=item gdbm in /usr/you
Suppose you have gdbm installed in some place other than /usr/local/,
-but you still want Configure to find it. To be specific, assume you
+but you still want Configure to find it. To be specific, assume you
have /usr/you/include/gdbm.h and /usr/you/lib/libgdbm.a. You
still have to add -I/usr/you/include to cc flags, but you have to take
an extra step to help Configure find libgdbm.a. Specifically, when
process, you can answer a question with &-d and Configure
will use the defaults from then on.
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for
-library files for 5.005 (archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined
-by Configure).
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for library files
+for 5.005 (archname is a string like sun4-sunos, determined by Configure).
- /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005/archname
- /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005/share
- /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/archname
- /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/share
+ Configure variable Default value
+ $archlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005/archname
+ $privlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005
+ $sitearch /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/archname
+ $sitelib /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
-and the following directories for manual pages:
+Some users prefer to append a "/share" to $privlib and $sitelib
+to emphasize that those directories can be shared among different
+architectures.
- /usr/local/man/man1
- /usr/local/lib/perl5/man/man3
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for manual pages:
+
+ Configure variable Default value
+ $man1dir /usr/local/man/man1
+ $man3dir /usr/local/lib/perl5/man/man3
(Actually, Configure recognizes the SVR3-style
/usr/local/man/l_man/man1 directories, if present, and uses those
directory structure is simplified. For example, if you Configure with
-Dprefix=/opt/perl, then the defaults for 5.005 are
- /opt/perl/lib/5.005/archname
- /opt/perl/lib/5.005/share
- /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/archname
- /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/share
+ Configure variable Default value
+ $archlib /opt/perl/lib/5.005/archname
+ $privlib /opt/perl/lib/5.005
+ $sitearch /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005/archname
+ $sitelib /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.005
- /opt/perl/man/man1
- /opt/perl/man/man3
+ $man1dir /opt/perl/man/man1
+ $man3dir /opt/perl/man/man3
The perl executable will search the libraries in the order given
above.
-The directories under site_perl are empty, but are intended to be used
+The directories under site_perl are empty, but are intended to be used
for installing local or site-wide extensions. Perl will automatically
look in these directories.
If you can successfully build miniperl, but the process crashes
during the building of extensions, you should run
- make minitest
+ make minitest
to test your version of miniperl.
Installperl will also create the library directories $siteperl and
$sitearch listed in config.sh. Usually, these are something like
- /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/share
+ /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/archname
where archname is something like sun4-sunos. These directories
Configure variable Default value
$archlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005/archname
- $privlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005/share
+ $privlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.005
$sitearch /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/archname
- $sitelib /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/share
+ $sitelib /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
while the directories searched by version 5.005_01 will be
$archlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00501/archname
- $privlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00501/share
+ $privlib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00501
$sitearch /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/archname
- $sitelib /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/share
+ $sitelib /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
When you install an add-on extension, it gets installed into $sitelib (or
$sitearch if it is architecture-specific). This directory deliberately
=head1 LAST MODIFIED
-$Id: INSTALL,v 1.39 1998/07/02 15:41:45 doughera Released $
+$Id: INSTALL,v 1.40 1998/07/06 14:49:02 doughera Released $
generates pod documentation for Config.pm from this file--please try to keep
the formatting regular.]
+Mcc (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the Mcc program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "Mcc" and is not useful.
+
_a (Unix.U):
This variable defines the extension used for ordinary libraries.
For unix, it is '.a'. The '.' is included. Other possible
from patchlevel.h. For now, we'll guess maintenance subversions
will retain binary compatibility.
+ar (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the ar program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "ar" and is not useful.
+
archlib (archlib.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
to put architecture-dependent public library files for $package.
or other facilities. For perl on OS/2, for example, this would
include os2/os2.obj.
+awk (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the awk program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "awk" and is not useful.
+
baserev (baserev.U):
The base revision level of this package, from the .package file.
+bash (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
bin (bin.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory in which the user wants
to put publicly executable images for the package in question. It
This is the same as the bin variable, but is filename expanded at
configuration time, for use in your makefiles.
+bison (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+byacc (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the byacc program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "byacc" and is not useful.
+
byteorder (byteorder.U):
This variable holds the byte order. In the following, larger digits
indicate more significance. The variable byteorder is either 4321
2 = couldn't cast >= 0x80000000
4 = couldn't cast in argument expression list
+cat (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the cat program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "cat" and is not useful.
+
cc (cc.U):
This variable holds the name of a command to execute a C compiler which
can resolve multiple global references that happen to have the same
cccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
passed with cc -c to compile modules to be used to create a shared
- library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this
+ library that will be used for dynamic loading. For hpux, this
should be +z. It is up to the makefile to use it.
ccdlflags (dlsrc.U):
This variable contains any special flags that might need to be
- passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading.
+ passed to cc to link with a shared library for dynamic loading.
It is up to the makefile to use it. For sunos 4.1, it should
be empty.
