X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/6b4667fc1b974ce7a433cfefaaba43c525667a61..868b60787e2625b93a647ab61f53849d7281cc87:/Porting/Glossary diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index c148f11..91f315b 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ + +!!!!!!! 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' @@ -5,13 +9,15 @@ generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep the formatting regular.] _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. @@ -24,6 +30,12 @@ afs (afs.U): with a hint value or command line option, but you'd better know what you are doing. +afsroot (afs.U): + 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. + alignbytes (alignbytes.U): This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a double-- or a long double when applicable. Usual values are @@ -45,7 +57,8 @@ 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. @@ -53,7 +66,8 @@ 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. @@ -112,6 +126,12 @@ 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, @@ -130,17 +150,14 @@ 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. bison (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 bison program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "bison" and is not useful. byacc (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the @@ -148,10 +165,10 @@ 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 @@ -174,8 +191,8 @@ cat (Loc.U): cc (cc.U): This variable holds the name of a command to execute a C compiler which can resolve multiple global references that happen to have the same - name. Usual values are 'cc', 'Mcc', 'cc -M', and 'gcc'. - Fervent ANSI compilers may be called 'c89'. AIX has xlc. + name. Usual values are 'cc' and 'gcc'. + Fervent ANSI compilers may be called 'c89'. AIX has xlc. cccdlflags (dlsrc.U): This variable contains any special flags that might need to be @@ -197,12 +214,24 @@ ccflags_uselargefiles (uselfs.U): This variable contains the compiler flags needed by large file builds and added to ccflags by hints files. +ccname (Checkcc.U): + This can set either by hints files or by Configure. If using + gcc, this is gcc, and if not, usually equal to cc, unimpressive, no? + Some platforms, however, make good use of this by storing the + flavor of the C compiler being used here. For example if using + the Sun WorkShop suite, ccname will be 'workshop'. + ccsymbols (Cppsym.U): The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler alone. The symbols defined by cpp or by cc when it calls cpp are not in this list, see cppsymbols and cppccsymbols. The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens. +ccversion (Checkcc.U): + This can set either by hints files or by Configure. If using + a (non-gcc) vendor cc, this variable may contain a version for + the compiler. + cf_by (cf_who.U): Login name of the person who ran the Configure script and answered the questions. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH. @@ -224,8 +253,9 @@ 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. @@ -245,10 +275,6 @@ compress (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. -CONFIGDOTSH (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. - contains (contains.U): This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return status. On most sane systems it is simply "grep". On insane systems @@ -270,7 +296,7 @@ cpp (Loc.U): the value is reset to a plain "cpp" and is not useful. cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U): - This variable contains an identification of the catenation mechanism + This variable contains an identification of the concatenation mechanism used by the C preprocessor. cppccsymbols (Cppsym.U): @@ -313,10 +339,11 @@ 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 @@ -328,6 +355,22 @@ 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__fwalk (d__fwalk.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS__FWALK if _fwalk() is + available to apply a function to all the file handles. + d_access (d_access.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_ACCESS if the access() system call is available to check for access permissions using real IDs. @@ -336,6 +379,11 @@ d_accessx (d_accessx.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ACCESSX symbol, which indicates to the C program that the accessx() routine is available. +d_aintl (d_aintl.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_AINTL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the aintl() routine is available. + If copysignl is also present we can emulate modfl. + d_alarm (d_alarm.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ALARM symbol, which indicates to the C program that the alarm() routine is available. @@ -345,6 +393,11 @@ 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. @@ -366,13 +419,6 @@ 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. @@ -416,24 +462,52 @@ 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. +d_cmsghdr_s (d_cmsghdr_s.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_CMSGHDR symbol, + which indicates that the struct cmsghdr is supported. + d_const (d_const.U): This variable conditionally defines the HASCONST symbol, which indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows about the const type. +d_copysignl (d_copysignl.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_COPYSIGNL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the copysignl() routine is available. + If aintl is also present we can emulate modfl. + d_crypt (d_crypt.U): This variable conditionally defines the CRYPT symbol, which 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 @@ -444,10 +518,21 @@ d_dbl_dig (d_dbl_dig.U): header files provide DBL_DIG, which is the number of significant digits in a double precision number. +d_dbminitproto (d_dbminitproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DBMINIT_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the dbminit() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + 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 @@ -471,6 +556,11 @@ 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 @@ -490,27 +580,57 @@ 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. @@ -519,6 +639,15 @@ 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_faststdio (d_faststdio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FAST_STDIO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the "fast stdio" is available + to manipulate the stdio buffers directly. + +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 @@ -533,6 +662,10 @@ d_fcntl (d_fcntl.