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
2, 4 and 8. The default is eight, for safety.
ansi2knr (ansi2knr.U):
- This variable is set if the user needs to run ansi2knr.
+ This variable is set if the user needs to run ansi2knr.
Currently, this is not supported, so we just abort.
aphostname (d_gethname.U):
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
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.
-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.
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_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
setpgrp needs two arguments whereas USG one needs none.
See also d_setpgid for a POSIX interface.
+d_builtin_choose_expr (d_builtin.U):
+ This conditionally defines HAS_BUILTIN_CHOOSE_EXPR, which
+ indicates that the compiler supports __builtin_choose_expr(x,y,z).
+ This built-in function is analogous to the "x?y:z" operator in C,
+ except that the expression returned has its type unaltered by
+ promotion rules. Also, the built-in function does not evaluate
+ the expression that was not chosen.
+
+d_builtin_expect (d_builtin.U):
+ This conditionally defines HAS_BUILTIN_EXPECT, which indicates
+ that the compiler supports __builtin_expect(exp,c). You may use
+ __builtin_expect to provide the compiler with branch prediction
+ information.
+
d_bzero (d_bzero.U):
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.
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CLASS symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the class() routine is available.
+d_clearenv (d_clearenv.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CLEARENV symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the clearenv () routine is available.
+
d_closedir (d_closedir.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is
available.
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
that the ftime() routine exists. The ftime() routine is basically
a sub-second accuracy clock.
+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.
+
d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert
floating point numbers into strings. By default, Configure
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
- sPRIgldbl), gconvert, gcvt, and sprintf (casting to double).
- The gconvert_preference and gconvert_ld_preference variables
+ sPRIgldbl), gconvert, gcvt, and sprintf (casting to double).
+ The gconvert_preference and gconvert_ld_preference variables
can be used to alter Configure's preferences, for doubles and
- long doubles, respectively. If present, they contain a
- space-separated list of one or more of the above function
+ long doubles, respectively. If present, they contain a
+ space-separated list of one or more of the above function
names in the order they should be tried.
d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
d_gethostprotos (d_gethostprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOST_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
- prototypes for the various gethost*() functions.
+ prototypes for the various gethost*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
d_getitimer (d_getitimer.U):
d_getnetprotos (d_getnetprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNET_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
- prototypes for the various getnet*() functions.
+ prototypes for the various getnet*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
d_getpagsz (d_getpagsz.U):
is available to get the system page size.
d_getpbyname (d_getprotby.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME
- symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME
+ symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
getprotobyname() routine is available to look up protocols
by their name.
d_getpbynumber (d_getprotby.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER
- symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER
+ symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
getprotobynumber() routine is available to look up protocols
by their number.
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
d_getprotoprotos (d_getprotoprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
- prototypes for the various getproto*() functions.
+ prototypes for the various getproto*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
d_getprpwnam (d_getprpwnam.U):
routine is available.
d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME
- symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME
+ symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
getservbyname() routine is available to look up services
by their name.
d_getsbyport (d_getsrvby.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT
- symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT
+ symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
getservbyport() routine is available to look up services
by their port.
d_getservprotos (d_getservprotos.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERV_PROTOS symbol,
which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
- prototypes for the various getserv*() functions.
+ prototypes for the various getserv*() functions.
See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
d_getspnam (d_getspnam.U):
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.
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.
available to do file locking.
d_longdbl (d_longdbl.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_DOUBLE if
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_DOUBLE if
the long double type is supported.
d_longlong (d_longlong.U):
- This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_LONG if
+ This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_LONG if
the long long type is supported.
d_lseekproto (d_lseekproto.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_MADVISE if madvise() is
available to map a file into memory.
+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_size (d_malloc_size.U):
+ This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_size
+ routine is available for use.
+
d_mblen (d_mblen.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBLEN symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the mblen() routine is available
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_nice (d_nice.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIi64 symbol, which
indiciates 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.
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()
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.
indicates to the C program that the shmat() routine is available.
d_shmatprototype (d_shmat.U):
- This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMAT_PROTOTYPE
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMAT_PROTOTYPE
symbol, which indicates that sys/shm.h has a prototype for
shmat.
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_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_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_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 will be undef.
+
d_sqrtl (d_sqrtl.U):
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SQRTL symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the sqrtl() routine is available.
that the time() routine exists. The time() routine is normaly
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
This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNORDERED symbol, which
indicates to the C program that the unordered() routine is available.
+d_unsetenv (d_unsetenv.U):
+ This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNSETENV symbol, which
+ indicates to the C program that the unsetenv () routine is available.
+
d_usleep (d_usleep.U):
This variable conditionally defines HAS_USLEEP if usleep() is
available to do high granularity sleeps.
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.
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 extesion
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.
This variable contains the size of a fpostype in bytes.
fpostype (fpostype.U):
- This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpos_t, long,
+ This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpos_t, long,
uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc.
freetype (mallocsrc.U):
command, in which case this variable is unset.
groupstype (groupstype.U):
- This variable defines Groups_t to be something like gid_t, int,
+ This variable defines Groups_t to be something like gid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used for the second argument to
getgroups() and setgroups(). Usually, this is the same as
gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't.
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>.
