This file contains a description of all the shell variables whose value is
determined by the Configure script. Variables intended for use in C
-programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH.
+programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH. [`configpm'
+generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
+the formatting regular.]
_a (Unix.U):
This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries.
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.
+
+ar (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
archlib (archlib.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
to put architecture-dependent public library files for $package.
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.
or other facilities. For perl on OS/2, for example, this would
include os2/os2.obj.
+awk (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
baserev (baserev.U):
The base revision level of this package, from the .package file.
+bash (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
bin (bin.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
to put publicly executable images for the package in question. It
This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
+bison (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+byacc (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
byteorder (byteorder.U):
This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits
indicate more significance. The variable byteorder is either 4321
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
+ full pathname (if any) of the cat program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "cat" and is not useful.
+
cc (cc.U):
This variable holds the name of a command to execute a C compiler which
can resolve multiple global references that happen to have the same
- name. Usual values are "cc", "Mcc", "cc -M", and "gcc".
+ name. Usual values are 'cc', 'Mcc', 'cc -M', and 'gcc'.
cccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
- passed with cc -c to compile modules to be used to create a shared
- library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this
+ passed with 'cc -c' to compile modules to be used to create a shared
+ library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this
should be +z. It is up to the makefile to use it.
ccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
- passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading.
+ passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading.
It is up to the makefile to use it. For sunos 4.1, it should
be empty.
Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was
produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH.
+chgrp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+chmod (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+chown (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
clocktype (d_times.U):
This variable holds the type returned by times(). It can be long,
or clock_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
included).
+comm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
+compress (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
contains (contains.U):
This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return
status. On most sane systems it is simply "grep". On insane systems
it is a grep followed by a cat followed by a test. This variable
is primarily for the use of other Configure units.
+cp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
+cpio (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+cpp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U):
This variable contains an identification of the catenation mechanism
used by the C preprocessor.
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
the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is
up to the Makefile to use this.
-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.
+csh (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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_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.
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
header files provide DBL_DIG, which is the number of significant
digits in a double precision number.
+d_dbmclose64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DBMCLOSE64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the dbmclose64() routine is available.
+
+d_dbminit64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DBMINIT64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the dbminit64() routine is available.
+
+d_delete64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DELETE64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the delete64() routine is available.
+
d_difftime (d_difftime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the difftime() routine is available.
+d_dirent64_s (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports struct dirent64.
+
d_dirnamlen (i_dirent.U):
This variable conditionally defines DIRNAMLEN, which indicates
to the C program that the length of directory entry names is
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.
a half-fast job and neglected to provide the macros to manipulate
an fd_set, HAS_FDS_BITS will let us know how to fix the gaffe.
+d_fetch64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FETCH64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fetch64() routine is available.
+
+d_fgetpos64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FGETPOS64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fgetpos64() routine is available.
+
d_fgetpos (d_fgetpos.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_FGETPOS if fgetpos() is
available to get the file position indicator.
+d_firstkey64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FIRSTKEY64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the firstkey64() routine is available.
+
d_flexfnam (d_flexfnam.U):
This variable conditionally defines the FLEXFILENAMES symbol, which
indicates that the system supports filenames longer than 14 characters.
+d_flock64_s (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports struct flock64.
+
d_flock (d_flock.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_FLOCK if flock() is
available to do file locking.
+d_fopen64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FOPEN64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fopen64() routine is available.
+
d_fork (d_fork.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FORK symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the fork() routine is available.
to determine file-system related limits and options associated
with a given open file descriptor.
+d_freopen64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FREOPEN64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the freopen64() routine is available.
+
+d_fseek64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSEEK64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fseek64() routine is available.
+
+d_fseeko64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSEEKO64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fseeko64() routine is available.
+
+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_fsetpos64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSETPOS64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fsetpos64() 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_fstat64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTAT64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fstat64() routine is available.
+
+d_ftell64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELL64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the ftell64() routine is available.
+
+d_ftello64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELLO64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the ftello64() 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_ftruncate64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTRUNCATE64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the ftruncate64() routine is available.
+
+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
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
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_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_ino64t (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports ino64_t.
+
+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.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is
available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions.
+d_lockf64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LOCKF64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the lockf64() routine is available.
+
d_lockf (d_lockf.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCKF if lockf() is
available to do file locking.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_LONG if
the long long type is supported.
+d_lseek64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LSEEK64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the lseek64() routine is available.
+
+d_lstat64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LSTAT64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the lstat64() routine is available.
