X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/5af95cda6c5151067fd8df24ebd35e0c1dc01446..123f32c0e4e1154f54984e59e57611e93b9f359a:/Porting/Glossary diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index aef6a26..75a044f 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -1,17 +1,42 @@ + +!!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!! +This file is built by metaconfig. + This file contains a description of all the shell variables whose value is determined by the Configure script. Variables intended for use in C programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH. [`configpm' generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep the formatting regular.] +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. + +PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U): + In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5. + This value is manually set in patchlevel.h + +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 + development subversions. + This value is manually set in patchlevel.h + +PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U): + In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 6. + This value is manually set in patchlevel.h + _a (Unix.U): - This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries. + This variable defines the extension used for ordinary library files. For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible values include '.lib'. _exe (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for executable files. - For unix it is empty. Other possible values include '.exe'. + DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'. Stratus VOS uses '.pm'. + On operating systems which do not require a specific extension + for executable files, this variable is empty. _o (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for object files. @@ -51,7 +76,8 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U): such as '5.6.1', api_revision is the '5'. Prior to 5.5.640, the format was a floating point number, like 5.00563. - perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in + + perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in $sitelib/.. for older directories back to the limit specified by these api_ variables. This is only useful if you have a perl library directory tree structured like the default one. @@ -59,7 +85,8 @@ api_revision (patchlevel.U): directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the lowest possible value. The version list appropriate for the current system is determined in inc_version_list.U. - XXX To do: Since compatibility can depend on compile time + + XXX To do: Since compatibility can depend on compile time options (such as bincompat, longlong, etc.) it should (perhaps) be set by Configure, but currently it isn't. Currently, we read a hard-wired value from patchlevel.h. @@ -118,6 +145,12 @@ archobjs (Unix.U): or other facilities. For perl on OS/2, for example, this would include os2/os2.obj. +asctime_r_proto (d_asctime_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of asctime_r. + It is zero if d_asctime_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_asctime_r + is defined. + awk (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the full pathname (if any) of the awk program. After Configure runs, @@ -136,10 +169,6 @@ bin (bin.U): is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution. -bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U): - This variable contains y if this version of Perl should be - binary-compatible with Perl 5.005. - binexp (bin.U): This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at configuration time, for use in your makefiles. @@ -155,10 +184,10 @@ byacc (Loc.U): the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful. byteorder (byteorder.U): - This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits - indicate more significance. The variable byteorder is either 4321 - on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, or 87654321 - on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order ! + This variable holds the byte order in a UV. In the following, + larger digits indicate more significance. The variable byteorder + is either 4321 on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, + or 87654321 on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order ! c (n.U): This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo @@ -243,8 +272,9 @@ chgrp (Loc.U): The value is a plain '' and is not useful. chmod (Loc.U): - This variable is defined but not used by Configure. - The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the chmod program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "chmod" and is not useful. chown (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. @@ -328,10 +358,11 @@ cppsymbols (Cppsym.U): not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppccsymbols. The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens. -crosscompile (crosscompile.U): - This variable conditionally defines the CROSSCOMPILE symbol - which signifies that the build process is be a cross-compilation. - This is normally set by hints files or from Configure command line. +crypt_r_proto (d_crypt_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of crypt_r. + It is zero if d_crypt_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_crypt_r + is defined. cryptlib (d_crypt.U): This variable holds -lcrypt or the path to a libcrypt.a archive if @@ -343,6 +374,100 @@ csh (Loc.U): full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs, the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful. +ctermid_r_proto (d_ctermid_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of ctermid_r. + It is zero if d_ctermid_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ctermid_r + is defined. + +ctime_r_proto (d_ctime_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of ctime_r. + It is zero if d_ctime_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ctime_r + is defined. + +d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U): + This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert + floating point numbers into strings. By default, Configure + sets this macro to use the first of gconvert, gcvt, or sprintf + that pass sprintf-%g-like behaviour tests. If perl is using + 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 + 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 + names in the order they should be tried. + + d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform- + specific function. If this function expects a double, a + different value may need to be set by the uselongdouble.cbu + call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without + loss of precision. + +d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates 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_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates 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_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates 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_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which + indiciates 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_PRId64 (quadfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which + indiciates 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. + +d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles. + +d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles. + +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. + +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. + +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 + 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. + +d_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which + indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles. + d__fwalk (d__fwalk.