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCNTL symbol, and indicates whether the fcntl() function exists +d_fcntl_can_lock (d_fcntl_can_lock.U): + This variable conditionally defines the FCNTL_CAN_LOCK symbol + and indicates whether file locking with fcntl() works. + d_fd_macros (d_fd_set.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FD_MACROS symbol, which indicates if your C compiler knows about the macros which @@ -553,6 +686,14 @@ 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. @@ -561,16 +702,38 @@ d_flock (d_flock.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_FLOCK if flock() is available to do file locking. +d_flockproto (d_flockproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FLOCK_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the flock() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + 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. @@ -598,6 +761,10 @@ d_fstatvfs (d_statvfs.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATVFS symbol, which indicates to the C program that the fstatvfs() routine is available. +d_fsync (d_fsync.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSYNC symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the fsync() routine is available. + d_ftello (d_ftello.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELLO symbol, which indicates to the C program that the ftello() routine is available. @@ -609,12 +776,24 @@ d_ftime (d_ftime.U): 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))' + 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_getcwd (d_getcwd.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETCWD symbol, which @@ -634,6 +813,21 @@ 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 @@ -658,17 +852,41 @@ 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 prototypes for the various gethost*() functions. See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types. +d_getitimer (d_getitimer.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETITIMER symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the getitimer() routine is available. + d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN symbol, which 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 @@ -693,12 +911,31 @@ 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 prototypes for the various getnet*() functions. See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types. +d_getpagsz (d_getpagsz.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPAGESIZE if getpagesize() + 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 @@ -738,6 +975,21 @@ 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 @@ -753,6 +1005,21 @@ 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 @@ -769,6 +1036,21 @@ 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 @@ -779,11 +1061,21 @@ 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. @@ -800,9 +1092,10 @@ 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_ilogbl (d_ilogbl.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ILOGBL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the ilogbl() routine is available. + If scalbnl is also present we can emulate frexpl. d_index (d_strchr.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and @@ -820,6 +1113,14 @@ 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. @@ -847,6 +1148,11 @@ 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. @@ -954,6 +1260,19 @@ 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. @@ -995,6 +1314,10 @@ d_msgget (d_msgget.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGGET symbol, which indicates to the C program that the msgget() routine is available. +d_msghdr_s (d_msghdr_s.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_MSGHDR symbol, + which indicates that the struct msghdr is supported. + d_msgrcv (d_msgrcv.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGRCV symbol, which indicates to the C program that the msgrcv() routine is available. @@ -1020,14 +1343,14 @@ 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. @@ -1091,28 +1414,34 @@ d_PRId64 (quadfio.U): indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers. d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which + This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles. -d_PRIEldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which +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_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldlbl symbol, which + 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_PRIfldlbl symbol, which +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_PRIfldlbl symbol, which + 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_PRIfldlbl symbol, which +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 @@ -1131,9 +1460,25 @@ 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_PRIX64 (quadfio.U): - This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIX64 symbol, which +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_procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U): + Defined if $procselfexe is symlink to the absolute + pathname of the executing program. + +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_attr_setscope (d_pthread_attr_ss.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE if + pthread_attr_setscope() is available to set the contention scope + attribute of a thread attribute object. d_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD @@ -1180,15 +1525,38 @@ 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 to read the value of a symbolic link. +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_recvmsg (d_recvmsg.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RECVMSG symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the recvmsg() routine is available. + d_rename (d_rename.