+
d_lstat (d_lstat.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LSTAT if lstat() is
available to do file stats on symbolic links.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKFIFO symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mkfifo() routine is available.
-d_mkstemp (d_mkstemp.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKSTEMP symbol, which
- indicates to the C program that the mkstemp() routine is available
- to create and open a unique tempporary file.
-
d_mktime (d_mktime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mktime() routine is available.
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.
of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used.
This may include different sorts of profiling or error detection.
+d_nextkey64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NEXTKEY64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the nextkey64() routine is available.
+
d_nice (d_nice.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
+d_off64t (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
+
d_oldpthreads (usethreads.U):
This variable conditionally defines the OLD_PTHREADS_API symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the old
which indicates to the C program that the 3 argument version of
the open(2) function is available.
+d_open64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_OPEN64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the open64() routine is available.
+
+d_opendir64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_OPENDIR64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the opendir64() routine is available.
+
d_pathconf (d_pathconf.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PATHCONF symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available
indicates to the C program that it should not assume that it is
running on the machine it was compiled on.
+d_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines pthread_create_joinable.
+ undef if pthread.h defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
+
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.
+d_readdir64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the readdir64() routine is available.
+
d_readdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is
available to read directory entries.
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_seekdir64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEEKDIR64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the seekdir64() routine is available.
+
d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
available.
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 the HAS_SOCKETPAIR symbol, which
indicates that the BSD socketpair() is supported.
+d_stat64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STAT64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the stat64() routine is available.
+
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_stdio_cnt_lval (d_stdstdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines STDIO_CNT_LVALUE if the
has a FILE structure declaring usable _ptr and _cnt fields (or
equivalent) in stdio.h.
+d_store64 (dbm64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STORE64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the store64() routine is available.
+
d_strchr (d_strchr.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRCHR if strchr() and
strrchr() are available for string searching.
indicates to the C program that the tcsetpgrp() routine is available
to set foreground process group ID.
+d_telldir64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TELLDIR64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the telldir64() routine is available.
+
d_telldir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_TELLDIR if telldir() is
available.
that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normaly
provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>.
+d_tmpfile64 (stdio64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TMPFILE64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the tmpfile64() routine is available.
+
+d_truncate64 (io64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TRUNCATE64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the truncate64() routine is available.
+
d_truncate (d_truncate.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_TRUNCATE if truncate() is
available to truncate files.
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
+ full pathname (if any) of the date program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "date" and is not useful.
+
db_hashtype (i_db.U):
This variable contains the type of the hash structure element
in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was
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 extension files we want to
+ This variable holds a list of XS extension files we want to
link dynamically into the package. It is used by Makefile.
eagain (nblock_io.U):
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
+ 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
+ full pathname (if any) of the egrep program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "egrep" and is not useful.
+
+emacs (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
eunicefix (Init.U):
When running under Eunice this variable contains a command which will
convert a shell script to the proper form of text file for it to be
exe_ext (Unix.U):
This is an old synonym for _exe.
+expr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
extensions (Extensions.U):
- This variable holds a list of all extension files
- linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm
+ This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and
+ non-xs linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm
and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
is available.
+find (Loc.U):
+ 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,
it is makefile (then Makefile). On case-insensitive systems,
it might be something else. This is only used to deal with
convoluted make depend tricks.
+flex (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
fpostype (fpostype.U):
This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpost_t, long,
uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc.
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type
of getgid(). Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel.
+grep (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
groupcat (nis.U):
This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
/etc/group file. This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be
getgroups() and setgroups(). Usually, this is the same as
gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't.
+gzip (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
h_fcntl (h_fcntl.U):
This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_fcntl that
<fcntl.h> should be included.
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_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>.
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_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".
Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips.
+inews (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
installarchlib (archlib.U):
This variable is really the same as archlibexp but may differ on
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
known_extensions (Extensions.U):
- This variable holds a list of all extensions included in
+ This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in
the package.
+ksh (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
large (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
to produce a program running with a large memory model. It is up to
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
passed to $ld to create a shared library suitable for dynamic
loading. It is up to the makefile to use it. For hpux, it
- should be -b. For sunos 4.1, it is empty.
+ should be '-b'. For sunos 4.1, it is empty.
ldflags (ccflags.U):
This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+less (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
lib_ext (Unix.U):
This is an old synonym for _a.
search. The order is chosen to pick up the c library
ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4.
