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2!!!!!!!   DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE   !!!!!!!
3This file is built by metaconfig.
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5This file contains a description of all the shell variables whose value is
6determined by the Configure script.  Variables intended for use in C
7programs (e.g. I_UNISTD) are already described in config_h.SH.  [`configpm'
8generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
9the formatting regular.]
10
11_a (Unix.U):
12	This variable defines the extension used for ordinary library files.
13	For unix, it is '.a'.  The '.' is included.  Other possible
14	values include '.lib'.
15
16_exe (Unix.U):
17	This variable defines the extension used for executable files.
18	DJGPP, Cygwin and OS/2 use '.exe'.  Stratus VOS uses '.pm'.
19	On operating systems which do not require a specific extension
20	for executable files, this variable is empty.
21
22_o (Unix.U):
23	This variable defines the extension used for object files.
24	For unix, it is '.o'.  The '.' is included.  Other possible
25	values include '.obj'.
26
27afs (afs.U):
28	This variable is set to 'true' if AFS (Andrew File System) is used
29	on the system, 'false' otherwise.  It is possible to override this
30	with a hint value or command line option, but you'd better know
31	what you are doing.
32
33afsroot (afs.U):
34	This variable is by default set to '/afs'. In the unlikely case
35	this is not the correct root, it is possible to override this with
36	a hint value or command line option.  This will be used in subsequent
37	tests for AFSness in the configure and test process.
38
39alignbytes (alignbytes.U):
40	This variable holds the number of bytes required to align a
41	double-- or a long double when applicable. Usual values are
42	2, 4 and 8.  The default is eight, for safety.
43
44ansi2knr (ansi2knr.U):
45	This variable is set if the user needs to run ansi2knr.
46	Currently, this is not supported, so we just abort.
47
48aphostname (d_gethname.U):
49	This variable contains the command which can be used to compute the
50	host name. The command is fully qualified by its absolute path, to make
51	it safe when used by a process with super-user privileges.
52
53api_revision (patchlevel.U):
54	The three variables, api_revision, api_version, and
55	api_subversion, specify the version of the oldest perl binary
56	compatible with the present perl.  In a full version string
57	such as '5.6.1', api_revision is the '5'.
58	Prior to 5.5.640, the format was a floating point number,
59	like 5.00563.
60
61	perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically search in
62	$sitelib/.. for older directories back to the limit specified
63	by these api_ variables.  This is only useful if you have a
64	perl library directory tree structured like the default one.
65	See INSTALL for how this works.  The versioned site_perl
66	directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the lowest
67	possible value.  The version list appropriate for the current
68	system is determined in inc_version_list.U.
69
70	XXX To do:  Since compatibility can depend on compile time
71	options (such as bincompat, longlong, etc.) it should
72	(perhaps) be set by Configure, but currently it isn't.
73	Currently, we read a hard-wired value from patchlevel.h.
74	Perhaps what we ought to do is take the hard-wired value from
75	patchlevel.h but then modify it if the current Configure
76	options warrant.  patchlevel.h then would use an #ifdef guard.
77
78api_subversion (patchlevel.U):
79	The three variables, api_revision, api_version, and
80	api_subversion, specify the version of the oldest perl binary
81	compatible with the present perl.  In a full version string
82	such as '5.6.1', api_subversion is the '1'.  See api_revision for
83	full details.
84
85api_version (patchlevel.U):
86	The three variables, api_revision, api_version, and
87	api_subversion, specify the version of the oldest perl binary
88	compatible with the present perl.  In a full version string
89	such as '5.6.1', api_version is the '6'.  See api_revision for
90	full details.  As a special case, 5.5.0 is rendered in the
91	old-style as 5.005.  (In the 5.005_0x maintenance series,
92	this was the only versioned directory in $sitelib.)
93
94api_versionstring (patchlevel.U):
95	This variable combines api_revision, api_version, and
96	api_subversion in a format such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1) suitable
97	for use as a directory name.  This is filesystem dependent.
98
99ar (Loc.U):
100	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
101	full pathname (if any) of the ar program.  After Configure runs,
102	the value is reset to a plain "ar" and is not useful.
103
104archlib (archlib.U):
105	This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
106	to put architecture-dependent public library files for $package.
107	It is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/lib.
108	Programs using this variable must be prepared to deal
109	with filename expansion.
110
111archlibexp (archlib.U):
112	This variable is the same as the archlib variable, but is
113	filename expanded at configuration time, for convenient use.
114
115archname (archname.U):
116	This variable is a short name to characterize the current
117	architecture.  It is used mainly to construct the default archlib.
118
119archname64 (use64bits.U):
120	This variable is used for the 64-bitness part of $archname.
121
122archobjs (Unix.U):
123	This variable defines any additional objects that must be linked
124	in with the program on this architecture.  On unix, it is usually
125	empty.  It is typically used to include emulations of unix calls
126	or other facilities.  For perl on OS/2, for example, this would
127	include os2/os2.obj.
128
129asctime_r_proto (d_asctime_r.U):
130	This variable encodes the prototype of asctime_r.
131	It is zero if d_asctime_r is undef, and one of the
132	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_asctime_r
133	is defined.
134
135awk (Loc.U):
136	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
137	full pathname (if any) of the awk program.  After Configure runs,
138	the value is reset to a plain "awk" and is not useful.
139
140baserev (baserev.U):
141	The base revision level of this package, from the .package file.
142
143bash (Loc.U):
144	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
145	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
146
147bin (bin.U):
148	This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
149	to put publicly executable images for the package in question.  It
150	is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
151	this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
152
153bin_ELF (dlsrc.U):
154	This variable saves the result from configure if generated binaries
155	are in ELF format. Only set to defined when the test has actually
156	been performed, and the result was positive.
157
158binexp (bin.U):
159	This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
160	configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
161
162bison (Loc.U):
163	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
164	full pathname (if any) of the bison program.  After Configure runs,
165	the value is reset to a plain "bison" and is not useful.
166
167byacc (Loc.U):
168	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
169	full pathname (if any) of the byacc program.  After Configure runs,
170	the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful.
171
172byteorder (byteorder.U):
173	This variable holds the byte order in a UV. In the following,
174	larger digits indicate more significance.  The variable byteorder
175	is either 4321 on a big-endian machine, or 1234 on a little-endian,
176	or 87654321 on a Cray ... or 3412 with weird order !
177
178c (n.U):
179	This variable contains the \c string if that is what causes the echo
180	command to suppress newline.  Otherwise it is null.  Correct usage is
181	$echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
182
183castflags (d_castneg.U):
184	This variable contains a flag that precise difficulties the
185	compiler has casting odd floating values to unsigned long:
186	0 = ok
187	1 = couldn't cast < 0
188	2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000
189	4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list
190
191cat (Loc.U):
192	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
193	full pathname (if any) of the cat program.  After Configure runs,
194	the value is reset to a plain "cat" and is not useful.
195
196cc (cc.U):
197	This variable holds the name of a command to execute a C compiler which
198	can resolve multiple global references that happen to have the same
199	name.  Usual values are 'cc' and 'gcc'.
200	Fervent ANSI compilers may be called 'c89'.  AIX has xlc.
201
202cccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
203	This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
204	passed with 'cc -c' to compile modules to be used to create a shared
205	library that will be used for dynamic loading.  For hpux, this
206	should be +z.  It is up to the makefile to use it.
207
208ccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
209	This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
210	passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading.
211	It is up to the makefile to use it.  For sunos 4.1, it should
212	be empty.
213
214ccflags (ccflags.U):
215	This variable contains any additional C compiler flags desired by
216	the user.  It is up to the Makefile to use this.
217
218ccflags_uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
219	This variable contains the compiler flags needed by large file builds
220	and added to ccflags by hints files.
221
222ccname (Checkcc.U):
223	This can set either by hints files or by Configure.  If using
224	gcc, this is gcc, and if not, usually equal to cc, unimpressive, no?
225	Some platforms, however, make good use of this by storing the
226	flavor of the C compiler being used here.  For example if using
227	the Sun WorkShop suite, ccname will be 'workshop'.
228
229ccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
230	The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler alone.
231	The symbols defined by cpp or by cc when it calls cpp are not in
232	this list, see cppsymbols and cppccsymbols.
233	The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
234
235ccversion (Checkcc.U):
236	This can set either by hints files or by Configure.  If using
237	a (non-gcc) vendor cc, this variable may contain a version for
238	the compiler.
239
240cf_by (cf_who.U):
241	Login name of the person who ran the Configure script and answered the
242	questions. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH.
243
244cf_email (cf_email.U):
245	Electronic mail address of the person who ran Configure. This can be
246	used by units that require the user's e-mail, like MailList.U.
247
248cf_time (cf_who.U):
249	Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was
250	produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH.
251
252charbits (charsize.U):
253	This variable contains the value of the CHARBITS symbol, which
254	indicates to the C program how many bits there are in a character.
255
256charsize (charsize.U):
257	This variable contains the value of the CHARSIZE symbol, which
258	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a character.
259
260chgrp (Loc.U):
261	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
262	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
263
264chmod (Loc.U):
265	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
266	full pathname (if any) of the chmod program.  After Configure runs,
267	the value is reset to a plain "chmod" and is not useful.
268
269chown (Loc.U):
270	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
271	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
272
273clocktype (d_times.U):
274	This variable holds the type returned by times(). It can be long,
275	or clock_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
276	included).
277
278comm (Loc.U):
279	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
280	full pathname (if any) of the comm program.  After Configure runs,
281	the value is reset to a plain "comm" and is not useful.
282
283compress (Loc.U):
284	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
285	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
286
287config_arg0 (Options.U):
288	This variable contains the string used to invoke the Configure
289	command, as reported by the shell in the $0 variable.
290
291config_argc (Options.U):
292	This variable countains the number of command-line arguments
293	passed to Configure, as reported by the shell in the $# variable.
294	The individual arguments are stored as variables config_argc1,
295	config_argc2, etc.
296
297config_args (Options.U):
298	This variable contains a single string giving the command-line
299	arguments passed to Configure.	Spaces within arguments,
300	quotes, and escaped characters are not correctly preserved.
301	To reconstruct the command line, you must assemble the individual
302	command line pieces, given in config_arg[0-9]*.
303
304contains (contains.U):
305	This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return
306	status.  On most sane systems it is simply "grep".  On insane systems
307	it is a grep followed by a cat followed by a test.  This variable
308	is primarily for the use of other Configure units.
309
310cp (Loc.U):
311	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
312	full pathname (if any) of the cp program.  After Configure runs,
313	the value is reset to a plain "cp" and is not useful.
314
315cpio (Loc.U):
316	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
317	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
318
319cpp (Loc.U):
320	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
321	full pathname (if any) of the cpp program.  After Configure runs,
322	the value is reset to a plain "cpp" and is not useful.
323
324cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U):
325	This variable contains an identification of the concatenation mechanism
326	used by the C preprocessor.
327
328cppccsymbols (Cppsym.U):
329	The variable contains the symbols defined by the C compiler
330	when it calls cpp.  The symbols defined by the cc alone or cpp
331	alone are not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppsymbols.
332	The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
333
334cppflags (ccflags.U):
335	This variable holds the flags that will be passed to the C pre-
336	processor. It is up to the Makefile to use it.
337
338cpplast (cppstdin.U):
339	This variable has the same functionality as cppminus, only it applies
340	to cpprun and not cppstdin.
341
342cppminus (cppstdin.U):
343	This variable contains the second part of the string which will invoke
344	the C preprocessor on the standard input and produce to standard
345	output.  This variable will have the value "-" if cppstdin needs
346	a minus to specify standard input, otherwise the value is "".
347
348cpprun (cppstdin.U):
349	This variable contains the command which will invoke a C preprocessor
350	on standard input and put the output to stdout. It is guaranteed not
351	to be a wrapper and may be a null string if no preprocessor can be
352	made directly available. This preprocessor might be different from the
353	one used by the C compiler. Don't forget to append cpplast after the
354	preprocessor options.
355
356cppstdin (cppstdin.U):
357	This variable contains the command which will invoke the C
358	preprocessor on standard input and put the output to stdout.
359	It is primarily used by other Configure units that ask about
360	preprocessor symbols.
361
362cppsymbols (Cppsym.U):
363	The variable contains the symbols defined by the C preprocessor
364	alone.  The symbols defined by cc or by cc when it calls cpp are
365	not in this list, see ccsymbols and cppccsymbols.
366	The list is a space-separated list of symbol=value tokens.
367
368crypt_r_proto (d_crypt_r.U):
369	This variable encodes the prototype of crypt_r.
370	It is zero if d_crypt_r is undef, and one of the
371	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_crypt_r
372	is defined.
373
374cryptlib (d_crypt.U):
375	This variable holds -lcrypt or the path to a libcrypt.a archive if
376	the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is
377	up to the Makefile to use this.
378
379csh (Loc.U):
380	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
381	full pathname (if any) of the csh program.  After Configure runs,
382	the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful.
383
384ctermid_r_proto (d_ctermid_r.U):
385	This variable encodes the prototype of ctermid_r.
386	It is zero if d_ctermid_r is undef, and one of the
387	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ctermid_r
388	is defined.
389
390ctime_r_proto (d_ctime_r.U):
391	This variable encodes the prototype of ctime_r.
392	It is zero if d_ctime_r is undef, and one of the
393	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ctime_r
394	is defined.
395
396d__fwalk (d__fwalk.U):
397	This variable conditionally defines HAS__FWALK if _fwalk() is
398	available to apply a function to all the file handles.
399
400d_access (d_access.U):
401	This variable conditionally defines HAS_ACCESS if the access() system
402	call is available to check for access permissions using real IDs.
403
404d_accessx (d_accessx.U):
405	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ACCESSX symbol, which
406	indicates to the C program that the accessx() routine is available.
407
408d_aintl (d_aintl.U):
409	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_AINTL symbol, which
410	indicates to the C program that the aintl() routine is available.
411	If copysignl is also present we can emulate modfl.
412
413d_alarm (d_alarm.U):
414	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ALARM symbol, which
415	indicates to the C program that the alarm() routine is available.
416
417d_archlib (archlib.U):
418	This variable conditionally defines ARCHLIB to hold the pathname
419	of architecture-dependent library files for $package.  If
420	$archlib is the same as $privlib, then this is set to undef.
421
422d_asctime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
423	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ASCTIME64 symbol, which
424	indicates to the C program that the asctime64 () routine is available.
425
426d_asctime_r (d_asctime_r.U):
427	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ASCTIME_R symbol,
428	which indicates to the C program that the asctime_r()
429	routine is available.
430
431d_atolf (atolf.U):
432	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLF symbol, which
433	indicates to the C program that the atolf() routine is available.
434
435d_atoll (atoll.U):
436	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ATOLL symbol, which
437	indicates to the C program that the atoll() routine is available.
438
439d_attribute_deprecated (d_attribut.U):
440	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED, which
441	indicates that GCC can handle the attribute for marking deprecated
442	APIs
443
444d_attribute_format (d_attribut.U):
445	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_FORMAT, which
446	indicates the C compiler can check for printf-like formats.
447
448d_attribute_malloc (d_attribut.U):
449	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_MALLOC, which
450	indicates the C compiler can understand functions as having
451	malloc-like semantics.
452
453d_attribute_nonnull (d_attribut.U):
454	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_NONNULL, which
455	indicates that the C compiler can know that certain arguments
456	must not be NULL, and will check accordingly at compile time.
457
458d_attribute_noreturn (d_attribut.U):
459	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_NORETURN, which
460	indicates that the C compiler can know that certain functions
461	are guaranteed never to return.
462
463d_attribute_pure (d_attribut.U):
464	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_PURE, which
465	indicates that the C compiler can know that certain functions
466	are "pure" functions, meaning that they have no side effects, and
467	only rely on function input and/or global data for their results.
468
469d_attribute_unused (d_attribut.U):
470	This variable conditionally defines HASATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, which
471	indicates that the C compiler can know that certain variables
472	and arguments may not always be used, and to not throw warnings
473	if they don't get used.
474
475d_attribute_warn_unused_result (d_attribut.U):
476	This variable conditionally defines
477	HASATTRIBUTE_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT, which indicates that the C
478	compiler can know that certain functions have a return values
479	that must not be ignored, such as malloc() or open().
480
481d_bcmp (d_bcmp.U):
482	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCMP symbol if
483	the bcmp() routine is available to compare strings.
484
485d_bcopy (d_bcopy.U):
486	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BCOPY symbol if
487	the bcopy() routine is available to copy strings.
488
489d_bsd (Guess.U):
490	This symbol conditionally defines the symbol BSD when running on a
491	BSD system.
492
493d_bsdgetpgrp (d_getpgrp.U):
494	This variable conditionally defines USE_BSD_GETPGRP if
495	getpgrp needs one arguments whereas USG one needs none.
496
497d_bsdsetpgrp (d_setpgrp.U):
498	This variable conditionally defines USE_BSD_SETPGRP if
499	setpgrp needs two arguments whereas USG one needs none.
500	See also d_setpgid for a POSIX interface.
501
502d_builtin_choose_expr (d_builtin.U):
503	This conditionally defines HAS_BUILTIN_CHOOSE_EXPR, which
504	indicates that the compiler supports __builtin_choose_expr(x,y,z).
505	This built-in function is analogous to the "x?y:z" operator in C,
506	except that the expression returned has its type unaltered by
507	promotion rules. Also, the built-in function does not evaluate
508	the expression that was not chosen.
509
510d_builtin_expect (d_builtin.U):
511	This conditionally defines HAS_BUILTIN_EXPECT, which indicates
512	that the compiler supports __builtin_expect(exp,c).  You may use
513	__builtin_expect to provide the compiler with branch prediction
514	information.
515
516d_bzero (d_bzero.U):
517	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_BZERO symbol if
518	the bzero() routine is available to set memory to 0.
519
520d_c99_variadic_macros (d_c99_variadic.U):
521	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_C99_VARIADIC_MACROS
522	symbol, which indicates to the C program that C99 variadic macros
523	are available.
524
525d_casti32 (d_casti32.U):
526	This variable conditionally defines CASTI32, which indicates
527	whether the C compiler can cast large floats to 32-bit ints.
528
529d_castneg (d_castneg.U):
530	This variable conditionally defines CASTNEG, which indicates
531	wether the C compiler can cast negative float to unsigned.
532
533d_charvspr (d_vprintf.U):
534	This variable conditionally defines CHARVSPRINTF if this system
535	has vsprintf returning type (char*).  The trend seems to be to
536	declare it as "int vsprintf()".
537
538d_chown (d_chown.U):
539	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CHOWN symbol, which
540	indicates to the C program that the chown() routine is available.
541
542d_chroot (d_chroot.U):
543	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CHROOT symbol, which
544	indicates to the C program that the chroot() routine is available.
545
546d_chsize (d_chsize.U):
547	This variable conditionally defines the CHSIZE symbol, which
548	indicates to the C program that the chsize() routine is available
549	to truncate files.  You might need a -lx to get this routine.
550
551d_class (d_class.U):
552	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CLASS symbol, which
553	indicates to the C program that the class() routine is available.
554
555d_clearenv (d_clearenv.U):
556	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CLEARENV symbol, which
557	indicates to the C program that the clearenv () routine is available.
558
559d_closedir (d_closedir.U):
560	This variable conditionally defines HAS_CLOSEDIR if closedir() is
561	available.
562
563d_cmsghdr_s (d_cmsghdr_s.U):
564	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_CMSGHDR symbol,
565	which indicates that the struct cmsghdr is supported.
566
567d_const (d_const.U):
568	This variable conditionally defines the HASCONST symbol, which
569	indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows about the
570	const type.
571
572d_copysignl (d_copysignl.U):
573	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_COPYSIGNL symbol, which
574	indicates to the C program that the copysignl() routine is available.
575	If aintl is also present we can emulate modfl.
576
577d_cplusplus (d_cplusplus.U):
578	This variable conditionally defines the USE_CPLUSPLUS symbol, which
579	indicates that a C++ compiler was used to compiled Perl and will be
580	used to compile extensions.
581
582d_crypt (d_crypt.U):
583	This variable conditionally defines the CRYPT symbol, which
584	indicates to the C program that the crypt() routine is available
585	to encrypt passwords and the like.
586
587d_crypt_r (d_crypt_r.U):
588	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CRYPT_R symbol,
589	which indicates to the C program that the crypt_r()
590	routine is available.
591
592d_csh (d_csh.U):
593	This variable conditionally defines the CSH symbol, which
594	indicates to the C program that the C-shell exists.
595
596d_ctermid (d_ctermid.U):
597	This variable conditionally defines CTERMID if ctermid() is
598	available to generate filename for terminal.
599
600d_ctermid_r (d_ctermid_r.U):
601	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTERMID_R symbol,
602	which indicates to the C program that the ctermid_r()
603	routine is available.
604
605d_ctime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
606	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTIME64 symbol, which
607	indicates to the C program that the ctime64 () routine is available.
608
609d_ctime_r (d_ctime_r.U):
610	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CTIME_R symbol,
611	which indicates to the C program that the ctime_r()
612	routine is available.
613
614d_cuserid (d_cuserid.U):
615	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_CUSERID symbol, which
616	indicates to the C program that the cuserid() routine is available
617	to get character login names.
618
619d_dbl_dig (d_dbl_dig.U):
620	This variable conditionally defines d_dbl_dig if this system's
621	header files provide DBL_DIG, which is the number of significant
622	digits in a double precision number.
623
624d_dbminitproto (d_dbminitproto.U):
625	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DBMINIT_PROTO symbol,
626	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
627	a prototype for the dbminit() function.  Otherwise, it is
628	up to the program to supply one.
629
630d_difftime (d_difftime.U):
631	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME symbol, which
632	indicates to the C program that the difftime() routine is available.
633
634d_difftime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
635	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIFFTIME64 symbol, which
636	indicates to the C program that the difftime64 () routine is available.
637
638d_dir_dd_fd (d_dir_dd_fd.U):
639	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIR_DD_FD symbol, which
640	indicates that the DIR directory stream type contains a member
641	variable called dd_fd.
642
643d_dirfd (d_dirfd.U):
644	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DIRFD constant,
645	which indicates to the C program that dirfd() is available
646	to return the file descriptor of a directory stream.
647
648d_dirnamlen (i_dirent.U):
649	This variable conditionally defines DIRNAMLEN, which indicates
650	to the C program that the length of directory entry names is
651	provided by a d_namelen field.
652
653d_dlerror (d_dlerror.U):
654	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DLERROR symbol, which
655	indicates to the C program that the dlerror() routine is available.
656
657d_dlopen (d_dlopen.U):
658	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DLOPEN symbol, which
659	indicates to the C program that the dlopen() routine is available.
660
661d_dlsymun (d_dlsymun.U):
662	This variable conditionally defines DLSYM_NEEDS_UNDERSCORE, which
663	indicates that we need to prepend an underscore to the symbol
664	name before calling dlsym().
665
666d_dosuid (d_dosuid.U):
667	This variable conditionally defines the symbol DOSUID, which
668	tells the C program that it should insert setuid emulation code
669	on hosts which have setuid #! scripts disabled.
670
671d_drand48_r (d_drand48_r.U):
672	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_R symbol,
673	which indicates to the C program that the drand48_r()
674	routine is available.
675
676d_drand48proto (d_drand48proto.U):
677	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_DRAND48_PROTO symbol,
678	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
679	a prototype for the drand48() function.  Otherwise, it is
680	up to the program to supply one.