Holds the output of the "date" command when the configuration file was
produced. This is used to tag both config.sh and config_h.SH.
+chgrp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+chmod (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+chown (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
clocktype (d_times.U):
This variable holds the type returned by times(). It can be long,
or clock_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
included).
+comm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the comm program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "comm" and is not useful.
+
+compress (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
contains (contains.U):
This variable holds the command to do a grep with a proper return
status. On most sane systems it is simply "grep". On insane systems
it is a grep followed by a cat followed by a test. This variable
is primarily for the use of other Configure units.
+cp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the cp program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "cp" and is not useful.
+
+cpio (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+cpp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the cpp program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "cpp" and is not useful.
+
cpp_stuff (cpp_stuff.U):
This variable contains an identification of the catenation mechanism
used by the C preprocessor.
the crypt() function is not defined in the standard C library. It is
up to the Makefile to use this.
+csh (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the csh program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "csh" and is not useful.
+
d_Gconvert (d_gconvert.U):
This variable holds what Gconvert is defined as to convert
floating point numbers into strings. It could be 'gconvert'
This variable conditionally defines the symbol XENIX, which alerts
the C program that it runs under Xenix.
+date (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the date program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "date" and is not useful.
+
db_hashtype (i_db.U):
This variable contains the type of the hash structure element
in the <db.h> header file. In older versions of DB, it was
data is present on the file and non-blocking I/O was enabled (otherwise,
read() blocks naturally).
+echo (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the echo program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "echo" and is not useful.
+
+egrep (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the egrep program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "egrep" and is not useful.
+
+emacs (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
eunicefix (Init.U):
When running under Eunice this variable contains a command which will
convert a shell script to the proper form of text file for it to be
exe_ext (Unix.U):
This is an old synonym for _exe.
+expr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the expr program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "expr" and is not useful.
+
extensions (Extensions.U):
This variable holds a list of all extension files (both XS and
non-xs linked into the package. It is propagated to Config.pm
and is typically used to test whether a particular extesion
is available.
+find (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the find program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "find" and is not useful.
+
firstmakefile (Unix.U):
This variable defines the first file searched by make. On unix,
it is makefile (then Makefile). On case-insensitive systems,
it might be something else. This is only used to deal with
convoluted make depend tricks.
+flex (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
fpostype (fpostype.U):
This variable defines Fpos_t to be something like fpost_t, long,
uint, or whatever type is used to declare file positions in libc.
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare the return type
of getgid(). Typically, it is the type of group ids in the kernel.
+grep (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the grep program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "grep" and is not useful.
+
groupcat (nis.U):
This variable contains a command that produces the text of the
/etc/group file. This is normally "cat /etc/group", but can be
getgroups() and setgroups(). Usually, this is the same as
gidtype (gid_t), but sometimes it isn't.
+gzip (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the gzip program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "gzip" and is not useful.
+
h_fcntl (h_fcntl.U):
This is variable gets set in various places to tell i_fcntl that
<fcntl.h> should be included.
right one, as in "$incpath/usr/include" or "$incpath/usr/lib".
Value can be "" or "/bsd43" on mips.
+inews (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
installarchlib (archlib.U):
This variable is really the same as archlibexp but may differ on
those systems using AFS. For extra portability, only this variable
This variable holds a list of all XS extensions included in
the package.
+ksh (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
large (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
to produce a program running with a large memory model. It is up to
This variable contains any additional C loader flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+less (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the less program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "less" and is not useful.
+
lib_ext (Unix.U):
This is an old synonym for _a.
search. The order is chosen to pick up the c library
ahead of ucb or bsd libraries for SVR4.
+line (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the line program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "line" and is not useful.
+
+lint (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
lkflags (ccflags.U):
This variable contains any additional C partial linker flags desired by
the user. It is up to the Makefile to use this.
+ln (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the ln program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "ln" and is not useful.
+
lns (lns.U):
This variable holds the name of the command to make
symbolic links (if they are supported). It can be used
This variable contains the value of the LONGSIZE symbol, which
indicates to the C program how many bytes there are in a long.
+lp (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+lpr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+ls (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the ls program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "ls" and is not useful.
+
lseektype (lseektype.U):
This variable defines lseektype to be something like off_t, long,
or whatever type is used to declare lseek offset's type in the
kernel (which also appears to be lseek's return type).
+mail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+mailx (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+make (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the make program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "make" and is not useful.
+
make_set_make (make.U):
Some versions of 'make' set the variable MAKE. Others do not.
This variable contains the string to be included in Makefile.SH
This variable holds the environment type for the mips system.
Possible values are "BSD 4.3" and "System V".
+mkdir (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the mkdir program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "mkdir" and is not useful.
+
models (models.U):
This variable contains the list of memory models supported by this
system. Possible component values are none, split, unsplit, small,
int, unsigned short, or whatever type is used to declare file
modes for system calls.
+more (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the more program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "more" and is not useful.