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS__FWALK if _fwalk() is available to apply a function to all the file handles. @@ -364,6 +489,11 @@ d_archlib (archlib.U): of architecture-dependent library files for $package. If $archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef. +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() + routine is available. + d_atolf (atolf.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLF symbol, which indicates to the C program that the atolf() routine is available. @@ -385,13 +515,6 @@ d_bcopy (d_bcopy.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCOPY symbol if the bcopy() routine is available to copy strings. -d_bincompat5005 (bincompat5005.U): - This variable conditionally defines BINCOMPAT5005 so that embed.h - can take special action if this version of Perl should be - binary-compatible with Perl 5.005. This is impossible for builds - that use features like threads and multiplicity it is always $undef - for those versions. - d_bsd (Guess.U): This symbol conditionally defines the symbol BSD when running on a BSD system. @@ -435,6 +558,10 @@ d_chsize (d_chsize.U): indicates to the C program that the chsize() routine is available to truncate files. You might need a -lx to get this routine. +d_class (d_class.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CLASS symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the class() routine is available. + d_closedir (d_closedir.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is available. @@ -453,10 +580,25 @@ d_crypt (d_crypt.U): indicates to the C program that the crypt() routine is available to encrypt passwords and the like. +d_crypt_r (d_crypt_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CRYPT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the crypt_r() + routine is available. + d_csh (d_csh.U): This variable conditionally defines the CSH symbol, which indicates to the C program that the C-shell exists. +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_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() + routine is available. + d_cuserid (d_cuserid.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CUSERID symbol, which indicates to the C program that the cuserid() routine is available @@ -477,6 +619,11 @@ d_difftime (d_difftime.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME symbol, which indicates to the C program that the difftime() routine is available. +d_dirfd (d_dirfd.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIRFD constant, + which indicates to the C program that dirfd() is available + to return the file descriptor of a directory stream. + d_dirnamlen (i_dirent.U): This variable conditionally defines DIRNAMLEN, which indicates to the C program that the length of directory entry names is @@ -500,6 +647,11 @@ d_dosuid (d_dosuid.U): tells the C program that it should insert setuid emulation code on hosts which have setuid #! scripts disabled. +d_drand48_r (d_drand48_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the drand48_r() + routine is available. + d_drand48proto (d_drand48proto.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_PROTO symbol, which indicates to the C program that the system provides @@ -519,27 +671,57 @@ d_endgrent (d_endgrent.U): indicates to the C program that the endgrent() routine is available for sequential access of the group database. +d_endgrent_r (d_endgrent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDGRENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the endgrent_r() + routine is available. + d_endhent (d_endhent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDHOSTENT if endhostent() is available to close whatever was being used for host queries. +d_endhostent_r (d_endhostent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDHOSTENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the endhostent_r() + routine is available. + d_endnent (d_endnent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDNETENT if endnetent() is available to close whatever was being used for network queries. +d_endnetent_r (d_endnetent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDNETENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the endnetent_r() + routine is available. + d_endpent (d_endpent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDPROTOENT if endprotoent() is available to close whatever was being used for protocol queries. +d_endprotoent_r (d_endprotoent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPROTOENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the endprotoent_r() + routine is available. + d_endpwent (d_endpwent.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPWENT symbol, which indicates to the C program that the endpwent() routine is available for sequential access of the passwd database. +d_endpwent_r (d_endpwent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPWENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the endpwent_r() + routine is available. + d_endsent (d_endsent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSERVENT if endservent() is available to close whatever was being used for service queries. +d_endservent_r (d_endservent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDSERVENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the endservent_r() + routine is available. + d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U): This variable conditionally defines EOF_NONBLOCK if EOF can be seen when reading from a non-blocking I/O source. @@ -548,6 +730,10 @@ 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. +d_fchdir (d_fchdir.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHDIR symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the fchdir() routine is available. + d_fchmod (d_fchmod.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHMOD symbol, which indicates to the C program that the fchmod() routine is available @@ -586,6 +772,14 @@ d_fgetpos (d_fgetpos.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_FGETPOS if fgetpos() is available to get the file position indicator. +d_finite (d_finite.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FINITE symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the finite() routine is available. + +d_finitel (d_finitel.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FINITEL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the finitel() routine is available. + d_flexfnam (d_flexfnam.U): This variable conditionally defines the FLEXFILENAMES symbol, which indicates that the system supports filenames longer than 14 characters. @@ -604,12 +798,28 @@ d_fork (d_fork.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FORK symbol, which indicates to the C program that the fork() routine is available. +d_fp_class (d_fp_class.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FP_CLASS symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the fp_class() routine is available. + d_fpathconf (d_pathconf.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPATHCONF symbol, which indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available to determine file-system related limits and options associated with a given open file descriptor. +d_fpclass (d_fpclass.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASS symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the fpclass() routine is available. + +d_fpclassify (d_fpclassify.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASSIFY symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the fpclassify() routine is available. + +d_fpclassl (d_fpclassl.