This variable is by default set to '/afs'. In the unlikely case
this is not the correct root, it is possible to override this with
a hint value or command line option. This will be used in subsequent
- tests for AFSness in the Perl configure and test process.
+ tests for AFSness in the configure and test process.
alignbytes (alignbytes.U):
This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a
This variable is the same as the archlib variable, but is
filename expanded at configuration time, for convenient use.
-archname64 (use64bits.U):
- This variable is used for the 64-bitness part of $archname.
-
archname (archname.U):
This variable is a short name to characterize the current
architecture. It is used mainly to construct the default archlib.
+archname64 (use64bits.U):
+ This variable is used for the 64-bitness part of $archname.
+
archobjs (Unix.U):
This variable defines any additional objects that must be linked
in with the program on this architecture. On unix, it is usually
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.
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_argc1,
+ config_argc2, 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_format (d_attribut_format.U):
+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_attribute_malloc (d_attribute_malloc.U):
+d_attribute_malloc (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_MALLOC, which
indicates the C compiler can understand functions as having
malloc-like semantics.
-d_attribute_nonnull (d_attribute_nonnull.U):
+d_attribute_nonnull (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_NONNULL, which
indicates that the C compiler can know that certain arguments
must not be NULL, and will check accordingly at compile time.
-d_attribute_noreturn (d_attribute_noreturn.U):
+d_attribute_noreturn (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_NORETURN, which
indicates that the C compiler can know that certain functions
are guaranteed never to return.
-d_attribute_pure (d_attribute_pure.U):
+d_attribute_pure (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_PURE, which
indicates that the C compiler can know that certain functions
are "pure" functions, meaning that they have no side effects, and
only rely on function input and/or global data for their results.
-d_attribute_unused (d_attribute_unused.U):
+d_attribute_unused (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, which
indicates that the C compiler can know that certain variables
and arguments may not always be used, and to not throw warnings
if they don't get used.
-d_attribute_warn_unused_result (d_attribute_warn_unused_result.U):
+d_attribute_warn_unused_result (d_attribut.U):
This variable conditionally defines
HASATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT, which indicates that the C
compiler can know that certain functions have a return values
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BZERO symbol if
the bzero() routine is available to set memory to 0.
+d_c99_variadic_macros (d_c99_variadic.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS
+ symbol, which indicates to the C program that C99 variadic macros
+ are available.
+
d_casti32 (d_casti32.U):
This variable conditionally defines CASTI32, which indicates
whether the C compiler can cast large floats to 32-bit ints.
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
indicates to the C program that the copysignl() routine is available.
If aintl is also present we can emulate modfl.
+d_cplusplus (d_cplusplus.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the USE_CPLUSPLUS symbol, which
+ indicates that a C++ compiler was used to compiled Perl and will be
+ used to compile extensions.
+
d_crypt (d_crypt.U):
This variable conditionally defines the CRYPT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the crypt() routine is available
This variable conditionally defines the CSH symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the C-shell exists.
+d_ctermid (d_ctermid.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines CTERMID if ctermid() is
+ available to generate filename for terminal.
+
d_ctermid_r (d_ctermid_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTERMID_R symbol,
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
+ variable called dd_fd.
+
d_dirfd (d_dirfd.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIRFD constant,
which indicates to the C program that dirfd() is available
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,
that the ftime() routine exists. The ftime() routine is basically
a sub-second accuracy clock.
-d_futimes (f_futimes.U):
+d_futimes (d_futimes.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FUTIMES symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the futimes() routine is available.
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 to the C program that the getpgid(pid) function
is available to get the process group id.
+d_getpgrp (d_getpgrp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPGRP if getpgrp() is
+ available to get the current process group.
+
d_getpgrp2 (d_getpgrp2.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPGRP2 symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getpgrp2() (as in DG/UX) routine
is available to get the current process group.
-d_getpgrp (d_getpgrp.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPGRP if getpgrp() is
- available to get the current process group.
-
d_getppid (d_getppid.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPPID symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the getppid() 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 ilogbl() routine is available.
If scalbnl is also present we can emulate frexpl.
+d_inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST.
+ It is set to undef when PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST is empty.
+
d_index (d_strchr.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and
rindex() are available for string searching.
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.
header files provide LDBL_DIG, which is the number of significant
digits in a long double precision number.
+d_libm_lib_version (d_libm_lib_version.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the LIBM_LIB_VERSION symbol,
+ which indicates to the C program that math.h defines _LIB_VERSION
+ being available in libm
+
d_link (d_link.U):
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()
routine is available.
+d_localtime_r_needs_tzset (d_localtime_r.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the LOCALTIME_R_NEEDS_TZSET
+ symbol, which makes us call tzset before localtime_r()
+
d_locconv (d_locconv.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is
available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions.
This variable conditionally defines HAS_MADVISE if madvise() is
available to map a file into memory.
