X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Porting%2FGlossary;h=3c51bef7b6ada70a2c08b7add043f8566e099073;hb=3e148164f5f2c2b3bff3571c0083097006822b57;hp=4a1e9ccc98949c2571d9c6e12af8da624ffee6a3;hpb=87b718577ff6cdca0223546e3d763cdc43aa9c70;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 4a1e9cc..3c51bef 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ bin (bin.U): 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 @@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ cat (Loc.U): cc (cc.U): 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'. + name. Usual values are 'cc' 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 @@ -192,10 +193,28 @@ ccflags (ccflags.U): 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. + +ccname (Checkcc.U): + This can set either by hints files or by Configure. If using + gcc, this is gcc, and if not, usually equal to cc, unimpressive, no? + Some platforms, however, make good use of this by storing the + flavor of the C compiler being used here. For example if using + the Sun WorkShop suite, ccname will be 'workshop'. + 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. +ccversion (Checkcc.U): + This can set either by hints files or by Configure. If using + a (non-gcc) vendor cc, this variable may contain a version for + the compiler. + cf_by (cf_who.U): Login name of the person who ran the Configure script and answered the questions. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH. @@ -267,9 +286,9 @@ cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.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): @@ -301,8 +320,9 @@ cppstdin (cppstdin.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): @@ -360,9 +380,10 @@ d_bcopy (d_bcopy.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 @@ -502,10 +523,6 @@ d_endsent (d_endsent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSERVENT if endservent() is available to close whatever was being used for service queries. -d_endspent (d_endspent.U): - This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSPENT if endspent() is - available to finalize the scan of SysV shadow password entries. - d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U): This variable conditionally defines EOF_NONBLOCK if EOF can be seen when reading from a non-blocking I/O source. @@ -528,6 +545,10 @@ d_fcntl (d_fcntl.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCNTL symbol, and indicates whether the fcntl() function exists +d_fcntl_can_lock (d_fcntl_can_lock.U): + This variable conditionally defines the FCNTL_CAN_LOCK symbol + and indicates whether file locking with fcntl() works. + d_fd_macros (d_fd_set.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FD_MACROS symbol, which indicates if your C compiler knows about the macros which @@ -566,9 +587,13 @@ d_fpathconf (d_pathconf.U): 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. @@ -612,6 +637,14 @@ d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U): indicates to the C program that the getcwd() routine is available to get the current working directory. +d_getespwnam (d_getespwnam.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETESPWNAM if getespwnam() is + available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name. + +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 @@ -727,6 +760,10 @@ d_getprotoprotos (d_getprotoprotos.U): prototypes for the various getproto*() functions. See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types. +d_getprpwnam (d_getprpwnam.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRPWNAM if getprpwnam() is + available to retrieve protected (shadow) password entries by name. + d_getpwent (d_getpwent.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWENT symbol, which indicates to the C program that the getpwent() routine is available @@ -754,10 +791,6 @@ d_getservprotos (d_getservprotos.U): prototypes for the various getserv*() functions. See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types. -d_getspent (d_getspent.U): - This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPENT if getspent() is - available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries sequentially. - d_getspnam (d_getspnam.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPNAM if getspnam() is available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries by name. @@ -796,13 +829,21 @@ d_inetaton (d_inetaton.U): 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 @@ -838,10 +879,20 @@ d_longlong (d_longlong.U): 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 @@ -915,6 +966,10 @@ 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. @@ -985,7 +1040,11 @@ 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 (io64.U): +d_nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U): + This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype + a variable nvtype can preserve. + +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): @@ -1018,6 +1077,11 @@ d_pause (d_pause.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 @@ -1043,28 +1107,34 @@ d_PRId64 (quadfio.U): 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 + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl 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 +d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl 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 +d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIfldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl 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 +d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIgldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. d_PRIi64 (quadfio.U): This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIi64 symbol, which @@ -1083,9 +1153,11 @@ 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 +d_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. d_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD @@ -1124,6 +1196,10 @@ d_pwquota (i_pwd.U): 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. @@ -1173,6 +1249,10 @@ d_scm_rights (d_socket.U): which indicates that the SCM_RIGHTS is available. #ifdef is not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this. +d_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles. + d_seekdir (d_readdir.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is available. @@ -1265,6 +1345,11 @@ d_setprior (d_setprior.U): 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 @@ -1308,10 +1393,6 @@ d_setsid (d_setsid.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSID if setsid() is available to set the process group ID. -d_setspent (d_setspent.U): - This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSPENT if setspent() is - available to initialize the scan of SysV shadow password entries. - d_setvbuf (d_setvbuf.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETVBUF symbol, which indicates to the C program that the setvbuf() routine is available @@ -1359,10 +1440,17 @@ d_socket (d_socket.U): 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. +d_socks5_init (d_socks5_init.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKS5_INIT symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the socks5_init() routine is available. + d_sqrtl (d_sqrtl.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SQRTL symbol, which indicates to the C program that the sqrtl() routine is available. @@ -1394,6 +1482,15 @@ d_stdio_ptr_lval (d_stdstdio.U): This variable conditionally defines STDIO_PTR_LVALUE if the FILE_ptr macro can be used as an lvalue. +d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt (d_stdstdio.U): + This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue + to increase the pointer by n leaves File_cnt(fp) unchanged. + +d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt (d_stdstdio.U): + This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue + to increase the pointer by n has the side effect of decreasing the + value of File_cnt(fp) by n. + d_stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U): This variable tells whether there is an array holding the stdio streams. @@ -1552,6 +1649,9 @@ d_ustat (d_ustat.U): 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. @@ -1754,7 +1854,12 @@ full_sed (Loc_sed.U): 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. @@ -1821,12 +1926,6 @@ hostcat (nis.U): 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 - to produce a program running with a huge memory model. If the - huge model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large - model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this. - i16size (perlxv.U): This variable is the size of an I16 in bytes. @@ -1905,10 +2004,18 @@ i_iconv (i_iconv.