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASSL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the fpclassl() routine is available. + d_fpos64_t (d_fpos64_t.U): This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t. @@ -650,15 +860,6 @@ d_ftime (d_ftime.U): that the ftime() routine exists. The ftime() routine is basically a sub-second accuracy clock. -d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U): - This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert - floating point numbers into strings. It could be 'gconvert' - or a more complex macro emulating gconvert with gcvt() or sprintf. - Possible values are: - d_Gconvert='gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))' - d_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))' - d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))' - 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 @@ -677,6 +878,21 @@ d_getgrent (d_getgrent.U): indicates to the C program that the getgrent() routine is available for sequential access of the group database. +d_getgrent_r (d_getgrent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getgrent_r() + routine is available. + +d_getgrgid_r (d_getgrgid_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRGID_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getgrgid_r() + routine is available. + +d_getgrnam_r (d_getgrnam_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRNAM_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getgrnam_r() + routine is available. + d_getgrps (d_getgrps.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGROUPS symbol, which indicates to the C program that the getgroups() routine is available @@ -701,6 +917,21 @@ d_gethname (d_gethname.U): indicates to the C program that the gethostname() routine may be used to derive the host name. +d_gethostbyaddr_r (d_gethostbyaddr_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYADDR_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the gethostbyaddr_r() + routine is available. + +d_gethostbyname_r (d_gethostbyname_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the gethostbyname_r() + routine is available. + +d_gethostent_r (d_gethostent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the gethostent_r() + routine is available. + d_gethostprotos (d_gethostprotos.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOST_PROTOS symbol, which indicates to the C program that supplies @@ -716,6 +947,11 @@ d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U): indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available to get the login name. +d_getlogin_r (d_getlogin_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getlogin_r() + routine is available. + d_getmnt (d_getmnt.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNT symbol, which indicates to the C program that the getmnt() routine is available @@ -740,6 +976,21 @@ d_getnent (d_getnent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETNETENT if getnetent() is available to look up network names in some data base or another. +d_getnetbyaddr_r (d_getnetbyaddr_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr_r() + routine is available. + +d_getnetbyname_r (d_getnetbyname_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYNAME_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getnetbyname_r() + routine is available. + +d_getnetent_r (d_getnetent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getnetent_r() + routine is available. + d_getnetprotos (d_getnetprotos.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNET_PROTOS symbol, which indicates to the C program that supplies @@ -789,6 +1040,21 @@ d_getprior (d_getprior.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRIORITY if getpriority() is available to get a process's priority. +d_getprotobyname_r (d_getprotobyname_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getprotobyname_r() + routine is available. + +d_getprotobynumber_r (d_getprotobynumber_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getprotobynumber_r() + routine is available. + +d_getprotoent_r (d_getprotoent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getprotoent_r() + routine is available. + d_getprotoprotos (d_getprotoprotos.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS symbol, which indicates to the C program that supplies @@ -804,6 +1070,21 @@ d_getpwent (d_getpwent.U): indicates to the C program that the getpwent() routine is available for sequential access of the passwd database. +d_getpwent_r (d_getpwent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getpwent_r() + routine is available. + +d_getpwnam_r (d_getpwnam_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWNAM_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getpwnam_r() + routine is available. + +d_getpwuid_r (d_getpwuid_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWUID_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getpwuid_r() + routine is available. + d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME symbol, which indicates to the C program that the @@ -820,6 +1101,21 @@ d_getsent (d_getsent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSERVENT if getservent() is available to look up network services in some data base or another. +d_getservbyname_r (d_getservbyname_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getservbyname_r() + routine is available. + +d_getservbyport_r (d_getservbyport_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getservbyport_r() + routine is available. + +d_getservent_r (d_getservent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getservent_r() + routine is available. + d_getservprotos (d_getservprotos.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERV_PROTOS symbol, which indicates to the C program that supplies @@ -830,11 +1126,21 @@ d_getspnam (d_getspnam.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPNAM if getspnam() is available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries by name. +d_getspnam_r (d_getspnam_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSPNAM_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the getspnam_r() + routine is available. + d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a sub-second accuracy clock). You should probably include . +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() + routine is available. + d_gnulibc (d_gnulibc.U): Defined if we're dealing with the GNU C Library. @@ -851,10 +1157,6 @@ d_htonl (d_htonl.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its friends are available to do network order byte swapping. -d_iconv (d_iconv.U): - This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ICONV symbol, which - indicates to the C program that the iconv() routine is available. - d_index (d_strchr.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and rindex() are available for string searching. @@ -871,6 +1173,14 @@ d_isascii (d_isascii.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant, which indicates to the C program that isascii() 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_isinf (d_isinf.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISINF symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the isinf() routine is available. + d_isnan (d_isnan.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISNAN symbol, which indicates to the C program that the isnan() routine is available. @@ -898,6 +1208,11 @@ d_link (d_link.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is available to create hard links. +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_locconv (d_locconv.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions. @@ -1005,6 +1320,19 @@ d_modfl (d_modfl.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MODFL symbol, which indicates to the C program that the modfl() routine is available. +d_modfl_pow32_bug (d_modfl.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MODFL_POW32_BUG symbol, + which indicates that modfl() is broken for long doubles >= pow(2, 32). + For example from 4294967303.150000 one would get 4294967302.000000 + and 1.150000. The bug has been seen in certain versions of glibc, + release 2.2.2 is known to be okay. + +d_modflproto (d_modfl.U): + This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system provides + a prototype for the modfl() function. Otherwise, it is up + to the program to supply one. C99 says it should be + long double modfl(long double, long double *); + d_mprotect (d_mprotect.