This variable holds the name of a command to execute a C compiler which
can resolve multiple global references that happen to have the same
name. Usual values are 'cc', 'Mcc', 'cc -M', and 'gcc'.
+ Fervent ANSI compilers may be called 'c89'. AIX has xlc.
cccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
This variable contains any additional C compiler flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+ccflags_uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
+ This variable contains the compiler flags needed by large file builds
+ and added to ccflags by hints files.
+
ccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler alone.
The symbols defined by cpp or by cc when it calls cpp are not in
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPRIORITY if setpriority()
is available to set a process's priority.
+d_setproctitle (d_setproctitle.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPROCTITLE symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the setproctitle() routine
+ is available.
+
d_setpwent (d_setpwent.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setpwent() routine is available
can share this executable will have the same full pathname to
'sed.'
-gccversion (cc.U):
+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,
+ 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
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.
This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>.
+i_libutil (i_libutil.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_LIBUTIL symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <libutil.h>.
+
i_limits (i_limits.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates
whether a C program may include <limits.h> to get symbols like WORD_BIT
This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+ldflags_uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
+ This variable contains the loader flags needed by large file builds
+ and added to ldflags by hints files.
+
ldlibpthname (libperl.U):
This variable holds the name of the shared library
search path, often LD_LIBRARY_PATH. To get an empty
search. The order is chosen to pick up the c library
ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4.
+libswanted_uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
+ This variable contains the libraries needed by large file builds
+ and added to ldflags by hints files. It is a space separated list
+ of the library names without the "lib" prefix or any suffix, just
+ like libswanted..
+
line (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
+nveformat (perlxvf.U):
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
+ a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format.
+
+nvEformat (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.
+
+nvFformat (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.
+
+nvGformat (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.
uvxformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer.
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
+
+uvXformat (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.