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_ICONV symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . +i_ieeefp (i_ieeefp.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_IEEEFP symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . +i_libutil (i_libutil.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_LIBUTIL symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + i_limits (i_limits.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates whether a C program may include to get symbols like WORD_BIT @@ -1965,6 +2072,10 @@ i_poll (i_poll.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_POLL symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . +i_prot (i_prot.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_PROT symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + i_pthread (i_pthread.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREAD symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -2014,6 +2125,10 @@ i_string (i_string.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_STRING symbol, which indicates that should be included rather than . +i_sunmath (i_sunmath.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_SUNMATH symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + i_sysaccess (i_sysaccess.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_ACCESS symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -2287,6 +2402,11 @@ installusrbinperl (instubperl.U): /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 @@ -2319,11 +2439,6 @@ ksh (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. -large (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program running with a large memory model. It is up to - the Makefile to use this. - ld (dlsrc.U): This variable indicates the program to be used to link libraries for dynamic loading. On some systems, it is 'ld'. @@ -2340,6 +2455,10 @@ ldflags (ccflags.U): 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 @@ -2384,11 +2503,20 @@ 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 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. @@ -2534,12 +2662,6 @@ Mcc (Loc.U): 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 - medium model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large - model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this. - mips_type (usrinc.U): This variable holds the environment type for the mips system. Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V". @@ -2554,11 +2676,6 @@ mmaptype (d_mmap.U): (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, - medium, large, and huge. The component values are space separated. - modetype (modetype.U): This variable defines modetype to be something like mode_t, int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file @@ -2651,6 +2768,30 @@ nroff (Loc.U): 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. + +nvEUformat (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. + +nvFUformat (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. + +nvGUformat (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. @@ -2697,6 +2838,16 @@ osvers (Oldconfig.U): 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. @@ -2716,16 +2867,20 @@ patchlevel (patchlevel.U): 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. @@ -2744,6 +2899,10 @@ PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U): perladmin (perladmin.U): Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator. +perllibs (End.U): + The list of libraries needed by Perl only (any libraries needed + by extensions only will by dropped, if using dynamic loading). + perlpath (perlpath.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol, which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in @@ -2853,6 +3012,11 @@ rd_nodata (nblock_io.U): 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, @@ -3027,6 +3191,11 @@ sitelib (sitelib.U): 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. @@ -3040,6 +3209,9 @@ siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U): 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 @@ -3053,11 +3225,6 @@ smail (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. -small (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program running with a small memory model. It is up to - the Makefile to use this. - so (so.U): This variable holds the extension used to identify shared libraries (also known as shared objects) on the system. Usually set to 'so'. @@ -3068,6 +3235,11 @@ sockethdr (d_socket.U): 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, @@ -3082,12 +3254,6 @@ spitshell (spitshell.U): This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep '-v' for # comments. -split (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program that will run in separate I and D space, for those - 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. @@ -3096,25 +3262,31 @@ sPRIeldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'e') for output. -sPRIEldbl (longdblfio.U): +sPRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'E') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIeldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'f') for output. -sPRIFldbl (longdblfio.U): +sPRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'F') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIfldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. sPRIgldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'g') for output. -sPRIGldbl (longdblfio.U): +sPRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'G') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIgldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. sPRIi64 (quadfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to @@ -3132,15 +3304,21 @@ 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): +sPRIXU64 (quadfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. 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 find the sources remotely. +sSCNfldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'f') for input. + ssizetype (ssizetype.U): This variable defines ssizetype to be something like ssize_t, long or int. It is used by functions that return a count @@ -3212,6 +3390,7 @@ subversion (patchlevel.U): 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): @@ -3327,10 +3506,23 @@ use5005threads (usethreads.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 @@ -3344,7 +3536,7 @@ useithreads (usethreads.U): 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, @@ -3441,7 +3633,24 @@ uvuformat (perlxvf.U): 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. + +uvXUformat (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. + 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. @@ -3465,6 +3674,11 @@ vendorlib (vendorlib.U): 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. @@ -3480,11 +3694,23 @@ vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U): 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. +versiononly (versiononly.U): + If set, this symbol indicates that only the version-specific + components of a perl installation should be installed. + This may be useful for making a test installation of a new + version without disturbing the existing installation. + Setting versiononly is equivalent to setting installperl's -v option. + In particular, the non-versioned scripts and programs such as + a2p, c2ph, h2xs, pod2*, and perldoc are not installed + (see INSTALL for a more complete list). Nor are the man + pages installed. + Usually, this is undef. + vi (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful.