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author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-06-10 03:30:06 +0000 |
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committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2002-06-10 03:30:06 +0000 |
commit | 9c20e9bc2196ed149d3bedb9d3f98c0431f1b990 (patch) | |
tree | 3900d60cb6b877b4fd0d347f24c776424dc94edd /Porting | |
parent | 15d96390cdc9f50119594a52390acfbf47d4f693 (diff) | |
download | perl-9c20e9bc2196ed149d3bedb9d3f98c0431f1b990.tar.gz |
Glossary tweaks.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17156
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/Glossary | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/config.sh | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Porting/config_H | 2 |
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 */ |