generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
the formatting regular.]
+CONFIGDOTSH (Oldsyms.U):
+ This is set to 'true' in config.sh so that a shell script
+ sourcing config.sh can tell if it has been sourced already.
+
+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_APIVERSION (Oldsyms.U):
+ This value is manually set in patchlevel.h and is used
+ to set the Configure apiversion variable.
+
+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 libraries.
For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible
it safe when used by a process with super-user privileges.
apiversion (patchlevel.U):
- This is a number which identifies the lowest version of perl
- to have an API (for XS extensions) compatible with the present
- version. For example, for 5.005_01, the apiversion should be
- 5.005, since 5.005_01 should be binary compatible with 5.005.
- This should probably be incremented manually somehow, perhaps
- from patchlevel.h. For now, we'll guess maintenance subversions
- will retain binary compatibility.
+ MakeMaker will install add-on modules in a directory with the
+ PERL_APIVERSION version number. The value is set manually in
+ patchlevel.h. Normally, for maintenance releases, this is
+ just something like 5.005 or 5.6 or 5.7. That is, it does not
+ include the subversion number and does not change across
+ maintenance releases. This is so that add-on extensions can
+ be shared across maintenance versions. It is unclear how this
+ ought to work for developer versions. If a release breaks
+ binary compatibility, this number should be increased.
ar (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the ar program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "ar" and is not useful.
include os2/os2.obj.
awk (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the awk program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "awk" and is not useful.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
byacc (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the byacc program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful.
4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list
cat (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the cat program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "cat" and is not useful.
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.
+charsize (charsize.U):
+ This variable contains the value of the CHARSIZE symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a character.
+
chgrp (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
included).
comm (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the comm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "comm" and is not useful.
is primarily for the use of other Configure units.
cp (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the cp program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "cp" and is not useful.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
cpp (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the cpp program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "cpp" and is not useful.
up to the Makefile to use this.
csh (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful.
+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_PRIEldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIFldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIGldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+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_PRId64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+
+d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
+ indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+
+d_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_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.
of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If
$archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef.
+d_atolf (atolf.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLF symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the atolf() routine is available.
+
+d_atoll (atoll.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the atoll() routine is available.
+
d_attribut (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE, which
indicates the C compiler can check for function attributes,
This variable conditionally defines 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
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_fpos64_t (io64.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
-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_fs_data_s (d_fs_data_s.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_FS_DATA symbol,
+ which indicates that the struct fs_data is supported.
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_fstatfs (d_statfs.U):
+d_fstatfs (d_fstatfs.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATFS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the fstatfs() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATVFS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the fstatvfs() 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.
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
indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
to get the login name.
+d_getmnt (d_getmnt.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getmnt() routine is available
+ to retrieve one or more mount info blocks by filename.
+
d_getmntent (d_getmntent.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNTENT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getmntent() routine is available
- to iterate through mounted files.
+ to iterate through mounted files to get their mount info.
d_getnbyaddr (d_getnbyad.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available
to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
-d_ino64_t (io64.U):
- This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports ino64_t.
-
-d_int64t (i_inttypes.U):
+d_int64t (d_int64t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
-d_iovec_s (i_sysuio.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_IOVEC symbol,
- which indicates that the struct iovec is supported.
-
d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
indicates to the C program that the lchown() routine is available
to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the link).
+d_ldbl_dig (d_ldbl_dig.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines d_ldbl_dig if this system's
+ header files provide LDBL_DIG, which is the number of significant
+ digits in a long double precision number.
+
d_link (d_link.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is
available to create hard links.
-d_llseek (io64.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LLSEEK symbol, which
- indicates to the C program that the llseek() routine is available.
-
d_locconv (d_locconv.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is
available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions.
-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.
-d_madvise (d_madvise.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_MADVISE if madvise() is
- available to map a file into memory.
-
d_mblen (d_mblen.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBLEN symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mblen() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mktime() routine is available.
-d_mmap (d_mmap.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_MMAP if mmap() is
- available to map a file into memory.
-
-d_mprotect (d_mprotect.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_MPROTECT if mprotect() is
- available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
-
d_msg (d_msg.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG symbol, which
indicates that the entire msg*(2) library is present.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGGET symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgget() routine is available.
