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1 These files are used by Configure to set things which Configure either
2 can't or doesn't guess properly.  Many of these hints files are from
3 perl4.  They may or may not work with perl5, but they are probably a
4 good starting point.
5
6 The following hints files have been tested with at least some version
7 of perl5 and are probably reasonably close to being correct:
8
9 aix.sh
10 aux.sh
11 bsdos.sh
12 dec_osf.sh
13 dgux.sh
14 esix4.sh
15 freebsd.sh
16 hpux_9.sh
17 irix_4.sh
18 irix_5.sh
19 irix_6.sh
20 irix_6_2.sh
21 isc.sh
22 linux.sh
23 machten_2.sh
24 machten.sh
25 ncr_tower.sh
26 netbsd.sh
27 next_3_2.sh
28 sco_3.sh
29 solaris_2.sh
30 sunos_4_1.sh
31 svr4.sh
32 titanos.sh
33 ultrix_4.sh
34 unicos.sh
35 utekv.sh
36
37 The following hints files have not been tested with perl5:
38
39 3b1.sh
40 altos486.sh
41 apollo.sh
42 dnix.sh
43 dynix.sh
44 fps.sh
45 genix.sh
46 greenhills.sh
47 i386.sh
48 isc_2.sh
49 mips.sh
50 mpc.sh
51 opus.sh
52 sco_2_3_0.sh
53 sco_2_3_1.sh
54 sco_2_3_2.sh
55 sco_2_3_3.sh
56 sco_2_3_4.sh
57 stellar.sh
58 sunos_4_0.sh
59 ti1500.sh
60 unisysdynix.sh
61 uts.sh