bash (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
bin (bin.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
+bin_ELF (dlsrc.U):
+ This variable saves the result from configure if generated binaries
+ are in ELF format. Only set to defined when the test has actually
+ been performed, and the result was positive.
+
binexp (bin.U):
This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
full pathname (if any) of the bison program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "bison" and is not useful.
+bootstrap_charset (ebcdic.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines BOOTSTRAP_CHARSET if
+ this system uses non-ASCII encoding.
+
byacc (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the byacc program. After Configure runs,
Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was
produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH.
+charbits (charsize.U):
+ This variable contains the value of the CHARBITS symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program how many bits there are in a character.
+
+charsize (charsize.U):
+ This variable contains the value of the CHARSIZE symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a character.
+
chgrp (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
chmod (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
chown (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
clocktype (d_times.U):
This variable holds the type returned by times(). It can be long,
compress (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
+
+config_arg0 (Options.U):
+ This variable contains the string used to invoke the Configure
+ command, as reported by the shell in the $0 variable.
+
+config_argc (Options.U):
+ This variable contains the number of command-line arguments
+ passed to Configure, as reported by the shell in the $# variable.
+ The individual arguments are stored as variables config_arg1,
+ config_arg2, etc.
+
+config_args (Options.U):
+ This variable contains a single string giving the command-line
+ arguments passed to Configure. Spaces within arguments,
+ quotes, and escaped characters are not correctly preserved.
+ To reconstruct the command line, you must assemble the individual
+ command line pieces, given in config_arg[0-9]*.
contains (contains.U):
This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return
cpio (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
cpp (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If
$archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef.
+d_asctime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ASCTIME64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the asctime64 () routine is available.
+
d_asctime_r (d_asctime_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ASCTIME_R symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the asctime_r()
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the atoll() routine is available.
+d_attribute_deprecated (d_attribut.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED, which
+ indicates that GCC can handle the attribute for marking deprecated
+ APIs
+
d_attribute_format (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_FORMAT, which
indicates the C compiler can check for printf-like formats.
d_castneg (d_castneg.U):
This variable conditionally defines CASTNEG, which indicates
- wether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
+ whether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
d_charvspr (d_vprintf.U):
This variable conditionally defines CHARVSPRINTF if this system
which indicates to the C program that the ctermid_r()
routine is available.
+d_ctime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTIME64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the ctime64 () routine is available.
+
d_ctime_r (d_ctime_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTIME_R symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the ctime_r()
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the difftime() routine is available.
+d_difftime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the difftime64 () routine is available.
+
d_dir_dd_fd (d_dir_dd_fd.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIR_DD_FD symbol, which
indicates that the DIR directory stream type contains a member
d_eunice (Guess.U):
This variable conditionally defines the symbols EUNICE and VAX, which
- alerts the C program that it must deal with ideosyncracies of VMS.
+ alerts the C program that it must deal with idiosyncrasies of VMS.
d_faststdio (d_faststdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FAST_STDIO symbol,
This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert
floating point numbers into strings. By default, Configure
sets this macro to use the first of gconvert, gcvt, or sprintf
- that pass sprintf-%g-like behaviour tests. If perl is using
+ that pass sprintf-%g-like behavior tests. If perl is using
long doubles, the macro uses the first of the following
functions that pass Configure's tests: qgcvt, sprintf (if
Configure knows how to make sprintf format long doubles--see
call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without
loss of precision.
+d_gdbm_ndbm_h_uses_prototypes (i_ndbm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the NDBM_H_USES_PROTOTYPES symbol,
+ which indicates that the gdbm-ndbm.h include file uses real ANSI C
+ prototypes instead of K&R style function declarations. K&R style
+ declarations are unsupported in C++, so the include file requires
+ special handling when using a C++ compiler and this variable is
+ undefined. Consult the different d_*ndbm_h_uses_prototypes variables
+ to get the same information for alternative ndbm.h include files.