-d_msghdr_s (d_socket.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_MSGHDR symbol,
- which indicates that the struct msghdr is supported.
-
d_msgrcv (d_msgrcv.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGRCV symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgrcv() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGSND symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the msgsnd() routine is available.
-d_msync (d_msync.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_MSYNC if msync() is
- available to synchronize a mapped file.
-
-d_munmap (d_munmap.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_MUNMAP if munmap() is
- available to unmap a region mapped by mmap().
-
d_mymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
This variable conditionally defines MYMALLOC in case other parts
of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used.
This 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_off64_t (io64.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
-d_offset_t (io64.U):
- This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports offset_t.
-
d_old_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
This variable conditionally defines pthread_create_joinable.
undef if pthread.h defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
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
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_quad (quadtype.U):
+ This variable, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type,
+ quadtype.
d_readdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is
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
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
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_sqrtl (d_sqrtl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SQRTL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the sqrtl() 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.
-d_statfs (d_statfs.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATFS symbol, which
- indicates to the C program that the statfs() routine is available.
-
-d_statfsflags (d_statfs.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS_FLAGS
+d_statfs_f_flags (d_statfs_f_flags.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS_F_FLAGS
symbol, which indicates to struct statfs from has f_flags member.
This kind of struct statfs is coming from sys/mount.h (BSD),
not from sys/statfs.h (SYSV).
+d_statfs_s (d_statfs_s.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS symbol,
+ which indicates that the struct statfs is supported.
+
d_statvfs (d_statvfs.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATVFS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the statvfs() routine is available.
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 strtoul() routine is available
to provide conversion of strings to unsigned long.
+d_strtoull (strtoull.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOULL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the strtoull() routine is available.
+
d_strxfrm (d_strxfrm.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRXFRM if strxfrm() is
available to transform strings.
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.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_UNION_SEMUN if the
union semun is defined by including <sys/sem.h>.
+d_ustat (d_ustat.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_USTAT if ustat() is
+ available to query file system statistics by dev_t.
+
+d_vendorbin (vendorbin.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORBIN.
+
d_vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORLIB.
indicates to the C program that the wctomb() routine is available
to convert a wide character to a multibyte.
-d_writev (d_writev.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WRITEV symbol, which
- indicates to the C program that the writev() routine is available.
-
d_xenix (Guess.U):
This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts
the C program that it runs under Xenix.
date (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the date program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "date" and is not useful.
See trnl.U
echo (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the echo program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "echo" and is not useful.
egrep (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the egrep program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "egrep" and is not useful.
This is an old synonym for _exe.
expr (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the expr program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "expr" and is not useful.
and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
is available.
+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.
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the find program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "find" and is not useful.
firstmakefile (Unix.U):
This variable defines the first file searched by make. On unix,
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+fpossize (fpossize.U):
+ This variable contains the size of a fpostype in bytes.
+
fpostype (fpostype.U):
- This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpost_t, long,
+ This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpos_t, long,
uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc.
freetype (mallocsrc.U):
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.
+gidformat (gidf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing a Gid_t.
+
+gidsign (gidsign.U):
+ This variable contains the signedness of a gidtype.
+ 1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
+
+gidsize (gidsize.U):
+ This variable contains the size of a gidtype in bytes.
+
gidtype (gidtype.U):
This variable defines Gid_t to be something like gid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type
this platform, libpth is the cleaned-up version.
grep (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "grep" and is not useful.
This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
/etc/group file. This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be
"ypcat group" when NIS is used.
+ On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
+ command, in which case this variable is unset.
groupstype (groupstype.U):
This variable defines Groups_t to be something like gid_t, int,
gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't.
gzip (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the gzip program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "gzip" and is not useful.
This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
/etc/hosts file. This is normally "cat /etc/hosts", but can be
"ypcat hosts" when NIS is used.
+ On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
+ command, in which case this variable is unset.
huge (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
huge model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large
model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+i16size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an I16 in bytes.
+
+i16type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I16.
+
+i32size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an I32 in bytes.
+
+i32type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I32.
+
+i64size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an I64 in bytes.
+
+i64type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I64.
+
+i8size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an I8 in bytes.
+
+i8type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I8.
+
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>.
whether a C program should include <poll.h>.
i_pthread (i_pthread.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREADEAD symbol,
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREAD symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <pthread.h>.
i_pwd (i_pwd.U):
indicates to the C program that <sys/ioctl.h> exists and should
be included.
-i_sysmman (i_sysmman.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_MMAN symbol, and
- indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mman.h>.
-
i_sysmount (i_sysmount.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMOUNT symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mount.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_STAT symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/stat.h>.
+i_sysstatfs (i_sysstatfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSSTATFS symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/statfs.h>.
+
i_sysstatvfs (i_sysstatvfs.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSSTATVFS symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/statvfs.h>.
to the C program that it should include <sys/un.h> to get UNIX
domain socket definitions.
+i_sysvfs (i_sysvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSVFS symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/vfs.h>.
+
i_syswait (i_syswait.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_WAIT, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <sys/wait.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_UNISTD symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <unistd.h>.
+i_ustat (i_ustat.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_USTAT symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <ustat.h>.
+
i_utime (i_utime.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_UTIME symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <utime.h>.
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
should be used in makefiles.
+installsitebin (sitebin.U):
+ This variable is usually the same as sitebinexp, 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.
+
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
/usr/bin/perl in addition to
$installbin/perl
+installvendorbin (vendorbin.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorbinexp 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
This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
+ivdformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer.
+
+ivsize (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an IV in bytes.
+
+ivtype (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's IV.
+
known_extensions (Extensions.U):
This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in
the package.
string, the hints file must set this to 'none'.
less (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the less program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "less" and is not useful.
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.
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the line program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "line" and is not useful.
lint (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
ln (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the ln program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
ls (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the ls program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "ls" and is not useful.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
make (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the make program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful.
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
Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
mkdir (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the mkdir program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "mkdir" and is not useful.
-mmaptype (d_mmap.U):
- This symbol contains the type of pointer returned by mmap()
- (and simultaneously the type of the first argument).
- It can be 'void *' or 'caddr_t'.
-
models (models.U):
This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this
system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small,
modes for system calls.
more (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the more program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "more" and is not useful.
This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally.
nm (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the nm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nm" and is not useful.
in the package. All of them will be built.
nroff (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
+nvsize (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an NV in bytes.
+
+nvtype (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's NV.
+
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 variable contains a command that produces the text of the
/etc/passwd file. This is normally "cat /etc/passwd", but can be
"ypcat passwd" when NIS is used.
+ On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
+ command, in which case this variable is unset.
patchlevel (patchlevel.U):
The patchlevel level of this package.
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.
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the perl program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "perl" and is not useful.
perladmin (perladmin.U):
Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator.
shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom.
pg (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the pg program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "pg" and is not useful.
Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special
machines, like the mips. Usually, it should be empty.
+pm_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
+ This variable contains the version of the oldest perl
+ compatible with the present perl. (That is, pure perl modules
+ written for $pm_apiversion will still work for the current
+ version). perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically
+ search in $sitelib for older directories across major versions
+ back to pm_apiversion. This is only useful if you have a perl
+ library directory tree structured like the default one. The
+ versioned site_perl library was introduced in 5.005, so that's
+ the default setting for this variable. It's hard to imagine
+ it changing before Perl6. It is included here for symmetry
+ with xs_apiveprsion -- the searching algorithms will
+ (presumably) be similar.
+ See the INSTALL file for how this works.
+
pmake (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a pointer.
+quadkind (quadtype.U):
+ This variable, if defined, encodes the type of a quad:
+ 1 = int, 2 = long, 3 = long long, 4 = int64_t.
+
+quadtype (quadtype.U):
+ This variable defines Quad_t to be something like long, int,
+ long long, int64_t, or whatever type is used for 64-bit integers.
+
randbits (randfunc.U):
Indicates how many bits are produced by the function used to
generate normalized random numbers.
no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
rm (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the rm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "rm" and is not useful.
nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value
of usenm and the flags on the Configure command line.
+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.
+
+sPRIX64 (quadfio.U):
+ This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
+ format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output.
+
+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.
