Andy Dougherty's configuration patches (Config_63-01 up to 04).

[perl5.git] / Porting / Glossary

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index b0840a9..6a37060 100644 (file)
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ d_archlib (archlib.U):
        of architecture-dependent library files for $package.  If
        $archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef.
 
+d_attribut (d_attribut.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE, which
+       indicates the C compiler can check for function attributes,
+       such as printf formats.
+
 d_bcmp (d_bcmp.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCMP symbol if
        the bcmp() routine is available to compare strings.
@@ -200,6 +205,11 @@ d_bsdgetpgrp (d_getpgrp.U):
        This variable conditionally defines USE_BSD_GETPGRP if
        getpgrp needs one arguments whereas USG one needs none.
 
+d_bsdsetpgrp (d_setpgrp.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines USE_BSD_SETPGRP if
+       setpgrp needs two arguments whereas USG one needs none.
+       See also d_setpgid for a POSIX interface.
+
 d_bzero (d_bzero.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BZERO symbol if
        the bzero() routine is available to set memory to 0.
@@ -384,6 +394,11 @@ d_gethbyaddr (d_gethbyad.U):
        indicates to the C program that the gethostbyaddr() routine is available
        to look up hosts by their IP addresses.
 
+d_gethbyname (d_gethbynm.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that the gethostbyname() routine is available
+       to look up host names in some data base or other.
+
 d_gethent (d_gethent.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETHOSTENT if gethostent() is
        available to look up host names in some data base or another.
@@ -393,6 +408,12 @@ d_gethname (d_gethname.U):
        indicates to the C program that the gethostname() routine may be
        used to derive the host name.
 
+d_gethostprotos (d_gethostprotos.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOST_PROTOS symbol,
+       which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
+       prototypes for the various gethost*() functions.  
+       See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+
 d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN symbol, which
        indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
@@ -412,6 +433,12 @@ d_getnent (d_getnent.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETNETENT if getnetent() is
        available to look up network names in some data base or another.
 
+d_getnetprotos (d_getnetprotos.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNET_PROTOS symbol,
+       which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
+       prototypes for the various getnet*() functions.  
+       See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+
 d_getpbyname (d_getprotby.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME 
        symbol, which indicates to the C program that the 
@@ -451,6 +478,12 @@ d_getprior (d_getprior.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRIORITY if getpriority()
        is available to get a process's priority.
 
+d_getprotoprotos (d_getprotoprotos.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS symbol,
+       which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
+       prototypes for the various getproto*() functions.  
+       See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+
 d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME 
        symbol, which indicates to the C program that the 
@@ -467,6 +500,12 @@ d_getsent (d_getsent.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSERVENT if getservent() is
        available to look up network services in some data base or another.
 
+d_getservprotos (d_getservprotos.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERV_PROTOS symbol,
+       which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
+       prototypes for the various getserv*() functions.  
+       See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
+
 d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which
        indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a
@@ -513,6 +552,10 @@ d_longdbl (d_longdbl.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_DOUBLE if 
        the long double type is supported.
 
+d_longlong (d_longlong.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_LONG if 
+       the long long type is supported.
+
 d_lstat (d_lstat.U):
        This variable conditionally defines HAS_LSTAT if lstat() is
        available to do file stats on symbolic links.
@@ -1205,6 +1248,11 @@ i_db (i_db.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the I_DB symbol, and indicates
        whether a C program may include Berkeley's DB include file <db.h>.
 
+i_dbm (i_dbm.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the I_DBM symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that <dbm.h> exists and should
+       be included.
+
 i_dirent (i_dirent.U):
        This variable conditionally defines I_DIRENT, which indicates
        to the C program that it should include <dirent.h>.
@@ -1228,6 +1276,11 @@ i_float (i_float.U):
        whether a C program may include <float.h> to get symbols like DBL_MAX
        or DBL_MIN, i.e. machine dependent floating point values.
 
+i_gdbm (i_gdbm.U):
+       This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBM symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program that <gdbm.h> exists and should
+       be included.
+
 i_grp (i_grp.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates
        whether a C program should include <grp.h>.
@@ -1253,6 +1306,11 @@ i_memory (i_memory.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the I_MEMORY symbol, and indicates
        whether a C program should include <memory.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
+       be included.
+
 i_netdb (i_netdb.U):
        This variable conditionally defines the I_NETDB symbol, and indicates
        whether a C program should include <netdb.h>.
@@ -1547,6 +1605,11 @@ longdblsize (d_longdbl.U):
        indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long double,
        if this system supports long doubles.
 
+longlongsize (d_longlong.U):
+       This variable contains the value of the LONGLONGSIZE symbol, which
+       indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long long,
+       if this system supports long long.
+
 longsize (intsize.U):
        This variable contains the value of the LONGSIZE symbol, which
        indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long.
@@ -1643,6 +1706,12 @@ mydomain (myhostname.U):
        The domain must be appended to myhostname to form a complete host name.
        The dot comes with mydomain, and need not be supplied by the program.
 
+myhostname (myhostname.U):
+       This variable contains the eventual value of the MYHOSTNAME symbol,
+       which is the name of the host the program is going to run on.
+       The domain is not kept with hostname, but must be gotten from mydomain.
+       The dot comes with mydomain, and need not be supplied by the program.
+
 myuname (Oldconfig.U):
        The output of 'uname -a' if available, otherwise the hostname. On Xenix,
        pseudo variables assignments in the output are stripped, thank you. The
@@ -1949,6 +2018,11 @@ split (models.U):
        machines that support separation of instruction and data space.  It is
        up to the Makefile to use this.
 
+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.
+
 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