681
682d_dup2 (d_dup2.U):
683	This variable conditionally defines HAS_DUP2 if dup2() is
684	available to duplicate file descriptors.
685
686d_eaccess (d_eaccess.U):
687	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_EACCESS symbol, which
688	indicates to the C program that the eaccess() routine is available.
689
690d_endgrent (d_endgrent.U):
691	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDGRENT symbol, which
692	indicates to the C program that the endgrent() routine is available
693	for sequential access of the group database.
694
695d_endgrent_r (d_endgrent_r.U):
696	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDGRENT_R symbol,
697	which indicates to the C program that the endgrent_r()
698	routine is available.
699
700d_endhent (d_endhent.U):
701	This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDHOSTENT if endhostent() is
702	available to close whatever was being used for host queries.
703
704d_endhostent_r (d_endhostent_r.U):
705	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDHOSTENT_R symbol,
706	which indicates to the C program that the endhostent_r()
707	routine is available.
708
709d_endnent (d_endnent.U):
710	This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDNETENT if endnetent() is
711	available to close whatever was being used for network queries.
712
713d_endnetent_r (d_endnetent_r.U):
714	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDNETENT_R symbol,
715	which indicates to the C program that the endnetent_r()
716	routine is available.
717
718d_endpent (d_endpent.U):
719	This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDPROTOENT if endprotoent() is
720	available to close whatever was being used for protocol queries.
721
722d_endprotoent_r (d_endprotoent_r.U):
723	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPROTOENT_R symbol,
724	which indicates to the C program that the endprotoent_r()
725	routine is available.
726
727d_endpwent (d_endpwent.U):
728	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPWENT symbol, which
729	indicates to the C program that the endpwent() routine is available
730	for sequential access of the passwd database.
731
732d_endpwent_r (d_endpwent_r.U):
733	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDPWENT_R symbol,
734	which indicates to the C program that the endpwent_r()
735	routine is available.
736
737d_endsent (d_endsent.U):
738	This variable conditionally defines HAS_ENDSERVENT if endservent() is
739	available to close whatever was being used for service queries.
740
741d_endservent_r (d_endservent_r.U):
742	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ENDSERVENT_R symbol,
743	which indicates to the C program that the endservent_r()
744	routine is available.
745
746d_eofnblk (nblock_io.U):
747	This variable conditionally defines EOF_NONBLOCK if EOF can be seen
748	when reading from a non-blocking I/O source.
749
750d_eunice (Guess.U):
751	This variable conditionally defines the symbols EUNICE and VAX, which
752	alerts the C program that it must deal with ideosyncracies of VMS.
753
754d_faststdio (d_faststdio.U):
755	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FAST_STDIO symbol,
756	which indicates to the C program that the "fast stdio" is available
757	to manipulate the stdio buffers directly.
758
759d_fchdir (d_fchdir.U):
760	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHDIR symbol, which
761	indicates to the C program that the fchdir() routine is available.
762
763d_fchmod (d_fchmod.U):
764	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHMOD symbol, which
765	indicates to the C program that the fchmod() routine is available
766	to change mode of opened files.
767
768d_fchown (d_fchown.U):
769	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCHOWN symbol, which
770	indicates to the C program that the fchown() routine is available
771	to change ownership of opened files.
772
773d_fcntl (d_fcntl.U):
774	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FCNTL symbol, and indicates
775	whether the fcntl() function exists
776
777d_fcntl_can_lock (d_fcntl_can_lock.U):
778	This variable conditionally defines the FCNTL_CAN_LOCK symbol
779	and indicates whether file locking with fcntl() works.
780
781d_fd_macros (d_fd_set.U):
782	This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FD_MACROS symbol,
783	which indicates if your C compiler knows about the macros which
784	manipulate an fd_set.
785
786d_fd_set (d_fd_set.U):
787	This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FD_SET symbol,
788	which indicates if your C compiler knows about the fd_set typedef.
789
790d_fds_bits (d_fd_set.U):
791	This variable contains the eventual value of the HAS_FDS_BITS symbol,
792	which indicates if your fd_set typedef contains the fds_bits member.
793	If you have an fd_set typedef, but the dweebs who installed it did
794	a half-fast job and neglected to provide the macros to manipulate
795	an fd_set, HAS_FDS_BITS will let us know how to fix the gaffe.
796
797d_fgetpos (d_fgetpos.U):
798	This variable conditionally defines HAS_FGETPOS if fgetpos() is
799	available to get the file position indicator.
800
801d_finite (d_finite.U):
802	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FINITE symbol, which
803	indicates to the C program that the finite() routine is available.
804
805d_finitel (d_finitel.U):
806	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FINITEL symbol, which
807	indicates to the C program that the finitel() routine is available.
808
809d_flexfnam (d_flexfnam.U):
810	This variable conditionally defines the FLEXFILENAMES symbol, which
811	indicates that the system supports filenames longer than 14 characters.
812
813d_flock (d_flock.U):
814	This variable conditionally defines HAS_FLOCK if flock() is
815	available to do file locking.
816
817d_flockproto (d_flockproto.U):
818	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FLOCK_PROTO symbol,
819	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
820	a prototype for the flock() function.  Otherwise, it is
821	up to the program to supply one.
822
823d_fork (d_fork.U):
824	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FORK symbol, which
825	indicates to the C program that the fork() routine is available.
826
827d_fp_class (d_fp_class.U):
828	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FP_CLASS symbol, which
829	indicates to the C program that the fp_class() routine is available.
830
831d_fpathconf (d_pathconf.U):
832	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPATHCONF symbol, which
833	indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available
834	to determine file-system related limits and options associated
835	with a given open file descriptor.
836
837d_fpclass (d_fpclass.U):
838	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASS symbol, which
839	indicates to the C program that the fpclass() routine is available.
840
841d_fpclassify (d_fpclassify.U):
842	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASSIFY symbol, which
843	indicates to the C program that the fpclassify() routine is available.
844
845d_fpclassl (d_fpclassl.U):
846	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FPCLASSL symbol, which
847	indicates to the C program that the fpclassl() routine is available.
848
849d_fpos64_t (d_fpos64_t.U):
850	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports fpos64_t.
851
852d_frexpl (d_frexpl.U):
853	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FREXPL symbol, which
854	indicates to the C program that the frexpl() routine is available.
855
856d_fs_data_s (d_fs_data_s.U):
857	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_FS_DATA symbol,
858	which indicates that the struct fs_data is supported.
859
860d_fseeko (d_fseeko.U):
861	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSEEKO symbol, which
862	indicates to the C program that the fseeko() routine is available.
863
864d_fsetpos (d_fsetpos.U):
865	This variable conditionally defines HAS_FSETPOS if fsetpos() is
866	available to set the file position indicator.
867
868d_fstatfs (d_fstatfs.U):
869	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATFS symbol, which
870	indicates to the C program that the fstatfs() routine is available.
871
872d_fstatvfs (d_statvfs.U):
873	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSTATVFS symbol, which
874	indicates to the C program that the fstatvfs() routine is available.
875
876d_fsync (d_fsync.U):
877	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FSYNC symbol, which
878	indicates to the C program that the fsync() routine is available.
879
880d_ftello (d_ftello.U):
881	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTELLO symbol, which
882	indicates to the C program that the ftello() routine is available.
883
884d_ftime (d_ftime.U):
885	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FTIME symbol, which indicates
886	that the ftime() routine exists.  The ftime() routine is basically
887	a sub-second accuracy clock.
888
889d_futimes (d_futimes.U):
890	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_FUTIMES symbol, which
891	indicates to the C program that the futimes() routine is available.
892
893d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
894	This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert
895	floating point numbers into strings.  By default, Configure
896	sets this macro to use the first of gconvert, gcvt, or sprintf
897	that pass sprintf-%g-like behaviour tests.  If perl is using
898	long doubles, the macro uses the first of the following
899	functions that pass Configure's tests: qgcvt, sprintf (if
900	Configure knows how to make sprintf format long doubles--see
901	sPRIgldbl), gconvert, gcvt, and sprintf (casting to double).
902	The gconvert_preference and gconvert_ld_preference variables
903	can be used to alter Configure's preferences, for doubles and
904	long doubles, respectively.  If present, they contain a
905	space-separated list of one or more of the above function
906	names in the order they should be tried.
907
908	d_Gconvert may be set to override Configure with a platform-
909	specific function.  If this function expects a double, a
910	different value may need to be set by the uselongdouble.cbu
911	call-back unit so that long doubles can be formatted without
912	loss of precision.
913
914d_gdbm_ndbm_h_uses_prototypes (i_ndbm.U):
915	This variable conditionally defines the NDBM_H_USES_PROTOTYPES symbol,
916	which indicates that the gdbm-ndbm.h include file uses real ANSI C
917	prototypes instead of K&R style function declarations. K&R style
918	declarations are unsupported in C++, so the include file requires
919	special handling when using a C++ compiler and this variable is
920	undefined. Consult the different d_*ndbm_h_uses_prototypes variables
921	to get the same information for alternative ndbm.h include files.
922
923d_gdbmndbm_h_uses_prototypes (i_ndbm.U):
924	This variable conditionally defines the NDBM_H_USES_PROTOTYPES symbol,
925	which indicates that the gdbm/ndbm.h include file uses real ANSI C
926	prototypes instead of K&R style function declarations. K&R style
927	declarations are unsupported in C++, so the include file requires
928	special handling when using a C++ compiler and this variable is
929	undefined. Consult the different d_*ndbm_h_uses_prototypes variables
930	to get the same information for alternative ndbm.h include files.
931
932d_getaddrinfo (d_getaddrinfo.U):
933	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETADDRINFO symbol,
934	which indicates to the C program that the getaddrinfo() function
935	is available.
936
937d_getcwd (d_getcwd.U):
938	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETCWD symbol, which
939	indicates to the C program that the getcwd() routine is available
940	to get the current working directory.
941
942d_getespwnam (d_getespwnam.U):
943	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETESPWNAM if getespwnam() is
944	available to retrieve enchanced (shadow) password entries by name.
945
946d_getfsstat (d_getfsstat.U):
947	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETFSSTAT symbol, which
948	indicates to the C program that the getfsstat() routine is available.
949
950d_getgrent (d_getgrent.U):
951	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRENT symbol, which
952	indicates to the C program that the getgrent() routine is available
953	for sequential access of the group database.
954
955d_getgrent_r (d_getgrent_r.U):
956	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRENT_R symbol,
957	which indicates to the C program that the getgrent_r()
958	routine is available.
959
960d_getgrgid_r (d_getgrgid_r.U):
961	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRGID_R symbol,
962	which indicates to the C program that the getgrgid_r()
963	routine is available.
964
965d_getgrnam_r (d_getgrnam_r.U):
966	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGRNAM_R symbol,
967	which indicates to the C program that the getgrnam_r()
968	routine is available.
969
970d_getgrps (d_getgrps.U):
971	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETGROUPS symbol, which
972	indicates to the C program that the getgroups() routine is available
973	to get the list of process groups.
974
975d_gethbyaddr (d_gethbyad.U):
976	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYADDR symbol, which
977	indicates to the C program that the gethostbyaddr() routine is available
978	to look up hosts by their IP addresses.
979
980d_gethbyname (d_gethbynm.U):
981	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME symbol, which
982	indicates to the C program that the gethostbyname() routine is available
983	to look up host names in some data base or other.
984
985d_gethent (d_gethent.U):
986	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETHOSTENT if gethostent() is
987	available to look up host names in some data base or another.
988
989d_gethname (d_gethname.U):
990	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTNAME symbol, which
991	indicates to the C program that the gethostname() routine may be
992	used to derive the host name.
993
994d_gethostbyaddr_r (d_gethostbyaddr_r.U):
995	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYADDR_R symbol,
996	which indicates to the C program that the gethostbyaddr_r()
997	routine is available.
998
999d_gethostbyname_r (d_gethostbyname_r.U):
1000	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTBYNAME_R symbol,
1001	which indicates to the C program that the gethostbyname_r()
1002	routine is available.
1003
1004d_gethostent_r (d_gethostent_r.U):
1005	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOSTENT_R symbol,
1006	which indicates to the C program that the gethostent_r()
1007	routine is available.
1008
1009d_gethostprotos (d_gethostprotos.U):
1010	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETHOST_PROTOS symbol,
1011	which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
1012	prototypes for the various gethost*() functions.
1013	See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
1014
1015d_getitimer (d_getitimer.U):
1016	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETITIMER symbol, which
1017	indicates to the C program that the getitimer() routine is available.
1018
1019d_getlogin (d_getlogin.U):
1020	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN symbol, which
1021	indicates to the C program that the getlogin() routine is available
1022	to get the login name.
1023
1024d_getlogin_r (d_getlogin_r.U):
1025	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETLOGIN_R symbol,
1026	which indicates to the C program that the getlogin_r()
1027	routine is available.
1028
1029d_getmnt (d_getmnt.U):
1030	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNT symbol, which
1031	indicates to the C program that the getmnt() routine is available
1032	to retrieve one or more mount info blocks by filename.
1033
1034d_getmntent (d_getmntent.U):
1035	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETMNTENT symbol, which
1036	indicates to the C program that the getmntent() routine is available
1037	to iterate through mounted files to get their mount info.
1038
1039d_getnameinfo (d_getnameinfo.U):
1040	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNAMEINFO symbol,
1041	which indicates to the C program that the getnameinfo() function
1042	is available.
1043
1044d_getnbyaddr (d_getnbyad.U):
1045	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR symbol, which
1046	indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr() routine is available
1047	to look up networks by their IP addresses.
1048
1049d_getnbyname (d_getnbynm.U):
1050	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYNAME symbol, which
1051	indicates to the C program that the getnetbyname() routine is available
1052	to look up networks by their names.
1053
1054d_getnent (d_getnent.U):
1055	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETNETENT if getnetent() is
1056	available to look up network names in some data base or another.
1057
1058d_getnetbyaddr_r (d_getnetbyaddr_r.U):
1059	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYADDR_R symbol,
1060	which indicates to the C program that the getnetbyaddr_r()
1061	routine is available.
1062
1063d_getnetbyname_r (d_getnetbyname_r.U):
1064	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETBYNAME_R symbol,
1065	which indicates to the C program that the getnetbyname_r()
1066	routine is available.
1067
1068d_getnetent_r (d_getnetent_r.U):
1069	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNETENT_R symbol,
1070	which indicates to the C program that the getnetent_r()
1071	routine is available.
1072
1073d_getnetprotos (d_getnetprotos.U):
1074	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETNET_PROTOS symbol,
1075	which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
1076	prototypes for the various getnet*() functions.
1077	See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
1078
1079d_getpagsz (d_getpagsz.U):
1080	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPAGESIZE if getpagesize()
1081	is available to get the system page size.
1082
1083d_getpbyname (d_getprotby.U):
1084	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME
1085	symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
1086	getprotobyname() routine is available to look up protocols
1087	by their name.
1088
1089d_getpbynumber (d_getprotby.U):
1090	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER
1091	symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
1092	getprotobynumber() routine is available to look up protocols
1093	by their number.
1094
1095d_getpent (d_getpent.U):
1096	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPROTOENT if getprotoent() is
1097	available to look up protocols in some data base or another.
1098
1099d_getpgid (d_getpgid.U):
1100	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPGID symbol, which
1101	indicates to the C program that the getpgid(pid) function
1102	is available to get the process group id.
1103
1104d_getpgrp (d_getpgrp.U):
1105	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPGRP if getpgrp() is
1106	available to get the current process group.
1107
1108d_getpgrp2 (d_getpgrp2.U):
1109	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPGRP2 symbol, which
1110	indicates to the C program that the getpgrp2() (as in DG/UX) routine
1111	is available to get the current process group.
1112
1113d_getppid (d_getppid.U):
1114	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPPID symbol, which
1115	indicates to the C program that the getppid() routine is available
1116	to get the parent process ID.
1117
1118d_getprior (d_getprior.U):
1119	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRIORITY if getpriority()
1120	is available to get a process's priority.
1121
1122d_getprotobyname_r (d_getprotobyname_r.U):
1123	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNAME_R symbol,
1124	which indicates to the C program that the getprotobyname_r()
1125	routine is available.
1126
1127d_getprotobynumber_r (d_getprotobynumber_r.U):
1128	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOBYNUMBER_R symbol,
1129	which indicates to the C program that the getprotobynumber_r()
1130	routine is available.
1131
1132d_getprotoent_r (d_getprotoent_r.U):
1133	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTOENT_R symbol,
1134	which indicates to the C program that the getprotoent_r()
1135	routine is available.
1136
1137d_getprotoprotos (d_getprotoprotos.U):
1138	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPROTO_PROTOS symbol,
1139	which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
1140	prototypes for the various getproto*() functions.
1141	See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
1142
1143d_getprpwnam (d_getprpwnam.U):
1144	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETPRPWNAM if getprpwnam() is
1145	available to retrieve protected (shadow) password entries by name.
1146
1147d_getpwent (d_getpwent.U):
1148	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWENT symbol, which
1149	indicates to the C program that the getpwent() routine is available
1150	for sequential access of the passwd database.
1151
1152d_getpwent_r (d_getpwent_r.U):
1153	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWENT_R symbol,
1154	which indicates to the C program that the getpwent_r()
1155	routine is available.
1156
1157d_getpwnam_r (d_getpwnam_r.U):
1158	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWNAM_R symbol,
1159	which indicates to the C program that the getpwnam_r()
1160	routine is available.
1161
1162d_getpwuid_r (d_getpwuid_r.U):
1163	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETPWUID_R symbol,
1164	which indicates to the C program that the getpwuid_r()
1165	routine is available.
1166
1167d_getsbyname (d_getsrvby.U):
1168	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME
1169	symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
1170	getservbyname() routine is available to look up services
1171	by their name.
1172
1173d_getsbyport (d_getsrvby.U):
1174	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT
1175	symbol, which indicates to the C program that the
1176	getservbyport() routine is available to look up services
1177	by their port.
1178
1179d_getsent (d_getsent.U):
1180	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSERVENT if getservent() is
1181	available to look up network services in some data base or another.
1182
1183d_getservbyname_r (d_getservbyname_r.U):
1184	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYNAME_R symbol,
1185	which indicates to the C program that the getservbyname_r()
1186	routine is available.
1187
1188d_getservbyport_r (d_getservbyport_r.U):
1189	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVBYPORT_R symbol,
1190	which indicates to the C program that the getservbyport_r()
1191	routine is available.
1192
1193d_getservent_r (d_getservent_r.U):
1194	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERVENT_R symbol,
1195	which indicates to the C program that the getservent_r()
1196	routine is available.
1197
1198d_getservprotos (d_getservprotos.U):
1199	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSERV_PROTOS symbol,
1200	which indicates to the C program that <netdb.h> supplies
1201	prototypes for the various getserv*() functions.
1202	See also netdbtype.U for probing for various netdb types.
1203
1204d_getspnam (d_getspnam.U):
1205	This variable conditionally defines HAS_GETSPNAM if getspnam() is
1206	available to retrieve SysV shadow password entries by name.
1207
1208d_getspnam_r (d_getspnam_r.U):
1209	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETSPNAM_R symbol,
1210	which indicates to the C program that the getspnam_r()
1211	routine is available.
1212
1213d_gettimeod (d_ftime.U):
1214	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GETTIMEOFDAY symbol, which
1215	indicates that the gettimeofday() system call exists (to obtain a
1216	sub-second accuracy clock). You should probably include <sys/resource.h>.
1217
1218d_gmtime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
1219	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GMTIME64 symbol, which
1220	indicates to the C program that the gmtime64 () routine is available.
1221
1222d_gmtime_r (d_gmtime_r.U):
1223	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_GMTIME_R symbol,
1224	which indicates to the C program that the gmtime_r()
1225	routine is available.
1226
1227d_gnulibc (d_gnulibc.U):
1228	Defined if we're dealing with the GNU C Library.
1229
1230d_grpasswd (i_grp.U):
1231	This variable conditionally defines GRPASSWD, which indicates
1232	that struct group in <grp.h> contains gr_passwd.
1233
1234d_hasmntopt (d_hasmntopt.U):
1235	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_HASMNTOPT symbol, which
1236	indicates to the C program that the hasmntopt() routine is available
1237	to query the mount options of file systems.
1238
1239d_htonl (d_htonl.U):
1240	This variable conditionally defines HAS_HTONL if htonl() and its
1241	friends are available to do network order byte swapping.
1242
1243d_ilogbl (d_ilogbl.U):
1244	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ILOGBL symbol, which
1245	indicates to the C program that the ilogbl() routine is available.
1246	If scalbnl is also present we can emulate frexpl.
1247
1248d_inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U):
1249	This variable conditionally defines PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST.
1250	It is set to undef when PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST is empty.
1251
1252d_index (d_strchr.U):
1253	This variable conditionally defines HAS_INDEX if index() and
1254	rindex() are available for string searching.
1255
1256d_inetaton (d_inetaton.U):
1257	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INET_ATON symbol, which
1258	indicates to the C program that the inet_aton() function is available
1259	to parse IP address "dotted-quad" strings.
1260
1261d_inetntop (d_inetntop.U):
1262	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INETNTOP symbol,
1263	which indicates to the C program that the inet_ntop() function
1264	is available.
1265
1266d_inetpton (d_inetpton.U):
1267	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_INETPTON symbol,
1268	which indicates to the C program that the inet_pton() function
1269	is available.
1270
1271d_int64_t (d_int64_t.U):
1272	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports int64_t.
1273
1274d_isascii (d_isascii.U):
1275	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISASCII constant,
1276	which indicates to the C program that isascii() is available.
1277
1278d_isfinite (d_isfinite.U):
1279	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISFINITE symbol, which
1280	indicates to the C program that the isfinite() routine is available.
1281
1282d_isinf (d_isinf.U):
1283	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISINF symbol, which
1284	indicates to the C program that the isinf() routine is available.
1285
1286d_isnan (d_isnan.U):
1287	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISNAN symbol, which
1288	indicates to the C program that the isnan() routine is available.
1289
1290d_isnanl (d_isnanl.U):
1291	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_ISNANL symbol, which
1292	indicates to the C program that the isnanl() routine is available.
1293
1294d_killpg (d_killpg.U):
1295	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_KILLPG symbol, which
1296	indicates to the C program that the killpg() routine is available
1297	to kill process groups.
1298
1299d_lchown (d_lchown.U):
1300	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LCHOWN symbol, which
1301	indicates to the C program that the lchown() routine is available
1302	to operate on a symbolic link (instead of following the link).
1303
1304d_ldbl_dig (d_ldbl_dig.U):
1305	This variable conditionally defines d_ldbl_dig if this system's
1306	header files provide LDBL_DIG, which is the number of significant
1307	digits in a long double precision number.
1308
1309d_libm_lib_version (d_libm_lib_version.U):
1310	This variable conditionally defines the LIBM_LIB_VERSION symbol,
1311	which indicates to the C program that math.h defines _LIB_VERSION
1312	being available in libm
1313
1314d_link (d_link.U):
1315	This variable conditionally defines HAS_LINK if link() is
1316	available to create hard links.
1317
1318d_localtime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
1319	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LOCALTIME64 symbol, which
1320	indicates to the C program that the localtime64 () routine is available.
1321
1322d_localtime_r (d_localtime_r.U):
1323	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LOCALTIME_R symbol,
1324	which indicates to the C program that the localtime_r()
1325	routine is available.