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,
+ 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 is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' 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
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
be used in your makefiles for maximum portability.
installhtml1dir (html1dir.U):
- This variable is really the same as html1direxp, unless you are
- using a different installprefix. For extra portability, you
+ This variable is really the same as html1direxp, unless you are
+ using a different installprefix. For extra portability, you
should only use this variable within your makefiles.
installhtml3dir (html3dir.U):
- This variable is really the same as html3direxp, unless you are
- using a different installprefix. For extra portability, you
+ This variable is really the same as html3direxp, unless you are
+ using a different installprefix. For extra portability, you
should only use this variable within your makefiles.
installman1dir (man1dir.U):
portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
installprefix (installprefix.U):
- This variable holds the name of the directory below which
+ This variable holds the name of the directory below which
"make install" will install the package. For most users, this
is the same as prefix. However, it is useful for
installing the software into a different (usually temporary)
ivdformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer.
+ a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer.
ivsize (perlxv.U):
This variable is the size of an IV in bytes.
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
+ This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in
the package.
ksh (Loc.U):
the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful.
lns (lns.U):
- This variable holds the name of the command to make
+ This variable holds the name of the command to make
symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used
in the Makefile. It is either 'ln -s' or 'ln'
the value is reset to a plain "ls" and is not useful.
lseeksize (lseektype.U):
- This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
+ This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
lseektype (lseektype.U):
- This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
+ This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
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):
+ 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.
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".
It can be 'void *' or 'caddr_t'.
modetype (modetype.U):
- This variable defines modetype to be something like mode_t,
- int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file
+ This variable defines modetype to be something like mode_t,
+ int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file
modes for system calls.
more (Loc.U):
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 defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' 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,
there already.
pidtype (pidtype.U):
- This variable defines PIDTYPE to be something like pid_t, int,
+ This variable defines PIDTYPE to be something like pid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare process ids in the kernel.
plibpth (libpth.U):
1 = int, 2 = long, 3 = long long, 4 = int64_t.
quadtype (quadtype.U):
- This variable defines Quad_t to be something like long, int,
+ This variable defines Quad_t to be something like long, int,
long long, int64_t, or whatever type is used for 64-bit integers.
randbits (randfunc.U):
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.
selecttype (selecttype.U):
This variable holds the type used for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
arguments to select. Usually, this is 'fd_set *', if HAS_FD_SET
- is defined, and 'int *' otherwise. This is only useful if you
+ is defined, and 'int *' otherwise. This is only useful if you
have select(), naturally.
sendmail (Loc.U):
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
shrpenv (libperl.U):
If the user builds a shared libperl.so, then we need to tell the
- 'perl' executable where it will be able to find the installed libperl.so.
+ 'perl' executable where it will be able to find the installed libperl.so.
One way to do this on some systems is to set the environment variable
LD_RUN_PATH to the directory that will be the final location of the
shared libperl.so. The makefile can use this with something like
sig_name_init (sig_name.U):
This variable holds the signal names, enclosed in double quotes and
- separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NAME definition
- below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
+ separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NAME definition
+ below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
terminated with a plain 0. The leading SIG in signal names
is removed. See sig_num.
sig_num_init (sig_name.U):
This variable holds the signal numbers, enclosed in double quotes and
- separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NUM definition
- below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
+ separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NUM definition
+ below. A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
terminated with a plain 0.
sig_size (sig_name.U):
This variable contains the size of a sizetype in bytes.
sizetype (sizetype.U):
- This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t,
- unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
+ This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t,
+ unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
parameters for string functions.
sleep (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' 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.
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
format long doubles (format 'f') for input.
ssizetype (ssizetype.U):
- This variable defines ssizetype to be something like ssize_t,
- long or int. It is used by functions that return a count
+ This variable defines ssizetype to be something like ssize_t,
+ long or int. It is used by functions that return a count
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).
This variable contains the size of a uidtype in bytes.
uidtype (uidtype.U):
- This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int,
+ This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel.
uname (Loc.U):
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 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'.
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
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.
uvoformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer.
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer.
uvsize (perlxv.U):
This variable is the size of a UV in bytes.
uvuformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
- a Perl UV as an unsigned decimal integer.
+ a Perl UV as an unsigned decimal integer.
uvxformat (perlxvf.U):
This variable contains the format string used for printing
vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH symbol.
- It may have a ~ on the front.
+ It may have a ~ on the front.
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
architecture-dependent modules and extensions in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorarchexp (vendorarch.U):
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place additional
binaries in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorbinexp (vendorbin.U):
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
vendorhtml1dir (vendorhtml1dir.U):
- This variable contains the name of the directory for html
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for html
pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
html pages in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorhtml1direxp (vendorhtml1dir.U):
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
vendorhtml3dir (vendorhtml3dir.U):
- This variable contains the name of the directory for html
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for html
library pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
html pages for modules and extensions in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorhtml3direxp (vendorhtml3dir.U):
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
modules in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorlib_stem (vendorlib.U):
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
vendorman1dir (vendorman1dir.U):
- This variable contains the name of the directory for man1
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for man1
pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
man1 pages in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorman1direxp (vendorman1dir.U):
may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
vendorman3dir (vendorman3dir.U):
- This variable contains the name of the directory for man3
+ This variable contains the name of the directory for man3
pages. It may have a ~ on the front.
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
man3 pages in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorman3direxp (vendorman3dir.U):
The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place additional
executable scripts in this directory with
- MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+ MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
or equivalent. See INSTALL for details.
vendorscriptexp (vendorscript.U):
version_patchlevel_string (patchlevel.U):
This is a string combining version, subversion and
- perl_patchlevel (if perl_patchlevel is non-zero).
- It is typically something like
+ perl_patchlevel (if perl_patchlevel is non-zero).
+ It is typically something like
'version 7 subversion 1' or
'version 7 subversion 1 patchlevel 11224'
It is computed here to avoid duplication of code in myconfig.SH
- and lib/Config.pm.
+ and lib/Config.pm.
versiononly (versiononly.U):
If set, this symbol indicates that only the version-specific
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