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| author | Paul Green <Paul.Green@stratus.com> | 2002-04-08 06:44:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@wiw.org> | 2002-04-08 13:50:43 +0000 |
| commit | 9285ede26a5273c426e650e344bce458842c76c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 56f81b1595fee92d87b4c7fd7d482eb98d80bb37 /Porting | |
| parent | 2d7e68ed6347d382440855d3dbb39b392c03fcab (diff) | |
| download | perl-9285ede26a5273c426e650e344bce458842c76c0.tar.gz | |
Updates to Porting/Glossary
Message-Id: <200204081445.KAA16861@mailhub1.stratus.com>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@15806
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/Glossary | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 4030a01379..67681053d6 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -5,13 +5,15 @@ 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'. + No other operating systems require an extension for executable + files, so it is empty for all others. _o (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for object files. @@ -3072,7 +3074,7 @@ 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 @@ -3184,8 +3186,11 @@ mailx (Loc.U): make (Loc.U): This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the - full pathname (if any) of the make program. After Configure runs, - the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful. + full pathname (if any) of the make program. Both the directory + and the command name can vary from system to system; while most + systems call the command 'make', other values include 'gmake' and + 'gnumake'. After Configure runs, the value is reset to a plain + "make" and is not useful. make_set_make (make.U): Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE. Others do not. |