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Diffstat (limited to 'Porting/Glossary')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/Glossary | 56 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/Glossary b/Porting/Glossary index cf2076fd1b..86bf253e07 100644 --- a/Porting/Glossary +++ b/Porting/Glossary @@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ byteorder (byteorder.U): c (n.U): This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is - $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". + $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". castflags (d_castneg.U): This variable contains a flag that precise difficulties the compiler has casting odd floating values to unsigned long: - 0 = ok - 1 = couldn't cast < 0 - 2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000 - 4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list + 0 = ok + 1 = couldn't cast < 0 + 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 @@ -572,9 +572,9 @@ d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U): floating point numbers into strings. It could be 'gconvert' or a more complex macro emulating gconvert with gcvt() or sprintf. Possible values are: - d_Gconvert='gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))' - d_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))' - d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))' + d_Gconvert='gconvert((x),(n),(t),(b))' + d_Gconvert='gcvt((x),(n),(b))' + d_Gconvert='sprintf((b),"%.*g",(n),(x))' d_getgrent (d_getgrent.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRENT symbol, which @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ d_ino64t (io64.U): This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports ino64_t. d_int64t (i_inttypes.U): - This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t. + This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t. d_iovec_s (i_sysuio.U): This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_IOVEC symbol, @@ -1696,8 +1696,8 @@ i_grp (i_grp.U): whether a C program should include <grp.h>. i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U): - This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol, - and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>. + This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol, + and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>. i_limits (i_limits.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates @@ -1709,8 +1709,8 @@ i_locale (i_locale.U): and indicates whether a C program should include <locale.h>. i_machcthr (i_machcthr.U): - This variable conditionally defines the I_MACH_CTHREADS symbol, - and indicates whether a C program should include <mach/cthreads.h>. + This variable conditionally defines the I_MACH_CTHREADS symbol, + and indicates whether a C program should include <mach/cthreads.h>. i_malloc (i_malloc.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOC symbol, and indicates @@ -1785,8 +1785,8 @@ i_string (i_string.U): indicates that <string.h> should be included rather than <strings.h>. i_sysaccess (i_sysaccess.U): - This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_ACCESS symbol, - and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/access.h>. + This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_ACCESS symbol, + and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/access.h>. i_sysdir (i_sysdir.U): This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_DIR symbol, and indicates @@ -1824,8 +1824,8 @@ i_sysresrc (i_sysresrc.U): and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/resource.h>. i_syssecrt (i_syssecrt.U): - This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_SECURITY symbol, - and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/security.h>. + This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_SECURITY symbol, + and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/security.h>. i_sysselct (i_sysselct.U): This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_SELECT, which indicates @@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ myuname (Oldconfig.U): n (n.U): This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo command to suppress newline. Otherwise it is null. Correct usage is - $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". + $echo $n "prompt for a question: $c". netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U): This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to @@ -2258,11 +2258,6 @@ 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. @@ -2524,11 +2519,11 @@ shrpenv (libperl.U): One way to do this on some systems is to set the environment variable LD_RUN_PATH to the directory that will be the final location of the shared libperl.so. The makefile can use this with something like - $shrpenv $(CC) -o perl perlmain.o $libperl $libs + $shrpenv $(CC) -o perl perlmain.o $libperl $libs Typical values are - shrpenv="env LD_RUN_PATH=$archlibexp/CORE" + shrpenv="env LD_RUN_PATH=$archlibexp/CORE" or - shrpenv='' + shrpenv='' See the main perl Makefile.SH for actual working usage. Alternatively, we might be able to use a command line option such as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris, NetBSD) or -Wl,-rpath @@ -2650,8 +2645,8 @@ startperl (startperl.U): script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with perl and not some shell. Of course, that leading line must be followed by the classical perl idiom: - eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' - if $running_under_some_shell; + eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' + if $running_under_some_shell; to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note that this magic incatation is not understood by csh. @@ -2725,11 +2720,6 @@ 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, |