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 the empty string and is not useful.
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
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
status. On most sane systems it is simply "grep". On insane systems
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
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,
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
d_int64_t (d_int64_t.U):
This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
+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_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.
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
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.
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):
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
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):
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.
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):
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
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 the empty string 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
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
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".
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
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.