1326
1327d_localtime_r_needs_tzset (d_localtime_r.U):
1328	This variable conditionally defines the LOCALTIME_R_NEEDS_TZSET
1329	symbol, which makes us call tzset before localtime_r()
1330
1331d_locconv (d_locconv.U):
1332	This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCALECONV if localeconv() is
1333	available for numeric and monetary formatting conventions.
1334
1335d_lockf (d_lockf.U):
1336	This variable conditionally defines HAS_LOCKF if lockf() is
1337	available to do file locking.
1338
1339d_longdbl (d_longdbl.U):
1340	This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_DOUBLE if
1341	the long double type is supported.
1342
1343d_longlong (d_longlong.U):
1344	This variable conditionally defines HAS_LONG_LONG if
1345	the long long type is supported.
1346
1347d_lseekproto (d_lseekproto.U):
1348	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_LSEEK_PROTO symbol,
1349	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
1350	a prototype for the lseek() function.  Otherwise, it is
1351	up to the program to supply one.
1352
1353d_lstat (d_lstat.U):
1354	This variable conditionally defines HAS_LSTAT if lstat() is
1355	available to do file stats on symbolic links.
1356
1357d_madvise (d_madvise.U):
1358	This variable conditionally defines HAS_MADVISE if madvise() is
1359	available to map a file into memory.
1360
1361d_malloc_good_size (d_malloc_size.U):
1362	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_good_size
1363	routine is available for use.
1364
1365d_malloc_size (d_malloc_size.U):
1366	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the malloc_size
1367	routine is available for use.
1368
1369d_mblen (d_mblen.U):
1370	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBLEN symbol, which
1371	indicates to the C program that the mblen() routine is available
1372	to find the number of bytes in a multibye character.
1373
1374d_mbstowcs (d_mbstowcs.U):
1375	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBSTOWCS symbol, which
1376	indicates to the C program that the mbstowcs() routine is available
1377	to convert a multibyte string into a wide character string.
1378
1379d_mbtowc (d_mbtowc.U):
1380	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MBTOWC symbol, which
1381	indicates to the C program that the mbtowc() routine is available
1382	to convert multibyte to a wide character.
1383
1384d_memchr (d_memchr.U):
1385	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCHR symbol, which
1386	indicates to the C program that the memchr() routine is available
1387	to locate characters within a C string.
1388
1389d_memcmp (d_memcmp.U):
1390	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCMP symbol, which
1391	indicates to the C program that the memcmp() routine is available
1392	to compare blocks of memory.
1393
1394d_memcpy (d_memcpy.U):
1395	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMCPY symbol, which
1396	indicates to the C program that the memcpy() routine is available
1397	to copy blocks of memory.
1398
1399d_memmove (d_memmove.U):
1400	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMMOVE symbol, which
1401	indicates to the C program that the memmove() routine is available
1402	to copy potentatially overlapping blocks of memory.
1403
1404d_memset (d_memset.U):
1405	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MEMSET symbol, which
1406	indicates to the C program that the memset() routine is available
1407	to set blocks of memory.
1408
1409d_mkdir (d_mkdir.U):
1410	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKDIR symbol, which
1411	indicates to the C program that the mkdir() routine is available
1412	to create directories..
1413
1414d_mkdtemp (d_mkdtemp.U):
1415	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKDTEMP symbol, which
1416	indicates to the C program that the mkdtemp() routine is available
1417	to exclusively create a uniquely named temporary directory.
1418
1419d_mkfifo (d_mkfifo.U):
1420	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKFIFO symbol, which
1421	indicates to the C program that the mkfifo() routine is available.
1422
1423d_mkstemp (d_mkstemp.U):
1424	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKSTEMP symbol, which
1425	indicates to the C program that the mkstemp() routine is available
1426	to exclusively create and open a uniquely named temporary file.
1427
1428d_mkstemps (d_mkstemps.U):
1429	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKSTEMPS symbol, which
1430	indicates to the C program that the mkstemps() routine is available
1431	to exclusively create and open a uniquely named (with a suffix)
1432	temporary file.
1433
1434d_mktime (d_mktime.U):
1435	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME symbol, which
1436	indicates to the C program that the mktime() routine is available.
1437
1438d_mktime64 (d_timefuncs64.U):
1439	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MKTIME64 symbol, which
1440	indicates to the C program that the mktime64 () routine is available.
1441
1442d_mmap (d_mmap.U):
1443	This variable conditionally defines HAS_MMAP if mmap() is
1444	available to map a file into memory.
1445
1446d_modfl (d_modfl.U):
1447	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MODFL symbol, which
1448	indicates to the C program that the modfl() routine is available.
1449
1450d_modfl_pow32_bug (d_modfl.U):
1451	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MODFL_POW32_BUG symbol,
1452	which indicates that modfl() is broken for long doubles >= pow(2, 32).
1453	For example from 4294967303.150000 one would get 4294967302.000000
1454	and 1.150000.  The bug has been seen in certain versions of glibc,
1455	release 2.2.2 is known to be okay.
1456
1457d_modflproto (d_modfl.U):
1458	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system provides
1459	a prototype for the modfl() function.  Otherwise, it is up
1460	to the program to supply one.  C99 says it should be
1461	long double modfl(long double, long double *);
1462
1463d_mprotect (d_mprotect.U):
1464	This variable conditionally defines HAS_MPROTECT if mprotect() is
1465	available to modify the access protection of a memory mapped file.
1466
1467d_msg (d_msg.U):
1468	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG symbol, which
1469	indicates that the entire msg*(2) library is present.
1470
1471d_msg_ctrunc (d_socket.U):
1472	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_CTRUNC symbol,
1473	which indicates that the MSG_CTRUNC is available.  #ifdef is
1474	not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
1475
1476d_msg_dontroute (d_socket.U):
1477	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_DONTROUTE symbol,
1478	which indicates that the MSG_DONTROUTE is available.  #ifdef is
1479	not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
1480
1481d_msg_oob (d_socket.U):
1482	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_OOB symbol,
1483	which indicates that the MSG_OOB is available.  #ifdef is
1484	not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
1485
1486d_msg_peek (d_socket.U):
1487	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_PEEK symbol,
1488	which indicates that the MSG_PEEK is available.  #ifdef is
1489	not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
1490
1491d_msg_proxy (d_socket.U):
1492	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSG_PROXY symbol,
1493	which indicates that the MSG_PROXY is available.  #ifdef is
1494	not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
1495
1496d_msgctl (d_msgctl.U):
1497	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGCTL symbol, which
1498	indicates to the C program that the msgctl() routine is available.
1499
1500d_msgget (d_msgget.U):
1501	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGGET symbol, which
1502	indicates to the C program that the msgget() routine is available.
1503
1504d_msghdr_s (d_msghdr_s.U):
1505	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_MSGHDR symbol,
1506	which indicates that the struct msghdr is supported.
1507
1508d_msgrcv (d_msgrcv.U):
1509	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGRCV symbol, which
1510	indicates to the C program that the msgrcv() routine is available.
1511
1512d_msgsnd (d_msgsnd.U):
1513	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_MSGSND symbol, which
1514	indicates to the C program that the msgsnd() routine is available.
1515
1516d_msync (d_msync.U):
1517	This variable conditionally defines HAS_MSYNC if msync() is
1518	available to synchronize a mapped file.
1519
1520d_munmap (d_munmap.U):
1521	This variable conditionally defines HAS_MUNMAP if munmap() is
1522	available to unmap a region mapped by mmap().
1523
1524d_mymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
1525	This variable conditionally defines MYMALLOC in case other parts
1526	of the source want to take special action if MYMALLOC is used.
1527	This may include different sorts of profiling or error detection.
1528
1529d_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
1530	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NDBM symbol, which
1531	indicates that both the ndbm.h include file and an appropriate ndbm
1532	library exist.  Consult the different i_*ndbm variables
1533	to find out the actual include location.  Sometimes, a system has the
1534	header file but not the library.  This variable will only be set if
1535	the system has both.
1536
1537d_ndbm_h_uses_prototypes (i_ndbm.U):
1538	This variable conditionally defines the NDBM_H_USES_PROTOTYPES symbol,
1539	which indicates that the ndbm.h include file uses real ANSI C
1540	prototypes instead of K&R style function declarations. K&R style
1541	declarations are unsupported in C++, so the include file requires
1542	special handling when using a C++ compiler and this variable is
1543	undefined. Consult the different d_*ndbm_h_uses_prototypes variables
1544	to get the same information for alternative ndbm.h include files.
1545
1546d_nice (d_nice.U):
1547	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NICE symbol, which
1548	indicates to the C program that the nice() routine is available.
1549
1550d_nl_langinfo (d_nl_langinfo.U):
1551	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_NL_LANGINFO symbol, which
1552	indicates to the C program that the nl_langinfo() routine is available.
1553
1554d_nv_preserves_uv (perlxv.U):
1555	This variable indicates whether a variable of type nvtype
1556	can preserve all the bits a variable of type uvtype.
1557
1558d_nv_zero_is_allbits_zero (perlxv.U):
1559	This variable indicates whether a variable of type nvtype
1560	stores 0.0 in memory as all bits zero.
1561
1562d_off64_t (d_off64_t.U):
1563	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports off64_t.
1564
1565d_old_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
1566	This variable conditionally defines pthread_create_joinable.
1567	undef if pthread.h defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
1568
1569d_oldpthreads (usethreads.U):
1570	This variable conditionally defines the OLD_PTHREADS_API symbol,
1571	and indicates that Perl should be built to use the old
1572	draft POSIX threads API.  This is only potentially meaningful if
1573	usethreads is set.
1574
1575d_oldsock (d_socket.U):
1576	This variable conditionally defines the OLDSOCKET symbol, which
1577	indicates that the BSD socket interface is based on 4.1c and not 4.2.
1578
1579d_open3 (d_open3.U):
1580	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_OPEN3 manifest constant,
1581	which indicates to the C program that the 3 argument version of
1582	the open(2) function is available.
1583
1584d_pathconf (d_pathconf.U):
1585	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PATHCONF symbol, which
1586	indicates to the C program that the pathconf() routine is available
1587	to determine file-system related limits and options associated
1588	with a given filename.
1589
1590d_pause (d_pause.U):
1591	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PAUSE symbol, which
1592	indicates to the C program that the pause() routine is available
1593	to suspend a process until a signal is received.
1594
1595d_perl_otherlibdirs (otherlibdirs.U):
1596	This variable conditionally defines PERL_OTHERLIBDIRS, which
1597	contains a colon-separated set of paths for the perl binary to
1598	include in @INC.  See also otherlibdirs.
1599
1600d_phostname (d_gethname.U):
1601	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PHOSTNAME symbol, which
1602	contains the shell command which, when fed to popen(), may be
1603	used to derive the host name.
1604
1605d_pipe (d_pipe.U):
1606	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PIPE symbol, which
1607	indicates to the C program that the pipe() routine is available
1608	to create an inter-process channel.
1609
1610d_poll (d_poll.U):
1611	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_POLL symbol, which
1612	indicates to the C program that the poll() routine is available
1613	to poll active file descriptors.
1614
1615d_portable (d_portable.U):
1616	This variable conditionally defines the PORTABLE symbol, which
1617	indicates to the C program that it should not assume that it is
1618	running on the machine it was compiled on.
1619
1620d_PRId64 (quadfio.U):
1621	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRId64 symbol, which
1622	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
1623
1624d_PRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
1625	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1626	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
1627
1628d_PRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
1629	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1630	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
1631	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIeldbl so that even
1632	case-blind systems can see the difference.
1633
1634d_PRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
1635	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1636	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
1637
1638d_PRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
1639	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1640	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
1641	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIfldbl so that even
1642	case-blind systems can see the difference.
1643
1644d_PRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
1645	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1646	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
1647
1648d_PRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
1649	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1650	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print long doubles.
1651	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIgldbl so that even
1652	case-blind systems can see the difference.
1653
1654d_PRIi64 (quadfio.U):
1655	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIi64 symbol, which
1656	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit decimal numbers.
1657
1658d_printf_format_null (d_attribut.U):
1659	This variable conditionally defines PRINTF_FORMAT_NULL_OK, which
1660	indicates the C compiler allows printf-like formats to be null.
1661
1662d_PRIo64 (quadfio.U):
1663	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIo64 symbol, which
1664	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit octal numbers.
1665
1666d_PRIu64 (quadfio.U):
1667	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIu64 symbol, which
1668	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit unsigned decimal
1669	numbers.
1670
1671d_PRIx64 (quadfio.U):
1672	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIx64 symbol, which
1673	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hexadecimal numbers.
1674
1675d_PRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
1676	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIXU64 symbol, which
1677	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to print 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers.
1678	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from d_PRIx64 so that even
1679	case-blind systems can see the difference.
1680
1681d_procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U):
1682	Defined if $procselfexe is symlink to the absolute
1683	pathname of the executing program.
1684
1685d_pseudofork (d_vfork.U):
1686	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PSEUDOFORK symbol,
1687	which indicates that an emulation of the fork routine is available.
1688
1689d_pthread_atfork (d_pthread_atfork.U):
1690	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_ATFORK symbol,
1691	which indicates to the C program that the pthread_atfork()
1692	routine is available.
1693
1694d_pthread_attr_setscope (d_pthread_attr_ss.U):
1695	This variable conditionally defines HAS_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE if
1696	pthread_attr_setscope() is available to set the contention scope
1697	attribute of a thread attribute object.
1698
1699d_pthread_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
1700	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_PTHREAD_YIELD
1701	symbol if the pthread_yield routine is available to yield
1702	the execution of the current thread.
1703
1704d_pwage (i_pwd.U):
1705	This variable conditionally defines PWAGE, which indicates
1706	that struct passwd contains pw_age.
1707
1708d_pwchange (i_pwd.U):
1709	This variable conditionally defines PWCHANGE, which indicates
1710	that struct passwd contains pw_change.
1711
1712d_pwclass (i_pwd.U):
1713	This variable conditionally defines PWCLASS, which indicates
1714	that struct passwd contains pw_class.
1715
1716d_pwcomment (i_pwd.U):
1717	This variable conditionally defines PWCOMMENT, which indicates
1718	that struct passwd contains pw_comment.
1719
1720d_pwexpire (i_pwd.U):
1721	This variable conditionally defines PWEXPIRE, which indicates
1722	that struct passwd contains pw_expire.
1723
1724d_pwgecos (i_pwd.U):
1725	This variable conditionally defines PWGECOS, which indicates
1726	that struct passwd contains pw_gecos.
1727
1728d_pwpasswd (i_pwd.U):
1729	This variable conditionally defines PWPASSWD, which indicates
1730	that struct passwd contains pw_passwd.
1731
1732d_pwquota (i_pwd.U):
1733	This variable conditionally defines PWQUOTA, which indicates
1734	that struct passwd contains pw_quota.
1735
1736d_qgcvt (d_qgcvt.U):
1737	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_QGCVT symbol, which
1738	indicates to the C program that the qgcvt() routine is available.
1739
1740d_quad (quadtype.U):
1741	This variable, if defined, tells that there's a 64-bit integer type,
1742	quadtype.
1743
1744d_random_r (d_random_r.U):
1745	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RANDOM_R symbol,
1746	which indicates to the C program that the random_r()
1747	routine is available.
1748
1749d_readdir (d_readdir.U):
1750	This variable conditionally defines HAS_READDIR if readdir() is
1751	available to read directory entries.
1752
1753d_readdir64_r (d_readdir64_r.U):
1754	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR64_R symbol,
1755	which indicates to the C program that the readdir64_r()
1756	routine is available.
1757
1758d_readdir_r (d_readdir_r.U):
1759	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READDIR_R symbol,
1760	which indicates to the C program that the readdir_r()
1761	routine is available.
1762
1763d_readlink (d_readlink.U):
1764	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READLINK symbol, which
1765	indicates to the C program that the readlink() routine is available
1766	to read the value of a symbolic link.
1767
1768d_readv (d_readv.U):
1769	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_READV symbol, which
1770	indicates to the C program that the readv() routine is available.
1771
1772d_recvmsg (d_recvmsg.U):
1773	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RECVMSG symbol, which
1774	indicates to the C program that the recvmsg() routine is available.
1775
1776d_rename (d_rename.U):
1777	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_RENAME symbol, which
1778	indicates to the C program that the rename() routine is available
1779	to rename files.
1780
1781d_rewinddir (d_readdir.U):
1782	This variable conditionally defines HAS_REWINDDIR if rewinddir() is
1783	available.
1784
1785d_rmdir (d_rmdir.U):
1786	This variable conditionally defines HAS_RMDIR if rmdir() is
1787	available to remove directories.
1788
1789d_safebcpy (d_safebcpy.U):
1790	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_BCOPY symbol if
1791	the bcopy() routine can do overlapping copies.  Normally, you
1792	should probably use memmove().
1793
1794d_safemcpy (d_safemcpy.U):
1795	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SAFE_MEMCPY symbol if
1796	the memcpy() routine can do overlapping copies.
1797	For overlapping copies, memmove() should be used, if available.
1798
1799d_sanemcmp (d_sanemcmp.U):
1800	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SANE_MEMCMP symbol if
1801	the memcpy() routine is available and can be used to compare relative
1802	magnitudes of chars with their high bits set.
1803
1804d_sbrkproto (d_sbrkproto.U):
1805	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SBRK_PROTO symbol,
1806	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
1807	a prototype for the sbrk() function.  Otherwise, it is
1808	up to the program to supply one.
1809
1810d_scalbnl (d_scalbnl.U):
1811	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCALBNL symbol, which
1812	indicates to the C program that the scalbnl() routine is available.
1813	If ilogbl is also present we can emulate frexpl.
1814
1815d_sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
1816	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCHED_YIELD
1817	symbol if the sched_yield routine is available to yield
1818	the execution of the current thread.
1819
1820d_scm_rights (d_socket.U):
1821	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SCM_RIGHTS symbol,
1822	which indicates that the SCM_RIGHTS is available.  #ifdef is
1823	not enough because it may be an enum, glibc has been known to do this.
1824
1825d_SCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
1826	This variable conditionally defines the PERL_PRIfldbl symbol, which
1827	indiciates that stdio has a symbol to scan long doubles.
1828
1829d_seekdir (d_readdir.U):
1830	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SEEKDIR if seekdir() is
1831	available.
1832
1833d_select (d_select.U):
1834	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SELECT if select() is
1835	available to select active file descriptors. A <sys/time.h>
1836	inclusion may be necessary for the timeout field.
1837
1838d_sem (d_sem.U):
1839	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEM symbol, which
1840	indicates that the entire sem*(2) library is present.
1841
1842d_semctl (d_semctl.U):
1843	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMCTL symbol, which
1844	indicates to the C program that the semctl() routine is available.
1845
1846d_semctl_semid_ds (d_union_semun.U):
1847	This variable conditionally defines USE_SEMCTL_SEMID_DS, which
1848	indicates that struct semid_ds * is to be used for semctl IPC_STAT.
1849
1850d_semctl_semun (d_union_semun.U):
1851	This variable conditionally defines USE_SEMCTL_SEMUN, which
1852	indicates that union semun is to be used for semctl IPC_STAT.
1853
1854d_semget (d_semget.U):
1855	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMGET symbol, which
1856	indicates to the C program that the semget() routine is available.
1857
1858d_semop (d_semop.U):
1859	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SEMOP symbol, which
1860	indicates to the C program that the semop() routine is available.
1861
1862d_sendmsg (d_sendmsg.U):
1863	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SENDMSG symbol, which
1864	indicates to the C program that the sendmsg() routine is available.
1865
1866d_setegid (d_setegid.U):
1867	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETEGID symbol, which
1868	indicates to the C program that the setegid() routine is available
1869	to change the effective gid of the current program.
1870
1871d_seteuid (d_seteuid.U):
1872	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETEUID symbol, which
1873	indicates to the C program that the seteuid() routine is available
1874	to change the effective uid of the current program.
1875
1876d_setgrent (d_setgrent.U):
1877	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGRENT symbol, which
1878	indicates to the C program that the setgrent() routine is available
1879	for initializing sequential access to the group database.
1880
1881d_setgrent_r (d_setgrent_r.U):
1882	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGRENT_R symbol,
1883	which indicates to the C program that the setgrent_r()
1884	routine is available.
1885
1886d_setgrps (d_setgrps.U):
1887	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETGROUPS symbol, which
1888	indicates to the C program that the setgroups() routine is available
1889	to set the list of process groups.
1890
1891d_sethent (d_sethent.U):
1892	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETHOSTENT if sethostent() is
1893	available.
1894
1895d_sethostent_r (d_sethostent_r.U):
1896	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETHOSTENT_R symbol,
1897	which indicates to the C program that the sethostent_r()
1898	routine is available.
1899
1900d_setitimer (d_setitimer.U):
1901	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETITIMER symbol, which
1902	indicates to the C program that the setitimer() routine is available.
1903
1904d_setlinebuf (d_setlnbuf.U):
1905	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLINEBUF symbol, which
1906	indicates to the C program that the setlinebuf() routine is available
1907	to change stderr or stdout from block-buffered or unbuffered to a
1908	line-buffered mode.
1909
1910d_setlocale (d_setlocale.U):
1911	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETLOCALE if setlocale() is
1912	available to handle locale-specific ctype implementations.
1913
1914d_setlocale_r (d_setlocale_r.U):
1915	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETLOCALE_R symbol,
1916	which indicates to the C program that the setlocale_r()
1917	routine is available.
1918
1919d_setnent (d_setnent.U):
1920	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETNETENT if setnetent() is
1921	available.
1922
1923d_setnetent_r (d_setnetent_r.U):
1924	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETNETENT_R symbol,
1925	which indicates to the C program that the setnetent_r()
1926	routine is available.
1927
1928d_setpent (d_setpent.U):
1929	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPROTOENT if setprotoent() is
1930	available.
1931
1932d_setpgid (d_setpgid.U):
1933	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPGID symbol if the
1934	setpgid(pid, gpid) function is available to set process group ID.
1935
1936d_setpgrp (d_setpgrp.U):
1937	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPGRP if setpgrp() is
1938	available to set the current process group.
1939
1940d_setpgrp2 (d_setpgrp2.U):
1941	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPGRP2 symbol, which
1942	indicates to the C program that the setpgrp2() (as in DG/UX) routine
1943	is available to set the current process group.
1944
1945d_setprior (d_setprior.U):
1946	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETPRIORITY if setpriority()
1947	is available to set a process's priority.
1948
1949d_setproctitle (d_setproctitle.U):
1950	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPROCTITLE symbol,
1951	which indicates to the C program that the setproctitle() routine
1952	is available.
1953
1954d_setprotoent_r (d_setprotoent_r.U):
1955	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPROTOENT_R symbol,
1956	which indicates to the C program that the setprotoent_r()
1957	routine is available.
1958
1959d_setpwent (d_setpwent.U):
1960	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT symbol, which
1961	indicates to the C program that the setpwent() routine is available
1962	for initializing sequential access to the passwd database.
1963
1964d_setpwent_r (d_setpwent_r.U):
1965	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETPWENT_R symbol,
1966	which indicates to the C program that the setpwent_r()
1967	routine is available.
1968
1969d_setregid (d_setregid.U):
1970	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREGID if setregid() is
1971	available to change the real and effective gid of the current
1972	process.
1973
1974d_setresgid (d_setregid.U):
1975	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETRESGID if setresgid() is
1976	available to change the real, effective and saved gid of the current
1977	process.
1978
1979d_setresuid (d_setreuid.U):
1980	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREUID if setresuid() is
1981	available to change the real, effective and saved uid of the current
1982	process.
