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diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index ade029577e..80f05ed145 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This file contains a description of all the shell variables whose value is determined by the Configure script. Variables intended for use in C 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 and verify that its output looks as you intend.] +the formatting regular.] _a (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for ordinary library files. @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ _a (Unix.U): _exe (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for executable files. - DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'. Stratus VOS uses '.pm'. On - operating systems which do not require a specific extension for - executable files, this variable is empty. + DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'. Stratus VOS uses '.pm'. + On operating systems which do not require a specific extension + for executable files, this variable is empty. _o (Unix.U): This variable defines the extension used for object files. @@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ byacc (Loc.U): 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 - on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, or 87654321 - on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order ! + This variable holds the byte order in a UV. In the following, + larger digits indicate more significance. The variable byteorder + is either 4321 on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian, + or 87654321 on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order ! c (n.U): This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo @@ -3189,10 +3189,6 @@ make (Loc.U): full pathname (if any) of the make program. After Configure runs, the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful. - 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'. - 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 @@ -3483,11 +3479,6 @@ 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. @@ -4450,6 +4441,10 @@ 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. |