Introduce NVef, NVff, and NVgf, use the middle one.

(helps for lib/peek + Linux + long doubles)  Reported in
Subject: [ID 20000814.005] Not OK: perl v5.6.0 on i686-linux-64int 2.2.13       
Message-Id: <20000815040638.8524.qmail@foad.org> 

(note: the lib/complex failure has not yet been addressed)

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6685

3 files changed, 55 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary
index f289baa41c..c148f11956 100644
--- a/Porting/Glossary
+++ b/Porting/Glossary
@@ -2749,6 +2749,30 @@ nroff (Loc.U):
 	full pathname (if any) of the nroff program.  After Configure runs,
 	the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
 
+nveformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable contains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format.
+
+nvEformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable contains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format.
+
+nvfformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable confains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl NV using %f-ish floating point format.
+
+nvFformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable confains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format.
+
+nvgformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable contains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl NV using %g-ish floating point format.
+
+nvGformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable contains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl NV using %G-ish floating point format.
+
 nvsize (perlxv.U):
 	This variable is the size of an NV in bytes.
 
@@ -3585,7 +3609,11 @@ uvuformat (perlxvf.U):
 
 uvxformat (perlxvf.U):
 	This variable contains the format string used for printing
-	a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer. 
+	a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
+
+uvXformat (perlxvf.U):
+	This variable contains the format string used for printing
+	a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF.
 
 vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
 	This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH symbol.
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index a6c619f6fd..004fc8cd5f 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # Package name      : perl5
 # Source directory  : /m/fs/work/work/permanent/perl/pp4/perl
-# Configuration time: Thu Aug 17 02:55:55 EET DST 2000
+# Configuration time: Fri Aug 18 04:57:25 EET DST 2000
 # Configured by     : jhi
 # Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ccflags_uselargefiles=''
 ccsymbols='__alpha=1 __LANGUAGE_C__=1 __osf__=1 __unix__=1 _LONGLONG=1 _SYSTYPE_BSD=1 SYSTYPE_BSD=1 unix=1'
 cf_by='jhi'
 cf_email='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
-cf_time='Thu Aug 17 02:55:55 EET DST 2000'
+cf_time='Fri Aug 18 04:57:25 EET DST 2000'
 charsize='1'
 chgrp=''
 chmod=''
@@ -610,6 +610,12 @@ nm_opt='-p'
 nm_so_opt=''
 nonxs_ext='Errno'
 nroff='nroff'
+nvEformat='"E"'
+nvFformat='"F"'
+nvGformat='"G"'
+nveformat='"e"'
+nvfformat='"f"'
+nvgformat='"g"'
 nvsize='8'
 nvtype='double'
 o_nonblock='O_NONBLOCK'
@@ -772,6 +778,7 @@ usevendorprefix='undef'
 usevfork='false'
 usrinc='/usr/include'
 uuname=''
+uvXformat='"lX"'
 uvoformat='"lo"'
 uvsize='8'
 uvtype='unsigned long'
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index 88e796716f..7053239636 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /*
  * Package name      : perl5
  * Source directory  : /m/fs/work/work/permanent/perl/pp4/perl
- * Configuration time: Thu Aug 17 02:55:55 EET DST 2000
+ * Configuration time: Fri Aug 18 04:57:25 EET DST 2000
  * Configured by     : jhi
  * Target system     : osf1 alpha.hut.fi v4.0 878 alpha 
  */
@@ -2732,12 +2732,27 @@
  */
 /* UVxf:
  *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl UV
- *	as an unsigned hexadecimal integer.
+ *	as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
+ */
+/* NVef:
+ *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl NV
+ *	using %e-ish floating point format.
+ */
+/* NVff:
+ *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl NV
+ *	using %f-ish floating point format.
+ */
+/* NVgf:
+ *	This symbol defines the format string used for printing a Perl NV
+ *	using %g-ish floating point format.
  */
 #define	IVdf		"ld"		/**/
 #define	UVuf		"lu"		/**/
 #define	UVof		"lo"		/**/
 #define	UVxf		"lx"		/**/
+#define	NVef		"e"		/**/
+#define	NVff		"f"		/**/
+#define	NVgf		"g"		/**/
 
 /* Pid_t:
  *	This symbol holds the type used to declare process ids in the kernel.