generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
the formatting regular.]
+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.
+
+PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U):
+ In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5.
+ This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
+
+PERL_SUBVERSION (Oldsyms.U):
+ In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 2.
+ Values greater than 50 represent potentially unstable
+ development subversions.
+ This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
+
+PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U):
+ In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 6.
+ This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
+
_a (Unix.U):
This variable defines the extension used for ordinary library files.
For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible
such as '5.6.1', api_revision is the '5'.
Prior to 5.5.640, the format was a floating point number,
like 5.00563.
- perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in
+
+ perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in
$sitelib/.. for older directories back to the limit specified
by these api_ variables. This is only useful if you have a
perl library directory tree structured like the default one.
directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the lowest
possible value. The version list appropriate for the current
system is determined in inc_version_list.U.
- XXX To do: Since compatibility can depend on compile time
+
+ XXX To do: Since compatibility can depend on compile time
options (such as bincompat, longlong, etc.) it should
(perhaps) be set by Configure, but currently it isn't.
Currently, we read a hard-wired value from patchlevel.h.
REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ctime_r
is defined.
+d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
+ This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert
+ floating point numbers into strings. By default, Configure
+ sets this macro to use the first of gconvert, gcvt, or sprintf
+ that pass sprintf-%g-like behaviour tests. If perl is using
+ long doubles, the macro uses the first of the following
+ functions that pass Configure's tests: qgcvt, sprintf (if
+ Configure knows how to make sprintf format long doubles--see
+ sPRIgldbl), gconvert, gcvt, and sprintf (casting to double).
+ The gconvert_preference and gconvert_ld_preference variables
+ can be used to alter Configure's preferences, for doubles and
+ long doubles, respectively. If present, they contain a
+ space-separated list of one or more of the above function
+ names in the order they should be tried.
+
+ d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
+ specific function. If this function expects a double, a
+ different value may need to be set by the uselongdouble.cbu
+ call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without
+ loss of precision.
+
+d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIfldbl so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIgldbl so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+d_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+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_PRIfldbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl 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_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
+
d__fwalk (d__fwalk.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS__FWALK if _fwalk() is
available to apply a function to all the file handles.
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. By default, Configure
- sets this macro to use the first of gconvert, gcvt, or sprintf
- that pass sprintf-%g-like behaviour tests. If perl is using
- long doubles, the macro uses the first of the following
- functions that pass Configure's tests: qgcvt, sprintf (if
- Configure knows how to make sprintf format long doubles--see
- sPRIgldbl), gconvert, gcvt, and sprintf (casting to double).
- The gconvert_preference and gconvert_ld_preference variables
- can be used to alter Configure's preferences, for doubles and
- long doubles, respectively. If present, they contain a
- space-separated list of one or more of the above function
- names in the order they should be tried.
- d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
- specific function. If this function expects a double, a
- different value may need to be set by the uselongdouble.cbu
- call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without
- loss of precision.
-
d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETCWD symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getcwd() routine is available
and 1.150000. The bug has been seen in certain versions of glibc,
release 2.2.2 is known to be okay.
+d_modflproto (d_modfl.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system provides
+ a prototype for the modfl() function. Otherwise, it is up
+ to the program to supply one. C99 says it should be
+ long double modfl(long double, long double *);
+
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.
of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used.
This may include different sorts of profiling or error detection.
+d_nanosleep (d_nanosleep.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_NANOSLEEP
+ if nanosleep() is available to sleep with 1E-9 sec accuracy.
+
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.
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_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
-
-d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
-d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
-
-d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIfldbl so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
-d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
-
-d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIgldbl so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
-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_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
d_procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U):
Defined if $procselfexe is symlink to the absolute
pathname of the executing program.
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_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
-
d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
available.
d_vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORLIB.
+d_vendorscript (vendorscript.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORSCRIPT.
+
d_vfork (d_vfork.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VFORK symbol, which
indicates the vfork() routine is available.
extras (Extras.U):
This variable holds a list of extra modules to install.
+fflushNULL (fflushall.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush
+ all pending stdio output.
+
fflushall (fflushall.U):
This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
all pending stdio output one must loop through all
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 defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
can share this executable will have the same full pathname to
'sed.'
+gccansipedantic (gccvers.U):
+ If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable will enable (if set) the
+ -ansi and -pedantic ccflags for building core files (through
+ cflags script). (See Porting/pumpkin.pod for full description).
+
gccosandvers (gccvers.U):
- If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable the operating system and
- version used to compile the gcc. It is set to '' if not gcc,
+ If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds the operating system
+ and version used to compile gcc. It is set to '' if not gcc,
or if nothing useful can be parsed as the os version.
gccversion (gccvers.U):
- If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds '1' or '2' to
+ If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds '1' or '2' to
indicate whether the compiler is version 1 or 2. This is used in
setting some of the default cflags. It is set to '' if not gcc.
On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
command, in which case this variable is unset.
+html1dir (html1dir.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory in which html
+ source pages are to be put. This directory is for pages
+ that describe whole programs, not libraries or modules. It
+ is intended to correspond roughly to section 1 of the Unix
+ manuals.