-d_malloc_size (d_malloc_size.U):
- This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_size
+d_malloc_good_size (d_malloc_size.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_good_size
routine is available for use.
-d_malloc_good_size (d_malloc_good_size.U):
- This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_good_size
+d_malloc_size (d_malloc_size.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_size
routine is available for use.
d_mblen (d_mblen.U):
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.
of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used.
This may include different sorts of profiling or error detection.
+d_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NDBM symbol, which
+ indicates that both the ndbm.h include file and an appropriate ndbm
+ library exist. Consult the different i_*ndbm variables
+ to find out the actual include location. Sometimes, a system has the
+ 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
+ indicates the C compiler allows printf-like formats to be null.
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.
Defined if $procselfexe is symlink to the absolute
pathname of the executing program.
+d_pseudofork (d_vfork.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PSEUDOFORK symbol,
+ which indicates that an emulation of the fork routine is available.
+
d_pthread_atfork (d_pthread_atfork.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_ATFORK symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the pthread_atfork()
which indicates to the C program that the random_r()
routine is available.
+d_readdir (d_readdir.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is
+ available to read directory entries.
+
d_readdir64_r (d_readdir64_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR64_R symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the readdir64_r()
routine is available.
-d_readdir (d_readdir.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is
- available to read directory entries.
-
d_readdir_r (d_readdir_r.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR_R symbol,
which indicates to the C program that the readdir_r()
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
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPGID symbol if the
setpgid(pid, gpid) function is available to set process group ID.
+d_setpgrp (d_setpgrp.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPGRP if setpgrp() is
+ available to set the current process group.
+
d_setpgrp2 (d_setpgrp2.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPGRP2 symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the setpgrp2() (as in DG/UX) routine
is available to set the current process group.
-d_setpgrp (d_setpgrp.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPGRP if setpgrp() is
- available to set the current process group.
-
d_setprior (d_setprior.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPRIORITY if setpriority()
is available to set a process's priority.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which
indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available.
+d_signbit (d_signbit.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGNBIT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the signbit() routine is available
+ and safe to use with perl's intern NV type.
+
d_sigprocmask (d_sigprocmask.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_SIGPROCMASK
if sigprocmask() is available to examine or change the signal mask
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
+ $sitearch is the same as $archlib, then this is set to undef.
+
+d_snprintf (d_snprintf.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SNPRINTF symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the snprintf () library function
+ is available.
+
+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_SOCKS5_INIT symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the socks5_init() routine is available.
-d_sprintf_returns_strlen (d_sprintf_returns_strlen.U):
+d_sprintf_returns_strlen (d_sprintf_len.U):
This variable defines whether sprintf returns the length of the string
(as per the ANSI spec). Some C libraries retain compatibility with
pre-ANSI C and return a pointer to the passed in buffer; for these
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.
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
indicates to the C program that the vprintf() routine is available
to printf with a pointer to an argument list.
+d_vsnprintf (d_snprintf.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VSNPRINTF symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the vsnprintf () library function
+ is available.
+
d_wait4 (d_wait4.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WAIT4 symbol, which
indicates the wait4() routine is available.
REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_drand48_r
is defined.
+dtrace (usedtrace.U):
+ This variable holds the location of the dtrace executable.
+
dynamic_ext (Extensions.U):
This variable holds a list of XS extension files we want to
link dynamically into the package. It is used by Makefile.
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
+ 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.
This variable conditionally defines the I_ARPA_INET symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <arpa/inet.h>.
+i_assert (i_assert.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_ASSERT symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that <assert.h> exists and could be
+ included.
+
i_bsdioctl (i_sysioctl.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_BSDIOCTL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that <sys/bsdioctl.h> exists and should
indicates to the C program that <gdbm.h> exists and should
be included.
+i_gdbm_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBM_NDBM symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that <gdbm-ndbm.h> exists and should
+ be included. This is the location of the ndbm.h compatibility file
+ in Debian 4.0.
+
+i_gdbmndbm (i_ndbm.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBMNDBM symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that <gdbm/ndbm.h> exists and should
+ be included. This was the location of the ndbm.h compatibility file
+ in RedHat 7.1.
+
i_grp (i_grp.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <grp.h>.
This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOC symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <malloc.h>.
+i_mallocmalloc (i_mallocmalloc.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOCMALLOC symbol,
+ and indicates whether a C program should include <malloc/malloc.h>.
+
i_math (i_math.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_MATH symbol, and indicates
whether a C program may include <math.h>.
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
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_PARAM symbol, and indicates
whether a C program should include <sys/param.h>.
+i_syspoll (i_syspoll.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_POLL symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that it should include <sys/poll.h>.
+
i_sysresrc (i_sysresrc.U):
This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_RESOURCE symbol,
and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/resource.h>.
site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the
lowest possible value.
