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[perl5.git] / Porting / Glossary

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 0d18d49..1ceb4dd 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+
+!!!!!!!   DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE   !!!!!!!
+This file is built by metaconfig.
+
 This file contains a description of all the shell variables whose value is
 determined by the Configure script.  Variables intended for use in C
 programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH.  [`configpm'
@@ -53,7 +57,8 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U):
        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
+
+       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.
@@ -61,7 +66,8 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U):
        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
+
+       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.
@@ -767,7 +773,8 @@ d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
        long doubles, respectively.  If present, they contain a       
        space-separated list of one or more of the above function       
        names in the order they should be tried.
-               d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
+
+       d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
        specific function.  If this function expects a double, a
        different value may need to be set by the uselongdouble.cbu
        call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without
@@ -2537,6 +2544,11 @@ gmtime_r_proto (d_gmtime_r.U):
        REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gmtime_r
        is defined.
 
+gnulibc_version (d_gnulibc.U):
+       This variable contains the version number of the GNU C library.
+       It is usually something like '2.2.5'.  It is a plain '' if this
+       is not the GNU C library, or if the version is unknown.
+
 grep (Loc.U):
        This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
        full pathname (if any) of the grep program.  After Configure runs,
@@ -3056,9 +3068,11 @@ installstyle (installstyle.U):
        directory dedicated to perl (e.g. /opt/perl), while the latter
        is useful if $prefix is shared by many packages, e.g. if
        $prefix=/usr/local.
-               This may later be extended to include other information, so
+
+       This may later be extended to include other information, so
        be careful with pattern-matching on the results.
-               For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
+
+       For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
        setting is based on whether or not $prefix contains the string
        "perl".