X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Porting%2FGlossary;h=71d97f8ea97d7e15ac06a47495285c82153f163f;hb=5bc457ce78ccec3d76158b92af16e3fadd82c224;hp=3747aabc28da6fc4e2ab650edbead20263016c18;hpb=0befd8dec1ff7952dee032f4b26cf7790562ab0a;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 3747aab..71d97f8 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ afs (afs.U): 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. @@ -37,16 +38,49 @@ aphostname (d_gethname.U): host name. The command is fully qualified by its absolute path, to make it safe when used by a process with super-user privileges. -apiversion (patchlevel.U): - MakeMaker will install add-on modules in a directory with the - PERL_APIVERSION version number. The value is set manually in - patchlevel.h. Normally, for maintenance releases, this is - just something like 5.005 or 5.6 or 5.7. That is, it does not - include the subversion number and does not change across - maintenance releases. This is so that add-on extensions can - be shared across maintenance versions. It is unclear how this - ought to work for developer versions. If a release breaks - binary compatibility, this number should be increased. +api_revision (patchlevel.U): + The three variables, api_revision, api_version, and + api_subversion, specify the version of the oldest perl binary + compatible with the present perl. In a full version string + such as '5.6.1', api_revision is the '5'. + Prior to 5.5.640, the format was a floating point number, + like 5.00563. + perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in + $sitelib/.. for older directories back to the limit specified + by these api_ variables. 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. The version list appropriate for the current + system is determined in inc_version_list.U. + XXX To do: Since compatibility can depend on compile time + options (such as bincompat, longlong, etc.) it should + (perhaps) be set by Configure, but currently it isn't. + Currently, we read a hard-wired value from patchlevel.h. + Perhaps what we ought to do is take the hard-wired value from + patchlevel.h but then modify it if the current Configure + options warrant. patchlevel.h then would use an #ifdef guard. + +api_subversion (patchlevel.U): + The three variables, api_revision, api_version, and + api_subversion, specify the version of the oldest perl binary + compatible with the present perl. In a full version string + such as '5.6.1', api_subversion is the '1'. See api_revision for + full details. + +api_version (patchlevel.U): + The three variables, api_revision, api_version, and + api_subversion, specify the version of the oldest perl binary + compatible with the present perl. In a full version string + such as '5.6.1', api_version is the '6'. See api_revision for + full details. As a special case, 5.5.0 is rendered in the + old-style as 5.005. (In the 5.005_0x maintenance series, + this was the only versioned directory in $sitelib.) + +api_versionstring (patchlevel.U): + This variable combines api_revision, api_version, and + api_subversion in a format such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1) suitable + for use as a directory name. This is filesystem dependent. ar (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the @@ -160,8 +194,6 @@ ccflags (ccflags.U): 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): @@ -176,6 +208,10 @@ cf_time (cf_who.U): Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH. +charsize (charsize.U): + This variable contains the value of the CHARSIZE symbol, which + indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a character. + chgrp (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. @@ -231,9 +267,9 @@ cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U): used by the C preprocessor. cppccsymbols (Cppsym.U): - The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler when - when it calls cpp. The symbols defined by the cc alone or cpp - alone are not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppsymbols. + The variable contains the symbols defined by both + the bare C compiler and during a compilation that + includes stdio.h. The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens. cppflags (ccflags.U): @@ -265,9 +301,8 @@ cppstdin (cppstdin.U): preprocessor symbols. cppsymbols (Cppsym.U): - 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 variable contains the symbols during a compilation + that includes stdio.h. The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens. crosscompile (crosscompile.U): @@ -531,7 +566,7 @@ 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_fs_data_s (d_fs_data_s.U): @@ -572,6 +607,15 @@ d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U): 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 @@ -743,6 +787,10 @@ d_htonl (d_htonl.U): 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. @@ -752,13 +800,9 @@ 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 (i_inttypes.U): +d_int64_t (d_int64_t.U): This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t. -d_iovec_s (i_sysuio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_IOVEC symbol, - which indicates that the struct iovec is supported. - d_isascii (d_isascii.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant, which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available. @@ -782,10 +826,6 @@ d_link (d_link.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is available to create hard links. -d_llseek (io64.U): - This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LLSEEK symbol, which - indicates to the C program that the llseek() routine is available. - d_locconv (d_locconv.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions. @@ -802,6 +842,12 @@ 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. @@ -851,14 +897,38 @@ d_mkdir (d_mkdir.U): 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_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. @@ -904,6 +974,14 @@ d_msgsnd (d_msgsnd.U): 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. @@ -913,7 +991,11 @@ d_nice (d_nice.U): 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): @@ -1052,6 +1134,10 @@ d_pwquota (i_pwd.U): This variable conditionally defines PWQUOTA, which indicates that struct passwd contains pw_quota. +d_quad (quadtype.U): + This variable, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type, + quadtype. + d_readdir (d_readdir.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is available to read directory entries. @@ -1283,6 +1369,9 @@ 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. @@ -1365,15 +1454,27 @@ d_strtol (d_strtol.U): indicates to the C program that the strtol() routine is available to provide better numeric string conversion than atoi() and friends. +d_strtold (d_strtold.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOLD symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the strtold() routine is available. + +d_strtoll (d_strtoll.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOLL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the strtoll() routine is available. + d_strtoul (d_strtoul.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUL symbol, which indicates to the C program that the strtoul() routine is available to provide conversion of strings to unsigned long. -d_strtoull (strtoull.U): +d_strtoull (d_strtoull.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOULL symbol, which indicates to the C program that the strtoull() routine is available. +d_strtouq (d_strtouq.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUQ symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the strtouq() routine is available. + d_strxfrm (d_strxfrm.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRXFRM if strxfrm() is available to transform strings. @@ -1636,8 +1737,11 @@ flex (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +fpossize (fpossize.U): + This variable contains the size of a fpostype in bytes. + fpostype (fpostype.U): - This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpost_t, long, + This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpos_t, long, uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc. freetype (mallocsrc.U): @@ -1668,6 +1772,9 @@ gccversion (cc.U): 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. +gidformat (gidf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing a Gid_t. + gidsign (gidsign.U): This variable contains the signedness of a gidtype. 