this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U):
- This variable contains y if Perl 5.006 should be binary-compatible
- with Perl 5.005.
+ This variable contains y if this version of Perl should be
+ binary-compatible with Perl 5.005.
binexp (bin.U):
This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
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 list, see cppsymbols and cppccsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
cf_by (cf_who.U):
used by the C preprocessor.
cppccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
- The variable contains the symbols defined by both
- the bare C compiler and during a compilation that
- includes stdio.h.
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler
+ when it calls cpp. The symbols defined by the cc alone or cpp
+ alone are not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
cppflags (ccflags.U):
preprocessor symbols.
cppsymbols (Cppsym.U):
- The variable contains the symbols during a compilation
- that includes stdio.h.
+ The variable contains the symbols defined by the C preprocessor
+ alone. The symbols defined by cc or by cc when it calls cpp are
+ not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppccsymbols.
The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
crosscompile (crosscompile.U):
d_bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U):
This variable conditionally defines BINCOMPAT5005 so that embed.h
- can take special action if Perl 5.006 should be binary-compatible
- with Perl 5.005. This is impossible for builds that use features
- like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef for those versions.
+ can take special action if this version of Perl should be
+ binary-compatible with Perl 5.005. This is impossible for builds
+ that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef
+ for those versions.
d_bsd (Guess.U):
This symbol conditionally defines the symbol BSD when running on a
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 PWQUOTA, which indicates
that struct passwd contains pw_quota.
+d_qgcvt (d_qgcvt.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_QGCVT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the qgcvt() routine is available.
+
d_quad (quadtype.U):
This variable, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type,
quadtype.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_USTAT if ustat() is
available to query file system statistics by dev_t.
+d_vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
+ This variable conditionally defined PERL_VENDORARCH.
+
d_vendorbin (vendorbin.U):
This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORBIN.
This variable conditionally defines the I_ICONV symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <iconv.h>.
+i_ieeefp (i_ieeefp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_IEEEFP symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <ieeefp.h>.
+
i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_STRING symbol, which
indicates that <string.h> should be included rather than <strings.h>.
+i_sunmath (i_sunmath.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SUNMATH symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <sunmath.h>.
+
i_sysaccess (i_sysaccess.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_ACCESS symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/access.h>.
/usr/bin/perl in addition to
$installbin/perl
+installvendorarch (vendorarch.U):
+ This variable is really the same as vendorarchexp but may differ on
+ those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
+ should be used in makefiles.
+
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
MakeMaker Makefile.PL
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+sitelib_stem (sitelib.U):
+ This variable is $sitelibexp with any trailing version-specific component
+ removed. The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
+ be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
+
sitelibexp (sitelib.U):
This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
which the user will install add-on packages. Derived from siteprefix.
+sizesize (sizesize.U):
+ This variable contains the size of a sizetype in bytes.
+
sizetype (sizetype.U):
This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t,
unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
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,
+use64bitall (use64bits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_ALL symbol,
+ and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
+ when available. The maximal possible
+ 64-bitness is employed: LP64 or ILP64, meaning that you will
+ be able to use more than 2 gigabytes of memory. This mode is
+ even more binary incompatible than USE_64_BIT_INT. You may not
+ be able to run the resulting executable in a 32-bit CPU at all or
+ you may need at least to reboot your OS to 64-bit mode.
+
+use64bitint (use64bits.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_INT symbol,
and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
when available. The minimal possible 64-bitness
is employed, just enough to get 64-bit integers into Perl.
This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic
loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj.
-usefull64bits (use64bits.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the USE_FULL_64_BITS symbol,
- and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
- when available. The maximal possible
- 64-bitness is employed: LP64 or ILP64, meaning that you will
- be able to use more than 2 gigabytes of memory. This mode is
- even more binary incompatible than USE_64_BITS. You may not
- be able to run the resulting executable in a 32-bit CPU at all or
- you may need at least to reboot your OS to 64-bit mode.
-
useithreads (usethreads.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_ITHREADS symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer.
+vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
+ This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH 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 their own
+ architecture-dependent modules and extensions in this directory with
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+
+vendorarchexp (vendorarch.U):
+ This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorarch, so that you
+ may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
+
vendorbin (vendorbin.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORBIN symbol.
It may have a ~ on the front.
MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
+vendorlib_stem (vendorlib.U):
+ This variable is $vendorlibexp with any trailing version-specific component
+ removed. The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
+ be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
+
vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U):
This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.