command, as reported by the shell in the $0 variable.
config_argc (Options.U):
- This variable countains the number of command-line arguments
+ 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.
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_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
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
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):
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):
The list of libraries needed by Perl only (any libraries needed
by extensions only will by dropped, if using dynamic loading).
+perlpath (perlpath.U):
+ This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol,
+ which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in
+ shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom. This variable is
+ not necessarily the pathname of the file containing the perl
+ interpreter; you must append the executable extension (_exe) if
+ it is not already present. Note that Perl code that runs during
+ the Perl build process cannot reference this variable, as Perl
+ may not have been installed, or even if installed, may be a
+ different version of Perl.
+
pg (Loc.U):
This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
full pathname (if any) of the pg program. After Configure runs,
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
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.
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
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