+
+mv (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
myarchname (archname.U):
This variable holds the architecture name computed by Configure in
a previous run. It is not intended to be perused by any user and
getnetbyaddr(). Usually, this is int or long.
This is only useful if you have getnetbyaddr(), naturally.
+nm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the nm program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "nm" and is not useful.
+
nm_opt (usenm.U):
This variable holds the options that may be necessary for nm.
This variable holds a list of all non-xs extensions included
in the package. All of them will be built.
+nroff (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the nroff program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "nroff" and is not useful.
+
o_nonblock (nblock_io.U):
This variable bears the symbol value to be used during open() or fcntl()
to turn on non-blocking I/O for a file descriptor. If you wish to switch
This is an old synonym for p_ in Head.U, the character
used to separate elements in the command shell search PATH.
+perl (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the perl program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "perl" and is not useful.
+
perladmin (perladmin.U):
Electronic mail address of the perl5 administrator.
which contains the name of the perl interpreter to be used in
shell scripts and in the "eval 'exec'" idiom.
+pg (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the pg program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "pg" and is not useful.
+
phostname (myhostname.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the PHOSTNAME symbol,
which is a command that can be fed to popen() to get the host name.
Its value is prepend to libpth. This variable takes care of special
machines, like the mips. Usually, it should be empty.
+pmake (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+pr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
prefix (prefix.U):
This variable holds the name of the directory below which the
user will install the package. Usually, this is /usr/local, and
used, which is a shame because you cannot make the difference between
no data and an EOF.. Sigh!
+rm (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the rm program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "rm" and is not useful.
+
+rmail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
runnm (usenm.U):
This variable contains 'true' or 'false' depending whether the
nm extraction should be performed or not, according to the value
This variable is the same as scriptdir, but is filename expanded
at configuration time, for programs not wanting to bother with it.
+sed (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the sed program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "sed" and is not useful.
+
selecttype (selecttype.U):
This variable holds the type used for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
arguments to select. Usually, this is 'fd_set *', if HAS_FD_SET
is defined, and 'int *' otherwise. This is only useful if you
have select(), naturally.
+sendmail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the sendmail program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "sendmail" and is not useful.
+
sh (sh.U):
This variable contains the full pathname of the shell used
on this system to execute Bourne shell scripts. Usually, this will be
option, though you can override this (and startsh)
with -O -Dsh=/bin/whatever -Dstartsh=whatever
+shar (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
sharpbang (spitshell.U):
This variable contains the string #! if this system supports that
construct.
unsigned long, or whatever type is used to declare length
parameters for string functions.
+sleep (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+smail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
small (models.U):
This variable contains a flag which will tell the C compiler and loader
to produce a program running with a small memory model. It is up to
socketlib (d_socket.U):
This variable has the names of any libraries needed for socket support.
+sort (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the sort program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "sort" and is not useful.
+
spackage (package.U):
This variable contains the name of the package being constructed,
with the first letter uppercased, i.e. suitable for starting
This variable holds the full path of the string header that will be
used. Typically /usr/include/string.h or /usr/include/strings.h.
+submit (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
subversion (patchlevel.U):
The subversion level of this package.
The value of subversion comes from the patchlevel.h file.
pages. Rather it is the place where Configure may look to find manual
for unix commands (section 1 of the manual usually). See mansrc.
+tail (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+tar (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+tbl (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+tee (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the tee program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "tee" and is not useful.
+
+test (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the test program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "test" and is not useful.
+
timeincl (i_time.U):
This variable holds the full path of the included time header(s).
or time_t on BSD sites (in which case <sys/types.h> should be
included). Anyway, the type Time_t should be used.
+touch (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the touch program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "touch" and is not useful.
+
+tr (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the tr program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "tr" and is not useful.
+
+troff (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
uidtype (uidtype.U):
This variable defines Uid_t to be something like uid_t, int,
ushort, or whatever type is used to declare user ids in the kernel.
+uname (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the uname program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "uname" and is not useful.
+
+uniq (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the uniq program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "uniq" and is not useful.
+
usedl (dlsrc.U):
This variable indicates if the the system supports dynamic
loading of some sort. See also dlsrc and dlobj.
This variable holds the path of the include files, which is
usually /usr/include. It is mainly used by other Configure units.
+uuname (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
version (patchlevel.U):
The full version number of this package. This combines
baserev, patchlevel, and subversion to get the full
is taken to use the C locale in order to get something
like 5.004 instead of 5,004. This is unique to perl.
+vi (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
voidflags (voidflags.U):
This variable contains the eventual value of the VOIDFLAGS symbol,
which indicates how much support of the void type is given by this
compiler. See VOIDFLAGS for more info.
+zcat (Loc.U):
+ This variable is defined but not used by Configure.
+ The value is a plain '' and is not useful.
+
+zip (Loc.U):
+ This variable is be used internally by Configure to determine the
+ full pathname (if any) of the zip program. After Configure runs,
+ the value is reset to a plain "zip" and is not useful.
+
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