+ This list includes architecture-dependent directories back to
+ version $api_versionstring (e.g. 5.5.640) and
+ architecture-independent directories all the way back to
+ 5.005.
+
inc_version_list_init (inc_version_list.U):
This variable holds the same list as inc_version_list, but
each item is enclosed in double quotes and separated by commas,
suitable for use in the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST initialization.
incpath (usrinc.U):
- This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
+ This variable must precede the normal include path to get the
right one, as in "$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
+ then binexp is set to '.../', as the other binaries are found
+ relative to the perl binary.
installarchlib (archlib.U):
This variable is really the same as archlibexp but may differ on
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):
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
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
or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
-mad (mad.u):
+mad (mad.U):
This variable indicates that the Misc Attribute Definition code is to
be compiled.
+madlyh (mad.U):
+ If the Misc Attribute Decoration is to be compiled, this variable is
+ set to the name of the extra header files to be used, else it is ''
+
+madlyobj (mad.U):
+ If the Misc Attribute Decoration is to be compiled, this variable is
+ set to the name of the extra object files to be used, else it is ''
+
+madlysrc (mad.U):
+ If the Misc Attribute Decoration is to be compiled, this variable is
+ set to the name of the extra C source files to be used, else it is ''
+
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.
have: one of 'n', 'l', or '3'. The Makefile must supply the '.'.
See man3dir.
-Mcc (Loc.U):
- This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
- full pathname (if any) of the Mcc program. After Configure runs,
- the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful.
-
mips_type (usrinc.U):
This variable holds the environment type for the mips system.
Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
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
full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
+nv_overflows_integers_at (perlxv.U):
+ This variable gives the largest integer value that NVs can hold
+ as a constant floating point expression.
+ If it could not be determined, it holds the value 0.
+
nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
a variable nvtype can preserve.
This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character
used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
+perl (Loc.U):
+ 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
installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
to determine inc_version_list.
-perl (Loc.U):
- This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
- The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+PERL_API_REVISION (patchlevel.h):
+ This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_REVISION of
+ Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+ compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
+ Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
+ Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
+
+PERL_API_SUBVERSION (patchlevel.h):
+ This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_SUBVERSION of
+ Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+ compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
+ Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
+ Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
+
+PERL_API_VERSION (patchlevel.h):
+ This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_VERSION of
+ Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
+ compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
+ Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
+ Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
+
+PERL_CONFIG_SH (Oldsyms.U):
+ This is set to 'true' in config.sh so that a shell script
+ sourcing config.sh can tell if it has been sourced already.
+
+PERL_PATCHLEVEL (Oldsyms.U):
+ This symbol reflects the patchlevel, if available. Will usually
+ come from the .patch file, which is available when the perl
+ source tree was fetched with rsync.
perl_patchlevel (patchlevel.U):
This is the Perl patch level, a numeric change identifier,
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
full pathname (if any) of the rm program. After Configure runs,
the value is reset to a plain "rm" and is not useful.
+rm_try (Unix.U):
+ This is a cleanup variable for try test programs.
+ Internal Configure use only.
+
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
is defined.
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.
+ This variable holds the (possibly relative) path of the package source.
+ It is up to the Makefile to use this variable and set VPATH accordingly
+ to find the sources remotely. Use $pkgsrc to have an absolute path.
sSCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
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.
use5005threads (usethreads.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_5005THREADS symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use the 5.005-based
- threading implementation.
+ threading implementation. Only valid up to 5.8.x.
use64bitall (use64bits.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_ALL symbol,
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.
+usedtrace (usedtrace.U):
+ This variable indicates whether we are compiling with dtrace
+ support. See also dtrace.
+
usefaststdio (usefaststdio.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_FAST_STDIO symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use 'fast stdio'.
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
+ $^X to an absolute path.
+
useopcode (Extensions.U):
This variable holds either 'true' or 'false' to indicate
whether the Opcode extension should be used. The sole
meaningful if usethreads is set and is very experimental, it is
not even prompted for.
-userelocatableinc (XXX.U):
+userelocatableinc (bin.U):
This variable is set to true to indicate that perl should relocate
@INC entries at runtime based on the path to the perl binary.
Any @INC paths starting ".../" are relocated relative to the directory
usesfio (d_sfio.U):
This variable is set to true when the user agrees to use sfio.
It is set to false when sfio is not available or when the user
- explicitely requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so
+ explicitly requests not to use sfio. It is here primarily so
that command-line settings can override the auto-detection of
d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE".
This variable is set to 'true' if the user wishes
to build a shared libperl, and 'false' otherwise.
+usesitecustomize (d_sitecustomize.U):
+ This variable is set to true when the user requires a mechanism that
+ allows the sysadmin to add entries to @INC at runtime. This variable
+ being set, makes perl run '$sitelib/sitecustomize.pl' at startup.
+
usesocks (usesocks.U):
This variable conditionally defines the USE_SOCKS symbol,
and indicates that Perl should be built to use SOCKS.
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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