1 for unsigned, -1 for signed. @@ -1694,6 +1801,8 @@ groupcat (nis.U): This variable contains a command that produces the text of the /etc/group file. This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be "ypcat group" when NIS is used. + On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent + command, in which case this variable is unset. groupstype (groupstype.U): This variable defines Groups_t to be something like gid_t, int, @@ -1722,6 +1831,8 @@ hostcat (nis.U): This variable contains a command that produces the text of the /etc/hosts file. This is normally "cat /etc/hosts", but can be "ypcat hosts" when NIS is used. + 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 @@ -1729,6 +1840,30 @@ huge (models.U): 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. + +i16type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I16. + +i32size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an I32 in bytes. + +i32type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I32. + +i64size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an I64 in bytes. + +i64type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I64. + +i8size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an I8 in bytes. + +i8type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I8. + i_arpainet (i_arpainet.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_ARPA_INET symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -1779,6 +1914,10 @@ i_grp (i_grp.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . +i_iconv (i_iconv.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_ICONV 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 . @@ -1915,6 +2054,18 @@ i_sysioctl (i_sysioctl.U): indicates to the C program that 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 . + +i_sysmman (i_sysmman.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_MMAN symbol, and + indicates whether a C program should include . + +i_sysmode (i_sysmode.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMODE symbol, + and indicates whether a C program should include . + i_sysmount (i_sysmount.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMOUNT symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -1983,6 +2134,10 @@ i_sysun (i_sysun.U): to the C program that it should include 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 . + i_sysvfs (i_sysvfs.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSVFS symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -2039,6 +2194,21 @@ ignore_versioned_solibs (libs.U): libraries (libfoo.so.x.y) are to be ignored (because they cannot be linked against). +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. 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". @@ -2144,6 +2314,16 @@ 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. +ivdformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer. + +ivsize (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an IV in bytes. + +ivtype (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's IV. + known_extensions (Extensions.U): This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in the package. @@ -2205,6 +2385,21 @@ libs (libs.U): 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 @@ -2370,6 +2565,11 @@ mkdir (Loc.U): 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, @@ -2467,6 +2667,12 @@ 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. +nvsize (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an NV in bytes. + +nvtype (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's NV. + o_nonblock (nblock_io.U): This variable bears the symbol value to be used during open() or fcntl() to turn on non-blocking I/O for a file descriptor. If you wish to switch @@ -2519,23 +2725,28 @@ passcat (nis.U): This variable contains a command that produces the text of the /etc/passwd file. This is normally "cat /etc/passwd", but can be "ypcat passwd" when NIS is used. + On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent + command, in which case this variable is unset. 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 "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 defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. -PERL_APIVERSION (Oldsyms.U): - This value is manually set in patchlevel.h and is used - to set the Configure apiversion variable. - PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U): In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5. This value is manually set in patchlevel.h @@ -2630,7 +2841,7 @@ ptrsize (ptrsize.U): This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a pointer. -quadcase (quadtype.U): +quadkind (quadtype.U): This variable, if defined, encodes the type of a quad: 1 = int, 2 = long, 3 = long long, 4 = int64_t. @@ -2662,6 +2873,11 @@ 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, @@ -2877,6 +3093,11 @@ 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, @@ -3020,6 +3241,8 @@ submit (Loc.U): 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): @@ -3077,6 +3300,33 @@ troff (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +u16size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an U16 in bytes. + +u16type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U16. + +u32size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an U32 in bytes. + +u32type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U32. + +u64size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an U64 in bytes. + +u64type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U64. + +u8size (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of an U8 in bytes. + +u8type (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U8. + +uidformat (uidf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing a Uid_t. + uidsign (uidsign.U): This variable contains the signedness of a uidtype. 1 for unsigned, -1 for signed. @@ -3103,28 +3353,47 @@ uquadtype (quadtype.U): unsigned int, unsigned long long, uint64_t, or whatever type is used for 64-bit integers. -use64bits (use64bits.U): - This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BITS symbol, - and indicates that explicit 64-bit interfaces should be used - when available. +use5005threads (usethreads.U): + This variable conditionally defines the USE_5005THREADS symbol, + and indicates that Perl should be built to use the 5.005-based + threading implementation. + +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 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 the system supports dynamic + This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj. +useithreads (usethreads.U): + This variable conditionally defines the USE_ITHREADS symbol, + and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based + threading implementation. + 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 @@ -3200,6 +3469,24 @@ uuname (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +uvoformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer. + +uvsize (perlxv.U): + This variable is the size of a UV in bytes. + +uvtype (perlxv.U): + This variable contains the C type used for Perl's UV. + +uvuformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl UV as an unsigned decimal integer. + +uvxformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer. + vendorbin (vendorbin.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORBIN symbol. It may have a ~ on the front. @@ -3236,11 +3523,11 @@ vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U): which the vendor will install add-on packages. Derived from vendorprefix. version (patchlevel.U): - The full version number of this package. This combines - baserev, patchlevel, and subversion to get the full - version number, including any possible subversions. Care - is taken to use the C locale in order to get something - like 5.004 instead of 5,004. This is unique to perl. + The full version number of this package, such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1). + 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. vi (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure.