Introduce d_u32align / U32_REQUIRES_ALIGNMENT, needed for

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / Porting / Glossary

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 5c7b393..d621d2f 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ binexp (bin.U):
        configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
 
 bison (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 bison program.  After Configure runs,
+       the value is reset to a plain "bison" and is not useful.
 
 byacc (Loc.U):
        This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
@@ -436,6 +437,10 @@ d_closedir (d_closedir.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is
        available.
 
+d_cmsghdr_s (d_cmsghdr_s.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_CMSGHDR symbol,
+       which indicates that 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
@@ -688,6 +693,10 @@ d_gethostprotos (d_gethostprotos.U):
        prototypes for the various gethost*() functions.  
        See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
 
+d_getitimer (d_getitimer.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETITIMER symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the getitimer() routine is available.
+
 d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN symbol, which
        indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
@@ -1023,6 +1032,10 @@ d_msgget (d_msgget.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGGET symbol, which
        indicates to the C program that the msgget() routine is available.
 
+d_msghdr_s (d_msghdr_s.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.
@@ -1225,6 +1238,14 @@ d_readlink (d_readlink.U):
        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_recvmsg.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RECVMSG symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the recvmsg() routine is available.
+
 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
@@ -1304,6 +1325,10 @@ d_semop (d_semop.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMOP symbol, which
        indicates to the C program that the semop() routine is available.
 
+d_sendmsg (d_sendmsg.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SENDMSG symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the sendmsg() routine is available.
+
 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
@@ -1328,6 +1353,10 @@ d_sethent (d_sethent.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETHOSTENT if sethostent() is
        available.
 
+d_setitimer (d_setitimer.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETITIMER symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the setitimer() routine is available.
+
 d_setlinebuf (d_setlnbuf.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLINEBUF symbol, which
        indicates to the C program that the setlinebuf() routine is available
@@ -1449,11 +1478,20 @@ d_sigaction (d_sigaction.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which
        indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available.
 
+d_sigprocmask (d_sigprocmask.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines HAS_SIGPROCMASK
+       if sigprocmask() is available to examine or change the signal mask
+       of the calling process.
+
 d_sigsetjmp (d_sigsetjmp.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGSETJMP symbol,
        which indicates that the sigsetjmp() routine is available to
        call setjmp() and optionally save the process's signal mask.
 
+d_sockatmark (d_sockatmark.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKATMARK symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the sockatmark() routine is available.
+
 d_socket (d_socket.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_SOCKET, which indicates
        that the BSD socket interface is supported.
@@ -1653,6 +1691,14 @@ d_tzname (d_tzname.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_TZNAME if tzname[] is
        available to access timezone names.
 
+d_u32align (d_u32align.U):
+       This variable tells whether you must access character data
+       through U32-aligned pointers.
+
+d_ualarm (d_ualarm.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UALARM symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the ualarm() routine is available.
+
 d_umask (d_umask.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UMASK symbol, which
        indicates to the C program that the umask() routine is available.
@@ -1667,6 +1713,10 @@ d_union_semun (d_union_semun.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_UNION_SEMUN if the
        union semun is defined by including <sys/sem.h>.
 
+d_usleep (d_usleep.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines HAS_USLEEP if usleep() is
+       available to do high granularity sleeps.
+
 d_ustat (d_ustat.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_USTAT if ustat() is
        available to query file system statistics by dev_t.
@@ -1727,6 +1777,10 @@ d_wctomb (d_wctomb.U):
        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.
@@ -2443,6 +2497,11 @@ 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.
 
+issymlink (issymlink.U):
+       This variable holds the test command to test for a symbolic link
+       (if they are supported).  Typical values include 'test -h' and
+       'test -L'.
+
 ivdformat (perlxvf.U):
        This variable contains the format string used for printing
        a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer. 
@@ -3178,6 +3237,10 @@ sig_num_init (sig_name.U):
        below.  A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is 
        terminated with a plain 0.
 
+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.
+
 signal_t (d_voidsig.U):
        This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int).
 
@@ -3773,6 +3836,14 @@ xs_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
        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.
+
 zcat (Loc.U):
        This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
        The value is a plain '' and is not useful.