alignbytes (alignbytes.U):
This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a
- double. Usual values are 2, 4 and 8.
+ double-- or a long double when applicable. Usual values are
+ 2, 4 and 8. The default is eight, for safety.
ansi2knr (ansi2knr.U):
This variable is set if the user needs to run ansi2knr.
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
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
to determine file-system related limits and options associated
with a given open file descriptor.
-d_fpos64_t (io64.U):
+d_fpos64_t (d_fpos64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
+d_frexpl (d_frexpl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FREXPL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the frexpl() 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_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))'
d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))'
+d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETCWD symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getcwd() routine is available
+ to get the current working directory.
+
+d_getfsstat (d_getfsstat.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETFSSTAT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getfsstat() routine is available.
+
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
This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its
friends are available to do network order byte swapping.
+d_iconv (d_iconv.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ICONV symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the iconv() routine is available.
+
d_index (d_strchr.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and
rindex() are available for string searching.
indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available
to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
-d_int64t (d_int64t.U):
+d_int64_t (d_int64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
+d_isnan (d_isnan.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISNAN symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the isnan() routine is available.
+
+d_isnanl (d_isnanl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISNANL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the isnanl() routine is available.
+
d_killpg (d_killpg.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_KILLPG symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the killpg() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_LONG if
the long long type is supported.
+d_lseekproto (d_lseekproto.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LSEEK_PROTO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the system provides
+ a prototype for the lseek() function. Otherwise, it is
+ up to the program to supply one.
+
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
indicates to the C program that the mkdir() routine is available
to create directories..
+d_mkdtemp (d_mkdtemp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKDTEMP symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the mkdtemp() routine is available
+ to exclusively create a uniquely named temporary directory.
+
d_mkfifo (d_mkfifo.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKFIFO symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mkfifo() routine is available.
+d_mkstemp (d_mkstemp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKSTEMP symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the mkstemp() routine is available
+ to exclusively create and open a uniquely named temporary file.
+
+d_mkstemps (d_mkstemps.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKSTEMPS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the mkstemps() routine is available
+ to exclusively create and open a uniquely named (with a suffix)
+ temporary file.
+
d_mktime (d_mktime.U):
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_modfl (d_modfl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MODFL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the modfl() routine is available.
+
+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_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 variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
-d_off64_t (io64.U):
+d_nv_preserves_uv (perlxv.U):
+ This variable indicates whether a variable of type nvtype
+ can preserve all the bits a variable of type uvtype.
+
+d_off64_t (d_off64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
d_old_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
indicates to the C program that the pause() routine is available
to suspend a process until a signal is received.
+d_perl_otherlibdirs (otherlibdirs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS, which
+ contains a colon-separated set of paths for the perl binary to
+ include in @INC. See also otherlibdirs.
+
d_phostname (d_gethname.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PHOSTNAME symbol, which
contains the shell command which, when fed to popen(), may be
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_SOCKET, which indicates
that the BSD socket interface is supported.
+d_socklen_t (d_socklen_t.U):
+ This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports socklen_t.
+
d_sockpair (d_socket.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKETPAIR symbol, which
indicates that the BSD socketpair() is supported.
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_GRP symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <grp.h>.
+i_iconv (i_iconv.U):
+ 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>.
indicates to the C program that <sys/ioctl.h> exists and should
be included.
+i_syslog (i_syslog.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSLOG symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <syslog.h>.
+
+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_sysmode (i_sysmode.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMODE symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mode.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>.
to the C program that it should include <sys/un.h> to get UNIX
domain socket definitions.
+i_sysutsname (i_sysutsname.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSUTSNAME symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/utsname.h>.
+
i_sysvfs (i_sysvfs.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSVFS symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/vfs.h>.
inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U):
This variable specifies the list of subdirectories in over
which perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically
- search when adding directories to @INC. This is only useful
+ search when adding directories to @INC. The elements in
+ the list are separated by spaces. 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.
+inc_version_list_init (inc_version_list.U):
+ This variable holds the same list as inc_version_list, but
+ each item is enclosed in double quotes and separated by commas,
+ suitable for use in the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST initialization.
+
incpath (usrinc.U):
This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
/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
This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use.
It is up to the Makefile to deal with it.
+libsdirs (libs.U):
+ This variable holds the directory names aka dirnames of the libraries
+ we found and accepted, duplicates are removed.
+
+libsfiles (libs.U):
+ This variable holds the filenames aka basenames of the libraries
+ we found and accepted.
+
+libsfound (libs.U):
+ This variable holds the full pathnames of the libraries
+ we found and accepted.
+
+libspath (libs.U):
+ This variable holds the directory names probed for libraries.
+
libswanted (Myinit.U):
This variable holds a list of all the libraries we want to
search. The order is chosen to pick up the c library
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,
same for this package, hints files might just be os_4.0 or
os_4.1, etc., not keeping separate files for each little release.
+otherlibdirs (otherlibdirs.U):
+ This variable contains a colon-separated set of paths for the perl
+ binary to search for additional library files or modules.
+ These directories will be tacked to the end of @INC.
+ Perl will automatically search below each path for version-
+ and architecture-specific directories. See inc_version_list
+ for more details.
+ A value of ' ' means 'none' and is used to preserve this value
+ for the next run through Configure.
+
package (package.U):
This variable contains the name of the package being constructed.
It is primarily intended for the use of later Configure units.
The patchlevel level of this package.
The value of patchlevel comes from the patchlevel.h file.
In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "6".
- In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as the "PERL_VERSION".
+ In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as "PERL_VERSION".
path_sep (Unix.U):
This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character
used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
+perl5 (perl5.U):
+ This variable contains the full path (if any) to a previously
+ installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
+ to determine inc_version_list.
+
perl (Loc.U):
- 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.
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U):
In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5.
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.
used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between
no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
+revision (patchlevel.U):
+ The value of revision comes from the patchlevel.h file.
+ In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "5".
+ In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as "PERL_REVISION".
+
rm (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the rm program. After Configure runs,
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
socketlib (d_socket.U):
This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support.
+socksizetype (socksizetype.U):
+ This variable holds the type used for the size argument
+ for various socket calls like accept. Usual values include
+ socklen_t, size_t, and int.
+
sort (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the sort program. After Configure runs,
The subversion level of this package.
The value of subversion comes from the patchlevel.h file.
In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "1".
+ In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as "PERL_SUBVERSION".
This is unique to perl.
sysman (sysman.U):
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.
+ when available. The minimal possible 64-bitness
+ is employed, just enough to get 64-bit integers into Perl.
+ This may mean using for example "long longs", while your memory
+ may still be limited to 2 gigabytes.
usedl (dlsrc.U):
This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic
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.
+ available.
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
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.
version (patchlevel.U):
The full version number of this package, such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1).
- This combines baserev, patchlevel, and subversion to get the
+ This combines revision, patchlevel, and subversion to get the
full version number, including any possible subversions.
This is suitable for use as a directory name, and hence is
filesystem dependent.
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.
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