+line (Loc.U):
+ 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 value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
lkflags (ccflags.U):
This variable contains any additional C partial linker flags desired by
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
+ full pathname (if any) of the ln program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful.
+
lns (lns.U):
This variable holds the name of the command to make
symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used
locincpth (ccflags.U):
This variable contains a list of additional directories to be
- searched by the compiler. The appropriate -I directives will
+ searched by the compiler. The appropriate '-I' directives will
be added to ccflags. This is intended to simplify setting
local directories from the Configure command line.
It's not much, but it parallels the loclibpth stuff in libpth.U.
This variable contains the value of the LONGSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long.
+lp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+lpr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+ls (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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
kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
+mail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+mailx (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+make (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
make_set_make (make.U):
Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE. Others do not.
This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH
make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you,
make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't.
I used a comment character so that we can 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):
have: one of 'n', 'l', or '3'. The Makefile must supply the '.'.
See man3dir.
+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.
+
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
This variable holds the environment type for the mips system.
Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
+mkdir (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
models (models.U):
This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this
system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small,
int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file
modes for system calls.
+more (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
+mv (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
myarchname (archname.U):
This variable holds the architecture name computed by Configure in
a previous run. It is not intended to be perused by any user and
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".
getnetbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or long.
This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally.
+nm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
nm_opt (usenm.U):
This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm.
has been stripped, but nm --dynamic is *fatal* on an archive library.
Maybe Linux should just always set usenm=false.
+nonxs_ext (Extensions.U):
+ This variable holds a list of all non-xs extensions included
+ in the package. All of them will be built.
+
+nroff (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
o_nonblock (nblock_io.U):
This variable bears the symbol value to be used during open() or fcntl()
to turn on non-blocking I/O for a file descriptor. If you wish to switch
This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character
used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
+perl (Loc.U):
+ 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.
which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in
shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom.
+pg (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
phostname (myhostname.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the PHOSTNAME symbol,
which is a command that can be fed to popen() to get the host name.
Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special
machines, like the mips. Usually, it should be empty.
+pmake (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+pr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
prefix (prefix.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory below which the
user will install the package. Usually, this is /usr/local, and
This variable holds the eventual value of CAN_PROTOTYPE, which
indicates the C compiler can handle funciton prototypes.
+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.
+
ptrsize (ptrsize.U):
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
used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between
no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
+rm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
+rmail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
runnm (usenm.U):
This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the
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
This variable is the same as scriptdir, but is filename expanded
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
+ 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
is defined, and 'int *' otherwise. This is only useful if you
have select(), naturally.
+sendmail (Loc.U):
+ 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
on this system to execute Bourne shell scripts. Usually, this will be
/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.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
sharpbang (spitshell.U):
This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that
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).
unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
parameters for string functions.
+sleep (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+smail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
small (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
to produce a program running with a small memory model. It is up to
(also known as shared objects) on the system. Usually set to 'so'.
sockethdr (d_socket.U):
- This variable has any cpp -I flags needed for socket support.
+ This variable has any cpp '-I' flags needed for socket support.
socketlib (d_socket.U):
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
+ full pathname (if any) of the sort program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "sort" and is not useful.
+
spackage (package.U):
This variable contains the name of the package being constructed,
with the first letter uppercased, i.e. suitable for starting
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.
split (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
other shell.
static_ext (Extensions.U):
- This variable holds a list of extension files we want to
+ This variable holds a list of XS extension files we want to
link statically into the package. It is used by Makefile.
stdchar (stdchar.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.
+submit (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
subversion (patchlevel.U):
The subversion level of this package.
The value of subversion comes from the patchlevel.h file.
pages. Rather it is the place where Configure may look to find manual
for unix commands (section 1 of the manual usually). See mansrc.
+tail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+tar (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+tbl (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ 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.
+
+test (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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.
+
timeincl (i_time.U):
This variable holds the full path of the included time header(s).
or time_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used.
+touch (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be 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
+ 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.
+
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
+ 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
+ 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.
+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 holds the path of the include files, which is
usually /usr/include. It is mainly used by other Configure units.
+uuname (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+version (patchlevel.U):
+ The full version number of this package. This combines
+ baserev, patchlevel, and subversion to get the full
+ version number, including any possible subversions. Care
+ is taken to use the C locale in order to get something
+ like 5.004 instead of 5,004. This is unique to perl.
+
+vi (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
voidflags (voidflags.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the VOIDFLAGS symbol,
which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this
compiler. See VOIDFLAGS for more info.
+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
+ 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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