+
+html1direxp (html1dir.U):
+ This variable is the same as the html1dir variable, but is filename
+ expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
+
+html3dir (html3dir.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory in which html
+ source pages are to be put. This directory is for pages
+ that describe libraries or modules. It is intended to
+ correspond roughly to section 3 of the Unix manuals.
+
+html3direxp (html3dir.U):
+ This variable is the same as the html3dir variable, but is filename
+ expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
+
i16size (perlxv.U):
This variable is the size of an I16 in bytes.
the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always
be used in your makefiles for maximum portability.
+installhtml1dir (html1dir.U):
+ This variable is really the same as html1direxp, unless you are
+ using a different installprefix. For extra portability, you
+ should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+
+installhtml3dir (html3dir.U):
+ This variable is really the same as html3direxp, unless you are
+ using a different installprefix. For extra portability, you
+ should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+
installman1dir (man1dir.U):
This variable is really the same as man1direxp, unless you are using
AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You
should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability.
+installsitehtml1 (sitehtml1.U):
+ This variable is really the same as sitehtml1exp, unless you are using
+ AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
+ html1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
+ portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+
+installsitehtml3 (sitehtml3.U):
+ This variable is really the same as sitehtml3exp, unless you are using
+ AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
+ html3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
+ portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+
installsitelib (sitelib.U):
This variable is really the same as sitelibexp but may differ on
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
should be used in makefiles.
+installsiteman1 (siteman1.U):
+ This variable is really the same as siteman1exp, unless you are using
+ AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
+ man1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
+ portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+
+installsiteman3 (siteman3.U):
+ This variable is really the same as siteman3exp, unless you are using
+ AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
+ man3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
+ portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
+
+installsitescript (sitescript.U):
+ This variable is usually the same as sitescriptexp, unless you are on
+ a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You
+ should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability.
+
installstyle (installstyle.U):
This variable describes the "style" of the perl installation.
This is intended to be useful for tools that need to
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
+
+ Unfortunately, while this "style" variable is used to set
+ defaults for all three directory hierarchies (core, vendor, and
+ site), there is no guarantee that the same style is actually
+ appropriate for all those directories. For example, $prefix
+ might be /opt/perl, but $siteprefix might be /usr/local.
+ (Perhaps, in retrospect, the "lib" style should never have been
+ supported, but it did seem like a nice idea at the time.)
+
+ The situation is even less clear for tools such as MakeMaker
+ that can be used to install additional modules into
+ non-standard places. For example, if a user intends to install
+ a module into a private directory (perhaps by setting PREFIX on
+ the Makefile.PL command line), then there is no reason to
+ assume that the Configure-time $installstyle setting will be
+ relevant for that PREFIX.
+
+ 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
+
+ For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
setting is based on whether or not $prefix contains the string
"perl".
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
should be used in makefiles.
+installvendorhtml1 (vendorhtml1.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorhtml1exp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
+installvendorhtml3 (vendorhtml3.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorhtml3exp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
installvendorlib (vendorlib.U):
This variable is really the same as vendorlibexp but may differ on
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
should be used in makefiles.
+installvendorman1 (vendorman1.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorman1exp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
+installvendorman3 (vendorman3.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorman3exp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
+installvendorscript (vendorscript.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorscriptexp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
intsize (intsize.U):
This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH
so that MAKE is set if needed, and not if not needed.
Possible values are:
+
make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you,
+
make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't.
- I used a comment character so that we can distinguish a
+
+ This uses a comment character to distinguish a
'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option)
from an uncomputed value.
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.
-
mips_type (usrinc.U):
This variable holds the environment type for the mips system.
Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
+nvEUformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format.
+
+nvFUformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable confains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format.
+
+nvGUformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl NV using %G-ish floating point format.
+
nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
a variable nvtype can preserve.
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format.
-nvEUformat (perlxvf.U):
- This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format.
-
nvfformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable confains the format string used for printing
a Perl NV using %f-ish floating point format.
-nvFUformat (perlxvf.U):
- This variable confains the format string used for printing
- a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format.
-
nvgformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl NV using %g-ish floating point format.
-nvGUformat (perlxvf.U):
- This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl NV using %G-ish floating point format.
-
nvsize (perlxv.U):
This variable is the size of an NV in bytes.
installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
to determine inc_version_list.
-perl5 (perl5.U):
- This variable contains the full path (if any) to a previously
- installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
- to determine inc_version_list.
-
perl (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
the maintenance versus development dichotomy except
by also being increasing.
-PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U):
- In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5.
- This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
-
-PERL_SUBVERSION (Oldsyms.U):
- In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 2.
- Values greater than 50 represent potentially unstable
- development subversions.
- This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
-
-PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U):
- In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 6.
- This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
-
perladmin (perladmin.U):
Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator.
nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value
of usenm and the flags on the Configure command line.
+sPRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'E') for output.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIeldbl so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+sPRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'F') for output.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIfldbl so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+sPRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'G') for output.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIgldbl so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+sPRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output.
+ The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even
+ case-blind systems can see the difference.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
+sSCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format long doubles (format 'f') for input.