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RENAME symbol, which indicates to the C program that the rename() routine is available @@ -1204,17 +1572,30 @@ 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 the memcpy() routine is available and can be used to compare relative magnitudes of chars with their high bits set. +d_sbrkproto (d_sbrkproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SBRK_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the sbrk() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + +d_scalbnl (d_scalbnl.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCALBNL symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the scalbnl() routine is available. + If ilogbl is also present we can emulate frexpl. + d_sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCHED_YIELD symbol if the sched_yield routine is available to yield @@ -1225,6 +1606,10 @@ 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. @@ -1258,6 +1643,10 @@ d_semop (d_semop.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMOP symbol, which indicates to the C program that the semop() routine is available. +d_sendmsg (d_sendmsg.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SENDMSG symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the sendmsg() routine is available. + d_setegid (d_setegid.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETEGID symbol, which indicates to the C program that the setegid() routine is available @@ -1273,6 +1662,11 @@ 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 @@ -1282,6 +1676,15 @@ 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. + d_setlinebuf (d_setlnbuf.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLINEBUF symbol, which indicates to the C program that the setlinebuf() routine is available @@ -1292,10 +1695,20 @@ 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. @@ -1322,11 +1735,21 @@ 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 @@ -1361,6 +1784,11 @@ 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. @@ -1403,11 +1831,26 @@ d_sigaction (d_sigaction.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available. +d_sigprocmask (d_sigprocmask.U): + This variable conditionally defines HAS_SIGPROCMASK + if sigprocmask() is available to examine or change the signal mask + of the calling process. + d_sigsetjmp (d_sigsetjmp.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGSETJMP symbol, which indicates that the sigsetjmp() routine is available to call setjmp() and optionally save the process's signal mask. +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. + +d_sockatmarkproto (d_sockatmarkproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKATMARK_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the sockatmark() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + d_socket (d_socket.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SOCKET, which indicates that the BSD socket interface is supported. @@ -1419,10 +1862,36 @@ d_sockpair (d_socket.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKETPAIR symbol, which indicates that the BSD socketpair() is supported. +d_socks5_init (d_socks5_init.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKS5_INIT symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the socks5_init() routine is available. + 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 + a prototype for the setresgid() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + +d_sresuproto (d_sresuproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRESUID_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the setresuid() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + d_statblks (d_statblks.U): This variable conditionally defines USE_STAT_BLOCKS if this system has a stat structure declaring @@ -1450,6 +1919,15 @@ d_stdio_ptr_lval (d_stdstdio.U): This variable conditionally defines STDIO_PTR_LVALUE if the FILE_ptr macro can be used as an lvalue. +d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt (d_stdstdio.U): + This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue + to increase the pointer by n leaves File_cnt(fp) unchanged. + +d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt (d_stdstdio.U): + This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue + to increase the pointer by n has the side effect of decreasing the + value of File_cnt(fp) by n. + d_stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U): This variable tells whether there is an array holding the stdio streams. @@ -1487,6 +1965,15 @@ 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. + d_strtod (d_strtod.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOD symbol, which indicates to the C program that the strtod() routine is available @@ -1505,6 +1992,10 @@ d_strtoll (d_strtoll.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOLL symbol, which indicates to the C program that the strtoll() routine is available. +d_strtoq (d_strtoq.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOQ symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the strtoq() routine is available. + d_strtoul (d_strtoul.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUL symbol, which indicates to the C program that the strtoul() routine is available @@ -1535,6 +2026,12 @@ d_syscall (d_syscall.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYSCALL if syscall() is available call arbitrary system calls. +d_syscallproto (d_syscallproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYSCALL_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the syscall() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + d_sysconf (d_sysconf.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYSCONF symbol, which indicates to the C program that the sysconf() routine is available @@ -1582,14 +2079,40 @@ 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. +d_u32align (d_u32align.U): + This variable tells whether you must access character data + through U32-aligned pointers. + +d_ualarm (d_ualarm.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UALARM symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the ualarm() routine is available. + d_umask (d_umask.