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diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index 9783a119d2..e29381cb6c 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -2792,6 +2792,11 @@ sitearch (sitearch.U): which is the name of the private library for this package. It may have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + architecture-dependent modules in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. sitearchexp (sitearch.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitearch, so that you @@ -2802,6 +2807,11 @@ sitebin (sitebin.U): to put add-on publicly executable files for the package in question. It is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + executables in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. sitebinexp (sitebin.U): This is the same as the sitebin variable, but is filename expanded at @@ -2812,6 +2822,11 @@ sitelib (sitelib.U): which is the name of the private library for this package. It may have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + After perl has been installed, users may install their own local + architecture-independent modules in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. sitelibexp (sitelib.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you @@ -2820,6 +2835,7 @@ sitelibexp (sitelib.U): siteprefix (siteprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below which the user will install add-on packages. + See INSTALL for usage and examples. siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below @@ -3168,12 +3184,13 @@ uuname (Loc.U): The value is a plain '' and is not useful. vendorbin (vendorbin.U): - This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORBIN symbol, - which is the name of the private directory for exuctables for this package. - It may have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create - this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). - Vendors who distribute perl binaries may place their own - extensions and modules in this directory. + This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORBIN symbol. + It may have a ~ on the front. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place additional + binaries in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. vendorbinexp (vendorbin.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorbin, so that you @@ -3181,11 +3198,12 @@ vendorbinexp (vendorbin.U): vendorlib (vendorlib.U): This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORLIB symbol, - which is the name of the private library for this package. It may - have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create - this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution). - Vendors who distribute perl binaries may place their own - extensions and modules in this directory. + which is the name of the private library for this package. + The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory. + Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own + modules in this directory with + MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor + or equivalent. See INSTALL for details. vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U): This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you @@ -3194,6 +3212,7 @@ vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U): vendorprefix (vendorprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below which the vendor will install add-on packages. + See INSTALL for usage and examples. vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U): This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below |