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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-06-10 03:30:06 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-06-10 03:30:06 +0000
commit9c20e9bc2196ed149d3bedb9d3f98c0431f1b990 (patch)
tree3900d60cb6b877b4fd0d347f24c776424dc94edd /Porting
parent15d96390cdc9f50119594a52390acfbf47d4f693 (diff)
downloadperl-9c20e9bc2196ed149d3bedb9d3f98c0431f1b990.tar.gz
Glossary tweaks.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17156
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
-rw-r--r--Porting/Glossary24
-rw-r--r--Porting/config.sh4
-rw-r--r--Porting/config_H2
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index 09657fabd5..1ceb4dddbd 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -57,7 +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.
@@ -65,7 +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.
@@ -771,7 +773,8 @@ d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
long doubles, respectively. If present, they contain a
space-separated list of one or more of the above function
names in the order they should be tried.
- d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
+
+ d_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
@@ -3065,9 +3068,11 @@ 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
+
+ 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".
@@ -3576,11 +3581,6 @@ perl5 (perl5.U):
installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
to determine inc_version_list.
-perl5 (perl5.U):
- This variable contains the full path (if any) to a previously
- installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
- to determine inc_version_list.
-
perl (Loc.U):
This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
@@ -4594,6 +4594,10 @@ xs_apiversion (xs_apiversion.U):
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.
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index fd089ce934..78b434f001 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
# Package name : perl5
# Source directory : .
-# Configuration time: Sat Jun 8 19:29:36 EET DST 2002
+# Configuration time: Mon Jun 10 07:26:05 EET DST 2002
# Configured by : jhi
# Target system : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ccsymbols='__alpha=1 __LANGUAGE_C__=1 __osf__=1 __unix__=1 _LONGLONG=1 _SYSTYPE_
ccversion='V5.6-082'
cf_by='jhi'
cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
-cf_time='Sat Jun 8 19:29:36 EET DST 2002'
+cf_time='Mon Jun 10 07:26:05 EET DST 2002'
charsize='1'
chgrp=''
chmod='chmod'
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 31313263a4..5db9e3a1f3 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
/*
* Package name : perl5
* Source directory : .
- * Configuration time: Sat Jun 8 19:29:36 EET DST 2002
+ * Configuration time: Mon Jun 10 07:26:05 EET DST 2002
* Configured by : jhi
* Target system : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha
*/