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UMASK symbol, which indicates to the C program that the umask() routine is available. @@ -1604,6 +2127,20 @@ 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. + +d_usleepproto (d_usleepproto.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_USLEEP_PROTO symbol, + which indicates to the C program that the system provides + a prototype for the usleep() function. Otherwise, it is + up to the program to supply one. + d_ustat (d_ustat.U): This variable conditionally defines HAS_USTAT if ustat() is available to query file system statistics by dev_t. @@ -1617,6 +2154,9 @@ d_vendorbin (vendorbin.U): d_vendorlib (vendorlib.U): This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORLIB. +d_vendorscript (vendorscript.U): + This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORSCRIPT. + d_vfork (d_vfork.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VFORK symbol, which indicates the vfork() routine is available. @@ -1664,6 +2204,10 @@ d_wctomb (d_wctomb.U): indicates to the C program that the wctomb() routine is available to convert a wide character to a multibyte. +d_writev (d_writev.U): + This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WRITEV symbol, which + indicates to the C program that the writev() routine is available. + d_xenix (Guess.U): This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts the C program that it runs under Xenix. @@ -1683,6 +2227,20 @@ db_prefixtype (i_db.U): in the header file. In older versions of DB, it was int, while in newer ones it is size_t. +db_version_major (i_db.U): + This variable contains the major version number of + Berkeley DB found in the header file. + +db_version_minor (i_db.U): + This variable contains the minor version number of + Berkeley DB found in the header file. + For DB version 1 this is always 0. + +db_version_patch (i_db.U): + This variable contains the patch version number of + Berkeley DB found in the header file. + For DB version 1 this is always 0. + defvoidused (voidflags.U): This variable contains the default value of the VOIDUSED symbol (15). @@ -1710,6 +2268,12 @@ 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. @@ -1739,6 +2303,42 @@ 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 @@ -1758,6 +2358,9 @@ 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. + fflushall (fflushall.U): This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush all pending stdio output one must loop through all @@ -1794,6 +2397,12 @@ 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 @@ -1813,16 +2422,141 @@ 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. @@ -1843,6 +2577,22 @@ 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, @@ -1885,11 +2635,26 @@ hostcat (nis.U): On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent command, in which case this variable is unset. -huge (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program running with a huge memory model. If the - huge model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large - model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this. +html1dir (html1dir.U): + This variable contains the name of the directory in which html + source pages are to be put. This directory is for pages + that describe whole programs, not libraries or modules. It + is intended to correspond roughly to section 1 of the Unix + manuals. + +html1direxp (html1dir.U): + This variable is the same as the html1dir variable, but is filename + expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. + +html3dir (html3dir.U): + This variable contains the name of the directory in which html + source pages are to be put. This directory is for pages + that describe libraries or modules. It is intended to + correspond roughly to section 3 of the Unix manuals. + +html3direxp (html3dir.U): + This variable is the same as the html3dir variable, but is filename + expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. i16size (perlxv.U): This variable is the size of an I16 in bytes. @@ -1924,6 +2689,10 @@ 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 . @@ -1956,6 +2725,14 @@ 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 @@ -1965,10 +2742,6 @@ 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 . @@ -1977,6 +2750,10 @@ 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 . @@ -2295,6 +3072,16 @@ installbin (bin.U): the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always 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 + 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 + should only use this variable within your makefiles. + installman1dir (man1dir.U): This variable is really the same as man1direxp, unless you are using AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas @@ -2339,11 +3126,40 @@ installsitebin (sitebin.U): a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability. +installsitehtml1dir (sitehtml1dir.U): + This variable is really the same as sitehtml1direxp, unless you are using + AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas + html1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra + portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles. + +installsitehtml3dir (sitehtml3dir.U): + This variable is really the same as sitehtml3direxp, unless you are using + AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas + html3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra + portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles. + installsitelib (sitelib.U): This variable is really the same as sitelibexp but may differ on those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable should be used in makefiles. +installsiteman1dir (siteman1dir.U): + This variable is really the same as siteman1direxp, unless you are using + AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas + man1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra + portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles. + +installsiteman3dir (siteman3dir.U): + This variable is really the same as siteman3direxp, unless you are using + AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas + man3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra + portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles. + +installsitescript (sitescript.U): + This variable is usually the same as sitescriptexp, unless you are on + a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You + should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability. + installstyle (installstyle.U): This variable describes the "style" of the perl installation. This is intended to be useful for tools that need to @@ -2356,9 +3172,27 @@ 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". @@ -2377,15 +3211,45 @@ installvendorbin (vendorbin.U): those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable should be used in makefiles. +installvendorhtml1dir (vendorhtml1dir.U): + This variable is really the same as vendorhtml1direxp but may differ on + those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable + should be used in makefiles. + +installvendorhtml3dir (vendorhtml3dir.U): + This variable is really the same as vendorhtml3direxp but may differ on + those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable + should be used in makefiles. + installvendorlib (vendorlib.U): This variable is really the same as vendorlibexp but may differ on those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable should be used in makefiles. +installvendorman1dir (vendorman1dir.U): + This variable is really the same as vendorman1direxp but may differ on + those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable + should be used in makefiles. + +installvendorman3dir (vendorman3dir.U): + This variable is really the same as vendorman3direxp but may differ on + those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable + should be used in makefiles. + +installvendorscript (vendorscript.U): + This variable is really the same as vendorscriptexp but may differ on + those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable + should be used in makefiles. + intsize (intsize.U): This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int. +issymlink (issymlink.U): + This variable holds the test command to test for a symbolic link + (if they are supported). Typical values include 'test -h' and + 'test -L'. + ivdformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer. @@ -2404,11 +3268,6 @@ ksh (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. -large (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program running with a large memory model. It is up to - the Makefile to use this. - ld (dlsrc.U): This variable indicates the program to be used to link libraries for dynamic loading. On some systems, it is 'ld'. @@ -2459,7 +3318,7 @@ 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 @@ -2509,6 +3368,12 @@ 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 @@ -2576,9 +3441,12 @@ 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. @@ -2632,16 +3500,18 @@ Mcc (Loc.U): full pathname (if any) of the Mcc program. After Configure runs, the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful. -medium (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program running with a medium memory model. If the - medium model is not supported, contains the flag to produce large - model programs. It is up to the Makefile to use this. - mips_type (usrinc.U): This variable holds the environment type for the mips system. Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V". +mistrustnm (Csym.U): + This variable can be used to establish a fallthrough for the cases + where nm fails to find a symbol. If usenm is false or usenm is true + and mistrustnm is false, this variable has no effect. If usenm is true + and mistrustnm is "compile", a test program will be compiled to try to + find any symbol that can't be located via nm lookup. If mistrustnm is + "run", the test program will be run as well as being compiled. + mkdir (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the full pathname (if any) of the mkdir program. After Configure runs, @@ -2652,11 +3522,6 @@ mmaptype (d_mmap.U): (and simultaneously the type of the first argument). It can be 'void *' or 'caddr_t'. -models (models.U): - This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this - system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small, - medium, large, and huge. The component values are space separated. - modetype (modetype.U): This variable defines modetype to be something like mode_t, int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file @@ -2703,6 +3568,15 @@ n (n.U): command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". +need_va_copy (need_va_copy.U): + This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores + the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format + that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some + other means must be used when copying is required. + As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision) + of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform- + independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job. + netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U): This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to gethostbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or size_t or unsigned. @@ -2749,11 +3623,15 @@ 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. +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. -nvEformat (perlxvf.U): +nvEUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format. @@ -2761,7 +3639,7 @@ nvfformat (perlxvf.U): This variable confains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %f-ish floating point format. -nvFformat (perlxvf.U): +nvFUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable confains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format. @@ -2769,7 +3647,7 @@ nvgformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %g-ish floating point format. -nvGformat (perlxvf.U): +nvGUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl NV using %G-ish floating point format. @@ -2863,6 +3741,14 @@ perl (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. +perl_patchlevel (patchlevel.U): + This is the Perl patch level, a numeric change identifier, + as defined by whichever source code maintenance system + is used to maintain the patches; currently Perforce. + It does not correlate with the Perl version numbers or + 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 @@ -2880,10 +3766,20 @@ PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U): perladmin (perladmin.U): Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator. +perllibs (End.U): + The list of libraries needed by Perl only (any libraries needed + by extensions only will by dropped, if using dynamic loading). + perlpath (perlpath.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol, which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in - shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom. + 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 @@ -2949,6 +3845,11 @@ 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. @@ -2975,6 +3876,12 @@ 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. @@ -2989,6 +3896,18 @@ 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". @@ -3003,6 +3922,12 @@ 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 @@ -3049,6 +3974,48 @@ 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 @@ -3088,7 +4055,7 @@ 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): @@ -3101,8 +4068,8 @@ sig_count (sig_name.U): sig_name (sig_name.U): This variable holds the signal names, space separated. The leading - SIG in signal name is removed. A ZERO is prepended to the - list. This is currently not used. + SIG in signal name is removed. A ZERO is prepended to the list. + This is currently not used, sig_name_init is used instead. sig_name_init (sig_name.U): This variable holds the signal names, enclosed in double quotes and @@ -3113,10 +4080,10 @@ sig_name_init (sig_name.U): sig_num (sig_name.U): This variable holds the signal numbers, space separated. A ZERO is - prepended to the list (corresponding to the fake SIGZERO), and - the list is terminated with a 0. Those numbers correspond to - the value of the signal listed in the same place within the - sig_name list. + prepended to the list (corresponding to the fake SIGZERO). + Those numbers correspond to the value of the signal listed + in the same place within the sig_name list. + This is currently not used, sig_num_init is used instead. sig_num_init (sig_name.U): This variable holds the signal numbers, enclosed in double quotes and @@ -3124,6 +4091,10 @@ sig_num_init (sig_name.U): 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 number of elements of the sig_name + and sig_num arrays. + signal_t (d_voidsig.U): This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int). @@ -3157,6 +4128,36 @@ sitebinexp (sitebin.U): This is the same as the sitebin variable, but is filename expanded at configuration time, for use in your makefiles. +sitehtml1dir (sitehtml1dir.U): + This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific + html source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the + Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command. + You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + html pages in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +sitehtml1direxp (sitehtml1dir.U): + This variable is the same as the sitehtml1dir variable, but is filename + expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. + +sitehtml3dir (sitehtml3dir.U): + This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific + library html source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the + Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command. + You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + library html pages in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +sitehtml3direxp (sitehtml3dir.U): + This variable is the same as the sitehtml3dir variable, but is filename + expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. + sitelib (sitelib.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the SITELIB symbol, which is the name of the private library for this package. It may @@ -3177,6 +4178,36 @@ sitelibexp (sitelib.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. +siteman1dir (siteman1dir.U): + This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific + manual source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the + Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command. + You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + man1 pages in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +siteman1direxp (siteman1dir.U): + This variable is the same as the siteman1dir variable, but is filename + expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. + +siteman3dir (siteman3dir.U): + This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific + library man source pages are to be put. It is the responsibility of the + Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command. + You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + man3 pages in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +siteman3direxp (siteman3dir.U): + This variable is the same as the siteman3dir variable, but is filename + expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles. + siteprefix (siteprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below which the user will install add-on packages. @@ -3186,6 +4217,21 @@ siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below which the user will install add-on packages. Derived from siteprefix. +sitescript (sitescript.U): + This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants + to put add-on publicly executable files for the package in question. It + is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using + this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + scripts in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +sitescriptexp (sitescript.U): + This is the same as the sitescript variable, but is filename expanded at + configuration time, for use in your makefiles. + sizesize (sizesize.U): This variable contains the size of a sizetype in bytes. @@ -3202,11 +4248,6 @@ smail (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. -small (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program running with a small memory model. It is up to - the Makefile to use this. - so (so.U): This variable holds the extension used