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_MPROTECT if mprotect() is available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file. @@ -1071,18 +1399,22 @@ d_mymalloc (mallocsrc.U): of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used. This may include different sorts of profiling or error detection. +d_nanosleep (d_nanosleep.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_NANOSLEEP + if nanosleep() is available to sleep with 1E-9 sec accuracy. + 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. +d_nl_langinfo (d_nl_langinfo.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NL_LANGINFO symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the nl_langinfo() routine is available. + d_nv_preserves_uv (perlxv.U): This variable indicates whether a variable of type nvtype can preserve all the bits a variable of type uvtype. -d_nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U): - This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype - a variable nvtype can preserve. - d_off64_t (d_off64_t.U): This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t. @@ -1141,62 +1473,14 @@ d_portable (d_portable.U): indicates to the C program that it should not assume that it is running on the machine it was compiled on. -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. - -d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which - indiciates 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. - The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even - case-blind systems can see the difference. +d_procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U): + Defined if $procselfexe is symlink to the absolute + pathname of the executing program. -d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which - indiciates 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. - 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. - -d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which - indiciates 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. - -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. - -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 - 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. - -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. - The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even - case-blind systems can see the difference. +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() + routine is available. d_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD @@ -1243,10 +1527,25 @@ d_quad (quadtype.U): This variable, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type, quadtype. +d_random_r (d_random_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RANDOM_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the random_r() + routine is available. + +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() + routine is available. + d_readlink (d_readlink.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READLINK symbol, which indicates to the C program that the readlink() routine is available @@ -1256,10 +1555,6 @@ d_readv (d_readv.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READV symbol, which indicates to the C program that the readv() routine is available. -d_realpath (d_realpath.U): - This variable conditionally defines the HAS_REALPATH symbol, which - indicates to the C program that the realpath() routine is available. - d_recvmsg (d_recvmsg.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RECVMSG symbol, which indicates to the C program that the recvmsg() routine is available. @@ -1279,11 +1574,13 @@ d_rmdir (d_rmdir.U): d_safebcpy (d_safebcpy.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_BCOPY symbol if - the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies. + the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies. Normally, you + should probably use memmove(). d_safemcpy (d_safemcpy.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_MEMCPY symbol if the memcpy() routine can do overlapping copies. + For overlapping copies, memmove() should be used, if available. d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SANE_MEMCMP symbol if @@ -1306,10 +1603,6 @@ d_scm_rights (d_socket.U): which indicates that the SCM_RIGHTS is available. #ifdef is not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this. -d_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which - indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles. - d_seekdir (d_readdir.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is available. @@ -1362,6 +1655,11 @@ d_setgrent (d_setgrent.U): indicates to the C program that the setgrent() routine is available for initializing sequential access to the group database. +d_setgrent_r (d_setgrent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGRENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the setgrent_r() + routine is available. + d_setgrps (d_setgrps.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGROUPS symbol, which indicates to the C program that the setgroups() routine is available @@ -1371,6 +1669,11 @@ d_sethent (d_sethent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETHOSTENT if sethostent() is available. +d_sethostent_r (d_sethostent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETHOSTENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the sethostent_r() + routine is available. + d_setitimer (d_setitimer.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETITIMER symbol, which indicates to the C program that the setitimer() routine is available. @@ -1385,10 +1688,20 @@ d_setlocale (d_setlocale.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETLOCALE if setlocale() is available to handle locale-specific ctype implementations. +d_setlocale_r (d_setlocale_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLOCALE_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the setlocale_r() + routine is available. + d_setnent (d_setnent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETNETENT if setnetent() is available. +d_setnetent_r (d_setnetent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETNETENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the setnetent_r() + routine is available. + d_setpent (d_setpent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPROTOENT if setprotoent() is available. @@ -1415,11 +1728,21 @@ d_setproctitle (d_setproctitle.U): which indicates to the C program that the setproctitle() routine is available. +d_setprotoent_r (d_setprotoent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPROTOENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the setprotoent_r() + routine is available. + d_setpwent (d_setpwent.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT symbol, which indicates to the C program that the setpwent() routine is available for initializing sequential access to the passwd database. +d_setpwent_r (d_setpwent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the setpwent_r() + routine is available. + d_setregid (d_setregid.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREGID if setregid() is available to change the real and effective gid of the current @@ -1454,6 +1777,11 @@ d_setsent (d_setsent.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSERVENT if setservent() is available. +d_setservent_r (d_setservent_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETSERVENT_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the setservent_r() + routine is available. + d_setsid (d_setsid.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSID if setsid() is available to set the process group ID. @@ -1535,6 +1863,16 @@ 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. +d_srand48_r (d_srand48_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SRAND48_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the srand48_r() + routine is available. + +d_srandom_r (d_srandom_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SRANDOM_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the srandom_r() + routine is available. + d_sresgproto (d_sresgproto.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRESGID_PROTO symbol, which indicates to the C program that the system provides @@ -1620,6 +1958,11 @@ d_strerror (d_strerror.