1983
1984d_setreuid (d_setreuid.U):
1985	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETREUID if setreuid() is
1986	available to change the real and effective uid of the current
1987	process.
1988
1989d_setrgid (d_setrgid.U):
1990	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRGID symbol, which
1991	indicates to the C program that the setrgid() routine is available
1992	to change the real gid of the current program.
1993
1994d_setruid (d_setruid.U):
1995	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRUID symbol, which
1996	indicates to the C program that the setruid() routine is available
1997	to change the real uid of the current program.
1998
1999d_setsent (d_setsent.U):
2000	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSERVENT if setservent() is
2001	available.
2002
2003d_setservent_r (d_setservent_r.U):
2004	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETSERVENT_R symbol,
2005	which indicates to the C program that the setservent_r()
2006	routine is available.
2007
2008d_setsid (d_setsid.U):
2009	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SETSID if setsid() is
2010	available to set the process group ID.
2011
2012d_setvbuf (d_setvbuf.U):
2013	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETVBUF symbol, which
2014	indicates to the C program that the setvbuf() routine is available
2015	to change buffering on an open stdio stream.
2016
2017d_sfio (d_sfio.U):
2018	This variable conditionally defines the USE_SFIO symbol,
2019	and indicates whether sfio is available (and should be used).
2020
2021d_shm (d_shm.U):
2022	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHM symbol, which
2023	indicates that the entire shm*(2) library is present.
2024
2025d_shmat (d_shmat.U):
2026	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMAT symbol, which
2027	indicates to the C program that the shmat() routine is available.
2028
2029d_shmatprototype (d_shmat.U):
2030	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMAT_PROTOTYPE
2031	symbol, which indicates that sys/shm.h has a prototype for
2032	shmat.
2033
2034d_shmctl (d_shmctl.U):
2035	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMCTL symbol, which
2036	indicates to the C program that the shmctl() routine is available.
2037
2038d_shmdt (d_shmdt.U):
2039	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMDT symbol, which
2040	indicates to the C program that the shmdt() routine is available.
2041
2042d_shmget (d_shmget.U):
2043	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SHMGET symbol, which
2044	indicates to the C program that the shmget() routine is available.
2045
2046d_sigaction (d_sigaction.U):
2047	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGACTION symbol, which
2048	indicates that the Vr4 sigaction() routine is available.
2049
2050d_signbit (d_signbit.U):
2051	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGNBIT symbol, which
2052	indicates to the C program that the signbit() routine is available
2053	and safe to use with perl's intern NV type.
2054
2055d_sigprocmask (d_sigprocmask.U):
2056	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SIGPROCMASK
2057	if sigprocmask() is available to examine or change the signal mask
2058	of the calling process.
2059
2060d_sigsetjmp (d_sigsetjmp.U):
2061	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SIGSETJMP symbol,
2062	which indicates that the sigsetjmp() routine is available to
2063	call setjmp() and optionally save the process's signal mask.
2064
2065d_sitearch (sitearch.U):
2066	This variable conditionally defines SITEARCH to hold the pathname
2067	of architecture-dependent library files for $package.  If
2068	$sitearch is the same as $archlib, then this is set to undef.
2069
2070d_snprintf (d_snprintf.U):
2071	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SNPRINTF symbol, which
2072	indicates to the C program that the snprintf () library function
2073	is available.
2074
2075d_sockatmark (d_sockatmark.U):
2076	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKATMARK symbol, which
2077	indicates to the C program that the sockatmark() routine is available.
2078
2079d_sockatmarkproto (d_sockatmarkproto.U):
2080	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKATMARK_PROTO symbol,
2081	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
2082	a prototype for the sockatmark() function.  Otherwise, it is
2083	up to the program to supply one.
2084
2085d_socket (d_socket.U):
2086	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SOCKET, which indicates
2087	that the BSD socket interface is supported.
2088
2089d_socklen_t (d_socklen_t.U):
2090	This symbol will be defined if the C compiler supports socklen_t.
2091
2092d_sockpair (d_socket.U):
2093	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKETPAIR symbol, which
2094	indicates that the BSD socketpair() is supported.
2095
2096d_socks5_init (d_socks5_init.U):
2097	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SOCKS5_INIT symbol, which
2098	indicates to the C program that the socks5_init() routine is available.
2099
2100d_sprintf_returns_strlen (d_sprintf_len.U):
2101	This variable defines whether sprintf returns the length of the string
2102	(as per the ANSI spec). Some C libraries retain compatibility with
2103	pre-ANSI C and return a pointer to the passed in buffer; for these
2104	this variable will be undef.
2105
2106d_sqrtl (d_sqrtl.U):
2107	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SQRTL symbol, which
2108	indicates to the C program that the sqrtl() routine is available.
2109
2110d_srand48_r (d_srand48_r.U):
2111	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SRAND48_R symbol,
2112	which indicates to the C program that the srand48_r()
2113	routine is available.
2114
2115d_srandom_r (d_srandom_r.U):
2116	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SRANDOM_R symbol,
2117	which indicates to the C program that the srandom_r()
2118	routine is available.
2119
2120d_sresgproto (d_sresgproto.U):
2121	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRESGID_PROTO symbol,
2122	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
2123	a prototype for the setresgid() function.  Otherwise, it is
2124	up to the program to supply one.
2125
2126d_sresuproto (d_sresuproto.U):
2127	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SETRESUID_PROTO symbol,
2128	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
2129	a prototype for the setresuid() function.  Otherwise, it is
2130	up to the program to supply one.
2131
2132d_statblks (d_statblks.U):
2133	This variable conditionally defines USE_STAT_BLOCKS
2134	if this system has a stat structure declaring
2135	st_blksize and st_blocks.
2136
2137d_statfs_f_flags (d_statfs_f_flags.U):
2138	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS_F_FLAGS
2139	symbol, which indicates to struct statfs from has f_flags member.
2140	This kind of struct statfs is coming from sys/mount.h (BSD),
2141	not from sys/statfs.h (SYSV).
2142
2143d_statfs_s (d_statfs_s.U):
2144	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRUCT_STATFS symbol,
2145	which indicates that the struct statfs is supported.
2146
2147d_statvfs (d_statvfs.U):
2148	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STATVFS symbol, which
2149	indicates to the C program that the statvfs() routine is available.
2150
2151d_stdio_cnt_lval (d_stdstdio.U):
2152	This variable conditionally defines STDIO_CNT_LVALUE if the
2153	FILE_cnt macro can be used as an lvalue.
2154
2155d_stdio_ptr_lval (d_stdstdio.U):
2156	This variable conditionally defines STDIO_PTR_LVALUE if the
2157	FILE_ptr macro can be used as an lvalue.
2158
2159d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt (d_stdstdio.U):
2160	This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
2161	to increase the pointer by n leaves File_cnt(fp) unchanged.
2162
2163d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt (d_stdstdio.U):
2164	This symbol is defined if using the FILE_ptr macro as an lvalue
2165	to increase the pointer by n has the side effect of decreasing the
2166	value of File_cnt(fp) by n.
2167
2168d_stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U):
2169	This variable tells whether there is an array holding
2170	the stdio streams.
2171
2172d_stdiobase (d_stdstdio.U):
2173	This variable conditionally defines USE_STDIO_BASE if this system
2174	has a FILE structure declaring a usable _base field (or equivalent)
2175	in stdio.h.
2176
2177d_stdstdio (d_stdstdio.U):
2178	This variable conditionally defines USE_STDIO_PTR if this system
2179	has a FILE structure declaring usable _ptr and _cnt fields (or
2180	equivalent) in stdio.h.
2181
2182d_strchr (d_strchr.U):
2183	This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRCHR if strchr() and
2184	strrchr() are available for string searching.
2185
2186d_strcoll (d_strcoll.U):
2187	This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRCOLL if strcoll() is
2188	available to compare strings using collating information.
2189
2190d_strctcpy (d_strctcpy.U):
2191	This variable conditionally defines the USE_STRUCT_COPY symbol, which
2192	indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows how to copy
2193	structures.
2194
2195d_strerrm (d_strerror.U):
2196	This variable holds what Strerrr is defined as to translate an error
2197	code condition into an error message string. It could be 'strerror'
2198	or a more complex macro emulating strrror with sys_errlist[], or the
2199	"unknown" string when both strerror and sys_errlist are missing.
2200
2201d_strerror (d_strerror.U):
2202	This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRERROR if strerror() is
2203	available to translate error numbers to strings.
2204
2205d_strerror_r (d_strerror_r.U):
2206	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRERROR_R symbol,
2207	which indicates to the C program that the strerror_r()
2208	routine is available.
2209
2210d_strftime (d_strftime.U):
2211	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRFTIME symbol, which
2212	indicates to the C program that the strftime() routine is available.
2213
2214d_strlcat (d_strlcat.U):
2215	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRLCAT symbol, which
2216	indicates to the C program that the strlcat () routine is available.
2217
2218d_strlcpy (d_strlcpy.U):
2219	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRLCPY symbol, which
2220	indicates to the C program that the strlcpy () routine is available.
2221
2222d_strtod (d_strtod.U):
2223	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOD symbol, which
2224	indicates to the C program that the strtod() routine is available
2225	to provide better numeric string conversion than atof().
2226
2227d_strtol (d_strtol.U):
2228	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOL symbol, which
2229	indicates to the C program that the strtol() routine is available
2230	to provide better numeric string conversion than atoi() and friends.
2231
2232d_strtold (d_strtold.U):
2233	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOLD symbol, which
2234	indicates to the C program that the strtold() routine is available.
2235
2236d_strtoll (d_strtoll.U):
2237	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOLL symbol, which
2238	indicates to the C program that the strtoll() routine is available.
2239
2240d_strtoq (d_strtoq.U):
2241	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOQ symbol, which
2242	indicates to the C program that the strtoq() routine is available.
2243
2244d_strtoul (d_strtoul.U):
2245	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUL symbol, which
2246	indicates to the C program that the strtoul() routine is available
2247	to provide conversion of strings to unsigned long.
2248
2249d_strtoull (d_strtoull.U):
2250	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOULL symbol, which
2251	indicates to the C program that the strtoull() routine is available.
2252
2253d_strtouq (d_strtouq.U):
2254	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_STRTOUQ symbol, which
2255	indicates to the C program that the strtouq() routine is available.
2256
2257d_strxfrm (d_strxfrm.U):
2258	This variable conditionally defines HAS_STRXFRM if strxfrm() is
2259	available to transform strings.
2260
2261d_suidsafe (d_dosuid.U):
2262	This variable conditionally defines SETUID_SCRIPTS_ARE_SECURE_NOW
2263	if setuid scripts can be secure.  This test looks in /dev/fd/.
2264
2265d_symlink (d_symlink.U):
2266	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYMLINK symbol, which
2267	indicates to the C program that the symlink() routine is available
2268	to create symbolic links.
2269
2270d_syscall (d_syscall.U):
2271	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYSCALL if syscall() is
2272	available call arbitrary system calls.
2273
2274d_syscallproto (d_syscallproto.U):
2275	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYSCALL_PROTO symbol,
2276	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
2277	a prototype for the syscall() function.  Otherwise, it is
2278	up to the program to supply one.
2279
2280d_sysconf (d_sysconf.U):
2281	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_SYSCONF symbol, which
2282	indicates to the C program that the sysconf() routine is available
2283	to determine system related limits and options.
2284
2285d_sysernlst (d_strerror.U):
2286	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYS_ERRNOLIST if sys_errnolist[]
2287	is available to translate error numbers to the symbolic name.
2288
2289d_syserrlst (d_strerror.U):
2290	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYS_ERRLIST if sys_errlist[] is
2291	available to translate error numbers to strings.
2292
2293d_system (d_system.U):
2294	This variable conditionally defines HAS_SYSTEM if system() is
2295	available to issue a shell command.
2296
2297d_tcgetpgrp (d_tcgtpgrp.U):
2298	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TCGETPGRP symbol, which
2299	indicates to the C program that the tcgetpgrp() routine is available.
2300	to get foreground process group ID.
2301
2302d_tcsetpgrp (d_tcstpgrp.U):
2303	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TCSETPGRP symbol, which
2304	indicates to the C program that the tcsetpgrp() routine is available
2305	to set foreground process group ID.
2306
2307d_telldir (d_readdir.U):
2308	This variable conditionally defines HAS_TELLDIR if telldir() is
2309	available.
2310
2311d_telldirproto (d_telldirproto.U):
2312	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TELLDIR_PROTO symbol,
2313	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
2314	a prototype for the telldir() function.  Otherwise, it is
2315	up to the program to supply one.
2316
2317d_time (d_time.U):
2318	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIME symbol, which indicates
2319	that the time() routine exists.  The time() routine is normaly
2320	provided on UNIX systems.
2321
2322d_timegm (d_timegm.U):
2323	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMEGM symbol, which
2324	indicates to the C program that the timegm () routine is available.
2325
2326d_times (d_times.U):
2327	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TIMES symbol, which indicates
2328	that the times() routine exists.  The times() routine is normaly
2329	provided on UNIX systems. You may have to include <sys/times.h>.
2330
2331d_tm_tm_gmtoff (i_time.U):
2332	This variable conditionally defines HAS_TM_TM_GMTOFF, which indicates
2333	indicates to the C program that the struct tm has the tm_gmtoff field.
2334
2335d_tm_tm_zone (i_time.U):
2336	This variable conditionally defines HAS_TM_TM_ZONE, which indicates
2337	indicates to the C program that the struct tm has the tm_zone field.
2338
2339d_tmpnam_r (d_tmpnam_r.U):
2340	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TMPNAM_R symbol,
2341	which indicates to the C program that the tmpnam_r()
2342	routine is available.
2343
2344d_truncate (d_truncate.U):
2345	This variable conditionally defines HAS_TRUNCATE if truncate() is
2346	available to truncate files.
2347
2348d_ttyname_r (d_ttyname_r.U):
2349	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_TTYNAME_R symbol,
2350	which indicates to the C program that the ttyname_r()
2351	routine is available.
2352
2353d_tzname (d_tzname.U):
2354	This variable conditionally defines HAS_TZNAME if tzname[] is
2355	available to access timezone names.
2356
2357d_u32align (d_u32align.U):
2358	This variable tells whether you must access character data
2359	through U32-aligned pointers.
2360
2361d_ualarm (d_ualarm.U):
2362	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UALARM symbol, which
2363	indicates to the C program that the ualarm() routine is available.
2364
2365d_umask (d_umask.U):
2366	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UMASK symbol, which
2367	indicates to the C program that the umask() routine is available.
2368	to set and get the value of the file creation mask.
2369
2370d_uname (d_gethname.U):
2371	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNAME symbol, which
2372	indicates to the C program that the uname() routine may be
2373	used to derive the host name.
2374
2375d_union_semun (d_union_semun.U):
2376	This variable conditionally defines HAS_UNION_SEMUN if the
2377	union semun is defined by including <sys/sem.h>.
2378
2379d_unordered (d_unordered.U):
2380	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNORDERED symbol, which
2381	indicates to the C program that the unordered() routine is available.
2382
2383d_unsetenv (d_unsetenv.U):
2384	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_UNSETENV symbol, which
2385	indicates to the C program that the unsetenv () routine is available.
2386
2387d_usleep (d_usleep.U):
2388	This variable conditionally defines HAS_USLEEP if usleep() is
2389	available to do high granularity sleeps.
2390
2391d_usleepproto (d_usleepproto.U):
2392	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_USLEEP_PROTO symbol,
2393	which indicates to the C program that the system provides
2394	a prototype for the usleep() function.  Otherwise, it is
2395	up to the program to supply one.
2396
2397d_ustat (d_ustat.U):
2398	This variable conditionally defines HAS_USTAT if ustat() is
2399	available to query file system statistics by dev_t.
2400
2401d_vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
2402	This variable conditionally defined PERL_VENDORARCH.
2403
2404d_vendorbin (vendorbin.U):
2405	This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORBIN.
2406
2407d_vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
2408	This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORLIB.
2409
2410d_vendorscript (vendorscript.U):
2411	This variable conditionally defines PERL_VENDORSCRIPT.
2412
2413d_vfork (d_vfork.U):
2414	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VFORK symbol, which
2415	indicates the vfork() routine is available.
2416
2417d_void_closedir (d_closedir.U):
2418	This variable conditionally defines VOID_CLOSEDIR if closedir()
2419	does not return a value.
2420
2421d_voidsig (d_voidsig.U):
2422	This variable conditionally defines VOIDSIG if this system
2423	declares "void (*signal(...))()" in signal.h.  The old way was to
2424	declare it as "int (*signal(...))()".
2425
2426d_voidtty (i_sysioctl.U):
2427	This variable conditionally defines USE_IOCNOTTY to indicate that the
2428	ioctl() call with TIOCNOTTY should be used to void tty association.
2429	Otherwise (on USG probably), it is enough to close the standard file
2430	decriptors and do a setpgrp().
2431
2432d_volatile (d_volatile.U):
2433	This variable conditionally defines the HASVOLATILE symbol, which
2434	indicates to the C program that this C compiler knows about the
2435	volatile declaration.
2436
2437d_vprintf (d_vprintf.U):
2438	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VPRINTF symbol, which
2439	indicates to the C program that the vprintf() routine is available
2440	to printf with a pointer to an argument list.
2441
2442d_vsnprintf (d_snprintf.U):
2443	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_VSNPRINTF symbol, which
2444	indicates to the C program that the vsnprintf () library function
2445	is available.
2446
2447d_wait4 (d_wait4.U):
2448	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WAIT4 symbol, which
2449	indicates the wait4() routine is available.
2450
2451d_waitpid (d_waitpid.U):
2452	This variable conditionally defines HAS_WAITPID if waitpid() is
2453	available to wait for child process.
2454
2455d_wcstombs (d_wcstombs.U):
2456	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WCSTOMBS symbol, which
2457	indicates to the C program that the wcstombs() routine is available
2458	to convert wide character strings to multibyte strings.
2459
2460d_wctomb (d_wctomb.U):
2461	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WCTOMB symbol, which
2462	indicates to the C program that the wctomb() routine is available
2463	to convert a wide character to a multibyte.
2464
2465d_writev (d_writev.U):
2466	This variable conditionally defines the HAS_WRITEV symbol, which
2467	indicates to the C program that the writev() routine is available.
2468
2469d_xenix (Guess.U):
2470	This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts
2471	the C program that it runs under Xenix.
2472
2473date (Loc.U):
2474	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2475	full pathname (if any) of the date program.  After Configure runs,
2476	the value is reset to a plain "date" and is not useful.
2477
2478db_hashtype (i_db.U):
2479	This variable contains the type of the hash structure element
2480	in the <db.h> header file.  In older versions of DB, it was
2481	int, while in newer ones it is u_int32_t.
2482
2483db_prefixtype (i_db.U):
2484	This variable contains the type of the prefix structure element
2485	in the <db.h> header file.  In older versions of DB, it was
2486	int, while in newer ones it is size_t.
2487
2488db_version_major (i_db.U):
2489	This variable contains the major version number of
2490	Berkeley DB found in the <db.h> header file.
2491
2492db_version_minor (i_db.U):
2493	This variable contains the minor version number of
2494	Berkeley DB found in the <db.h> header file.
2495	For DB version 1 this is always 0.
2496
2497db_version_patch (i_db.U):
2498	This variable contains the patch version number of
2499	Berkeley DB found in the <db.h> header file.
2500	For DB version 1 this is always 0.
2501
2502defvoidused (voidflags.U):
2503	This variable contains the default value of the VOIDUSED symbol (15).
2504
2505direntrytype (i_dirent.U):
2506	This symbol is set to 'struct direct' or 'struct dirent' depending on
2507	whether dirent is available or not. You should use this pseudo type to
2508	portably declare your directory entries.
2509
2510dlext (dlext.U):
2511	This variable contains the extension that is to be used for the
2512	dynamically loaded modules that perl generaties.
2513
2514dlsrc (dlsrc.U):
2515	This variable contains the name of the dynamic loading file that
2516	will be used with the package.
2517
2518doublesize (doublesize.U):
2519	This variable contains the value of the DOUBLESIZE symbol, which
2520	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a double.
2521
2522drand01 (randfunc.U):
2523	Indicates the macro to be used to generate normalized
2524	random numbers.  Uses randfunc, often divided by
2525	(double) (((unsigned long) 1 << randbits)) in order to
2526	normalize the result.
2527	In C programs, the macro 'Drand01' is mapped to drand01.
2528
2529drand48_r_proto (d_drand48_r.U):
2530	This variable encodes the prototype of drand48_r.
2531	It is zero if d_drand48_r is undef, and one of the
2532	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_drand48_r
2533	is defined.
2534
2535dtrace (usedtrace.U):
2536	This variable holds the location of the dtrace executable.
2537
2538dynamic_ext (Extensions.U):
2539	This variable holds a list of XS extension files we want to
2540	link dynamically into the package.  It is used by Makefile.
2541
2542eagain (nblock_io.U):
2543	This variable bears the symbolic errno code set by read() when no
2544	data is present on the file and non-blocking I/O was enabled (otherwise,
2545	read() blocks naturally).
2546
2547ebcdic (ebcdic.U):
2548	This variable conditionally defines EBCDIC if this
2549	system uses EBCDIC encoding.  Among other things, this
2550	means that the character ranges are not contiguous.
2551	See trnl.U
2552
2553echo (Loc.U):
2554	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2555	full pathname (if any) of the echo program.  After Configure runs,
2556	the value is reset to a plain "echo" and is not useful.
2557
2558egrep (Loc.U):
2559	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2560	full pathname (if any) of the egrep program.  After Configure runs,
2561	the value is reset to a plain "egrep" and is not useful.
2562
2563emacs (Loc.U):
2564	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
2565	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
2566
2567endgrent_r_proto (d_endgrent_r.U):
2568	This variable encodes the prototype of endgrent_r.
2569	It is zero if d_endgrent_r is undef, and one of the
2570	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endgrent_r
2571	is defined.
2572
2573endhostent_r_proto (d_endhostent_r.U):
2574	This variable encodes the prototype of endhostent_r.
2575	It is zero if d_endhostent_r is undef, and one of the
2576	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endhostent_r
2577	is defined.
2578
2579endnetent_r_proto (d_endnetent_r.U):
2580	This variable encodes the prototype of endnetent_r.
2581	It is zero if d_endnetent_r is undef, and one of the
2582	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endnetent_r
2583	is defined.
2584
2585endprotoent_r_proto (d_endprotoent_r.U):
2586	This variable encodes the prototype of endprotoent_r.
2587	It is zero if d_endprotoent_r is undef, and one of the
2588	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endprotoent_r
2589	is defined.
2590
2591endpwent_r_proto (d_endpwent_r.U):
2592	This variable encodes the prototype of endpwent_r.
2593	It is zero if d_endpwent_r is undef, and one of the
2594	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endpwent_r
2595	is defined.
2596
2597endservent_r_proto (d_endservent_r.U):
2598	This variable encodes the prototype of endservent_r.
2599	It is zero if d_endservent_r is undef, and one of the
2600	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_endservent_r
2601	is defined.
2602
2603eunicefix (Init.U):
2604	When running under Eunice this variable contains a command which will
2605	convert a shell script to the proper form of text file for it to be
2606	executable by the shell.  On other systems it is a no-op.
2607
2608exe_ext (Unix.U):
2609	This is an old synonym for _exe.
2610
2611expr (Loc.U):
2612	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2613	full pathname (if any) of the expr program.  After Configure runs,
2614	the value is reset to a plain "expr" and is not useful.
