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5 make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you,
6 make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't.
7 I used a comment character so that we can distinguish a
8! 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure -D option)
9 from an uncomputed value.
10
11 mallocobj (mallocsrc.U):
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13 make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you,
14 make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't.
15 I used a comment character so that we can distinguish a
16! 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option)
17 from an uncomputed value.
18
19 mallocobj (mallocsrc.U):
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22 whole thing is then lower-cased.
23
24 n (n.U):
25! This variable contains the -n flag if that is what causes the echo
26 command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is
27 $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
28
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30 whole thing is then lower-cased.
31
32 n (n.U):
33! This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo
34 command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is
35 $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
36
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39 /bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh,
40 /bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as
41 D:/bin/sh.exe.
42! This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a -D
43 option, though you can override this (and startsh)
44! with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever
45
46 shar (Loc.U):
47 This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
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49 /bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh,
50 /bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as
51 D:/bin/sh.exe.
52! This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a '-D'
53 option, though you can override this (and startsh)
54! with '-O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever'
55
56 shar (Loc.U):
57 This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
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60
61 spitshell (spitshell.U):
62 This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable
63! shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep -v for # comments.
64
65 sPRId64 (quadfio.U):
66 This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
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68
69 spitshell (spitshell.U):
70 This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable
71! shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep '-v' for # comments.
72
73 sPRId64 (quadfio.U):
74 This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to