This variable contains any additional C compiler flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+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):
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.
This variable contains an identification of the catenation mechanism
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 list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
+
cppflags (ccflags.U):
This variable holds the flags that will be passed to the C pre-
processor. It is up to the Makefile to use it.
It is primarily used by other Configure units that ask about
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 list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
+
cryptlib (d_crypt.U):
This variable holds -lcrypt or the path to a libcrypt.a archive if
the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTAT64 symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the fstat64() routine is available.
+d_fstatfs (d_statfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fstatfs() routine is available.
+
+d_fstatvfs (d_statvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATVFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fstatvfs() routine is available.
+
d_ftell64 (stdio64.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELL64 symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the ftell64() routine is available.
indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
to get the login name.
+d_getmntent (d_getmntent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNTENT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the getmntent() routine is available
+ to iterate through mounted files.
+
d_getnbyaddr (d_getnbyad.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines GRPASSWD, which indicates
that struct group in <grp.h> contains gr_passwd.
+d_hasmntopt (d_hasmntopt.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_HASMNTOPT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the hasmntopt() routine is available
+ to query the mount options of file systems.
+
d_htonl (d_htonl.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its
friends are available to do network order byte swapping.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LSTAT if lstat() is
available to do file stats on symbolic links.
+d_madvise (d_madvise.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_MADVISE if madvise() is
+ available to map a file into memory.
+
d_mblen (d_mblen.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBLEN symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mblen() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines 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.
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.
if this system has a stat structure declaring
st_blksize and st_blocks.
+d_statfs (d_statfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the statfs() routine is available.
+
+d_statfsflags (d_statfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS_FLAGS
+ symbol, which indicates to struct statfs from has f_flags member.
+ This kind of struct statfs is coming from sys/mount.h (BSD),
+ not from sys/statfs.h (SYSV).
+
+d_statvfs (d_statvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATVFS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the statvfs() routine is available.
+
d_stdio_cnt_lval (d_stdstdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines STDIO_CNT_LVALUE if the
FILE_cnt macro can be used as an lvalue.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_TELLDIR if telldir() is
available.
+d_telldirproto (d_telldirproto.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TELLDIR_PROTO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the system provides
+ a prototype for the telldir() function. Otherwise, it is
+ up to the program to supply one.
+
d_time (d_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates
that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normaly
in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was
int, while in newer ones it is size_t.
+defvoidused (voidflags.U):
+ This variable contains the default value of the VOIDUSED symbol (15).
+
direntrytype (i_dirent.U):
This symbol is set to 'struct direct' or 'struct dirent' depending on
whether dirent is available or not. You should use this pseudo type to
This variable contains the return type of free(). It is usually
void, but occasionally int.
+full_ar (Loc_ar.U):
+ This variable contains the full pathname to 'ar', whether or
+ not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used
+ in the Makefile.SH.
+
full_csh (d_csh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname to 'csh', whether or
not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type
of getgid(). Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel.
+glibpth (libpth.U):
+ This variable holds the general path (space-separated) used to
+ find libraries. It may contain directories that do not exist on
+ this platform, libpth is the cleaned-up version.
+
grep (Loc.U):
This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs,
This variable conditionally defines the I_MEMORY symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <memory.h>.
+i_mntent (i_mntent.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_MNTENT symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <mntent.h>.
+
i_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_NDBM symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <ndbm.h> exists and should
indicates to the C program that <sys/ioctl.h> exists and should
be included.
+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_sysmount (i_sysmount.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMOUNT symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mount.h>.
+
i_sysndir (i_sysndir.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_NDIR symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <sys/ndir.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_STAT symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/stat.h>.
+i_sysstatvfs (i_sysstatvfs.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSSTATVFS symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/statvfs.h>.
+
i_systime (i_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_TIME, which indicates
to the C program that it should include <sys/time.h>.
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
should be used in makefiles.
+installusrbinperl (instubperl.U):
+ This variable tells whether Perl should be installed also as
+ /usr/bin/perl in addition to
+ $installbin/perl
+
intsize (intsize.U):
This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
library.
libpth (libpth.U):
- This variable holds the general path used to find libraries. It is
- intended to be used by other units.
+ This variable holds the general path (space-separated) used to find
+ libraries. It is intended to be used by other units.
libs (libs.U):
This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use.
It's not much, but it parallels the loclibpth stuff in libpth.U.
loclibpth (libpth.U):
- This variable holds the paths used to find local libraries. It is
- prepended to libpth, and is intended to be easily set from the
- command line.
+ This variable holds the paths (space-separated) used to find local
+ libraries. It is prepended to libpth, and is intended to be easily
+ set from the command line.
longdblsize (d_longdbl.U):
This variable contains the value of the LONG_DOUBLESIZE symbol, which
make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you,
make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't.
I used a comment character so that we can distinguish a
- 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option)
+ 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure -D option)
from an uncomputed value.
mallocobj (mallocsrc.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,
whole thing is then lower-cased.
n (n.U):
- This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo
+ This variable contains the -n flag if that is what causes the echo
command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is
$echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
getnetbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or long.
This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally.
+nm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the nm program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "nm" and is not useful.
+
nm_opt (usenm.U):
This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm.
/bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh,
/bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as
D:/bin/sh.exe.
- This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a '-D'
+ This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a -D
option, though you can override this (and startsh)
- with '-O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever'
+ with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever
shar (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
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.
+ 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
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+tee (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the tee program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "tee" and is not useful.
+
test (Loc.U):
This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the test program. After Configure runs,
which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this
compiler. See VOIDFLAGS for more info.
+xlibpth (libpth.U):
+ This variable holds extra path (space-separated) used to find
+ libraries on this platform, for example CPU-specific libraries
+ (on multi-CPU platforms) may be listed here.
+
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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