+
sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
This variable defines the way to yield the execution
of the current thread.
at configuration time, for programs not wanting to bother with it.
sed (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the sed program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "sed" and is not useful.
have select(), naturally.
sendmail (Loc.U):
- This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the sendmail program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "sendmail" and is not useful.
sh (sh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used
which is the name of the private library for this package. It may
have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ architecture-dependent modules in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
sitearchexp (sitearch.U):
This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitearch, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+sitebin (sitebin.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
+ executables in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+sitebinexp (sitebin.U):
+ This is the same as the sitebin variable, but is filename expanded at
+ configuration time, for use in your 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
have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
+ architecture-independent modules in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
sitelibexp (sitelib.U):
This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you
siteprefix (siteprefix.U):
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the user will install add-on packages.
+ See INSTALL for usage and examples.
siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U):
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support.
sort (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the sort program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "sort" and is not useful.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
test (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the test program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "test" and is not useful.
included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used.
touch (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the touch program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "touch" and is not useful.
tr (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the tr program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "tr" and is not useful.
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+u16size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an U16 in bytes.
+
+u16type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U16.
+
+u32size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an U32 in bytes.
+
+u32type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U32.
+
+u64size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an U64 in bytes.
+
+u64type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U64.
+
+u8size (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of an U8 in bytes.
+
+u8type (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U8.
+
+uidformat (uidf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing a Uid_t.
+
+uidsign (uidsign.U):
+ This variable contains the signedness of a uidtype.
+ 1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
+
+uidsize (uidsize.U):
+ This variable contains the size of a uidtype in bytes.
+
uidtype (uidtype.U):
This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel.
uname (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the uname program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "uname" and is not useful.
uniq (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the uniq program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "uniq" and is not useful.
+uquadtype (quadtype.U):
+ This variable defines Uquad_t to be something like unsigned long,
+ unsigned int, unsigned long long, uint64_t, or whatever type is
+ used for 64-bit integers.
+
+use5005threads (usethreads.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_5005THREADS symbol,
+ and indicates that Perl should be built to use the 5.005-based
+ threading implementation.
+
use64bits (use64bits.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BITS symbol,
- and indicates that explicit 64-bit interfaces should be used
+ and indicates that 64-bit integer types 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.
+useithreads (usethreads.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_ITHREADS symbol,
+ and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based
+ threading implementation.
+
+uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_LARGE_FILES symbol,
+ and indicates that large file interfaces should be used when
+ available. The use64bits symbol will also be turned on if necessary.
+
+uselongdouble (uselongdbl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_LONG_DOUBLE symbol,
+ and indicates that long doubles should be used when available.
+
+uselonglong (uselonglong.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_LONG_LONG symbol,
+ and indicates that long longs should be used when available.
+
+usemorebits (usemorebits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_MORE_BITS symbol,
+ and indicates that explicit 64-bit interfaces and long doubles
+ should be used when available.
+
usemultiplicity (usemultiplicity.U):
This variable conditionally defines the MULTIPLICITY symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use multiplicity.
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+uvoformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer.
+
+uvsize (perlxv.U):
+ This variable is the size of a UV in bytes.
+
+uvtype (perlxv.U):
+ This variable contains the C type used for Perl's UV.
+
+uvuformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned decimal integer.
+
+uvxformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer.
+
+vendorbin (vendorbin.U):
+ This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORBIN 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
+ binaries in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorbinexp (vendorbin.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorbin, 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. It may
- have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
- this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
- Vendors who distribute perl binaries may place their own
- extensions and modules in this directory.
+ which is the name of the private library for this package.
+ The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
+ Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
+ modules in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U):
This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you
vendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the vendor will install add-on packages.
+ See INSTALL for usage and examples.
vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U):
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
libraries on this platform, for example CPU-specific libraries
(on multi-CPU platforms) may be listed here.
+xs_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
+ This variable contains the version of the oldest perl binary
+ compatible with the present perl. perl.c:incpush() and
+ lib/lib.pm will automatically search in $sitearch for older
+ directories across major versions back to xs_apiversion.
+ This is only useful if you have a perl library directory tree
+ structured like the default one.
+ See INSTALL for how this works.
+ The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005,
+ so that is the lowest possible value.
+ Since this can depend on compile time options (such as
+ bincompat) it is set by Configure. Other non-default sources
+ of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads,
+ debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently,
+ though in principle we could go snooping around in old
+ Config.pm files.
+
zcat (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
zip (Loc.U):
- This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the zip program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "zip" and is not useful.
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