2615
2616extensions (Extensions.U):
2617	This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and
2618	non-xs linked into the package.  It is propagated to Config.pm
2619	and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
2620	is available.
2621
2622extern_C (Csym.U):
2623	ANSI C requires 'extern' where C++ requires 'extern "C"'. This
2624	variable can be used in Configure to do the right thing.
2625
2626extras (Extras.U):
2627	This variable holds a list of extra modules to install.
2628
2629fflushall (fflushall.U):
2630	This symbol, if defined, tells that to flush
2631	all pending stdio output one must loop through all
2632	the stdio file handles stored in an array and fflush them.
2633	Note that if fflushNULL is defined, fflushall will not
2634	even be probed for and will be left undefined.
2635
2636fflushNULL (fflushall.U):
2637	This symbol, if defined, tells that fflush(NULL) does flush
2638	all pending stdio output.
2639
2640find (Loc.U):
2641	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
2642	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
2643
2644firstmakefile (Unix.U):
2645	This variable defines the first file searched by make.  On unix,
2646	it is makefile (then Makefile).  On case-insensitive systems,
2647	it might be something else.  This is only used to deal with
2648	convoluted make depend tricks.
2649
2650flex (Loc.U):
2651	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
2652	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
2653
2654fpossize (fpossize.U):
2655	This variable contains the size of a fpostype in bytes.
2656
2657fpostype (fpostype.U):
2658	This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpos_t, long,
2659	uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc.
2660
2661freetype (mallocsrc.U):
2662	This variable contains the return type of free().  It is usually
2663	void, but occasionally int.
2664
2665from (Cross.U):
2666	This variable contains the command used by Configure
2667	to copy files from the target host.  Useful and available
2668	only during Perl build.
2669	The string ':' if not cross-compiling.
2670
2671full_ar (Loc_ar.U):
2672	This variable contains the full pathname to 'ar', whether or
2673	not the user has specified 'portability'.  This is only used
2674	in the Makefile.SH.
2675
2676full_csh (d_csh.U):
2677	This variable contains the full pathname to 'csh', whether or
2678	not the user has specified 'portability'.  This is only used
2679	in the compiled C program, and we assume that all systems which
2680	can share this executable will have the same full pathname to
2681	'csh.'
2682
2683full_sed (Loc_sed.U):
2684	This variable contains the full pathname to 'sed', whether or
2685	not the user has specified 'portability'.  This is only used
2686	in the compiled C program, and we assume that all systems which
2687	can share this executable will have the same full pathname to
2688	'sed.'
2689
2690gccansipedantic (gccvers.U):
2691	If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable will enable (if set) the
2692	-ansi and -pedantic ccflags for building core files (through
2693	cflags script). (See Porting/pumpkin.pod for full description).
2694
2695gccosandvers (gccvers.U):
2696	If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds the operating system
2697	and version used to compile gcc.  It is set to '' if not gcc,
2698	or if nothing useful can be parsed as the os version.
2699
2700gccversion (gccvers.U):
2701	If GNU cc (gcc) is used, this variable holds '1' or '2' to
2702	indicate whether the compiler is version 1 or 2.  This is used in
2703	setting some of the default cflags.  It is set to '' if not gcc.
2704
2705getgrent_r_proto (d_getgrent_r.U):
2706	This variable encodes the prototype of getgrent_r.
2707	It is zero if d_getgrent_r is undef, and one of the
2708	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getgrent_r
2709	is defined.
2710
2711getgrgid_r_proto (d_getgrgid_r.U):
2712	This variable encodes the prototype of getgrgid_r.
2713	It is zero if d_getgrgid_r is undef, and one of the
2714	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getgrgid_r
2715	is defined.
2716
2717getgrnam_r_proto (d_getgrnam_r.U):
2718	This variable encodes the prototype of getgrnam_r.
2719	It is zero if d_getgrnam_r is undef, and one of the
2720	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getgrnam_r
2721	is defined.
2722
2723gethostbyaddr_r_proto (d_gethostbyaddr_r.U):
2724	This variable encodes the prototype of gethostbyaddr_r.
2725	It is zero if d_gethostbyaddr_r is undef, and one of the
2726	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gethostbyaddr_r
2727	is defined.
2728
2729gethostbyname_r_proto (d_gethostbyname_r.U):
2730	This variable encodes the prototype of gethostbyname_r.
2731	It is zero if d_gethostbyname_r is undef, and one of the
2732	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gethostbyname_r
2733	is defined.
2734
2735gethostent_r_proto (d_gethostent_r.U):
2736	This variable encodes the prototype of gethostent_r.
2737	It is zero if d_gethostent_r is undef, and one of the
2738	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gethostent_r
2739	is defined.
2740
2741getlogin_r_proto (d_getlogin_r.U):
2742	This variable encodes the prototype of getlogin_r.
2743	It is zero if d_getlogin_r is undef, and one of the
2744	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getlogin_r
2745	is defined.
2746
2747getnetbyaddr_r_proto (d_getnetbyaddr_r.U):
2748	This variable encodes the prototype of getnetbyaddr_r.
2749	It is zero if d_getnetbyaddr_r is undef, and one of the
2750	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getnetbyaddr_r
2751	is defined.
2752
2753getnetbyname_r_proto (d_getnetbyname_r.U):
2754	This variable encodes the prototype of getnetbyname_r.
2755	It is zero if d_getnetbyname_r is undef, and one of the
2756	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getnetbyname_r
2757	is defined.
2758
2759getnetent_r_proto (d_getnetent_r.U):
2760	This variable encodes the prototype of getnetent_r.
2761	It is zero if d_getnetent_r is undef, and one of the
2762	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getnetent_r
2763	is defined.
2764
2765getprotobyname_r_proto (d_getprotobyname_r.U):
2766	This variable encodes the prototype of getprotobyname_r.
2767	It is zero if d_getprotobyname_r is undef, and one of the
2768	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getprotobyname_r
2769	is defined.
2770
2771getprotobynumber_r_proto (d_getprotobynumber_r.U):
2772	This variable encodes the prototype of getprotobynumber_r.
2773	It is zero if d_getprotobynumber_r is undef, and one of the
2774	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getprotobynumber_r
2775	is defined.
2776
2777getprotoent_r_proto (d_getprotoent_r.U):
2778	This variable encodes the prototype of getprotoent_r.
2779	It is zero if d_getprotoent_r is undef, and one of the
2780	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getprotoent_r
2781	is defined.
2782
2783getpwent_r_proto (d_getpwent_r.U):
2784	This variable encodes the prototype of getpwent_r.
2785	It is zero if d_getpwent_r is undef, and one of the
2786	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getpwent_r
2787	is defined.
2788
2789getpwnam_r_proto (d_getpwnam_r.U):
2790	This variable encodes the prototype of getpwnam_r.
2791	It is zero if d_getpwnam_r is undef, and one of the
2792	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getpwnam_r
2793	is defined.
2794
2795getpwuid_r_proto (d_getpwuid_r.U):
2796	This variable encodes the prototype of getpwuid_r.
2797	It is zero if d_getpwuid_r is undef, and one of the
2798	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getpwuid_r
2799	is defined.
2800
2801getservbyname_r_proto (d_getservbyname_r.U):
2802	This variable encodes the prototype of getservbyname_r.
2803	It is zero if d_getservbyname_r is undef, and one of the
2804	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getservbyname_r
2805	is defined.
2806
2807getservbyport_r_proto (d_getservbyport_r.U):
2808	This variable encodes the prototype of getservbyport_r.
2809	It is zero if d_getservbyport_r is undef, and one of the
2810	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getservbyport_r
2811	is defined.
2812
2813getservent_r_proto (d_getservent_r.U):
2814	This variable encodes the prototype of getservent_r.
2815	It is zero if d_getservent_r is undef, and one of the
2816	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getservent_r
2817	is defined.
2818
2819getspnam_r_proto (d_getspnam_r.U):
2820	This variable encodes the prototype of getspnam_r.
2821	It is zero if d_getspnam_r is undef, and one of the
2822	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_getspnam_r
2823	is defined.
2824
2825gidformat (gidf.U):
2826	This variable contains the format string used for printing a Gid_t.
2827
2828gidsign (gidsign.U):
2829	This variable contains the signedness of a gidtype.
2830	1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
2831
2832gidsize (gidsize.U):
2833	This variable contains the size of a gidtype in bytes.
2834
2835gidtype (gidtype.U):
2836	This variable defines Gid_t to be something like gid_t, int,
2837	ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type
2838	of getgid().  Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel.
2839
2840glibpth (libpth.U):
2841	This variable holds the general path (space-separated) used to
2842	find libraries.  It may contain directories that do not exist on
2843	this platform, libpth is the cleaned-up version.
2844
2845gmake (Loc.U):
2846	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2847	full pathname (if any) of the gmake program.  After Configure runs,
2848	the value is reset to a plain "gmake" and is not useful.
2849
2850gmtime_r_proto (d_gmtime_r.U):
2851	This variable encodes the prototype of gmtime_r.
2852	It is zero if d_gmtime_r is undef, and one of the
2853	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_gmtime_r
2854	is defined.
2855
2856gnulibc_version (d_gnulibc.U):
2857	This variable contains the version number of the GNU C library.
2858	It is usually something like '2.2.5'.  It is a plain '' if this
2859	is not the GNU C library, or if the version is unknown.
2860
2861grep (Loc.U):
2862	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2863	full pathname (if any) of the grep program.  After Configure runs,
2864	the value is reset to a plain "grep" and is not useful.
2865
2866groupcat (nis.U):
2867	This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
2868	/etc/group file.  This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be
2869	"ypcat group" when NIS is used.
2870	On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
2871	command, in which case this variable is unset.
2872
2873groupstype (groupstype.U):
2874	This variable defines Groups_t to be something like gid_t, int,
2875	ushort, or whatever type is used for the second argument to
2876	getgroups() and setgroups().  Usually, this is the same as
2877	gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't.
2878
2879gzip (Loc.U):
2880	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
2881	full pathname (if any) of the gzip program.  After Configure runs,
2882	the value is reset to a plain "gzip" and is not useful.
2883
2884h_fcntl (h_fcntl.U):
2885	This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_fcntl that
2886	<fcntl.h> should be included.
2887
2888h_sysfile (h_sysfile.U):
2889	This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_sys_file that
2890	<sys/file.h> should be included.
2891
2892hint (Oldconfig.U):
2893	Gives the type of hints used for previous answers. May be one of
2894	"default", "recommended" or "previous".
2895
2896hostcat (nis.U):
2897	This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
2898	/etc/hosts file.  This is normally "cat /etc/hosts", but can be
2899	"ypcat hosts" when NIS is used.
2900	On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
2901	command, in which case this variable is unset.
2902
2903html1dir (html1dir.U):
2904	This variable contains the name of the directory in which html
2905	source pages are to be put.  This directory is for pages
2906	that describe whole programs, not libraries or modules.  It
2907	is intended to correspond roughly to section 1 of the Unix
2908	manuals.
2909
2910html1direxp (html1dir.U):
2911	This variable is the same as the html1dir variable, but is filename
2912	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
2913
2914html3dir (html3dir.U):
2915	This variable contains the name of the directory in which html
2916	source pages are to be put.  This directory is for pages
2917	that describe libraries or modules.  It is intended to
2918	correspond roughly to section 3 of the Unix manuals.
2919
2920html3direxp (html3dir.U):
2921	This variable is the same as the html3dir variable, but is filename
2922	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
2923
2924i16size (perlxv.U):
2925	This variable is the size of an I16 in bytes.
2926
2927i16type (perlxv.U):
2928	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I16.
2929
2930i32size (perlxv.U):
2931	This variable is the size of an I32 in bytes.
2932
2933i32type (perlxv.U):
2934	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I32.
2935
2936i64size (perlxv.U):
2937	This variable is the size of an I64 in bytes.
2938
2939i64type (perlxv.U):
2940	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I64.
2941
2942i8size (perlxv.U):
2943	This variable is the size of an I8 in bytes.
2944
2945i8type (perlxv.U):
2946	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's I8.
2947
2948i_arpainet (i_arpainet.U):
2949	This variable conditionally defines the I_ARPA_INET symbol,
2950	and indicates whether a C program should include <arpa/inet.h>.
2951
2952i_assert (i_assert.U):
2953	This variable conditionally defines the I_ASSERT symbol, which
2954	indicates to the C program that <assert.h> exists and could be
2955	included.
2956
2957i_bsdioctl (i_sysioctl.U):
2958	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_BSDIOCTL symbol, which
2959	indicates to the C program that <sys/bsdioctl.h> exists and should
2960	be included.
2961
2962i_crypt (i_crypt.U):
2963	This variable conditionally defines the I_CRYPT symbol, and indicates
2964	whether a C program should include <crypt.h>.
2965
2966i_db (i_db.U):
2967	This variable conditionally defines the I_DB symbol, and indicates
2968	whether a C program may include Berkeley's DB include file <db.h>.
2969
2970i_dbm (i_dbm.U):
2971	This variable conditionally defines the I_DBM symbol, which
2972	indicates to the C program that <dbm.h> exists and should
2973	be included.
2974
2975i_dirent (i_dirent.U):
2976	This variable conditionally defines I_DIRENT, which indicates
2977	to the C program that it should include <dirent.h>.
2978
2979i_dld (i_dld.U):
2980	This variable conditionally defines the I_DLD symbol, which
2981	indicates to the C program that <dld.h> (GNU dynamic loading)
2982	exists and should be included.
2983
2984i_dlfcn (i_dlfcn.U):
2985	This variable conditionally defines the I_DLFCN symbol, which
2986	indicates to the C program that <dlfcn.h> exists and should
2987	be included.
2988
2989i_fcntl (i_fcntl.U):
2990	This variable controls the value of I_FCNTL (which tells
2991	the C program to include <fcntl.h>).
2992
2993i_float (i_float.U):
2994	This variable conditionally defines the I_FLOAT symbol, and indicates
2995	whether a C program may include <float.h> to get symbols like DBL_MAX
2996	or DBL_MIN, i.e. machine dependent floating point values.
2997
2998i_fp (i_fp.U):
2999	This variable conditionally defines the I_FP symbol, and indicates
3000	whether a C program should include <fp.h>.
3001
3002i_fp_class (i_fp_class.U):
3003	This variable conditionally defines the I_FP_CLASS symbol, and indicates
3004	whether a C program should include <fp_class.h>.
3005
3006i_gdbm (i_gdbm.U):
3007	This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBM symbol, which
3008	indicates to the C program that <gdbm.h> exists and should
3009	be included.
3010
3011i_gdbm_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
3012	This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBM_NDBM symbol, which
3013	indicates to the C program that <gdbm-ndbm.h> exists and should
3014	be included.  This is the location of the ndbm.h compatibility file
3015	in Debian 4.0.
3016
3017i_gdbmndbm (i_ndbm.U):
3018	This variable conditionally defines the I_GDBMNDBM symbol, which
3019	indicates to the C program that <gdbm/ndbm.h> exists and should
3020	be included.  This was the location of the ndbm.h compatibility file
3021	in RedHat 7.1.
3022
3023i_grp (i_grp.U):
3024	This variable conditionally defines the I_GRP symbol, and indicates
3025	whether a C program should include <grp.h>.
3026
3027i_ieeefp (i_ieeefp.U):
3028	This variable conditionally defines the I_IEEEFP symbol, and indicates
3029	whether a C program should include <ieeefp.h>.
3030
3031i_inttypes (i_inttypes.U):
3032	This variable conditionally defines the I_INTTYPES symbol,
3033	and indicates whether a C program should include <inttypes.h>.
3034
3035i_langinfo (i_langinfo.U):
3036	This variable conditionally defines the I_LANGINFO symbol,
3037	and indicates whether a C program should include <langinfo.h>.
3038
3039i_libutil (i_libutil.U):
3040	This variable conditionally defines the I_LIBUTIL symbol, and indicates
3041	whether a C program should include <libutil.h>.
3042
3043i_limits (i_limits.U):
3044	This variable conditionally defines the I_LIMITS symbol, and indicates
3045	whether a C program may include <limits.h> to get symbols like WORD_BIT
3046	and friends.
3047
3048i_locale (i_locale.U):
3049	This variable conditionally defines the I_LOCALE symbol,
3050	and indicates whether a C program should include <locale.h>.
3051
3052i_machcthr (i_machcthr.U):
3053	This variable conditionally defines the I_MACH_CTHREADS symbol,
3054	and indicates whether a C program should include <mach/cthreads.h>.
3055
3056i_malloc (i_malloc.U):
3057	This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOC symbol, and indicates
3058	whether a C program should include <malloc.h>.
3059
3060i_mallocmalloc (i_mallocmalloc.U):
3061	This variable conditionally defines the I_MALLOCMALLOC symbol,
3062	and indicates whether a C program should include <malloc/malloc.h>.
3063
3064i_math (i_math.U):
3065	This variable conditionally defines the I_MATH symbol, and indicates
3066	whether a C program may include <math.h>.
3067
3068i_memory (i_memory.U):
3069	This variable conditionally defines the I_MEMORY symbol, and indicates
3070	whether a C program should include <memory.h>.
3071
3072i_mntent (i_mntent.U):
3073	This variable conditionally defines the I_MNTENT symbol, and indicates
3074	whether a C program should include <mntent.h>.
3075
3076i_ndbm (i_ndbm.U):
3077	This variable conditionally defines the I_NDBM symbol, which
3078	indicates to the C program that <ndbm.h> exists and should
3079	be included.
3080
3081i_netdb (i_netdb.U):
3082	This variable conditionally defines the I_NETDB symbol, and indicates
3083	whether a C program should include <netdb.h>.
3084
3085i_neterrno (i_neterrno.U):
3086	This variable conditionally defines the I_NET_ERRNO symbol, which
3087	indicates to the C program that <net/errno.h> exists and should
3088	be included.
3089
3090i_netinettcp (i_netinettcp.U):
3091	This variable conditionally defines the I_NETINET_TCP symbol,
3092	and indicates whether a C program should include <netinet/tcp.h>.
3093
3094i_niin (i_niin.U):
3095	This variable conditionally defines I_NETINET_IN, which indicates
3096	to the C program that it should include <netinet/in.h>. Otherwise,
3097	you may try <sys/in.h>.
3098
3099i_poll (i_poll.U):
3100	This variable conditionally defines the I_POLL symbol, and indicates
3101	whether a C program should include <poll.h>.
3102
3103i_prot (i_prot.U):
3104	This variable conditionally defines the I_PROT symbol, and indicates
3105	whether a C program should include <prot.h>.
3106
3107i_pthread (i_pthread.U):
3108	This variable conditionally defines the I_PTHREAD symbol,
3109	and indicates whether a C program should include <pthread.h>.
3110
3111i_pwd (i_pwd.U):
3112	This variable conditionally defines I_PWD, which indicates
3113	to the C program that it should include <pwd.h>.
3114
3115i_rpcsvcdbm (i_dbm.U):
3116	This variable conditionally defines the I_RPCSVC_DBM symbol, which
3117	indicates to the C program that <rpcsvc/dbm.h> exists and should
3118	be included.  Some System V systems might need this instead of <dbm.h>.
3119
3120i_sfio (i_sfio.U):
3121	This variable conditionally defines the I_SFIO symbol,
3122	and indicates whether a C program should include <sfio.h>.
3123
3124i_sgtty (i_termio.U):
3125	This variable conditionally defines the I_SGTTY symbol, which
3126	indicates to the C program that it should include <sgtty.h> rather
3127	than <termio.h>.
3128
3129i_shadow (i_shadow.U):
3130	This variable conditionally defines the I_SHADOW symbol, and indicates
3131	whether a C program should include <shadow.h>.
3132
3133i_socks (i_socks.U):
3134	This variable conditionally defines the I_SOCKS symbol, and indicates
3135	whether a C program should include <socks.h>.
3136
3137i_stdarg (i_varhdr.U):
3138	This variable conditionally defines the I_STDARG symbol, which
3139	indicates to the C program that <stdarg.h> exists and should
3140	be included.
3141
3142i_stddef (i_stddef.U):
3143	This variable conditionally defines the I_STDDEF symbol, which
3144	indicates to the C program that <stddef.h> exists and should
3145	be included.
3146
3147i_stdlib (i_stdlib.U):
3148	This variable conditionally defines the I_STDLIB symbol, which
3149	indicates to the C program that <stdlib.h> exists and should
3150	be included.
3151
3152i_string (i_string.U):
3153	This variable conditionally defines the I_STRING symbol, which
3154	indicates that <string.h> should be included rather than <strings.h>.
3155
3156i_sunmath (i_sunmath.U):
3157	This variable conditionally defines the I_SUNMATH symbol, and indicates
3158	whether a C program should include <sunmath.h>.
3159
3160i_sysaccess (i_sysaccess.U):
3161	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_ACCESS symbol,
3162	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/access.h>.
3163
3164i_sysdir (i_sysdir.U):
3165	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_DIR symbol, and indicates
3166	whether a C program should include <sys/dir.h>.
3167
3168i_sysfile (i_sysfile.U):
3169	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_FILE symbol, and indicates
3170	whether a C program should include <sys/file.h> to get R_OK and friends.
3171
3172i_sysfilio (i_sysioctl.U):
3173	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_FILIO symbol, which
3174	indicates to the C program that <sys/filio.h> exists and should
3175	be included in preference to <sys/ioctl.h>.
3176
3177i_sysin (i_niin.U):
3178	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_IN, which indicates
3179	to the C program that it should include <sys/in.h> instead of
3180	<netinet/in.h>.
3181
3182i_sysioctl (i_sysioctl.U):
3183	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_IOCTL symbol, which
3184	indicates to the C program that <sys/ioctl.h> exists and should
3185	be included.
3186
3187i_syslog (i_syslog.U):
3188	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSLOG symbol,
3189	and indicates whether a C program should include <syslog.h>.
3190
3191i_sysmman (i_sysmman.U):
3192	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_MMAN symbol, and
3193	indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mman.h>.
3194
3195i_sysmode (i_sysmode.U):
3196	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMODE symbol,
3197	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mode.h>.
3198
3199i_sysmount (i_sysmount.U):
3200	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSMOUNT symbol,
3201	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/mount.h>.
3202
3203i_sysndir (i_sysndir.U):
3204	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_NDIR symbol, and indicates
3205	whether a C program should include <sys/ndir.h>.
3206
3207i_sysparam (i_sysparam.U):
3208	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_PARAM symbol, and indicates
3209	whether a C program should include <sys/param.h>.
3210
3211i_syspoll (i_syspoll.U):
3212	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_POLL symbol, which
3213	indicates to the C program that it should include <sys/poll.h>.
3214
3215i_sysresrc (i_sysresrc.U):
3216	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_RESOURCE symbol,
3217	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/resource.h>.
3218
3219i_syssecrt (i_syssecrt.U):
3220	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_SECURITY symbol,
3221	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/security.h>.
3222
3223i_sysselct (i_sysselct.U):
3224	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_SELECT, which indicates
3225	to the C program that it should include <sys/select.h> in order to
3226	get the definition of struct timeval.
3227
3228i_syssockio (i_sysioctl.U):
3229	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_SOCKIO to indicate to the
3230	C program that socket ioctl codes may be found in <sys/sockio.h>
3231	instead of <sys/ioctl.h>.
3232
3233i_sysstat (i_sysstat.U):
3234	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_STAT symbol,
3235	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/stat.h>.
3236
3237i_sysstatfs (i_sysstatfs.U):
3238	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSSTATFS symbol,
3239	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/statfs.h>.
3240
3241i_sysstatvfs (i_sysstatvfs.U):
3242	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSSTATVFS symbol,
3243	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/statvfs.h>.