+
+d_gdbmndbm_h_uses_prototypes (i_ndbm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the NDBM_H_USES_PROTOTYPES symbol,
+ which indicates that the gdbm/ndbm.h include file uses real ANSI C
+ prototypes instead of K&R style function declarations. K&R style
+ declarations are unsupported in C++, so the include file requires
+ special handling when using a C++ compiler and this variable is
+ undefined. Consult the different d_*ndbm_h_uses_prototypes variables
+ to get the same information for alternative ndbm.h include files.
+
+d_getaddrinfo (d_getaddrinfo.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETADDRINFO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getaddrinfo() function
+ is available.
+
d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETCWD symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getcwd() routine is available
d_getespwnam (d_getespwnam.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETESPWNAM if getespwnam() is
- available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
+ available to retrieve enhanced (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 getmntent() routine is available
to iterate through mounted files to get their mount info.
+d_getnameinfo (d_getnameinfo.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNAMEINFO symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the getnameinfo() function
+ is available.
+
d_getnbyaddr (d_getnbyad.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr() routine is available
indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a
sub-second accuracy clock). You should probably include <sys/resource.h>.
+d_gmtime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GMTIME64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the gmtime64 () routine is available.
+
d_gmtime_r (d_gmtime_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GMTIME_R symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the gmtime_r()
indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available
to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
+d_inetntop (d_inetntop.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INETNTOP symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the inet_ntop() function
+ is available.
+
+d_inetpton (d_inetpton.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INETPTON symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the inet_pton() function
+ is available.
+
d_int64_t (d_int64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
+d_ip_mreq (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_IP_MREQ symbol, which
+ indicates the availability of a struct ip_mreq.
+
+d_ip_mreq_source (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_IP_MREQ_SOURCE symbol,
+ which indicates the availability of a struct ip_mreq_source.
+
+d_ipv6_mreq (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_IPV6_MREQ symbol, which
+ indicates the availability of a struct ipv6_mreq.
+
+d_ipv6_mreq_source (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_IPV6_MREQ_SOURCE symbol,
+ which indicates the availability of a struct ipv6_mreq_source.
+
d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
+d_isblank (d_isblank.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISBLANK constant,
+ which indicates to the C program that isblank() is available.
+
d_isfinite (d_isfinite.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISFINITE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the isfinite() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is
available to create hard links.
+d_localtime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LOCALTIME64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the localtime64 () routine is available.
+
d_localtime_r (d_localtime_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LOCALTIME_R symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the localtime_r()
d_memmove (d_memmove.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMMOVE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the memmove() routine is available
- to copy potentatially overlapping blocks of memory.
+ to copy potentially overlapping blocks of memory.
d_memset (d_memset.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMSET symbol, which
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mktime() routine is available.
+d_mktime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME64 symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the mktime64 () routine is available.
+
d_mmap (d_mmap.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_MMAP if mmap() is
available to map a file into memory.
header file but not the library. This variable will only be set if
the system has both.
+d_ndbm_h_uses_prototypes (i_ndbm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the NDBM_H_USES_PROTOTYPES symbol,
+ which indicates that the ndbm.h include file uses real ANSI C
+ prototypes instead of K&R style function declarations. K&R style
+ declarations are unsupported in C++, so the include file requires
+ special handling when using a C++ compiler and this variable is
+ undefined. Consult the different d_*ndbm_h_uses_prototypes variables
+ to get the same information for alternative ndbm.h include files.
+
d_nice (d_nice.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
indicates to the C program that it should not assume that it is
running on the machine it was compiled on.
+d_prctl (d_prctl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PRCTL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the prctl() routine is available.
+
+d_prctl_set_name (d_prctl.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PRCTL_SET_NAME symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that the prctl() routine supports
+ the PR_SET_NAME option.
+
d_PRId64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates 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_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates 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_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
+ indicates 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
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
d_printf_format_null (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines PRINTF_FORMAT_NULL_OK, which
d_PRIo64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIo64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
d_PRIu64 (quadfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIu64 symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
numbers.
