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diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index d54a0b0334..e2d91a944f 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH. [`configpm' generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep the formatting regular.] +Mcc (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the Mcc program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful. + _a (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries. For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible @@ -46,6 +51,11 @@ apiversion (patchlevel.U): from patchlevel.h. For now, we'll guess maintenance subversions will retain binary compatibility. +ar (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the ar program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "ar" and is not useful. + archlib (archlib.U): This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants to put architecture-dependent public library files for $package. @@ -68,9 +78,18 @@ archobjs (Unix.U): or other facilities. For perl on OS/2, for example, this would include os2/os2.obj. +awk (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the awk program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "awk" and is not useful. + baserev (baserev.U): The base revision level of this package, from the .package file. +bash (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + bin (bin.U): This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants to put publicly executable images for the package in question. It @@ -81,6 +100,15 @@ 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. + +byacc (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the byacc program. After Configure runs, + 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 @@ -100,6 +128,11 @@ castflags (d_castneg.U): 2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000 4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list +cat (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the cat program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "cat" and is not useful. + 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 @@ -108,12 +141,12 @@ cc (cc.U): cccdlflags (dlsrc.U): This variable contains any special flags that might need to be passed with cc -c to compile modules to be used to create a shared - library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this + library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this should be +z. It is up to the makefile to use it. ccdlflags (dlsrc.U): This variable contains any special flags that might need to be - passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading. + passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading. It is up to the makefile to use it. For sunos 4.1, it should be empty. @@ -133,17 +166,52 @@ cf_time (cf_who.U): Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH. +chgrp (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + 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. + +chown (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + clocktype (d_times.U): This variable holds the type returned by times(). It can be long, or clock_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be included). +comm (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the comm program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "comm" and is not useful. + +compress (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + 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 it is a grep followed by a cat followed by a test. This variable is primarily for the use of other Configure units. +cp (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the cp program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "cp" and is not useful. + +cpio (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +cpp (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the cpp program. After Configure runs, + 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 used by the C preprocessor. @@ -181,6 +249,11 @@ cryptlib (d_crypt.U): the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is up to the Makefile to use this. +csh (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful. + d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U): This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert floating point numbers into strings. It could be 'gconvert' @@ -1148,6 +1221,11 @@ d_xenix (Guess.U): This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts the C program that it runs under Xenix. +date (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the date program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "date" and is not useful. + db_hashtype (i_db.U): This variable contains the type of the hash structure element in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was @@ -1184,6 +1262,20 @@ eagain (nblock_io.U): data is present on the file and non-blocking I/O was enabled (otherwise, read() blocks naturally). +echo (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the echo program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "echo" and is not useful. + +egrep (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the egrep program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "egrep" and is not useful. + +emacs (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + 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 @@ -1192,18 +1284,32 @@ eunicefix (Init.U): exe_ext (Unix.U): This is an old synonym for _exe. +expr (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the expr program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "expr" and is not useful. + extensions (Extensions.U): This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and non-xs linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion is available. +find (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the find program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "find" and is not useful. + firstmakefile (Unix.U): This variable defines the first file searched by make. On unix, it is makefile (then Makefile). On case-insensitive systems, it might be something else. This is only used to deal with convoluted make depend tricks. +flex (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + fpostype (fpostype.U): This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpost_t, long, uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc. @@ -1236,6 +1342,11 @@ gidtype (gidtype.U): ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type of getgid(). Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel. +grep (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "grep" and is not useful. + groupcat (nis.U): This variable contains a command that produces the text of the /etc/group file. This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be @@ -1247,6 +1358,11 @@ groupstype (groupstype.U): getgroups() and setgroups(). Usually, this is the same as gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't. +gzip (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the gzip program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "gzip" and is not useful. + h_fcntl (h_fcntl.U): This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_fcntl that <fcntl.h> should be included. @@ -1512,6 +1628,10 @@ incpath (usrinc.U): right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib". Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips. +inews (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + installarchlib (archlib.U): This variable is really the same as archlibexp but may differ on those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable @@ -1562,6 +1682,10 @@ known_extensions (Extensions.U): This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in the package. +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 @@ -1583,6 +1707,11 @@ ldflags (ccflags.U): This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this. +less (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the less program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "less" and is not useful. + lib_ext (Unix.U): This is an old synonym for _a. @@ -1610,10 +1739,24 @@ libswanted (Myinit.U): search. The order is chosen to pick up the c library ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4. +line (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the line program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "line" and is not useful. + +lint (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + lkflags (ccflags.U): This variable contains any additional C partial linker flags desired by the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this. +ln (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the ln program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful. + lns (lns.U): This variable holds the name of the command to make symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used @@ -1645,11 +1788,37 @@ longsize (intsize.U): This variable contains the value of the LONGSIZE symbol, which indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long. +lp (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +lpr (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +ls (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the ls program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "ls" and is not useful. + lseektype (lseektype.U): This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long, or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type). +mail (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +mailx (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +make (Loc.U): + This variable is be 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. + make_set_make (make.U): Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE. Others do not. This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH @@ -1716,6 +1885,11 @@ mips_type (usrinc.U): This variable holds the environment type for the mips system. Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V". +mkdir (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the mkdir program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "mkdir" and is not useful. + models (models.U): This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small, @@ -1726,6 +1900,15 @@ modetype (modetype.U): int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file modes for system calls. +more (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the more program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "more" and is not useful. + +mv (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + myarchname (archname.U): This variable holds the architecture name computed by Configure in a previous run. It is not intended to be perused by any user and @@ -1774,6 +1957,11 @@ netdb_net_type (netdbtype.U): getnetbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or long. This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally. +nm (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the nm program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "nm" and is not useful. + nm_opt (usenm.U): This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm. @@ -1789,6 +1977,11 @@ nonxs_ext (Extensions.U): This variable holds a list of all non-xs extensions included in the package. All of them will be built. +nroff (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful. + o_nonblock (nblock_io.U): This variable bears the symbol value to be used during open() or fcntl() to turn on non-blocking I/O for a file descriptor. If you wish to switch @@ -1844,6 +2037,11 @@ path_sep (Unix.U): This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH. +perl (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the perl program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "perl" and is not useful. + perladmin (perladmin.U): Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator. @@ -1852,6 +2050,11 @@ perlpath (perlpath.U): which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom. +pg (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the pg program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "pg" and is not useful. + phostname (myhostname.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the PHOSTNAME symbol, which is a command that can be fed to popen() to get the host name. @@ -1867,6 +2070,14 @@ plibpth (libpth.U): Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special machines, like the mips. Usually, it should be empty. +pmake (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +pr (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + prefix (prefix.U): This variable holds the name of the directory below which the user will install the package. Usually, this is /usr/local, and @@ -1912,6 +2123,15 @@ rd_nodata (nblock_io.U): used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between no data and an EOF.. Sigh! +rm (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the rm program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "rm" and is not useful. + +rmail (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + runnm (usenm.U): This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value @@ -1928,12 +2148,22 @@ scriptdirexp (scriptdir.U): This variable is the same as scriptdir, but is filename expanded at configuration time, for programs not wanting to bother with it. +sed (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the sed program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "sed" and is not useful. + selecttype (selecttype.U): This variable holds the type used for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th arguments to select. Usually, this is 'fd_set *', if HAS_FD_SET is defined, and 'int *' otherwise. This is only useful if you have select(), naturally. +sendmail (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the sendmail program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "sendmail" and is not useful. + 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 @@ -1944,6 +2174,10 @@ sh (sh.U): option, though you can override this (and startsh) with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever +shar (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + sharpbang (spitshell.U): This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that construct. @@ -2023,6 +2257,14 @@ sizetype (sizetype.U): unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length parameters for string functions. +sleep (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +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 @@ -2038,6 +2280,11 @@ sockethdr (d_socket.U): socketlib (d_socket.U): This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support. +sort (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the sort program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "sort" and is not useful. + spackage (package.U): This variable contains the name of the package being constructed, with the first letter uppercased, i.e. suitable for starting @@ -2117,6 +2364,10 @@ 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. +submit (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + subversion (patchlevel.U): The subversion level of this package. The value of subversion comes from the patchlevel.h file. @@ -2128,6 +2379,28 @@ sysman (sysman.U): pages. Rather it is the place where Configure may look to find manual for unix commands (section 1 of the manual usually). See mansrc. +tail (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +tar (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +tbl (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +tee (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the tee program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "tee" and is not useful. + +test (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the test program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "test" and is not useful. + timeincl (i_time.U): This variable holds the full path of the included time header(s). @@ -2136,10 +2409,34 @@ timetype (d_time.U): or time_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used. +touch (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the touch program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "touch" and is not useful. + +tr (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the tr program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "tr" and is not useful. + +troff (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + uidtype (uidtype.U): This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int, ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel. +uname (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the uname program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "uname" and is not useful. + +uniq (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the uniq program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "uniq" and is not useful. + usedl (dlsrc.U): This variable indicates if the the system supports dynamic loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj. @@ -2198,6 +2495,10 @@ usrinc (usrinc.U): This variable holds the path of the include files, which is usually /usr/include. It is mainly used by other Configure units. +uuname (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + version (patchlevel.U): The full version number of this package. This combines baserev, patchlevel, and subversion to get the full @@ -2205,8 +2506,21 @@ version (patchlevel.U): is taken to use the C locale in order to get something like 5.004 instead of 5,004. This is unique to perl. +vi (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + voidflags (voidflags.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the VOIDFLAGS symbol, which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this compiler. See VOIDFLAGS for more info. +zcat (Loc.U): + This variable is defined but not used by Configure. + The value is a plain '' and is not useful. + +zip (Loc.U): + This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the + full pathname (if any) of the zip program. After Configure runs, + the value is reset to a plain "zip" and is not useful. + |