3244
3245i_systime (i_time.U):
3246	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_TIME, which indicates
3247	to the C program that it should include <sys/time.h>.
3248
3249i_systimek (i_time.U):
3250	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_TIME_KERNEL, which
3251	indicates to the C program that it should include <sys/time.h>
3252	with KERNEL defined.
3253
3254i_systimes (i_systimes.U):
3255	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_TIMES symbol, and indicates
3256	whether a C program should include <sys/times.h>.
3257
3258i_systypes (i_systypes.U):
3259	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYS_TYPES symbol,
3260	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/types.h>.
3261
3262i_sysuio (i_sysuio.U):
3263	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSUIO symbol, and indicates
3264	whether a C program should include <sys/uio.h>.
3265
3266i_sysun (i_sysun.U):
3267	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_UN, which indicates
3268	to the C program that it should include <sys/un.h> to get UNIX
3269	domain socket definitions.
3270
3271i_sysutsname (i_sysutsname.U):
3272	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSUTSNAME symbol,
3273	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/utsname.h>.
3274
3275i_sysvfs (i_sysvfs.U):
3276	This variable conditionally defines the I_SYSVFS symbol,
3277	and indicates whether a C program should include <sys/vfs.h>.
3278
3279i_syswait (i_syswait.U):
3280	This variable conditionally defines I_SYS_WAIT, which indicates
3281	to the C program that it should include <sys/wait.h>.
3282
3283i_termio (i_termio.U):
3284	This variable conditionally defines the I_TERMIO symbol, which
3285	indicates to the C program that it should include <termio.h> rather
3286	than <sgtty.h>.
3287
3288i_termios (i_termio.U):
3289	This variable conditionally defines the I_TERMIOS symbol, which
3290	indicates to the C program that the POSIX <termios.h> file is
3291	to be included.
3292
3293i_time (i_time.U):
3294	This variable conditionally defines I_TIME, which indicates
3295	to the C program that it should include <time.h>.
3296
3297i_unistd (i_unistd.U):
3298	This variable conditionally defines the I_UNISTD symbol, and indicates
3299	whether a C program should include <unistd.h>.
3300
3301i_ustat (i_ustat.U):
3302	This variable conditionally defines the I_USTAT symbol, and indicates
3303	whether a C program should include <ustat.h>.
3304
3305i_utime (i_utime.U):
3306	This variable conditionally defines the I_UTIME symbol, and indicates
3307	whether a C program should include <utime.h>.
3308
3309i_values (i_values.U):
3310	This variable conditionally defines the I_VALUES symbol, and indicates
3311	whether a C program may include <values.h> to get symbols like MAXLONG
3312	and friends.
3313
3314i_varargs (i_varhdr.U):
3315	This variable conditionally defines I_VARARGS, which indicates
3316	to the C program that it should include <varargs.h>.
3317
3318i_varhdr (i_varhdr.U):
3319	Contains the name of the header to be included to get va_dcl definition.
3320	Typically one of varargs.h or stdarg.h.
3321
3322i_vfork (i_vfork.U):
3323	This variable conditionally defines the I_VFORK symbol, and indicates
3324	whether a C program should include vfork.h.
3325
3326ignore_versioned_solibs (libs.U):
3327	This variable should be non-empty if non-versioned shared
3328	libraries (libfoo.so.x.y) are to be ignored (because they
3329	cannot be linked against).
3330
3331inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U):
3332	This variable specifies the list of subdirectories in over
3333	which perl.c:incpush() and lib/lib.pm will automatically
3334	search when adding directories to @INC.  The elements in
3335	the list are separated by spaces.  This is only useful
3336	if you have a perl library directory tree structured like the
3337	default one.  See INSTALL for how this works.  The versioned
3338	site_perl directory was introduced in 5.005, so that is the
3339	lowest possible value.
3340
3341	This list includes architecture-dependent directories back to
3342	version $api_versionstring (e.g. 5.5.640) and
3343	architecture-independent directories all the way back to
3344	5.005.
3345
3346inc_version_list_init (inc_version_list.U):
3347	This variable holds the same list as inc_version_list, but
3348	each item is enclosed in double quotes and separated by commas,
3349	suitable for use in the PERL_INC_VERSION_LIST initialization.
3350
3351incpath (usrinc.U):
3352	This variable must preceed the normal include path to get hte
3353	right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
3354	Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips.
3355
3356inews (Loc.U):
3357	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3358	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3359
3360initialinstalllocation (bin.U):
3361	When userelocatableinc is true, this variable holds the location
3362	that make install should copy the perl binary to, with all the
3363	run-time relocatable paths calculated from this at install time.
3364	When used, it is initialised to the original value of binexp, and
3365	then binexp is set to '.../', as the other binaries are found
3366	relative to the perl binary.
3367
3368installarchlib (archlib.U):
3369	This variable is really the same as archlibexp but may differ on
3370	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3371	should be used in makefiles.
3372
3373installbin (bin.U):
3374	This variable is the same as binexp unless AFS is running in which case
3375	the user is explicitely prompted for it. This variable should always
3376	be used in your makefiles for maximum portability.
3377
3378installhtml1dir (html1dir.U):
3379	This variable is really the same as html1direxp, unless you are
3380	using a different installprefix.  For extra portability, you
3381	should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3382
3383installhtml3dir (html3dir.U):
3384	This variable is really the same as html3direxp, unless you are
3385	using a different installprefix.  For extra portability, you
3386	should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3387
3388installman1dir (man1dir.U):
3389	This variable is really the same as man1direxp, unless you are using
3390	AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
3391	man1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
3392	portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3393
3394installman3dir (man3dir.U):
3395	This variable is really the same as man3direxp, unless you are using
3396	AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
3397	man3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
3398	portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3399
3400installprefix (installprefix.U):
3401	This variable holds the name of the directory below which
3402	"make install" will install the package.  For most users, this
3403	is the same as prefix.  However, it is useful for
3404	installing the software into a different (usually temporary)
3405	location after which it can be bundled up and moved somehow
3406	to the final location specified by prefix.
3407
3408installprefixexp (installprefix.U):
3409	This variable holds the full absolute path of installprefix
3410	with all ~-expansion done.
3411
3412installprivlib (privlib.U):
3413	This variable is really the same as privlibexp but may differ on
3414	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3415	should be used in makefiles.
3416
3417installscript (scriptdir.U):
3418	This variable is usually the same as scriptdirexp, unless you are on
3419	a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You
3420	should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability.
3421
3422installsitearch (sitearch.U):
3423	This variable is really the same as sitearchexp but may differ on
3424	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3425	should be used in makefiles.
3426
3427installsitebin (sitebin.U):
3428	This variable is usually the same as sitebinexp, unless you are on
3429	a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You
3430	should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability.
3431
3432installsitehtml1dir (sitehtml1dir.U):
3433	This variable is really the same as sitehtml1direxp, unless you are using
3434	AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
3435	html1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
3436	portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3437
3438installsitehtml3dir (sitehtml3dir.U):
3439	This variable is really the same as sitehtml3direxp, unless you are using
3440	AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
3441	html3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
3442	portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3443
3444installsitelib (sitelib.U):
3445	This variable is really the same as sitelibexp but may differ on
3446	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3447	should be used in makefiles.
3448
3449installsiteman1dir (siteman1dir.U):
3450	This variable is really the same as siteman1direxp, unless you are using
3451	AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
3452	man1direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
3453	portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3454
3455installsiteman3dir (siteman3dir.U):
3456	This variable is really the same as siteman3direxp, unless you are using
3457	AFS in which case it points to the read/write location whereas
3458	man3direxp only points to the read-only access location. For extra
3459	portability, you should only use this variable within your makefiles.
3460
3461installsitescript (sitescript.U):
3462	This variable is usually the same as sitescriptexp, unless you are on
3463	a system running AFS, in which case they may differ slightly. You
3464	should always use this variable within your makefiles for portability.
3465
3466installstyle (installstyle.U):
3467	This variable describes the "style" of the perl installation.
3468	This is intended to be useful for tools that need to
3469	manipulate entire perl distributions.  Perl itself doesn't use
3470	this to find its libraries -- the library directories are
3471	stored directly in Config.pm.  Currently, there are only two
3472	styles:  "lib" and "lib/perl5".  The default library locations
3473	(e.g. privlib, sitelib) are either $prefix/lib or
3474	$prefix/lib/perl5.  The former is useful if $prefix is a
3475	directory dedicated to perl (e.g. /opt/perl), while the latter
3476	is useful if $prefix is shared by many packages, e.g. if
3477	$prefix=/usr/local.
3478
3479	Unfortunately, while this "style" variable is used to set
3480	defaults for all three directory hierarchies (core, vendor, and
3481	site), there is no guarantee that the same style is actually
3482	appropriate for all those directories.  For example, $prefix
3483	might be /opt/perl, but $siteprefix might be /usr/local.
3484	(Perhaps, in retrospect, the "lib" style should never have been
3485	supported, but it did seem like a nice idea at the time.)
3486
3487	The situation is even less clear for tools such as MakeMaker
3488	that can be used to install additional modules into
3489	non-standard places.  For example, if a user intends to install
3490	a module into a private directory (perhaps by setting PREFIX on
3491	the Makefile.PL command line), then there is no reason to
3492	assume that the Configure-time $installstyle setting will be
3493	relevant for that PREFIX.
3494
3495	This may later be extended to include other information, so
3496	be careful with pattern-matching on the results.
3497
3498	For compatibility with perl5.005 and earlier, the default
3499	setting is based on whether or not $prefix contains the string
3500	"perl".
3501
3502installusrbinperl (instubperl.U):
3503	This variable tells whether Perl should be installed also as
3504	/usr/bin/perl in addition to
3505	$installbin/perl
3506
3507installvendorarch (vendorarch.U):
3508	This variable is really the same as vendorarchexp but may differ on
3509	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3510	should be used in makefiles.
3511
3512installvendorbin (vendorbin.U):
3513	This variable is really the same as vendorbinexp but may differ on
3514	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3515	should be used in makefiles.
3516
3517installvendorhtml1dir (vendorhtml1dir.U):
3518	This variable is really the same as vendorhtml1direxp but may differ on
3519	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3520	should be used in makefiles.
3521
3522installvendorhtml3dir (vendorhtml3dir.U):
3523	This variable is really the same as vendorhtml3direxp but may differ on
3524	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3525	should be used in makefiles.
3526
3527installvendorlib (vendorlib.U):
3528	This variable is really the same as vendorlibexp but may differ on
3529	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3530	should be used in makefiles.
3531
3532installvendorman1dir (vendorman1dir.U):
3533	This variable is really the same as vendorman1direxp but may differ on
3534	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3535	should be used in makefiles.
3536
3537installvendorman3dir (vendorman3dir.U):
3538	This variable is really the same as vendorman3direxp but may differ on
3539	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3540	should be used in makefiles.
3541
3542installvendorscript (vendorscript.U):
3543	This variable is really the same as vendorscriptexp but may differ on
3544	those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
3545	should be used in makefiles.
3546
3547intsize (intsize.U):
3548	This variable contains the value of the INTSIZE symbol, which
3549	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in an int.
3550
3551issymlink (issymlink.U):
3552	This variable holds the test command to test for a symbolic link
3553	(if they are supported).  Typical values include 'test -h' and
3554	'test -L'.
3555
3556ivdformat (perlxvf.U):
3557	This variable contains the format string used for printing
3558	a Perl IV as a signed decimal integer.
3559
3560ivsize (perlxv.U):
3561	This variable is the size of an IV in bytes.
3562
3563ivtype (perlxv.U):
3564	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's IV.
3565
3566known_extensions (Extensions.U):
3567	This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in
3568	the package.
3569
3570ksh (Loc.U):
3571	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3572	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3573
3574ld (dlsrc.U):
3575	This variable indicates the program to be used to link
3576	libraries for dynamic loading.  On some systems, it is 'ld'.
3577	On ELF systems, it should be $cc.  Mostly, we'll try to respect
3578	the hint file setting.
3579
3580lddlflags (dlsrc.U):
3581	This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
3582	passed to $ld to create a shared library suitable for dynamic
3583	loading.  It is up to the makefile to use it.  For hpux, it
3584	should be '-b'.  For sunos 4.1, it is empty.
3585
3586ldflags (ccflags.U):
3587	This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by
3588	the user.  It is up to the Makefile to use this.
3589
3590ldflags_uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
3591	This variable contains the loader flags needed by large file builds
3592	and added to ldflags by hints files.
3593
3594ldlibpthname (libperl.U):
3595	This variable holds the name of the shared library
3596	search path, often LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  To get an empty
3597	string, the hints file must set this to 'none'.
3598
3599less (Loc.U):
3600	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3601	full pathname (if any) of the less program.  After Configure runs,
3602	the value is reset to a plain "less" and is not useful.
3603
3604lib_ext (Unix.U):
3605	This is an old synonym for _a.
3606
3607libc (libc.U):
3608	This variable contains the location of the C library.
3609
3610libperl (libperl.U):
3611	The perl executable is obtained by linking perlmain.c with
3612	libperl, any static extensions (usually just DynaLoader),
3613	and any other libraries needed on this system.  libperl
3614	is usually libperl.a, but can also be libperl.so.xxx if
3615	the user wishes to build a perl executable with a shared
3616	library.
3617
3618libpth (libpth.U):
3619	This variable holds the general path (space-separated) used to find
3620	libraries. It is intended to be used by other units.
3621
3622libs (libs.U):
3623	This variable holds the additional libraries we want to use.
3624	It is up to the Makefile to deal with it.  The list can be empty.
3625
3626libsdirs (libs.U):
3627	This variable holds the directory names aka dirnames of the libraries
3628	we found and accepted, duplicates are removed.
3629
3630libsfiles (libs.U):
3631	This variable holds the filenames aka basenames of the libraries
3632	we found and accepted.
3633
3634libsfound (libs.U):
3635	This variable holds the full pathnames of the libraries
3636	we found and accepted.
3637
3638libspath (libs.U):
3639	This variable holds the directory names probed for libraries.
3640
3641libswanted (Myinit.U):
3642	This variable holds a list of all the libraries we want to
3643	search.  The order is chosen to pick up the c library
3644	ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4.
3645
3646libswanted_uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
3647	This variable contains the libraries needed by large file builds
3648	and added to ldflags by hints files.  It is a space separated list
3649	of the library names without the "lib" prefix or any suffix, just
3650	like libswanted..
3651
3652line (Loc.U):
3653	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3654	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3655
3656lint (Loc.U):
3657	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3658	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3659
3660lkflags (ccflags.U):
3661	This variable contains any additional C partial linker flags desired by
3662	the user.  It is up to the Makefile to use this.
3663
3664ln (Loc.U):
3665	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3666	full pathname (if any) of the ln program.  After Configure runs,
3667	the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful.
3668
3669lns (lns.U):
3670	This variable holds the name of the command to make
3671	symbolic links (if they are supported).  It can be used
3672	in the Makefile. It is either 'ln -s' or 'ln'
3673
3674localtime_r_proto (d_localtime_r.U):
3675	This variable encodes the prototype of localtime_r.
3676	It is zero if d_localtime_r is undef, and one of the
3677	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_localtime_r
3678	is defined.
3679
3680locincpth (ccflags.U):
3681	This variable contains a list of additional directories to be
3682	searched by the compiler.  The appropriate '-I' directives will
3683	be added to ccflags.  This is intended to simplify setting
3684	local directories from the Configure command line.
3685	It's not much, but it parallels the loclibpth stuff in libpth.U.
3686
3687loclibpth (libpth.U):
3688	This variable holds the paths (space-separated) used to find local
3689	libraries.  It is prepended to libpth, and is intended to be easily
3690	set from the command line.
3691
3692longdblsize (d_longdbl.U):
3693	This variable contains the value of the LONG_DOUBLESIZE symbol, which
3694	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long double,
3695	if this system supports long doubles.
3696
3697longlongsize (d_longlong.U):
3698	This variable contains the value of the LONGLONGSIZE symbol, which
3699	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long long,
3700	if this system supports long long.
3701
3702longsize (intsize.U):
3703	This variable contains the value of the LONGSIZE symbol, which
3704	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long.
3705
3706lp (Loc.U):
3707	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3708	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3709
3710lpr (Loc.U):
3711	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3712	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3713
3714ls (Loc.U):
3715	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3716	full pathname (if any) of the ls program.  After Configure runs,
3717	the value is reset to a plain "ls" and is not useful.
3718
3719lseeksize (lseektype.U):
3720	This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
3721	or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
3722	kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
3723
3724lseektype (lseektype.U):
3725	This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
3726	or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
3727	kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
3728
3729mad (mad.U):
3730	This variable indicates that the Misc Attribute Definition code is to
3731	be compiled.
3732
3733madlyh (mad.U):
3734	If the Misc Attribute Decoration is to be compiled, this variable is
3735	set to the name of the extra header files to be used, else it is ''
3736
3737madlyobj (mad.U):
3738	If the Misc Attribute Decoration is to be compiled, this variable is
3739	set to the name of the extra object files to be used, else it is ''
3740
3741madlysrc (mad.U):
3742	If the Misc Attribute Decoration is to be compiled, this variable is
3743	set to the name of the extra C source files to be used, else it is ''
3744
3745mail (Loc.U):
3746	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3747	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3748
3749mailx (Loc.U):
3750	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3751	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3752
3753make (Loc.U):
3754	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3755	full pathname (if any) of the make program.  After Configure runs,
3756	the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful.
3757
3758make_set_make (make.U):
3759	Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE.  Others do not.
3760	This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH
3761	so that MAKE is set if needed, and not if not needed.
3762	Possible values are:
3763
3764	make_set_make='#'		# If your make program handles this for you,
3765
3766	make_set_make="MAKE=$make"	# if it doesn't.
3767
3768	This uses a comment character so that we can distinguish a
3769	'set' value (from a previous config.sh or Configure '-D' option)
3770	from an uncomputed value.
3771
3772mallocobj (mallocsrc.U):
3773	This variable contains the name of the malloc.o that this package
3774	generates, if that malloc.o is preferred over the system malloc.
3775	Otherwise the value is null.  This variable is intended for generating
3776	Makefiles.  See mallocsrc.
3777
3778mallocsrc (mallocsrc.U):
3779	This variable contains the name of the malloc.c that comes with
3780	the package, if that malloc.c is preferred over the system malloc.
3781	Otherwise the value is null.  This variable is intended for generating
3782	Makefiles.
3783
3784malloctype (mallocsrc.U):
3785	This variable contains the kind of ptr returned by malloc and realloc.
3786
3787man1dir (man1dir.U):
3788	This variable contains the name of the directory in which manual
3789	source pages are to be put.  It is the responsibility of the
3790	Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
3791	You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
3792
3793man1direxp (man1dir.U):
3794	This variable is the same as the man1dir variable, but is filename
3795	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
3796
3797man1ext (man1dir.U):
3798	This variable contains the extension that the manual page should
3799	have: one of 'n', 'l', or '1'.  The Makefile must supply the '.'.
3800	See man1dir.
3801
3802man3dir (man3dir.U):
3803	This variable contains the name of the directory in which manual
3804	source pages are to be put.  It is the responsibility of the
3805	Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
3806	You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
3807
3808man3direxp (man3dir.U):
3809	This variable is the same as the man3dir variable, but is filename
3810	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
3811
3812man3ext (man3dir.U):
3813	This variable contains the extension that the manual page should
3814	have: one of 'n', 'l', or '3'.  The Makefile must supply the '.'.
3815	See man3dir.
3816
3817mips_type (usrinc.U):
3818	This variable holds the environment type for the mips system.
3819	Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
3820
3821mistrustnm (Csym.U):
3822	This variable can be used to establish a fallthrough for the cases
3823	where nm fails to find a symbol.  If usenm is false or usenm is true
3824	and mistrustnm is false, this variable has no effect.  If usenm is true
3825	and mistrustnm is "compile", a test program will be compiled to try to
3826	find any symbol that can't be located via nm lookup.  If mistrustnm is
3827	"run", the test program will be run as well as being compiled.
3828
3829mkdir (Loc.U):
3830	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3831	full pathname (if any) of the mkdir program.  After Configure runs,
3832	the value is reset to a plain "mkdir" and is not useful.
3833
3834mmaptype (d_mmap.U):
3835	This symbol contains the type of pointer returned by mmap()
3836	(and simultaneously the type of the first argument).
3837	It can be 'void *' or 'caddr_t'.
3838
3839modetype (modetype.U):
3840	This variable defines modetype to be something like mode_t,
3841	int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file
3842	modes for system calls.
3843
3844more (Loc.U):
3845	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3846	full pathname (if any) of the more program.  After Configure runs,
3847	the value is reset to a plain "more" and is not useful.
3848
3849multiarch (multiarch.U):
3850	This variable conditionally defines the MULTIARCH symbol
3851	which signifies the presence of multiplatform files.
3852	This is normally set by hints files.
3853
3854mv (Loc.U):
3855	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
3856	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
3857
3858myarchname (archname.U):
3859	This variable holds the architecture name computed by Configure in
3860	a previous run. It is not intended to be perused by any user and
3861	should never be set in a hint file.
3862
3863mydomain (myhostname.U):
3864	This variable contains the eventual value of the MYDOMAIN symbol,
3865	which is the domain of the host the program is going to run on.
3866	The domain must be appended to myhostname to form a complete host name.
3867	The dot comes with mydomain, and need not be supplied by the program.
3868
3869myhostname (myhostname.U):
3870	This variable contains the eventual value of the MYHOSTNAME symbol,
3871	which is the name of the host the program is going to run on.
3872	The domain is not kept with hostname, but must be gotten from mydomain.
3873	The dot comes with mydomain, and need not be supplied by the program.
3874
3875myuname (Oldconfig.U):
3876	The output of 'uname -a' if available, otherwise the hostname. On Xenix,
3877	pseudo variables assignments in the output are stripped, thank you. The
3878	whole thing is then lower-cased.
3879
3880n (n.U):
3881	This variable contains the '-n' flag if that is what causes the echo
3882	command to suppress newline.  Otherwise it is null.  Correct usage is
3883	$echo $n "prompt for a question: $c".
3884
3885need_va_copy (need_va_copy.U):
3886	This symbol, if defined, indicates that the system stores
3887	the variable argument list datatype, va_list, in a format
3888	that cannot be copied by simple assignment, so that some
3889	other means must be used when copying is required.
3890	As such systems vary in their provision (or non-provision)
3891	of copying mechanisms, handy.h defines a platform-
3892	independent macro, Perl_va_copy(src, dst), to do the job.
3893
3894netdb_hlen_type (netdbtype.U):
3895	This variable holds the type used for the 2nd argument to
3896	gethostbyaddr().  Usually, this is int or size_t or unsigned.
3897	This is only useful if you have gethostbyaddr(), naturally.
3898
3899netdb_host_type (netdbtype.U):
3900	This variable holds the type used for the 1st argument to
3901	gethostbyaddr().  Usually, this is char * or void *,  possibly
3902	with or without a const prefix.
3903	This is only useful if you have gethostbyaddr(), naturally.
3904
3905netdb_name_type (netdbtype.U):
3906	This variable holds the type used for the argument to
3907	gethostbyname().  Usually, this is char * or const char *.
3908	This is only useful if you have gethostbyname(), naturally.
3909
3910netdb_net_type (netdbtype.U):
3911	This variable holds the type used for the 1st argument to
3912	getnetbyaddr().  Usually, this is int or long.
3913	This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally.
3914
3915nm (Loc.U):
3916	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3917	full pathname (if any) of the nm program.  After Configure runs,
3918	the value is reset to a plain "nm" and is not useful.
3919
3920nm_opt (usenm.U):
3921	This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm.
3922
3923nm_so_opt (usenm.U):
3924	This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm
3925	to work on a shared library but that can not be used on an
3926	archive library.  Currently, this is only used by Linux, where
3927	nm --dynamic is *required* to get symbols from an ELF library which
3928	has been stripped, but nm --dynamic is *fatal* on an archive library.
3929	Maybe Linux should just always set usenm=false.
3930
3931nonxs_ext (Extensions.U):
3932	This variable holds a list of all non-xs extensions included
3933	in the package.  All of them will be built.
3934
3935nroff (Loc.U):
3936	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
3937	full pathname (if any) of the nroff program.  After Configure runs,
3938	the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
3939
3940nv_overflows_integers_at (perlxv.U):
3941	This variable gives the largest integer value that NVs can hold
3942	as a constant floating point expression.
3943	If it could not be determined, it holds the value 0.
3944
3945nv_preserves_uv_bits (perlxv.U):
3946	This variable indicates how many of bits type uvtype
3947	a variable nvtype can preserve.
3948
3949nveformat (perlxvf.U):
3950	This variable contains the format string used for printing
3951	a Perl NV using %e-ish floating point format.
3952
3953nvEUformat (perlxvf.U):
3954	This variable contains the format string used for printing
3955	a Perl NV using %E-ish floating point format.
3956
3957nvfformat (perlxvf.U):
3958	This variable confains the format string used for printing
3959	a Perl NV using %f-ish floating point format.
3960
3961nvFUformat (perlxvf.U):
3962	This variable confains the format string used for printing
3963	a Perl NV using %F-ish floating point format.
3964
3965nvgformat (perlxvf.U):
3966	This variable contains the format string used for printing
3967	a Perl NV using %g-ish floating point format.
3968
3969nvGUformat (perlxvf.U):
3970	This variable contains the format string used for printing
3971	a Perl NV using %G-ish floating point format.
3972
3973nvsize (perlxv.U):
3974	This variable is the size of an NV in bytes.
3975
3976nvtype (perlxv.U):
3977	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's NV.
3978
3979o_nonblock (nblock_io.U):
3980	This variable bears the symbol value to be used during open() or fcntl()
3981	to turn on non-blocking I/O for a file descriptor. If you wish to switch
3982	between blocking and non-blocking, you may try ioctl(FIOSNBIO) instead,
3983	but that is only supported by some devices.
3984
3985obj_ext (Unix.U):
3986	This is an old synonym for _o.
3987
3988old_pthread_create_joinable (d_pthrattrj.U):
3989	This variable defines the constant to use for creating joinable
3990	(aka undetached) pthreads.  Unused if pthread.h defines
3991	PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.  If used, possible values are
3992	PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED and __UNDETACHED.
3993
3994optimize (ccflags.U):
3995	This variable contains any optimizer/debugger flag that should be used.
3996	It is up to the Makefile to use it.
3997
3998orderlib (orderlib.U):
3999	This variable is "true" if the components of libraries must be ordered
4000	(with `lorder $* | tsort`) before placing them in an archive.  Set to
4001	"false" if ranlib or ar can generate random libraries.
4002
4003osname (Oldconfig.U):
4004	This variable contains the operating system name (e.g. sunos,
4005	solaris, hpux, etc.).  It can be useful later on for setting
4006	defaults.  Any spaces are replaced with underscores.  It is set
4007	to a null string if we can't figure it out.
4008
4009osvers (Oldconfig.U):
4010	This variable contains the operating system version (e.g.
4011	4.1.3, 5.2, etc.).  It is primarily used for helping select
4012	an appropriate hints file, but might be useful elsewhere for
4013	setting defaults.  It is set to '' if we can't figure it out.
4014	We try to be flexible about how much of the version number
4015	to keep, e.g. if 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and 4.1.3 are essentially the
4016	same for this package, hints files might just be os_4.0 or
4017	os_4.1, etc., not keeping separate files for each little release.
4018
4019otherlibdirs (otherlibdirs.U):
4020	This variable contains a colon-separated set of paths for the perl
4021	binary to search for additional library files or modules.
4022	These directories will be tacked to the end of @INC.
4023	Perl will automatically search below each path for version-
4024	and architecture-specific directories.  See inc_version_list
4025	for more details.
4026	A value of ' ' means 'none' and is used to preserve this value
4027	for the next run through Configure.
4028
4029package (package.U):
4030	This variable contains the name of the package being constructed.
4031	It is primarily intended for the use of later Configure units.
4032
4033pager (pager.U):
4034	This variable contains the name of the preferred pager on the system.
4035	Usual values are (the full pathnames of) more, less, pg, or cat.
4036
4037passcat (nis.U):
4038	This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
4039	/etc/passwd file.  This is normally "cat /etc/passwd", but can be
4040	"ypcat passwd" when NIS is used.
4041	On some systems, such as os390, there may be no equivalent
4042	command, in which case this variable is unset.
4043
4044patchlevel (patchlevel.U):
4045	The patchlevel level of this package.
4046	The value of patchlevel comes from the patchlevel.h file.
4047	In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "6".
4048	In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as "PERL_VERSION".
4049
4050path_sep (Unix.U):
4051	This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character
4052	used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
4053
4054perl (Loc.U):
4055	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4056	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4057
4058perl5 (perl5.U):
4059	This variable contains the full path (if any) to a previously
4060	installed perl5.005 or later suitable for running the script
4061	to determine inc_version_list.
4062
4063PERL_API_REVISION (patchlevel.h):
4064	This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_REVISION of
4065	Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
4066	compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
4067	Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
4068	Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
4069
4070PERL_API_SUBVERSION (patchlevel.h):
4071	This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_SUBVERSION of
4072	Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
4073	compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
4074	Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
4075	Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
4076
4077PERL_API_VERSION (patchlevel.h):
4078	This number describes the earliest compatible PERL_VERSION of
4079	Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
4080	compatibility to run XS code built with the older version).
4081	Normally this does not change across maintenance releases.
4082	Please read the comment in patchlevel.h.
4083
4084PERL_CONFIG_SH (Oldsyms.U):
4085	This is set to 'true' in config.sh so that a shell script
4086	sourcing config.sh can tell if it has been sourced already.
4087
4088PERL_PATCHLEVEL (Oldsyms.U):
4089	This symbol reflects the patchlevel, if available. Will usually
4090	come from the .patch file, which is available when the perl
4091	source tree was fetched with rsync.
4092
4093perl_patchlevel (patchlevel.U):
4094	This is the Perl patch level, a numeric change identifier,
4095	as defined by whichever source code maintenance system
4096	is used to maintain the patches; currently Perforce.
4097	It does not correlate with the Perl version numbers or
4098	the maintenance versus development dichotomy except
4099	by also being increasing.
4100
4101PERL_REVISION (Oldsyms.U):
4102	In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 5.
4103	This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
4104
4105PERL_SUBVERSION (Oldsyms.U):
4106	In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 2.
4107	Values greater than 50 represent potentially unstable
4108	development subversions.
4109	This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
4110
4111PERL_VERSION (Oldsyms.U):
4112	In a Perl version number such as 5.6.2, this is the 6.
4113	This value is manually set in patchlevel.h
4114
4115perladmin (perladmin.U):
4116	Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator.
4117
4118perllibs (End.U):
4119	The list of libraries needed by Perl only (any libraries needed
4120	by extensions only will by dropped, if using dynamic loading).
4121
4122perlpath (perlpath.U):
4123	This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol,
4124	which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in
4125	shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom.  This variable is
4126	not necessarily the pathname of the file containing the perl
4127	interpreter; you must append the executable extension (_exe) if
4128	it is not already present.  Note that Perl code that runs during
4129	the Perl build process cannot reference this variable, as Perl
4130	may not have been installed, or even if installed, may be a
4131	different version of Perl.
4132
4133pg (Loc.U):
4134	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4135	full pathname (if any) of the pg program.  After Configure runs,
4136	the value is reset to a plain "pg" and is not useful.
4137
4138phostname (myhostname.U):
4139	This variable contains the eventual value of the PHOSTNAME symbol,
4140	which is a command that can be fed to popen() to get the host name.
4141	The program should probably not presume that the domain is or isn't
4142	there already.
4143
4144pidtype (pidtype.U):
4145	This variable defines PIDTYPE to be something like pid_t, int,
4146	ushort, or whatever type is used to declare process ids in the kernel.
4147
4148plibpth (libpth.U):
4149	Holds the private path used by Configure to find out the libraries.
4150	Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special
4151	machines, like the mips.  Usually, it should be empty.
4152
4153pmake (Loc.U):
4154	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4155	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4156
4157pr (Loc.U):
4158	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4159	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4160
4161prefix (prefix.U):
4162	This variable holds the name of the directory below which the
4163	user will install the package.  Usually, this is /usr/local, and
4164	executables go in /usr/local/bin, library stuff in /usr/local/lib,
4165	man pages in /usr/local/man, etc.  It is only used to set defaults
4166	for things in bin.U, mansrc.U, privlib.U, or scriptdir.U.
4167
4168prefixexp (prefix.U):
4169	This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
4170	which the user will install the package.  Derived from prefix.
4171
4172privlib (privlib.U):
4173	This variable contains the eventual value of the PRIVLIB symbol,
4174	which is the name of the private library for this package.  It may
4175	have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
4176	this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
4177
4178privlibexp (privlib.U):
4179	This variable is the ~name expanded version of privlib, so that you
4180	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
4181
4182procselfexe (d_procselfexe.U):
4183	If d_procselfexe is defined, $procselfexe is the filename
4184	of the symbolic link pointing to the absolute pathname of
4185	the executing program.
4186
4187prototype (prototype.U):
4188	This variable holds the eventual value of CAN_PROTOTYPE, which
4189	indicates the C compiler can handle funciton prototypes.
4190
4191ptrsize (ptrsize.U):
4192	This variable contains the value of the PTRSIZE symbol, which
4193	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a pointer.
4194
4195quadkind (quadtype.U):
4196	This variable, if defined, encodes the type of a quad:
4197	1 = int, 2 = long, 3 = long long, 4 = int64_t.
4198
4199quadtype (quadtype.U):
4200	This variable defines Quad_t to be something like long, int,
4201	long long, int64_t, or whatever type is used for 64-bit integers.
4202
4203randbits (randfunc.U):
4204	Indicates how many bits are produced by the function used to
4205	generate normalized random numbers.
4206
4207randfunc (randfunc.U):
4208	Indicates the name of the random number function to use.
4209	Values include drand48, random, and rand. In C programs,
4210	the 'Drand01' macro is defined to generate uniformly distributed
4211	random numbers over the range [0., 1.[ (see drand01 and nrand).
4212
4213random_r_proto (d_random_r.U):
4214	This variable encodes the prototype of random_r.
4215	It is zero if d_random_r is undef, and one of the
4216	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_random_r
4217	is defined.
4218
4219randseedtype (randfunc.U):
4220	Indicates the type of the argument of the seedfunc.
4221
4222ranlib (orderlib.U):
4223	This variable is set to the pathname of the ranlib program, if it is
4224	needed to generate random libraries.  Set to ":" if ar can generate
4225	random libraries or if random libraries are not supported
4226
4227rd_nodata (nblock_io.U):
4228	This variable holds the return code from read() when no data is
4229	present. It should be -1, but some systems return 0 when O_NDELAY is
4230	used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between
4231	no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
4232
4233readdir64_r_proto (d_readdir64_r.U):
4234	This variable encodes the prototype of readdir64_r.
4235	It is zero if d_readdir64_r is undef, and one of the
4236	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_readdir64_r
4237	is defined.
4238
4239readdir_r_proto (d_readdir_r.U):
4240	This variable encodes the prototype of readdir_r.
4241	It is zero if d_readdir_r is undef, and one of the
4242	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_readdir_r
4243	is defined.
4244
4245revision (patchlevel.U):
4246	The value of revision comes from the patchlevel.h file.
4247	In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "5".
4248	In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as "PERL_REVISION".
4249
4250rm (Loc.U):
4251	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4252	full pathname (if any) of the rm program.  After Configure runs,
4253	the value is reset to a plain "rm" and is not useful.
4254
4255rm_try (Unix.U):
4256	This is a cleanup variable for try test programs.
4257	Internal Configure use only.
4258
4259rmail (Loc.U):
4260	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4261	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4262
4263run (Cross.U):
4264	This variable contains the command used by Configure
4265	to copy and execute a cross-compiled executable in the
4266	target host.  Useful and available only during Perl build.
4267	Empty string '' if not cross-compiling.
4268
4269runnm (usenm.U):
4270	This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the
4271	nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value
4272	of usenm and the flags on the Configure command line.
4273
4274sched_yield (d_pthread_y.U):
4275	This variable defines the way to yield the execution
4276	of the current thread.
4277
4278scriptdir (scriptdir.U):
4279	This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
4280	to put publicly scripts for the package in question.  It is either
4281	the same directory as for binaries, or a special one that can be
4282	mounted across different architectures, like /usr/share. Programs
4283	must be prepared to deal with ~name expansion.
4284
4285scriptdirexp (scriptdir.U):
4286	This variable is the same as scriptdir, but is filename expanded
4287	at configuration time, for programs not wanting to bother with it.
4288
4289sed (Loc.U):
4290	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4291	full pathname (if any) of the sed program.  After Configure runs,
4292	the value is reset to a plain "sed" and is not useful.
4293
4294seedfunc (randfunc.U):
4295	Indicates the random number generating seed function.
4296	Values include srand48, srandom, and srand.
4297
4298selectminbits (selectminbits.U):
4299	This variable holds the minimum number of bits operated by select.
4300	That is, if you do select(n, ...), how many bits at least will be
4301	cleared in the masks if some activity is detected.  Usually this
4302	is either n or 32*ceil(n/32), especially many little-endians do
4303	the latter.  This is only useful if you have select(), naturally.
4304
4305selecttype (selecttype.U):
4306	This variable holds the type used for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
4307	arguments to select.  Usually, this is 'fd_set *', if HAS_FD_SET
4308	is defined, and 'int *' otherwise.  This is only useful if you
4309	have select(), naturally.
4310
4311sendmail (Loc.U):
4312	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4313	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4314
4315setgrent_r_proto (d_setgrent_r.U):
4316	This variable encodes the prototype of setgrent_r.
4317	It is zero if d_setgrent_r is undef, and one of the
4318	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setgrent_r
4319	is defined.
4320
4321sethostent_r_proto (d_sethostent_r.U):
4322	This variable encodes the prototype of sethostent_r.
4323	It is zero if d_sethostent_r is undef, and one of the
4324	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_sethostent_r
4325	is defined.
4326
4327setlocale_r_proto (d_setlocale_r.U):
4328	This variable encodes the prototype of setlocale_r.
4329	It is zero if d_setlocale_r is undef, and one of the
4330	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setlocale_r
4331	is defined.
4332
4333setnetent_r_proto (d_setnetent_r.U):
4334	This variable encodes the prototype of setnetent_r.
4335	It is zero if d_setnetent_r is undef, and one of the
4336	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setnetent_r
4337	is defined.
4338
4339setprotoent_r_proto (d_setprotoent_r.U):
4340	This variable encodes the prototype of setprotoent_r.
4341	It is zero if d_setprotoent_r is undef, and one of the
4342	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setprotoent_r
4343	is defined.
4344
4345setpwent_r_proto (d_setpwent_r.U):
4346	This variable encodes the prototype of setpwent_r.
4347	It is zero if d_setpwent_r is undef, and one of the
4348	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setpwent_r
4349	is defined.
4350
4351setservent_r_proto (d_setservent_r.U):
4352	This variable encodes the prototype of setservent_r.
4353	It is zero if d_setservent_r is undef, and one of the
4354	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_setservent_r
4355	is defined.
4356
4357sGMTIME_max (time_size.U):
4358	This variable defines the maximum value of the time_t offset that
4359	the system function gmtime () accepts
4360
4361sGMTIME_min (time_size.U):
4362	This variable defines the minimum value of the time_t offset that
4363	the system function gmtime () accepts
4364
4365sh (sh.U):
4366	This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used
4367	on this system to execute Bourne shell scripts.  Usually, this will be
4368	/bin/sh, though it's possible that some systems will have /bin/ksh,
4369	/bin/pdksh, /bin/ash, /bin/bash, or even something such as
4370	D:/bin/sh.exe.
4371	This unit comes before Options.U, so you can't set sh with a '-D'
4372	option, though you can override this (and startsh)
4373	with '-O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever'
4374
4375shar (Loc.U):
4376	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4377	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4378
4379sharpbang (spitshell.U):
4380	This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that
4381	construct.
4382
4383shmattype (d_shmat.U):
4384	This symbol contains the type of pointer returned by shmat().
4385	It can be 'void *' or 'char *'.
4386
4387shortsize (intsize.U):
4388	This variable contains the value of the SHORTSIZE symbol which
4389	indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a short.
4390
4391shrpenv (libperl.U):
4392	If the user builds a shared libperl.so, then we need to tell the
4393	'perl' executable where it will be able to find the installed libperl.so.
4394	One way to do this on some systems is to set the environment variable
4395	LD_RUN_PATH to the directory that will be the final location of the
4396	shared libperl.so.  The makefile can use this with something like
4397	$shrpenv $(CC) -o perl perlmain.o $libperl $libs
4398	Typical values are
4399	shrpenv="env LD_RUN_PATH=$archlibexp/CORE"
4400	or
4401	shrpenv=''
4402	See the main perl Makefile.SH for actual working usage.
4403	Alternatively, we might be able to use a command line option such
4404	as -R $archlibexp/CORE (Solaris) or -Wl,-rpath
4405	$archlibexp/CORE (Linux).
4406
4407shsharp (spitshell.U):
4408	This variable tells further Configure units whether your sh can
4409	handle # comments.
4410
4411sig_count (sig_name.U):
4412	This variable holds a number larger than the largest valid
4413	signal number.  This is usually the same as the NSIG macro.
4414
4415sig_name (sig_name.U):
4416	This variable holds the signal names, space separated. The leading
4417	SIG in signal name is removed.  A ZERO is prepended to the list.
4418	This is currently not used, sig_name_init is used instead.
4419
4420sig_name_init (sig_name.U):
4421	This variable holds the signal names, enclosed in double quotes and
4422	separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NAME definition
4423	below.  A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
4424	terminated with a plain 0.  The leading SIG in signal names
4425	is removed. See sig_num.
4426
4427sig_num (sig_name.U):
4428	This variable holds the signal numbers, space separated. A ZERO is
4429	prepended to the list (corresponding to the fake SIGZERO).
4430	Those numbers correspond to  the value of the signal listed
4431	in the same place within the sig_name list.
4432	This is currently not used, sig_num_init is used instead.
4433
4434sig_num_init (sig_name.U):
4435	This variable holds the signal numbers, enclosed in double quotes and
4436	separated by commas, suitable for use in the SIG_NUM definition
4437	below.  A "ZERO" is prepended to the list, and the list is
4438	terminated with a plain 0.
4439
4440sig_size (sig_name.U):
4441	This variable contains the number of elements of the sig_name
4442	and sig_num arrays.
4443
4444signal_t (d_voidsig.U):
4445	This variable holds the type of the signal handler (void or int).
4446
4447sitearch (sitearch.U):
4448	This variable contains the eventual value of the SITEARCH symbol,
4449	which is the name of the private library for this package.  It may
4450	have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
4451	this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
4452	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4453	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4454	architecture-dependent modules in this directory with
4455	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4456	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4457
4458sitearchexp (sitearch.U):
4459	This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitearch, so that you
4460	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
4461
4462sitebin (sitebin.U):
4463	This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
4464	to put add-on publicly executable files for the package in question.  It
4465	is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
4466	this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
4467	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4468	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4469	executables in this directory with
4470	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4471	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4472
4473sitebinexp (sitebin.U):
4474	This is the same as the sitebin variable, but is filename expanded at
4475	configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
4476
4477sitehtml1dir (sitehtml1dir.U):
4478	This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
4479	html source pages are to be put.  It is the responsibility of the
4480	Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
4481	You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
4482	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4483	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4484	html pages in this directory with
4485	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4486	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4487
4488sitehtml1direxp (sitehtml1dir.U):
4489	This variable is the same as the sitehtml1dir variable, but is filename
4490	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
4491
4492sitehtml3dir (sitehtml3dir.U):
4493	This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
4494	library html source pages are to be put.  It is the responsibility of the
4495	Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
4496	You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
4497	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4498	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4499	library html pages in this directory with
4500	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4501	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4502
4503sitehtml3direxp (sitehtml3dir.U):
4504	This variable is the same as the sitehtml3dir variable, but is filename
4505	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
4506
4507sitelib (sitelib.U):
4508	This variable contains the eventual value of the SITELIB symbol,
4509	which is the name of the private library for this package.  It may
4510	have a ~ on the front. It is up to the makefile to eventually create
4511	this directory while performing installation (with ~ substitution).
4512	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4513	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4514	architecture-independent modules in this directory with
4515	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4516	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4517
4518sitelib_stem (sitelib.U):
4519	This variable is $sitelibexp with any trailing version-specific component
4520	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
4521	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
4522
4523sitelibexp (sitelib.U):
4524	This variable is the ~name expanded version of sitelib, so that you
4525	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
4526
4527siteman1dir (siteman1dir.U):
4528	This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
4529	manual source pages are to be put.  It is the responsibility of the
4530	Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
4531	You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
4532	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4533	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4534	man1 pages in this directory with
4535	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4536	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4537
4538siteman1direxp (siteman1dir.U):
4539	This variable is the same as the siteman1dir variable, but is filename
4540	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
4541
4542siteman3dir (siteman3dir.U):
4543	This variable contains the name of the directory in which site-specific
4544	library man source pages are to be put.  It is the responsibility of the
4545	Makefile.SH to get the value of this into the proper command.
4546	You must be prepared to do the ~name expansion yourself.
4547	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4548	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4549	man3 pages in this directory with
4550	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4551	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4552
4553siteman3direxp (siteman3dir.U):
4554	This variable is the same as the siteman3dir variable, but is filename
4555	expanded at configuration time, for convenient use in makefiles.
4556
4557siteprefix (siteprefix.U):
4558	This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
4559	which the user will install add-on packages.
4560	See INSTALL for usage and examples.
4561
4562siteprefixexp (siteprefix.U):
4563	This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
4564	which the user will install add-on packages.  Derived from siteprefix.
4565
4566sitescript (sitescript.U):
4567	This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
4568	to put add-on publicly executable files for the package in question.  It
4569	is most often a local directory such as /usr/local/bin. Programs using
4570	this variable must be prepared to deal with ~name substitution.
4571	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
4572	After perl has been installed, users may install their own local
4573	scripts in this directory with
4574	MakeMaker Makefile.PL
4575	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
4576
4577sitescriptexp (sitescript.U):
4578	This is the same as the sitescript variable, but is filename expanded at
4579	configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
4580
4581sizesize (sizesize.U):
4582	This variable contains the size of a sizetype in bytes.
4583
4584sizetype (sizetype.U):
4585	This variable defines sizetype to be something like size_t,
4586	unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
4587	parameters for string functions.
4588
4589sleep (Loc.U):
4590	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4591	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4592
4593sLOCALTIME_max (time_size.U):
4594	This variable defines the maximum value of the time_t offset that
4595	the system function localtime () accepts
4596
4597sLOCALTIME_min (time_size.U):
4598	This variable defines the minimum value of the time_t offset that
4599	the system function localtime () accepts
4600
4601smail (Loc.U):
4602	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4603	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4604
4605so (so.U):
4606	This variable holds the extension used to identify shared libraries
4607	(also known as shared objects) on the system. Usually set to 'so'.
4608
4609sockethdr (d_socket.U):
4610	This variable has any cpp '-I' flags needed for socket support.
4611
4612socketlib (d_socket.U):
4613	This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support.
4614
4615socksizetype (socksizetype.U):
4616	This variable holds the type used for the size argument
4617	for various socket calls like accept.  Usual values include
4618	socklen_t, size_t, and int.
4619
4620sort (Loc.U):
4621	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4622	full pathname (if any) of the sort program.  After Configure runs,
4623	the value is reset to a plain "sort" and is not useful.
4624
4625spackage (package.U):
4626	This variable contains the name of the package being constructed,
4627	with the first letter uppercased, i.e. suitable for starting
4628	sentences.
4629
4630spitshell (spitshell.U):
4631	This variable contains the command necessary to spit out a runnable
4632	shell on this system.  It is either cat or a grep '-v' for # comments.
4633
4634sPRId64 (quadfio.U):
4635	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4636	format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'd') for output.
4637
4638sPRIeldbl (longdblfio.U):
4639	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4640	format long doubles (format 'e') for output.
4641
4642sPRIEUldbl (longdblfio.U):
4643	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4644	format long doubles (format 'E') for output.
4645	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIeldbl so that even
4646	case-blind systems can see the difference.
4647
4648sPRIfldbl (longdblfio.U):
4649	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4650	format long doubles (format 'f') for output.
4651
4652sPRIFUldbl (longdblfio.U):
4653	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4654	format long doubles (format 'F') for output.
4655	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIfldbl so that even
4656	case-blind systems can see the difference.
4657
4658sPRIgldbl (longdblfio.U):
4659	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4660	format long doubles (format 'g') for output.
4661
4662sPRIGUldbl (longdblfio.U):
4663	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4664	format long doubles (format 'G') for output.
4665	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIgldbl so that even
4666	case-blind systems can see the difference.
4667
4668sPRIi64 (quadfio.U):
4669	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4670	format 64-bit decimal numbers (format 'i') for output.
4671
4672sPRIo64 (quadfio.U):
4673	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4674	format 64-bit octal numbers (format 'o') for output.
4675
4676sPRIu64 (quadfio.U):
4677	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4678	format 64-bit unsigned decimal numbers (format 'u') for output.
4679
4680sPRIx64 (quadfio.U):
4681	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4682	format 64-bit hexadecimal numbers (format 'x') for output.
4683
4684sPRIXU64 (quadfio.U):
4685	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4686	format 64-bit hExADECimAl numbers (format 'X') for output.
4687	The 'U' in the name is to separate this from sPRIx64 so that even
4688	case-blind systems can see the difference.
4689
4690srand48_r_proto (d_srand48_r.U):
4691	This variable encodes the prototype of srand48_r.
4692	It is zero if d_srand48_r is undef, and one of the
4693	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_srand48_r
4694	is defined.
4695
4696srandom_r_proto (d_srandom_r.U):
4697	This variable encodes the prototype of srandom_r.
4698	It is zero if d_srandom_r is undef, and one of the
4699	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_srandom_r
4700	is defined.
4701
4702src (src.U):
4703	This variable holds the (possibly relative) path of the package source.
4704	It is up to the Makefile to use this variable and set VPATH accordingly
4705	to find the sources remotely.  Use $pkgsrc to have an absolute path.
4706
4707sSCNfldbl (longdblfio.U):
4708	This variable, if defined, contains the string used by stdio to
4709	format long doubles (format 'f') for input.
4710
4711ssizetype (ssizetype.U):
4712	This variable defines ssizetype to be something like ssize_t,
4713	long or int.  It is used by functions that return a count
4714	of bytes or an error condition.  It must be a signed type.
4715	We will pick a type such that sizeof(SSize_t) == sizeof(Size_t).
4716
4717startperl (startperl.U):
4718	This variable contains the string to put on the front of a perl
4719	script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with perl and not some
4720	shell. Of course, that leading line must be followed by the classical
4721	perl idiom:
4722	eval 'exec perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}'
4723	if $running_under_some_shell;
4724	to guarantee perl startup should the shell execute the script. Note
4725	that this magic incatation is not understood by csh.
4726
4727startsh (startsh.U):
4728	This variable contains the string to put on the front of a shell
4729	script to make sure (hopefully) that it runs with sh and not some
4730	other shell.
4731
4732static_ext (Extensions.U):
4733	This variable holds a list of XS extension files we want to
4734	link statically into the package.  It is used by Makefile.
4735
4736stdchar (stdchar.U):
4737	This variable conditionally defines STDCHAR to be the type of char
4738	used in stdio.h.  It has the values "unsigned char" or "char".
4739
4740stdio_base (d_stdstdio.U):
4741	This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to access the
4742	_base field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure.  This will
4743	be used to define the macro FILE_base(fp).
4744
4745stdio_bufsiz (d_stdstdio.U):
4746	This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to determine
4747	the number of bytes store in the I/O buffer pointer to by the
4748	_base field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure.  This will
4749	be used to define the macro FILE_bufsiz(fp).
4750
4751stdio_cnt (d_stdstdio.U):
4752	This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to access the
4753	_cnt field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure.  This will
4754	be used to define the macro FILE_cnt(fp).
4755
4756stdio_filbuf (d_stdstdio.U):
4757	This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to tell
4758	stdio to refill its internal buffers (?).  This will
4759	be used to define the macro FILE_filbuf(fp).
4760
4761stdio_ptr (d_stdstdio.U):
4762	This variable defines how, given a FILE pointer, fp, to access the
4763	_ptr field (or equivalent) of stdio.h's FILE structure.  This will
4764	be used to define the macro FILE_ptr(fp).
4765
4766stdio_stream_array (stdio_streams.U):
4767	This variable tells the name of the array holding the stdio streams.
4768	Usual values include _iob, __iob, and __sF.
4769
4770strerror_r_proto (d_strerror_r.U):
4771	This variable encodes the prototype of strerror_r.
4772	It is zero if d_strerror_r is undef, and one of the
4773	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_strerror_r
4774	is defined.
4775
4776strings (i_string.U):
4777	This variable holds the full path of the string header that will be
4778	used. Typically /usr/include/string.h or /usr/include/strings.h.
4779
4780submit (Loc.U):
4781	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4782	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4783
4784subversion (patchlevel.U):
4785	The subversion level of this package.
4786	The value of subversion comes from the patchlevel.h file.
4787	In a version number such as 5.6.1, this is the "1".
4788	In patchlevel.h, this is referred to as "PERL_SUBVERSION".
4789	This is unique to perl.
4790
4791sysman (sysman.U):
4792	This variable holds the place where the manual is located on this
4793	system. It is not the place where the user wants to put his manual
4794	pages. Rather it is the place where Configure may look to find manual
4795	for unix commands (section 1 of the manual usually). See mansrc.
4796
4797tail (Loc.U):
4798	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4799	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4800
4801tar (Loc.U):
4802	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4803	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4804
4805targetarch (Cross.U):
4806	If cross-compiling, this variable contains the target architecture.
4807	If not, this will be empty.
4808
4809tbl (Loc.U):
4810	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4811	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4812
4813tee (Loc.U):
4814	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4815	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4816
4817test (Loc.U):
4818	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4819	full pathname (if any) of the test program.  After Configure runs,
4820	the value is reset to a plain "test" and is not useful.
4821
4822timeincl (i_time.U):
4823	This variable holds the full path of the included time header(s).
4824
4825timetype (d_time.U):
4826	This variable holds the type returned by time(). It can be long,
4827	or time_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
4828	included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used.
4829
4830tmpnam_r_proto (d_tmpnam_r.U):
4831	This variable encodes the prototype of tmpnam_r.
4832	It is zero if d_tmpnam_r is undef, and one of the
4833	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_tmpnam_r
4834	is defined.
4835
4836to (Cross.U):
4837	This variable contains the command used by Configure
4838	to copy to from the target host.  Useful and available
4839	only during Perl build.
4840	The string ':' if not cross-compiling.
4841
4842touch (Loc.U):
4843	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4844	full pathname (if any) of the touch program.  After Configure runs,
4845	the value is reset to a plain "touch" and is not useful.
4846
4847tr (Loc.U):
4848	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4849	full pathname (if any) of the tr program.  After Configure runs,
4850	the value is reset to a plain "tr" and is not useful.
4851
4852trnl (trnl.U):
4853	This variable contains the value to be passed to the tr(1)
4854	command to transliterate a newline.  Typical values are
4855	'\012' and '\n'.  This is needed for EBCDIC systems where
4856	newline is not necessarily '\012'.
4857
4858troff (Loc.U):
4859	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
4860	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
4861
4862ttyname_r_proto (d_ttyname_r.U):
4863	This variable encodes the prototype of ttyname_r.
4864	It is zero if d_ttyname_r is undef, and one of the
4865	REENTRANT_PROTO_T_ABC macros of reentr.h if d_ttyname_r
4866	is defined.
4867
4868u16size (perlxv.U):
4869	This variable is the size of an U16 in bytes.
4870
4871u16type (perlxv.U):
4872	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U16.
4873
4874u32size (perlxv.U):
4875	This variable is the size of an U32 in bytes.
4876
4877u32type (perlxv.U):
4878	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U32.
4879
4880u64size (perlxv.U):
4881	This variable is the size of an U64 in bytes.
4882
4883u64type (perlxv.U):
4884	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U64.
4885
4886u8size (perlxv.U):
4887	This variable is the size of an U8 in bytes.
4888
4889u8type (perlxv.U):
4890	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's U8.
4891
4892uidformat (uidf.U):
4893	This variable contains the format string used for printing a Uid_t.
4894
4895uidsign (uidsign.U):
4896	This variable contains the signedness of a uidtype.
4897	1 for unsigned, -1 for signed.
4898
4899uidsize (uidsize.U):
4900	This variable contains the size of a uidtype in bytes.
4901
4902uidtype (uidtype.U):
4903	This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int,
4904	ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel.
4905
4906uname (Loc.U):
4907	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4908	full pathname (if any) of the uname program.  After Configure runs,
4909	the value is reset to a plain "uname" and is not useful.
4910
4911uniq (Loc.U):
4912	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
4913	full pathname (if any) of the uniq program.  After Configure runs,
4914	the value is reset to a plain "uniq" and is not useful.
4915
4916uquadtype (quadtype.U):
4917	This variable defines Uquad_t to be something like unsigned long,
4918	unsigned int, unsigned long long, uint64_t, or whatever type is
4919	used for 64-bit integers.
4920
4921use5005threads (usethreads.U):
4922	This variable conditionally defines the USE_5005THREADS symbol,
4923	and indicates that Perl should be built to use the 5.005-based
4924	threading implementation. Only valid up to 5.8.x.
4925
4926use64bitall (use64bits.U):
4927	This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_ALL symbol,
4928	and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
4929	when available.  The maximal possible
4930	64-bitness is employed: LP64 or ILP64, meaning that you will
4931	be able to use more than 2 gigabytes of memory.  This mode is
4932	even more binary incompatible than USE_64_BIT_INT. You may not
4933	be able to run the resulting executable in a 32-bit CPU at all or
4934	you may need at least to reboot your OS to 64-bit mode.
4935
4936use64bitint (use64bits.U):
4937	This variable conditionally defines the USE_64_BIT_INT symbol,
4938	and indicates that 64-bit integer types should be used
4939	when available.  The minimal possible 64-bitness
4940	is employed, just enough to get 64-bit integers into Perl.
4941	This may mean using for example "long longs", while your memory
4942	may still be limited to 2 gigabytes.
4943
4944usecrosscompile (Cross.U):
4945	This variable conditionally defines the USE_CROSS_COMPILE symbol,
4946	and indicates that Perl has been cross-compiled.
4947
4948usedevel (Devel.U):
4949	This variable indicates that Perl was configured with development
4950	features enabled.  This should not be done for production builds.
4951
4952usedl (dlsrc.U):
4953	This variable indicates if the system supports dynamic
4954	loading of some sort.  See also dlsrc and dlobj.
4955
4956usedtrace (usedtrace.U):
4957	This variable indicates whether we are compiling with dtrace
4958	support. See also dtrace.
4959
4960usefaststdio (usefaststdio.U):
4961	This variable conditionally defines the USE_FAST_STDIO symbol,
4962	and indicates that Perl should be built to use 'fast stdio'.
4963	Defaults to define in Perls 5.8 and earlier, to undef later.
4964
4965useithreads (usethreads.U):
4966	This variable conditionally defines the USE_ITHREADS symbol,
4967	and indicates that Perl should be built to use the interpreter-based
4968	threading implementation.
4969
4970uselargefiles (uselfs.U):
4971	This variable conditionally defines the USE_LARGE_FILES symbol,
4972	and indicates that large file interfaces should be used when
4973	available.
4974
4975uselongdouble (uselongdbl.U):
4976	This variable conditionally defines the USE_LONG_DOUBLE symbol,
4977	and indicates that long doubles should be used when available.
4978
4979usemallocwrap (mallocsrc.U):
4980	This variable contains y if we are wrapping malloc to prevent
4981	integer overflow during size calculations.
4982
4983usemorebits (usemorebits.U):
4984	This variable conditionally defines the USE_MORE_BITS symbol,
4985	and indicates that explicit 64-bit interfaces and long doubles
4986	should be used when available.
4987
4988usemultiplicity (usemultiplicity.U):
4989	This variable conditionally defines the MULTIPLICITY symbol,
4990	and indicates that Perl should be built to use multiplicity.
4991
4992usemymalloc (mallocsrc.U):
4993	This variable contains y if the malloc that comes with this package
4994	is desired over the system's version of malloc.  People often include
4995	special versions of malloc for effiency, but such versions are often
4996	less portable.  See also mallocsrc and mallocobj.
4997	If this is 'y', then -lmalloc is removed from $libs.
4998
4999usenm (usenm.U):
5000	This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the
5001	nm extraction is wanted or not.
5002
5003useopcode (Extensions.U):
5004	This variable holds either 'true' or 'false' to indicate
5005	whether the Opcode extension should be used.  The sole
5006	use for this currently is to allow an easy mechanism
5007	for users to skip the Opcode extension from the Configure
5008	command line.
5009
5010useperlio (useperlio.U):
5011	This variable conditionally defines the USE_PERLIO symbol,
5012	and indicates that the PerlIO abstraction should be
5013	used throughout.
5014
5015useposix (Extensions.U):
5016	This variable holds either 'true' or 'false' to indicate
5017	whether the POSIX extension should be used.  The sole
5018	use for this currently is to allow an easy mechanism
5019	for hints files to indicate that POSIX will not compile
5020	on a particular system.
5021
5022usereentrant (usethreads.U):
5023	This variable conditionally defines the USE_REENTRANT_API symbol,
5024	which indicates that the thread code may try to use the various
5025	_r versions of library functions.  This is only potentially
5026	meaningful if usethreads is set and is very experimental, it is
5027	not even prompted for.
5028
5029userelocatableinc (bin.U):
5030	This variable is set to true to indicate that perl should relocate
5031	@INC entries at runtime based on the path to the perl binary.
5032	Any @INC paths starting ".../" are relocated relative to the directory
5033	containing the perl binary, and a logical cleanup of the path is then
5034	made around the join point (removing "dir/../" pairs)
5035
5036usesfio (d_sfio.U):
5037	This variable is set to true when the user agrees to use sfio.
5038	It is set to false when sfio is not available or when the user
5039	explicitely requests not to use sfio.  It is here primarily so
5040	that command-line settings can override the auto-detection of
5041	d_sfio without running into a "WHOA THERE".
5042
5043useshrplib (libperl.U):
5044	This variable is set to 'true' if the user wishes
5045	to build a shared libperl, and 'false' otherwise.
5046
5047usesitecustomize (d_sitecustomize.U):
5048	This variable is set to true when the user requires a mechanism that
5049	allows the sysadmin to add entries to @INC at runtime.  This variable
5050	being set, makes perl run '$sitelib/sitecustomize.pl' at startup.
5051
5052usesocks (usesocks.U):
5053	This variable conditionally defines the USE_SOCKS symbol,
5054	and indicates that Perl should be built to use SOCKS.
5055
5056usethreads (usethreads.U):
5057	This variable conditionally defines the USE_THREADS symbol,
5058	and indicates that Perl should be built to use threads.
5059
5060usevendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
5061	This variable tells whether the vendorprefix
5062	and consequently other vendor* paths are in use.
5063
5064usevfork (d_vfork.U):
5065	This variable is set to true when the user accepts to use vfork.
5066	It is set to false when no vfork is available or when the user
5067	explicitely requests not to use vfork.
5068
5069usrinc (usrinc.U):
5070	This variable holds the path of the include files, which is
5071	usually /usr/include. It is mainly used by other Configure units.
5072
5073uuname (Loc.U):
5074	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
5075	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
5076
5077uvoformat (perlxvf.U):
5078	This variable contains the format string used for printing
5079	a Perl UV as an unsigned octal integer.
5080
5081uvsize (perlxv.U):
5082	This variable is the size of a UV in bytes.
5083
5084uvtype (perlxv.U):
5085	This variable contains the C type used for Perl's UV.
5086
5087uvuformat (perlxvf.U):
5088	This variable contains the format string used for printing
5089	a Perl UV as an unsigned decimal integer.
5090
5091uvxformat (perlxvf.U):
5092	This variable contains the format string used for printing
5093	a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in lowercase abcdef.
5094
5095uvXUformat (perlxvf.U):
5096	This variable contains the format string used for printing
5097	a Perl UV as an unsigned hexadecimal integer in uppercase ABCDEF.
5098
5099vaproto (vaproto.U):
5100	This variable conditionally defines CAN_VAPROTO on systems supporting
5101	prototype declaration of functions with a variable number of
5102	arguments. See also prototype.
5103
5104vendorarch (vendorarch.U):
5105	This variable contains the value of the PERL_VENDORARCH symbol.
5106	It may have a ~ on the front.
5107	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5108	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
5109	architecture-dependent modules and extensions in this directory with
5110	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5111	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5112
5113vendorarchexp (vendorarch.U):
5114	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorarch, so that you
5115	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5116
5117vendorbin (vendorbin.U):
5118	This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORBIN symbol.
5119	It may have a ~ on the front.
5120	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5121	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place additional
5122	binaries in this directory with
5123	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5124	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5125
5126vendorbinexp (vendorbin.U):
5127	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorbin, so that you
5128	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5129
5130vendorhtml1dir (vendorhtml1dir.U):
5131	This variable contains the name of the directory for html
5132	pages.  It may have a ~ on the front.
5133	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5134	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
5135	html pages in this directory with
5136	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5137	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5138
5139vendorhtml1direxp (vendorhtml1dir.U):
5140	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorhtml1dir, so that you
5141	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5142
5143vendorhtml3dir (vendorhtml3dir.U):
5144	This variable contains the name of the directory for html
5145	library pages.  It may have a ~ on the front.
5146	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5147	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
5148	html pages for modules and extensions in this directory with
5149	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5150	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5151
5152vendorhtml3direxp (vendorhtml3dir.U):
5153	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorhtml3dir, so that you
5154	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5155
5156vendorlib (vendorlib.U):
5157	This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORLIB symbol,
5158	which is the name of the private library for this package.
5159	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5160	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
5161	modules in this directory with
5162	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5163	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5164
5165vendorlib_stem (vendorlib.U):
5166	This variable is $vendorlibexp with any trailing version-specific component
5167	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
5168	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
5169
5170vendorlibexp (vendorlib.U):
5171	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorlib, so that you
5172	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5173
5174vendorman1dir (vendorman1dir.U):
5175	This variable contains the name of the directory for man1
5176	pages.  It may have a ~ on the front.
5177	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5178	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
5179	man1 pages in this directory with
5180	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5181	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5182
5183vendorman1direxp (vendorman1dir.U):
5184	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorman1dir, so that you
5185	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5186
5187vendorman3dir (vendorman3dir.U):
5188	This variable contains the name of the directory for man3
5189	pages.  It may have a ~ on the front.
5190	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5191	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place their own
5192	man3 pages in this directory with
5193	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5194	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5195
5196vendorman3direxp (vendorman3dir.U):
5197	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorman3dir, so that you
5198	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5199
5200vendorprefix (vendorprefix.U):
5201	This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
5202	which the vendor will install add-on packages.
5203	See INSTALL for usage and examples.
5204
5205vendorprefixexp (vendorprefix.U):
5206	This variable holds the full absolute path of the directory below
5207	which the vendor will install add-on packages.  Derived from vendorprefix.
5208
5209vendorscript (vendorscript.U):
5210	This variable contains the eventual value of the VENDORSCRIPT symbol.
5211	It may have a ~ on the front.
5212	The standard distribution will put nothing in this directory.
5213	Vendors who distribute perl may wish to place additional
5214	executable scripts in this directory with
5215	MakeMaker Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
5216	or equivalent.  See INSTALL for details.
5217
5218vendorscriptexp (vendorscript.U):
5219	This variable is the ~name expanded version of vendorscript, so that you
5220	may use it directly in Makefiles or shell scripts.
5221
5222version (patchlevel.U):
5223	The full version number of this package, such as 5.6.1 (or 5_6_1).
5224	This combines revision, patchlevel, and subversion to get the
5225	full version number, including any possible subversions.
5226	This is suitable for use as a directory name, and hence is
5227	filesystem dependent.
5228
5229version_patchlevel_string (patchlevel.U):
5230	This is a string combining version, subversion and
5231	perl_patchlevel (if perl_patchlevel is non-zero).
5232	It is typically something like
5233	'version 7 subversion 1'  or
5234	'version 7 subversion 1 patchlevel 11224'
5235	It is computed here to avoid duplication of code in myconfig.SH
5236	and lib/Config.pm.
5237
5238versiononly (versiononly.U):
5239	If set, this symbol indicates that only the version-specific
5240	components of a perl installation should be installed.
5241	This may be useful for making a test installation of a new
5242	version without disturbing the existing installation.
5243	Setting versiononly is equivalent to setting installperl's -v option.
5244	In particular, the non-versioned scripts and programs such as
5245	a2p, c2ph, h2xs, pod2*, and perldoc are not installed
5246	(see INSTALL for a more complete list).  Nor are the man
5247	pages installed.
5248	Usually, this is undef.
5249
5250vi (Loc.U):
5251	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
5252	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
5253
5254voidflags (voidflags.U):
5255	This variable contains the eventual value of the VOIDFLAGS symbol,
5256	which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this
5257	compiler.  See VOIDFLAGS for more info.
5258
5259xlibpth (libpth.U):
5260	This variable holds extra path (space-separated) used to find
5261	libraries on this platform, for example CPU-specific libraries
5262	(on multi-CPU platforms) may be listed here.
5263
5264yacc (yacc.U):
5265	This variable holds the name of the compiler compiler we
5266	want to use in the Makefile. It can be yacc, byacc, or bison -y.
5267
5268yaccflags (yacc.U):
5269	This variable contains any additional yacc flags desired by the
5270	user.  It is up to the Makefile to use this.
5271
5272zcat (Loc.U):
5273	This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
5274	The value is the empty string and is not useful.
5275
5276zip (Loc.U):
5277	This variable is used internally by Configure to determine the
5278	full pathname (if any) of the zip program.  After Configure runs,
5279	the value is reset to a plain "zip" and is not useful.
5280
5281