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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-05-24 18:36:42 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2001-05-24 18:36:42 +0000
commit8bab8b19946f98d4be49345ca9c42e56674b65fb (patch)
treebd62d7b5d463fab205d08914b30ba647eb3c8bc8 /gnu/usr.bin/perl/Porting/Glossary
parent483d4e680bd2a6db14835b1b4d65be33488d532b (diff)
merge in perl 5.6.1 with our local changes
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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/Porting/Glossary b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/Porting/Glossary
index cc66d7041bd..d32c0a67895 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/Porting/Glossary
@@ -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
@@ -192,12 +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.
@@ -323,6 +340,10 @@ csh (Loc.U):
full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful.
+d__fwalk (d__fwalk.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS__FWALK if _fwalk() is
+ available to apply a function to all the file handles.
+
d_access (d_access.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_ACCESS if the access() system
call is available to check for access permissions using real IDs.
@@ -506,10 +527,6 @@ 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.
@@ -532,6 +549,10 @@ 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
@@ -573,6 +594,10 @@ d_fpathconf (d_pathconf.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.
@@ -593,6 +618,10 @@ 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_fsync (d_fsync.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSYNC symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the fsync() routine is available.
+
d_ftello (d_ftello.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELLO symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the ftello() routine is available.
@@ -616,6 +645,10 @@ 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.
@@ -690,6 +723,10 @@ d_getnetprotos (d_getnetprotos.U):
prototypes for the various getnet*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+d_getpagsz (d_getpagsz.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPAGESIZE if getpagesize()
+ is available to get the system page size.
+
d_getpbyname (d_getprotby.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME
symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
@@ -735,6 +772,10 @@ 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
@@ -762,10 +803,6 @@ 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.
@@ -811,6 +848,14 @@ 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
@@ -933,6 +978,10 @@ 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.
@@ -1003,6 +1052,10 @@ 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_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.
@@ -1036,6 +1089,11 @@ 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
@@ -1061,28 +1119,34 @@ 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
@@ -1101,9 +1165,11 @@ 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
@@ -1185,6 +1251,12 @@ d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U):
the memcpy() routine is available and can be used to compare relative
magnitudes of chars with their high bits set.
+d_sbrkproto (d_sbrkproto.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SBRK_PROTO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the system provides
+ a prototype for the sbrk() function. Otherwise, it is
+ up to the program to supply one.
+
d_sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCHED_YIELD
symbol if the sched_yield routine is available to yield
@@ -1195,6 +1267,10 @@ 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.
@@ -1287,6 +1363,11 @@ 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
@@ -1330,10 +1411,6 @@ 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
@@ -1372,6 +1449,11 @@ d_sigaction (d_sigaction.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which
indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available.
+d_sigprocmask (d_sigprocmask.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_SIGPROCMASK
+ if sigprocmask() is available to examine or change the signal mask
+ of the calling process.
+
d_sigsetjmp (d_sigsetjmp.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGSETJMP symbol,
which indicates that the sigsetjmp() routine is available to
@@ -1388,6 +1470,10 @@ 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.
@@ -1419,6 +1505,15 @@ 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.
@@ -1474,6 +1569,10 @@ 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_strtoq (d_strtoq.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOQ symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the strtoq() 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
@@ -1782,7 +1881,12 @@ 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.
@@ -1849,12 +1953,6 @@ 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.
@@ -1941,6 +2039,10 @@ i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>.
+i_libutil (i_libutil.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_LIBUTIL symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <libutil.h>.
+
i_limits (i_limits.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates
whether a C program may include <limits.h> to get symbols like WORD_BIT
@@ -1997,6 +2099,10 @@ i_poll (i_poll.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_POLL symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <poll.h>.
+i_prot (i_prot.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_PROT symbol, and indicates
+ whether a C program should include <prot.h>.
+
i_pthread (i_pthread.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREAD symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <pthread.h>.
@@ -2342,6 +2448,11 @@ intsize (intsize.U):
This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
+issymlink (issymlink.U):
+ This variable holds the test command to test for a symbolic link
+ (if they are supported). Typical values include 'test -h' and
+ 'test -L'.
+
ivdformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer.
@@ -2360,11 +2471,6 @@ 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'.
@@ -2381,6 +2487,10 @@ 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
@@ -2433,6 +2543,12 @@ libswanted (Myinit.U):
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.
@@ -2578,12 +2694,6 @@ 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".
@@ -2598,11 +2708,6 @@ 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
@@ -2649,6 +2754,15 @@ n (n.U):
command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is
$echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
+need_va_copy (need_va_copy.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores
+ the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format
+ that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some
+ other means must be used when copying is required.
+ As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision)
+ of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform-
+ independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job.
+
netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U):
This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to
gethostbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or size_t or unsigned.
@@ -2695,6 +2809,30 @@ 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.
@@ -2741,6 +2879,16 @@ 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.
@@ -2792,6 +2940,10 @@ 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
@@ -3036,6 +3188,10 @@ sig_num_init (sig_name.U):
below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
terminated with a plain 0.
+sig_size (sig_name.U):
+ This variable contains the number of elements of the sig_name
+ and sig_num arrays, excluding the final NULL entry.
+
signal_t (d_voidsig.U):
This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int).
@@ -3114,11 +3270,6 @@ 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'.
@@ -3148,12 +3299,6 @@ 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.
@@ -3162,25 +3307,31 @@ 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
@@ -3198,15 +3349,21 @@ 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
@@ -3521,7 +3678,11 @@ 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.
@@ -3583,6 +3744,18 @@ version (patchlevel.U):
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.