to pm_apiversion. This is only useful if you have a perl
+ library directory tree structured like the default one. The
+ versioned site_perl library was introduced in 5.005, so that's
+ the default setting for this variable. It's hard to imagine
+ it changing before Perl6. It is included here for symmetry
+ with xs_apiveprsion -- the searching algorithms will
+ (presumably) be similar.
+ See the INSTALL file for how this works.
+
pmake (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a pointer.
-randbits (randbits.U):
- This variable contains the eventual value of the RANDBITS symbol,
- which indicates to the C program how many bits of random number
- the rand() function produces.
+randbits (randfunc.U):
+ Indicates how many bits are produced by the function used to
+ generate normalized random numbers.
+
+randfunc (randfunc.U):
+ Indicates the name of the random number function to use.
+ Values include drand48, random, and rand. In C programs,
+ the 'Drand01' macro is defined to generate uniformly distributed
+ random numbers over the range [0., 1.[ (see drand01 and nrand).
+
+randseedtype (randfunc.U):
+ Indicates the type of the argument of the seedfunc.
ranlib (orderlib.U):
This variable is set to the pathname of the ranlib program, if it is
no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
rm (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the rm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "rm" and is not useful.
nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value
of usenm and the flags on the Configure command line.
+sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
+ This variable defines the way to yield the execution
+ of the current thread.
+
scriptdir (scriptdir.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
to put publicly scripts for the package in question. It is either
at configuration time, for programs not wanting to bother with it.
sed (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the sed program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "sed" and is not useful.
+seedfunc (randfunc.U):
+ Indicates the random number generating seed function.
+ Values include srand48, srandom, and srand.
+
+selectminbits (selectminbits.U):
+ This variable holds the minimum number of bits operated by select.
+ That is, if you do select(n, ...), how many bits at least will be
+ cleared in the masks if some activity is detected. Usually this
+ is either n or 32*ceil(n/32), especially many little-endians do
+ the latter. This is only useful if you have select(), naturally.
+
selecttype (selecttype.U):
This variable holds the type used for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
arguments to select. Usually, this is 'fd_set *', if HAS_FD_SET
have select(), naturally.
sendmail (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the sendmail program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "sendmail" and is not useful.
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
sh (sh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used
One way to do this on some systems is to set the environment variable
LD_RUN_PATH to the directory that will be the final location of the
shared libperl.so. The makefile can use this with something like
- $shrpenv $(CC) -o perl perlmain.o $libperl $libs
+ $shrpenv $(CC) -o perl perlmain.o $libperl $libs
Typical values are
- shrpenv="env LD_RUN_PATH=$archlibexp/CORE"
+ shrpenv="env LD_RUN_PATH=$archlibexp/CORE"
or
- shrpenv=''
+ 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
This variable tells further Configure units whether your sh can
handle # comments.
+sig_count (sig_name.U):
+ This variable holds a number larger than the largest valid
+ signal number. This is usually the same as the NSIG macro.
+
sig_name (sig_name.U):
This variable holds the signal names, space separated. The leading
SIG in signal name is removed. A ZERO is prepended to the
is removed. See sig_num.
sig_num (sig_name.U):
- This variable holds the signal numbers, comma separated. A 0 is
+ This variable holds the signal numbers, space separated. A ZERO is
prepended to the list (corresponding to the fake SIGZERO), and
the list is terminated with a 0. Those numbers correspond to
the value of the signal listed in the same place within the
sig_name list.
+sig_num_init (sig_name.U):
+ This variable holds the signal numbers, enclosed in double quotes and
+ separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NUM definition
+ below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
+ terminated with a plain 0.
+
signal_t (d_voidsig.U):
This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int).
This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+siteprefix (siteprefix.U):
+ This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
+ which the user will install add-on packages.
+
+siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U):
+ This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
+ which the user will install add-on packages. Derived from siteprefix.
+
sizetype (sizetype.U):
This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t,
unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support.
sort (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the sort program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "sort" and is not useful.
machines that support separation of instruction and data space. It is
up to the Makefile to use this.
+sPRId64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'd') for output.
+
+sPRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'e') for output.
+
+sPRIEldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'E') for output.
+
+sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'f') for output.
+
+sPRIFldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'F') for output.
+
+sPRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'g') for output.
+
+sPRIGldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'G') for output.
+
+sPRIi64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'i') for output.
+
+sPRIo64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit octal numbers (format 'o') for output.
+
+sPRIu64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit unsigned decimal numbers (format 'u') for output.
+
+sPRIx64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit hexadecimal numbers (format 'x') for output.
+
+sPRIX64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output.
+
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
script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with perl and not some
shell. Of course, that leading line must be followed by the classical
perl idiom:
- eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
- if $running_under_some_shell;
+ eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
+ if $running_under_some_shell;
to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note
that this magic incatation is not understood by csh.
_ptr field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure. This will
be used to define the macro FILE_ptr(fp).
+stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U):
+ This variable tells the name of the array holding the stdio streams.
+ Usual values include _iob, __iob, and __sF.
+
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.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
tee (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the tee program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "tee" and is not useful.
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
test (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the test program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "test" and is not useful.
included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used.
touch (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the touch program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "touch" and is not useful.
tr (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the tr program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "tr" and is not useful.
+trnl (trnl.U):
+ This variable contains the value to be passed to the tr(1)
+ command to transliterate a newline. Typical values are
+ '\012' and '\n'. This is needed for EBCDIC systems where
+ newline is not necessarily '\012'.
+
troff (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+uidsign (uidsign.U):
+ This variable contains the signedness of a uidtype.
+ 1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
+
uidtype (uidtype.U):
This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel.
uname (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the uname program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "uname" and is not useful.
uniq (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the uniq program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "uniq" and is not useful.
+use64bits (use64bits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BITS symbol,
+ and indicates that explicit 64-bit interfaces should be used
+ when available.
+
usedl (dlsrc.U):
This variable indicates if the the system supports dynamic
loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj.
+uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_LARGE_FILES symbol,
+ and indicates that large file interfaces should be used when
+ available. The use64bits symbol will also be turned on if necessary.
+
+uselongdouble (uselongdbl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_LONG_DOUBLE symbol,
+ and indicates that long doubles should be used when available.
+
+usemorebits (usemorebits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_MORE_BITS symbol,
+ and indicates that explicit 64-bit interfaces and long doubles
+ should be used when available.
+
+usemultiplicity (usemultiplicity.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the MULTIPLICITY symbol,
+ and indicates that Perl should be built to use multiplicity.
+
usemymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
This variable contains y if the malloc that comes with this package
is desired over the system's version of malloc. People often include
This variable is set to 'yes' if the user wishes
to build a shared libperl, and 'no' otherwise.
+usesocks (usesocks.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_SOCKS symbol,
+ and indicates that Perl should be built to use SOCKS.
+
usethreads (usethreads.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_THREADS symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use threads.
+usevendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
+ This variable tells whether the vendorprefix
+ and consequently other vendor* paths are in use.
+
usevfork (d_vfork.U):
This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork.
It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
+ This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORLIB symbol,
+ which is the name of the private library for this package. It may
+ have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
+ this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
+ Vendors who distribute perl binaries may place their own
+ extensions and modules in this directory.
+
+vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you
+ may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+
+vendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
+ This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
+ which the vendor will install add-on packages.
+
+vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U):
+ This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
+ which the vendor will install add-on packages. Derived from vendorprefix.
+
version (patchlevel.U):
The full version number of this package. This combines
baserev, patchlevel, and subversion to get the full
which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this
compiler. See VOIDFLAGS for more info.
+xlibpth (libpth.U):
+ This variable holds extra path (space-separated) used to find
+ libraries on this platform, for example CPU-specific libraries
+ (on multi-CPU platforms) may be listed here.
+
+xs_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
+ This variable contains the version of the oldest perl binary
+ compatible with the present perl. perl.c:incpush() and
+ lib/lib.pm will automatically search in $sitearch for older
+ directories across major versions back to xs_apiversion.
+ This is only useful if you have a perl library directory tree
+ structured like the default one.
+ 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
+ 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
+ Config.pm files.
+
zcat (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
zip (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the zip program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "zip" and is not useful.
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