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.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
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.
+ indicates 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_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
- indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
+ indicates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
which indicates that the sigsetjmp() routine is available to
call setjmp() and optionally save the process's signal mask.
+d_sin6_scope_id (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIN6_SCOPE_ID symbol, which
+ indicates that a struct sockaddr_in6 structure has the sin6_scope_id
+ member.
+
d_sitearch (sitearch.U):
This variable conditionally defines SITEARCH to hold the pathname
of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If
indicates to the C program that the snprintf () library function
is available.
+d_sockaddr_in6 (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKADDR_IN6 symbol, which
+ indicates the availability of a struct sockaddr_in6.
+
+d_sockaddr_sa_len (d_socket.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN symbol,
+ which indicates that a struct sockaddr structure has the sa_len
+ member.
+
d_sockatmark (d_sockatmark.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKATMARK symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the sockatmark() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS symbol,
which indicates that the struct statfs is supported.
+d_static_inline (d_static_inline.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATIC_INLINE symbol,
+ which indicates that the C compiler supports C99-style static
+ inline. That is, the function can't be called from another
+ translation unit.
+
d_statvfs (d_statvfs.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATVFS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the statvfs() routine is available.
structures.
d_strerrm (d_strerror.U):
- This variable holds what Strerrr is defined as to translate an error
+ This variable holds what Strerror is defined as to translate an error
code condition into an error message string. It could be 'strerror'
- or a more complex macro emulating strrror with sys_errlist[], or the
+ or a more complex macro emulating strerror with sys_errlist[], or the
"unknown" string when both strerror and sys_errlist are missing.
d_strerror (d_strerror.U):
d_time (d_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates
- that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normaly
+ that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normally
provided on UNIX systems.
+d_timegm (d_timegm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMEGM symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the timegm () routine is available.
+
d_times (d_times.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMES symbol, which indicates
- that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normaly
+ that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normally
provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>.
d_tm_tm_gmtoff (i_time.U):
This variable conditionally defines USE_IOCNOTTY to indicate that the
ioctl() call with TIOCNOTTY should be used to void tty association.
Otherwise (on USG probably), it is enough to close the standard file
- decriptors and do a setpgrp().
+ descriptors and do a setpgrp().
d_volatile (d_volatile.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HASVOLATILE symbol, which
dlext (dlext.U):
This variable contains the extension that is to be used for the
- dynamically loaded modules that perl generaties.
+ dynamically loaded modules that perl generates.
dlsrc (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains the name of the dynamic loading file that
ebcdic (ebcdic.U):
This variable conditionally defines EBCDIC if this
- system uses EBCDIC encoding. Among other things, this
- means that the character ranges are not contiguous.
- See trnl.U
+ system uses EBCDIC encoding.
echo (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
emacs (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
endgrent_r_proto (d_endgrent_r.U):
This variable encodes the prototype of endgrent_r.
extensions (Extensions.U):
This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and
- non-xs linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm
- and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
+ non-xs) installed with the package. It is propagated to Config.pm
+ and is typically used to test whether a particular extension
is available.
+extern_C (Csym.U):
+ ANSI C requires 'extern' where C++ requires 'extern "C"'. This
+ variable can be used in Configure to do the right thing.
+
extras (Extras.U):
This variable holds a list of extra modules to install.
find (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
firstmakefile (Unix.U):
This variable defines the first file searched by make. On unix,
flex (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
fpossize (fpossize.U):
This variable contains the size of a fpostype in bytes.
indicates to the C program that <stdarg.h> exists and should
be included.
+i_stdbool (i_stdbool.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_STDBOOL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that <stdbool.h> exists and should
+ be included.
+
i_stddef (i_stddef.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_STDDEF symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <stddef.h> exists and should
suitable for use in the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST initialization.
incpath (usrinc.U):
- This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
+ This variable must precede the normal include path to get the
right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips.
inews (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
initialinstalllocation (bin.U):
When userelocatableinc is true, this variable holds the location
that make install should copy the perl binary to, with all the
run-time relocatable paths calculated from this at install time.
