Gives the type of hints used for previous answers. May be one of
"default", "recommended" or "previous".
-hostperl (Cross.U)
+hostperl (Cross.U):
This variable contains the path to a miniperl binary that can be
run on the host OS when cross-compiling. Useful and available only
during Perl build.
Empty string '' if not cross-compiling.
-hostgenerate (Cross.U)
+hostgenerate (Cross.U):
This variable contains the path to a generate_uudmap binary that
can be run on the host OS when cross-compiling. Useful and
available only during Perl build.
Empty string '' if not cross-compiling.
-hostosname (Cross.U)
+hostosname (Cross.U):
This variable contains the original value of '$^O' for hostperl
when cross-compiling. This is useful to pick the proper tools
when running build code in the host.