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRERROR if strerror() is available to translate error numbers to strings. +d_strerror_r (d_strerror_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRERROR_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the strerror_r() + routine is available. + d_strftime (d_strftime.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRFTIME symbol, which indicates to the C program that the strftime() routine is available. @@ -1729,10 +2072,28 @@ d_times (d_times.U): that the times() routine exists. The times() routine is normaly provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include . +d_tm_tm_gmtoff (i_time.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_TM_TM_GMTOFF, which indicates + indicates to the C program that the struct tm has the tm_gmtoff field. + +d_tm_tm_zone (i_time.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_TM_TM_ZONE, which indicates + indicates to the C program that the struct tm has the tm_zone field. + +d_tmpnam_r (d_tmpnam_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TMPNAM_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the tmpnam_r() + routine is available. + d_truncate (d_truncate.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_TRUNCATE if truncate() is available to truncate files. +d_ttyname_r (d_ttyname_r.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TTYNAME_R symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the ttyname_r() + routine is available. + d_tzname (d_tzname.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_TZNAME if tzname[] is available to access timezone names. @@ -1759,6 +2120,10 @@ d_union_semun (d_union_semun.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_UNION_SEMUN if the union semun is defined by including . +d_unordered (d_unordered.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNORDERED symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the unordered() routine is available. + d_usleep (d_usleep.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_USLEEP if usleep() is available to do high granularity sleeps. @@ -1893,6 +2258,12 @@ drand01 (randfunc.U): normalize the result. In C programs, the macro 'Drand01' is mapped to drand01. +drand48_r_proto (d_drand48_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of drand48_r. + It is zero if d_drand48_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_drand48_r + is defined. + 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. @@ -1922,6 +2293,42 @@ emacs (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +endgrent_r_proto (d_endgrent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of endgrent_r. + It is zero if d_endgrent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endgrent_r + is defined. + +endhostent_r_proto (d_endhostent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of endhostent_r. + It is zero if d_endhostent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endhostent_r + is defined. + +endnetent_r_proto (d_endnetent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of endnetent_r. + It is zero if d_endnetent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endnetent_r + is defined. + +endprotoent_r_proto (d_endprotoent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of endprotoent_r. + It is zero if d_endprotoent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endprotoent_r + is defined. + +endpwent_r_proto (d_endpwent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of endpwent_r. + It is zero if d_endpwent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endpwent_r + is defined. + +endservent_r_proto (d_endservent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of endservent_r. + It is zero if d_endservent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endservent_r + is defined. + eunicefix (Init.U): When running under Eunice this variable contains a command which will convert a shell script to the proper form of text file for it to be @@ -1941,6 +2348,13 @@ extensions (Extensions.U): and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion is available. +extras (Extras.U): + This variable holds a list of extra modules to install. + +fflushNULL (fflushall.U): + This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush + all pending stdio output. + fflushall (fflushall.U): This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush all pending stdio output one must loop through all @@ -1948,10 +2362,6 @@ fflushall (fflushall.U): Note that if fflushNULL is defined, fflushall will not even be probed for and will be left undefined. -fflushNULL (fflushall.U): - This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush - all pending stdio output. - find (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. @@ -1977,6 +2387,12 @@ freetype (mallocsrc.U): This variable contains the return type of free(). It is usually void, but occasionally int. +from (Cross.U): + This variable contains the command used by Configure + to copy files from the target host. Useful and available + only during Perl build. + The string ':' if not cross-compiling. + full_ar (Loc_ar.U): This variable contains the full pathname to 'ar', whether or not the user has specified 'portability'. This is only used @@ -1996,16 +2412,141 @@ full_sed (Loc_sed.U): can share this executable will have the same full pathname to 'sed.' +gccansipedantic (gccvers.U): + If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable will enable (if set) the + -ansi and -pedantic ccflags for building core files (through + cflags script). (See Porting/pumpkin.pod for full description). + gccosandvers (gccvers.U): - If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable the operating system and - version used to compile the gcc. It is set to '' if not gcc, + If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds the operating system + and version used to compile gcc. It is set to '' if not gcc, or if nothing useful can be parsed as the os version. gccversion (gccvers.U): - If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds '1' or '2' to + If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds '1' or '2' to indicate whether the compiler is version 1 or 2. This is used in setting some of the default cflags. It is set to '' if not gcc. +getgrent_r_proto (d_getgrent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getgrent_r. + It is zero if d_getgrent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getgrent_r + is defined. + +getgrgid_r_proto (d_getgrgid_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getgrgid_r. + It is zero if d_getgrgid_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getgrgid_r + is defined. + +getgrnam_r_proto (d_getgrnam_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getgrnam_r. + It is zero if d_getgrnam_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getgrnam_r + is defined. + +gethostbyaddr_r_proto (d_gethostbyaddr_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of gethostbyaddr_r. + It is zero if d_gethostbyaddr_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gethostbyaddr_r + is defined. + +gethostbyname_r_proto (d_gethostbyname_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of gethostbyname_r. + It is zero if d_gethostbyname_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gethostbyname_r + is defined. + +gethostent_r_proto (d_gethostent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of gethostent_r. + It is zero if d_gethostent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gethostent_r + is defined. + +getlogin_r_proto (d_getlogin_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getlogin_r. + It is zero if d_getlogin_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getlogin_r + is defined. + +getnetbyaddr_r_proto (d_getnetbyaddr_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getnetbyaddr_r. + It is zero if d_getnetbyaddr_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getnetbyaddr_r + is defined. + +getnetbyname_r_proto (d_getnetbyname_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getnetbyname_r. + It is zero if d_getnetbyname_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getnetbyname_r + is defined. + +getnetent_r_proto (d_getnetent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getnetent_r. + It is zero if d_getnetent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getnetent_r + is defined. + +getprotobyname_r_proto (d_getprotobyname_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getprotobyname_r. + It is zero if d_getprotobyname_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getprotobyname_r + is defined. + +getprotobynumber_r_proto (d_getprotobynumber_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getprotobynumber_r. + It is zero if d_getprotobynumber_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getprotobynumber_r + is defined. + +getprotoent_r_proto (d_getprotoent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getprotoent_r. + It is zero if d_getprotoent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getprotoent_r + is defined. + +getpwent_r_proto (d_getpwent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getpwent_r. + It is zero if d_getpwent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getpwent_r + is defined. + +getpwnam_r_proto (d_getpwnam_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getpwnam_r. + It is zero if d_getpwnam_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getpwnam_r + is defined. + +getpwuid_r_proto (d_getpwuid_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getpwuid_r. + It is zero if d_getpwuid_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getpwuid_r + is defined. + +getservbyname_r_proto (d_getservbyname_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getservbyname_r. + It is zero if d_getservbyname_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getservbyname_r + is defined. + +getservbyport_r_proto (d_getservbyport_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getservbyport_r. + It is zero if d_getservbyport_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getservbyport_r + is defined. + +getservent_r_proto (d_getservent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getservent_r. + It is zero if d_getservent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getservent_r + is defined. + +getspnam_r_proto (d_getspnam_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of getspnam_r. + It is zero if d_getspnam_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getspnam_r + is defined. + gidformat (gidf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Gid_t. @@ -2026,6 +2567,22 @@ glibpth (libpth.U): find libraries. It may contain directories that do not exist on this platform, libpth is the cleaned-up version. +gmake (Loc.U): + This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the gmake program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "gmake" and is not useful. + +gmtime_r_proto (d_gmtime_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of gmtime_r. + It is zero if d_gmtime_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gmtime_r + is defined. + +gnulibc_version (d_gnulibc.U): + This variable contains the version number of the GNU C library. + It is usually something like '2.2.5'. It is a plain '' if this + is not the GNU C library, or if the version is unknown. + grep (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs, @@ -2101,6 +2658,10 @@ i_bsdioctl (i_sysioctl.U): indicates to the C program that exists and should be included. +i_crypt (i_crypt.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_CRYPT symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + i_db (i_db.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_DB symbol, and indicates whether a C program may include Berkeley's DB include file . @@ -2133,6 +2694,14 @@ i_float (i_float.U): whether a C program may include to get symbols like DBL_MAX or DBL_MIN, i.e. machine dependent floating point values. +i_fp (i_fp.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_FP symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + +i_fp_class (i_fp_class.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_FP_CLASS symbol, and indicates + whether a C program should include . + i_gdbm (i_gdbm.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBM symbol, which indicates to the C program that exists and should @@ -2142,10 +2711,6 @@ i_grp (i_grp.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . -i_iconv (i_iconv.U): - This variable conditionally defines the I_ICONV symbol, and indicates - whether a C program should include . - i_ieeefp (i_ieeefp.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_IEEEFP symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -2154,6 +2719,10 @@ i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . +i_langinfo (i_langinfo.U): + This variable conditionally defines the I_LANGINFO symbol, + and indicates whether a C program should include . + i_libutil (i_libutil.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_LIBUTIL symbol, and indicates whether a C program should include . @@ -2533,9 +3102,27 @@ installstyle (installstyle.U): directory dedicated to perl (e.g. /opt/perl), while the latter is useful if $prefix is shared by many packages, e.g. if $prefix=/usr/local. - This may later be extended to include other information, so + + Unfortunately, while this "style" variable is used to set + defaults for all three directory hierarchies (core, vendor, and + site), there is no guarantee that the same style is actually + appropriate for all those directories. For example, $prefix + might be /opt/perl, but $siteprefix might be /usr/local. + (Perhaps, in retrospect, the "lib" style should never have been + supported, but it did seem like a nice idea at the time.) + + The situation is even less clear for tools such as MakeMaker + that can be used to install additional modules into + non-standard places. For example, if a user intends to install + a module into a private directory (perhaps by setting PREFIX on + the Makefile.PL command line), then there is no reason to + assume that the Configure-time $installstyle setting will be + relevant for that PREFIX. + + This may later be extended to include other information, so be careful with pattern-matching on the results. - For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default + + For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default setting is based on whether or not $prefix contains the string "perl". @@ -2636,7 +3223,7 @@ libpth (libpth.U): libs (libs.U): This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use. - It is up to the Makefile to deal with it. + It is up to the Makefile to deal with it. The list can be empty. libsdirs (libs.U): This variable holds the directory names aka dirnames of the libraries @@ -2686,6 +3273,12 @@ lns (lns.U): symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used in the Makefile. It is either 'ln -s' or 'ln' +localtime_r_proto (d_localtime_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of localtime_r. + It is zero if d_localtime_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_localtime_r + is defined. + locincpth (ccflags.U): This variable contains a list of additional directories to be searched by the compiler. The appropriate '-I' directives will @@ -2753,9 +3346,12 @@ make_set_make (make.U): This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH so that MAKE is set if needed, and not if not needed. Possible values are: + make_set_make='#' # If your make program handles this for you, + make_set_make="MAKE=$make" # if it doesn't. - I used a comment character so that we can distinguish a + + This uses a comment character to distinguish a 'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option) from an uncomputed value. @@ -2804,11 +3400,6 @@ man3ext (man3dir.U): 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". @@ -2924,30 +3515,34 @@ nroff (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. -nveformat (perlxvf.U): - This variable contains the format string used for printing - a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format. - nvEUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format. -nvfformat (perlxvf.U): - This variable confains the format string used for printing - a Perl NV using %f-ish floating point format. - nvFUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable confains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format. -nvgformat (perlxvf.U): - This variable contains the format string used for printing - a Perl NV using %g-ish floating point format. - nvGUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %G-ish floating point format. +nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U): + This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype + a variable nvtype can preserve. + +nveformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format. + +nvfformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable confains the format string used for printing + a Perl NV using %f-ish floating point format. + +nvgformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl NV using %g-ish floating point format. + nvsize (perlxv.U): This variable is the size of an NV in bytes. @@ -3046,20 +3641,6 @@ perl_patchlevel (patchlevel.U): the maintenance versus development dichotomy except by also being increasing. -PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U): - In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5. - This value is manually set in patchlevel.h - -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 - development subversions. - This value is manually set in patchlevel.h - -PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U): - In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 6. - This value is manually set in patchlevel.h - perladmin (perladmin.U): Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator. @@ -3070,7 +3651,13 @@ perllibs (End.U): 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. + 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 @@ -3136,6 +3723,11 @@ privlibexp (privlib.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of privlib, so that you may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. +procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U): + If d_procselfexe is defined, $procselfexe is the filename + of the symbolic link pointing to the absolute pathname of + the executing program. + prototype (prototype.U): This variable holds the eventual value of CAN_PROTOTYPE, which indicates the C compiler can handle funciton prototypes. @@ -3162,6 +3754,12 @@ randfunc (randfunc.U): the 'Drand01' macro is defined to generate uniformly distributed random numbers over the range [0., 1.[ (see drand01 and nrand). +random_r_proto (d_random_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of random_r. + It is zero if d_random_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_random_r + is defined. + randseedtype (randfunc.U): Indicates the type of the argument of the seedfunc. @@ -3176,6 +3774,18 @@ rd_nodata (nblock_io.U): used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between no data and an EOF.. Sigh! +readdir64_r_proto (d_readdir64_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of readdir64_r. + It is zero if d_readdir64_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_readdir64_r + is defined. + +readdir_r_proto (d_readdir_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of readdir_r. + It is zero if d_readdir_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_readdir_r + is defined. + revision (patchlevel.U): The value of revision comes from the patchlevel.h file. In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "5". @@ -3190,11 +3800,77 @@ rmail (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +run (Cross.U): + This variable contains the command used by Configure + to copy and execute a cross-compiled executable in the + target host. Useful and available only during Perl build. + Empty string '' if not cross-compiling. + runnm (usenm.U): This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value of usenm and the flags on the Configure command line. +sPRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'E') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIeldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. + +sPRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'F') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIfldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. + +sPRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'G') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIgldbl so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. + +sPRIXU64 (quadfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output. + The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even + case-blind systems can see the difference. + +sPRId64 (quadfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'd') for output. + +sPRIeldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'e') for output. + +sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'f') for output. + +sPRIgldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'g') for output. + +sPRIi64 (quadfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'i') for output. + +sPRIo64 (quadfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format 64-bit octal numbers (format 'o') for output. + +sPRIu64 (quadfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format 64-bit unsigned decimal numbers (format 'u') for output. + +sPRIx64 (quadfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format 64-bit hexadecimal numbers (format 'x') for output. + +sSCNfldbl (longdblfio.U): + This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to + format long doubles (format 'f') for input. + sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U): This variable defines the way to yield the execution of the current thread. @@ -3236,6 +3912,48 @@ sendmail (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +setgrent_r_proto (d_setgrent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of setgrent_r. + It is zero if d_setgrent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setgrent_r + is defined. + +sethostent_r_proto (d_sethostent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of sethostent_r. + It is zero if d_sethostent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_sethostent_r + is defined. + +setlocale_r_proto (d_setlocale_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of setlocale_r. + It is zero if d_setlocale_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setlocale_r + is defined. + +setnetent_r_proto (d_setnetent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of setnetent_r. + It is zero if d_setnetent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setnetent_r + is defined. + +setprotoent_r_proto (d_setprotoent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of setprotoent_r. + It is zero if d_setprotoent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setprotoent_r + is defined. + +setpwent_r_proto (d_setpwent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of setpwent_r. + It is zero if d_setpwent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setpwent_r + is defined. + +setservent_r_proto (d_setservent_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of setservent_r. + It is zero if d_setservent_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setservent_r + is defined. + 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 @@ -3275,7 +3993,7 @@ shrpenv (libperl.U): shrpenv='' See the main perl Makefile.SH for actual working usage. Alternatively, we might be able to use a command line option such - as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris, NetBSD) or -Wl,-rpath + as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris) or -Wl,-rpath $archlibexp/CORE (Linux). shsharp (spitshell.U): @@ -3420,73 +4138,25 @@ spackage (package.U): spitshell (spitshell.U): This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable - shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep '-v' for # comments. - -sPRId64 (quadfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'd') for output. - -sPRIeldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format long doubles (format 'e') for output. + shell on this system. It is either cat or a grep -v for # comments. -sPRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format long doubles (format 'E') for output. - The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIeldbl so that even - case-blind systems can see the difference. +srand48_r_proto (d_srand48_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of srand48_r. + It is zero if d_srand48_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_srand48_r + is defined. -sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format long doubles (format 'f') for output. - -sPRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format long doubles (format 'F') for output. - The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIfldbl so that even - case-blind systems can see the difference. - -sPRIgldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format long doubles (format 'g') for output. - -sPRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format long doubles (format 'G') for output. - The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIgldbl so that even - case-blind systems can see the difference. - -sPRIi64 (quadfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'i') for output. - -sPRIo64 (quadfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format 64-bit octal numbers (format 'o') for output. - -sPRIu64 (quadfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format 64-bit unsigned decimal numbers (format 'u') for output. - -sPRIx64 (quadfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format 64-bit hexadecimal numbers (format 'x') for output. - -sPRIXU64 (quadfio.U): - This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to - format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output. - The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even - case-blind systems can see the difference. +srandom_r_proto (d_srandom_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of srandom_r. + It is zero if d_srandom_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_srandom_r + 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. -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 @@ -3534,7 +4204,7 @@ stdio_cnt (d_stdstdio.U): stdio_filbuf (d_stdstdio.U): This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to tell - stdio to refill it's internal buffers (?). This will + stdio to refill its internal buffers (?). This will be used to define the macro FILE_filbuf(fp). stdio_ptr (d_stdstdio.U): @@ -3546,6 +4216,12 @@ stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U): This variable tells the name of the array holding the stdio streams. Usual values include _iob, __iob, and __sF. +strerror_r_proto (d_strerror_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of strerror_r. + It is zero if d_strerror_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_strerror_r + is defined. + strings (i_string.U): This variable holds the full path of the string header that will be used. Typically /usr/include/string.h or /usr/include/strings.h. @@ -3575,6 +4251,10 @@ tar (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +targetarch (Cross.U): + If cross-compiling, this variable contains the target architecture. + If not, this will be empty. + tbl (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. @@ -3596,6 +4276,18 @@ timetype (d_time.U): or time_t on BSD sites (in which case should be included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used. +tmpnam_r_proto (d_tmpnam_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of tmpnam_r. + It is zero if d_tmpnam_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_tmpnam_r + is defined. + +to (Cross.U): + This variable contains the command used by Configure + to copy to from the target host. Useful and available + only during Perl build. + The string ':' if not cross-compiling. + touch (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the full pathname (if any) of the touch program. After Configure runs, @@ -3616,6 +4308,12 @@ troff (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +ttyname_r_proto (d_ttyname_r.U): + This variable encodes the prototype of ttyname_r. + It is zero if d_ttyname_r is undef, and one of the + REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ttyname_r + is defined. + u16size (perlxv.U): This variable is the size of an U16 in bytes. @@ -3669,11 +4367,6 @@ uquadtype (quadtype.U): unsigned int, unsigned long long, uint64_t, or whatever type is used for 64-bit integers. -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. - use64bitall (use64bits.U): This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_ALL symbol, and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used @@ -3692,6 +4385,10 @@ use64bitint (use64bits.U): This may mean using for example "long longs", while your memory may still be limited to 2 gigabytes. +usecrosscompile (Cross.U): + This variable conditionally defines the USE_CROSS_COMPILE symbol, + and indicates that Perl has been cross-compiled. + usedl (dlsrc.U): This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj. @@ -3749,6 +4446,13 @@ useposix (Extensions.U): for hints files to indicate that POSIX will not compile on a particular system. +usereentrant (usethreads.U): + This variable conditionally defines the USE_REENTRANT_API symbol, + which indicates that the thread code may try to use the various + _r versions of library functions. This is only potentially + meaningful if usethreads is set and is very experimental, it is + not even prompted for. + 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 @@ -3757,8 +4461,8 @@ usesfio (d_sfio.U): d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE". useshrplib (libperl.U): - This variable is set to 'yes' if the user wishes - to build a shared libperl, and 'no' otherwise. + This variable is set to 'true' if the user wishes + to build a shared libperl, and 'false' otherwise. usesocks (usesocks.U): This variable conditionally defines the USE_SOCKS symbol, @@ -3785,6 +4489,10 @@ uuname (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +uvXUformat (perlxvf.U): + This variable contains the format string used for printing + a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF. + uvoformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer. @@ -3803,10 +4511,6 @@ uvxformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef. -uvXUformat (perlxvf.U): - This variable contains the format string used for printing - a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF. - vendorarch (vendorarch.U): This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH symbol. It may have a ~ on the front. @@ -3867,6 +4571,15 @@ version (patchlevel.U): This is suitable for use as a directory name, and hence is filesystem dependent. +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 + '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. + versiononly (versiononly.U): If set, this symbol indicates that only the version-specific components of a perl installation should be installed. @@ -3903,8 +4616,8 @@ xs_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U): See INSTALL for how this works. The versioned site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the lowest possible value. - Since this can depend on compile time options (such as - bincompat) it is set by Configure. Other non-default sources + Since this can depend on compile time options + it is set by Configure. Other non-default sources of potential incompatibility, such as multiplicity, threads, debugging, 64bits, sfio, etc., are not checked for currently, though in principle we could go snooping around in old