+
sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
This variable defines the way to yield the execution
of the current thread.
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
- list. This is currently not used.
+ SIG in signal name is removed. A ZERO is prepended to the list.
+ This is currently not used, sig_name_init is used instead.
sig_name_init (sig_name.U):
This variable holds the signal names, enclosed in double quotes and
sig_num (sig_name.U):
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.
+ prepended to the list (corresponding to the fake SIGZERO).
+ Those numbers correspond to the value of the signal listed
+ in the same place within the sig_name list.
+ This is currently not used, sig_num_init is used instead.
sig_num_init (sig_name.U):
This variable holds the signal numbers, enclosed in double quotes and
sig_size (sig_name.U):
This variable contains the number of elements of the sig_name
- and sig_num arrays, excluding the final NULL entry.
+ and sig_num arrays.
signal_t (d_voidsig.U):
This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int).
This is the same as the sitebin variable, but is filename expanded at
configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
+sitehtml1 (sitehtml1.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
+ html source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the
+ Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
+ You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ html pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+sitehtml1exp (sitehtml1.U):
+ This variable is the same as the sitehtml1 variable, but is filename
+ expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
+
+sitehtml3 (sitehtml3.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
+ library html source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the
+ Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
+ You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ library html pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+sitehtml3exp (sitehtml3.U):
+ This variable is the same as the sitehtml3 variable, but is filename
+ expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
+
sitelib (sitelib.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the SITELIB symbol,
which is the name of the private library for this package. It may
This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+siteman1 (siteman1.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
+ manual source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the
+ Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
+ You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ man1 pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+siteman1exp (siteman1.U):
+ This variable is the same as the siteman1 variable, but is filename
+ expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
+
+siteman3 (siteman3.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
+ library man source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the
+ Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
+ You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ man3 pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+siteman3exp (siteman3.U):
+ This variable is the same as the siteman3 variable, but is filename
+ expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
+
siteprefix (siteprefix.U):
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the user will install add-on packages.
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the user will install add-on packages. Derived from siteprefix.
+sitescript (sitescript.U):
+ This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
+ to put add-on publicly executable files for the package in question. It
+ is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
+ this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ scripts in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+sitescriptexp (sitescript.U):
+ This is the same as the sitescript variable, but is filename expanded at
+ configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
+
sizesize (sizesize.U):
This variable contains the size of a sizetype in bytes.
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.
-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.
-
-sPRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format long doubles (format 'E') for output.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIeldbl so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
-sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format long doubles (format 'f') for output.
-
-sPRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format long doubles (format 'F') for output.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIfldbl so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
-sPRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format long doubles (format 'g') for output.
-
-sPRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format long doubles (format 'G') for output.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIgldbl so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
-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.
-
-sPRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output.
- The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even
- case-blind systems can see the difference.
-
srand48_r_proto (d_srand48_r.U):
This variable encodes the prototype of srand48_r.
It is zero if d_srand48_r is undef, and one of the
the Makefile to use this variable and set VPATH accordingly to
find the sources remotely.
-sSCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format long doubles (format 'f') for input.
-
ssizetype (ssizetype.U):
This variable defines ssizetype to be something like ssize_t,
long or int. It is used by functions that return a count
d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE".
useshrplib (libperl.U):
- This variable is set to 'yes' if the user wishes
- to build a shared libperl, and 'no' otherwise.
+ This variable is set to 'true' if the user wishes
+ to build a shared libperl, and 'false' otherwise.
usesocks (usesocks.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_SOCKS symbol,
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+uvXUformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF.
+
uvoformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer.
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
-uvXUformat (perlxvf.U):
- This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF.
-
vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH symbol.
It may have a ~ on the front.
This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorbin, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+vendorhtml1 (vendorhtml1.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for html
+ pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
+ html pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorhtml1exp (vendorhtml1.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorhtml1, so that you
+ may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+
+vendorhtml3 (vendorhtml3.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for html
+ library pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
+ html pages for modules and extensions in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorhtml3exp (vendorhtml3.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorhtml3, so that you
+ may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+
vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORLIB symbol,
which is the name of the private library for this package.
This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+vendorman1 (vendorman1.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for man1
+ pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
+ man1 pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorman1exp (vendorman1.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorman1, so that you
+ may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+
+vendorman3 (vendorman3.U):
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for man3
+ pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
+ man3 pages in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorman3exp (vendorman3.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorman3, 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.
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the vendor will install add-on packages. Derived from vendorprefix.
+vendorscript (vendorscript.U):
+ This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORSCRIPT symbol.
+ It may have a ~ on the front.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place additional
+ executable scripts in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorscriptexp (vendorscript.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorscript, so that you
+ may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+
version (patchlevel.U):
The full version number of this package, such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1).
This combines revision, patchlevel, and subversion to get the
though in principle we could go snooping around in old
Config.pm files.
+yacc (yacc.U):
+ This variable holds the name of the compiler compiler we
+ want to use in the Makefile. It can be yacc, byacc, or bison -y.
+
yaccflags (yacc.U):
This variable contains any additional yacc flags desired by the
user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
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