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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
whether a C program should include <poll.h>.
i_pthread (i_pthread.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREADEAD symbol,
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREAD symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <pthread.h>.
i_pwd (i_pwd.U):
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.
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.
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.
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.
See man3dir.
Mcc (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 Mcc program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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