Use UV (not long) for BYTEORDER.

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

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 6768105..80f05ed 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ _a (Unix.U):
 _exe (Unix.U):
        This variable defines the extension used for executable files.
        DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'.  Stratus VOS uses '.pm'.
-       No other operating systems require an extension for executable
-       files, so it is empty for all others.
+       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.
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ byacc (Loc.U):
        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
@@ -3186,11 +3186,8 @@ mailx (Loc.U):
 
 make (Loc.U):
        This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
-       full pathname (if any) of the make program.  Both the directory
-       and the command name can vary from system to system; while most
-       systems call the command 'make', other values include 'gmake' and
-       'gnumake'.  After Configure runs, the value is reset to a plain
-       "make" and is not useful.
+       full pathname (if any) of the make program.  After Configure runs,
+       the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful.
 
 make_set_make (make.U):
        Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE.  Others do not.