to identify shared libraries (also known as shared objects) on the system. Usually set to 'so'. @@ -3236,12 +4277,6 @@ 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. -split (models.U): - This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader - to produce a program that will run in separate I and D space, for those - machines that support separation of instruction and data space. It is - up to the Makefile to use this. - sPRId64 (quadfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'd') for output. @@ -3250,25 +4285,31 @@ sPRIeldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'e') for output. -sPRIEldbl (longdblfio.U): +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. sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format long doubles (format 'f') for output. -sPRIFldbl (longdblfio.U): +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. -sPRIGldbl (longdblfio.U): +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 @@ -3286,15 +4327,33 @@ sPRIx64 (quadfio.U): This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to format 64-bit hexadecimal numbers (format 'x') for output. -sPRIX64 (quadfio.U): +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. + +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. + +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 @@ -3342,7 +4401,7 @@ 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): @@ -3354,6 +4413,12 @@ 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. @@ -3383,6 +4448,10 @@ 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. @@ -3404,6 +4473,18 @@ 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, @@ -3424,6 +4505,12 @@ 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. @@ -3500,10 +4587,19 @@ 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. +usefaststdio (usefaststdio.U): + This variable conditionally defines the USE_FAST_STDIO symbol, + and indicates that Perl should be built to use 'fast stdio'. + Defaults to define in Perls 5.8 and earlier, to undef later. + useithreads (usethreads.U): This variable conditionally defines the USE_ITHREADS symbol, and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based @@ -3557,6 +4653,13 @@ 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 @@ -3565,8 +4668,8 @@ 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, @@ -3611,7 +4714,7 @@ uvxformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef. -uvXformat (perlxvf.U): +uvXUformat (perlxvf.U): This variable contains the format string used for printing a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF. @@ -3641,6 +4744,32 @@ vendorbinexp (vendorbin.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorbin, so that you may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. +vendorhtml1dir (vendorhtml1dir.U): + 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 + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +vendorhtml1direxp (vendorhtml1dir.U): + This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorhtml1dir, so that you + may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. + +vendorhtml3dir (vendorhtml3dir.U): + 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 + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +vendorhtml3direxp (vendorhtml3dir.U): + This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorhtml3dir, so that you + may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. + vendorlib (vendorlib.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORLIB symbol, which is the name of the private library for this package. @@ -3659,6 +4788,32 @@ vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. +vendorman1dir (vendorman1dir.U): + 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 + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +vendorman1direxp (vendorman1dir.U): + This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorman1dir, so that you + may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. + +vendorman3dir (vendorman3dir.U): + 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 + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +vendorman3direxp (vendorman3dir.U): + This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorman3dir, so that you + may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. + vendorprefix (vendorprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below which the vendor will install add-on packages. @@ -3668,6 +4823,19 @@ vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below which the vendor will install add-on packages. Derived from vendorprefix. +vendorscript (vendorscript.U): + This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORSCRIPT symbol. + It may have a ~ on the front. + 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 + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. + +vendorscriptexp (vendorscript.U): + This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorscript, so that you + may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts. + version (patchlevel.U): The full version number of this package, such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1). This combines revision, patchlevel, and subversion to get the @@ -3675,6 +4843,27 @@ 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. + This may be useful for making a test installation of a new + version without disturbing the existing installation. + Setting versiononly is equivalent to setting installperl's -v option. + In particular, the non-versioned scripts and programs such as + a2p, c2ph, h2xs, pod2*, and perldoc are not installed + (see INSTALL for a more complete list). Nor are the man + pages installed. + Usually, this is undef. + vi (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful. @@ -3699,13 +4888,21 @@ 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 Config.pm files. +yacc (yacc.U): + This variable holds the name of the compiler compiler we + want to use in the Makefile. It can be yacc, byacc, or bison -y. + +yaccflags (yacc.U): + This variable contains any additional yacc flags desired by the + user. It is up to the Makefile to use this. + zcat (Loc.U): This variable is defined but not used by Configure. The value is a plain '' and is not useful.