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
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
-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.
-
contains (contains.U):
This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return
status. On most sane systems it is simply "grep". On insane systems
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.
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. 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 inet_aton() function is available
to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
-d_int64t (i_inttypes.U):
+d_int64t (d_int64t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
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_PRIfldlbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
-
-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_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_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_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_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD
symbol if the pthread_yield routine is available to yield
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 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,
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
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.
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.
-
medium (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
to produce a program running with a medium memory model. If the
This variable 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.
-
-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
+ 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.
This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a pointer.
-quadcase (quadtype.U):
+quadkind (quadtype.U):
This variable, if defined, encodes the type of a quad:
1 = int, 2 = long, 3 = long long, 4 = int64_t.
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.
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
machines that support separation of instruction and data space. It is
up to the Makefile to use this.
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-sPRIX64 (quadfio.U):
- This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
- format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output.
-
src (src.U):
This variable holds the path to the package source. It is up to
the Makefile to use this variable and set VPATH accordingly to
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
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