- When used, it is initialised to the original value of binexp, and
+ When used, it is initialized to the original value of binexp, and
then binexp is set to '.../', as the other binaries are found
relative to the perl binary.
installbin (bin.U):
This variable is the same as binexp unless AFS is running in which case
- the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always
+ the user is explicitly prompted for it. This variable should always
be used in your makefiles for maximum portability.
installhtml1dir (html1dir.U):
This variable contains the C type used for Perl's IV.
known_extensions (Extensions.U):
- This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in
- the package.
+ This variable holds a list of all extensions (both XS and non-xs)
+ included in the package source distribution. This information is
+ only really of use during the Perl build, as the list makes no
+ distinction between extensions which were build and installed, and
+ those which where not. See "extensions" for the list of extensions
+ actually built and available.
ksh (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
ld (dlsrc.U):
This variable indicates the program to be used to link
On ELF systems, it should be $cc. Mostly, we'll try to respect
the hint file setting.
+ld_can_script (dlsrc.U):
+ This variable shows if the loader accepts scripts in the form of
+ -Wl,--version-script=ld.script. This is currently only supported
+ for GNU ld on ELF in dynamic loading builds.
+
lddlflags (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
passed to $ld to create a shared library suitable for dynamic
line (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
lint (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
lkflags (ccflags.U):
This variable contains any additional C partial linker flags desired by
lp (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
lpr (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
ls (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
mail (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
mailx (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
make (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't.
- This uses a comment character to distinguish a
+ This uses a comment character so that we can distinguish a
'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option)
from an uncomputed value.
mv (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
myarchname (archname.U):
This variable holds the architecture name computed by Configure in
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
- whole thing is then lower-cased.
+ The output of 'uname -a' if available, otherwise the hostname.
+ The whole thing is then lower-cased and slashes and single quotes are
+ removed.
n (n.U):
This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo
Maybe Linux should just always set usenm=false.
nonxs_ext (Extensions.U):
- This variable holds a list of all non-xs extensions included
- in the package. All of them will be built.
+ This variable holds a list of all non-xs extensions built and
+ installed by the package. By default, all non-xs extensions
+ distributed will be built, with the exception of platform-specific
+ extensions (currently only one VMS specific extension).
nroff (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format.
nvfformat (perlxvf.U):
- This variable confains the format string used for printing
+ This variable contains 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
+ This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format.
nvgformat (perlxvf.U):
used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
perl (Loc.U):
- This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the perl program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "perl" and is not useful.
perl5 (perl5.U):
This variable contains the full path (if any) to a previously
In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5.
This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
+perl_static_inline (d_static_inline.U):
+ This variable defines the PERL_STATIC_INLINE symbol to
+ the best-guess incantation to use for static inline functions.
+ Possibilities include
+ static inline (c99)
+ static __inline__ (gcc -ansi)
+ static __inline (MSVC)
+ static _inline (older MSVC)
+ static (c89 compilers)
+
PERL_SUBVERSION (Oldsyms.U):
In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 2.
Values greater than 50 represent potentially unstable
pmake (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
pr (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
prefix (prefix.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory below which the
prototype (prototype.U):
This variable holds the eventual value of CAN_PROTOTYPE, which
- indicates the C compiler can handle funciton prototypes.
+ indicates the C compiler can handle function prototypes.
ptrsize (ptrsize.U):
This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which
rmail (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
run (Cross.U):
This variable contains the command used by Configure
sendmail (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
setgrent_r_proto (d_setgrent_r.U):
This variable encodes the prototype of setgrent_r.
REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setservent_r
is defined.
+sGMTIME_max (time_size.U):
+ This variable defines the maximum value of the time_t offset that
+ the system function gmtime () accepts
+
+sGMTIME_min (time_size.U):
+ This variable defines the minimum value of the time_t offset that
+ the system function gmtime () accepts
+
sh (sh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used
on this system to execute Bourne shell scripts. Usually, this will be
shar (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
sharpbang (spitshell.U):
This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that
sleep (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
+
+sLOCALTIME_max (time_size.U):
+ This variable defines the maximum value of the time_t offset that
+ the system function localtime () accepts
+
+sLOCALTIME_min (time_size.U):
+ This variable defines the minimum value of the time_t offset that
+ the system function localtime () accepts
smail (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
so (so.U):
This variable holds the extension used to identify shared libraries
of bytes or an error condition. It must be a signed type.
We will pick a type such that sizeof(SSize_t) == sizeof(Size_t).
+st_ino_sign (st_ino_def.U):
+ This variable contains the signedness of struct stat's st_ino.
+ 1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
+
+st_ino_size (st_ino_def.U):
+ This variable contains the size of struct stat's st_ino in bytes.
+
startperl (startperl.U):
This variable contains the string to put on the front of a perl
script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with perl and not some
eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
if $running_under_some_shell;
to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note
- that this magic incatation is not understood by csh.
+ that this magic incantation is not understood by csh.
startsh (startsh.U):
This variable contains the string to put on the front of a shell
submit (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
subversion (patchlevel.U):
The subversion level of this package.
tail (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
tar (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
targetarch (Cross.U):
If cross-compiling, this variable contains the target architecture.
tbl (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
tee (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
test (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
troff (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
ttyname_r_proto (d_ttyname_r.U):
This variable encodes the prototype of ttyname_r.
This variable conditionally defines the USE_CROSS_COMPILE symbol,
and indicates that Perl has been cross-compiled.
+usedevel (Devel.U):
+ This variable indicates that Perl was configured with development
+ features enabled. This should not be done for production builds.
+
usedl (dlsrc.U):
This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic
loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj.
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based
threading implementation.
+usekernprocpathname (usekernprocpathname.U):
+ This variable, indicates that we can use sysctl with
+ KERN_PROC_PATHNAME to get a full path for the executable, and hence
+ convert $^X to an absolute path.
+
uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_LARGE_FILES symbol,
and indicates that large file interfaces should be used when
usemymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
This variable contains y if the malloc that comes with this package
is desired over the system's version of malloc. People often include
- special versions of malloc for effiency, but such versions are often
+ special versions of malloc for efficiency, but such versions are often
less portable. See also mallocsrc and mallocobj.
If this is 'y', then -lmalloc is removed from $libs.
This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the
nm extraction is wanted or not.
+usensgetexecutablepath (usensgetexecutablepath.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, indicates that we can use _NSGetExecutablePath
+ and realpath to get a full path for the executable, and hence convert
+ $^X to an absolute path.
+
useopcode (Extensions.U):
This variable holds either 'true' or 'false' to indicate
whether the Opcode extension should be used. The sole
usesfio (d_sfio.U):
This variable is set to true when the user agrees to use sfio.
It is set to false when sfio is not available or when the user
- explicitely requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so
+ explicitly requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so
that command-line settings can override the auto-detection of
d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE".
This variable tells whether the vendorprefix
and consequently other vendor* paths are in use.
+useversionedarchname (archname.U):
+ This variable indicates whether to include the $api_versionstring
+ as a component of the $archname.
+
usevfork (d_vfork.U):
This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork.
It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user
- explicitely requests not to use vfork.
+ explicitly requests not to use vfork.
usrinc (usrinc.U):
This variable holds the path of the include files, which is
uuname (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
uvoformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
This variable contains the format string used for printing
a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF.
+vaproto (vaproto.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines CAN_VAPROTO on systems supporting
+ prototype declaration of functions with a variable number of
+ arguments. See also prototype.
+
vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH symbol.
It may have a ~ on the front.
vi (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
voidflags (voidflags.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the VOIDFLAGS symbol,
zcat (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+ The value is the empty string and is not useful.
zip (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
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