# hints/netbsd.sh
+#
+# talk to packages@netbsd.org if you want to change this file.
+#
+# netbsd keeps dynamic loading dl*() functions in /usr/lib/crt0.o,
+# so Configure doesn't find them (unless you abandon the nm scan).
+# this should be *just* 0.9 below as netbsd 0.9a was the first to
+# introduce shared libraries.
+
+case "$archname" in
+'')
+ archname=`uname -m`-${osname}
+ ;;
+esac
+
case "$osvers" in
-0.9|0.8)
+0.9|0.8*)
usedl="$undef"
;;
-*) d_dlopen="$define"
- cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic'
- lddlflags='-Bforcearchive -Bshareable'
+*)
+ if [ -f /usr/libexec/ld.elf_so ]; then
+ d_dlopen=$define
+ d_dlerror=$define
+ ccdlflags="-Wl,-E -Wl,-R${PREFIX}/lib $ccdlflags"
+ cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
+ lddlflags="--whole-archive -shared $lddlflags"
+ elif [ "`uname -m`" = "pmax" ]; then
+# NetBSD 1.3 and 1.3.1 on pmax shipped an `old' ld.so, which will not work.
+ d_dlopen=$undef
+ elif [ -f /usr/libexec/ld.so ]; then
+ d_dlopen=$define
+ d_dlerror=$define
+ ccdlflags="-Wl,-R${PREFIX}/lib $ccdlflags"
+# we use -fPIC here because -fpic is *NOT* enough for some of the
+# extensions like Tk on some netbsd platforms (the sparc is one)
+ cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
+ lddlflags="-Bshareable $lddlflags"
+ else
+ d_dlopen=$undef
+ fi
;;
esac
+
+# netbsd had these but they don't really work as advertised, in the
+# versions listed below. if they are defined, then there isn't a
+# way to make perl call setuid() or setgid(). if they aren't, then
+# ($<, $>) = ($u, $u); will work (same for $(/$)). this is because
+# you can not change the real userid of a process under 4.4BSD.
+# netbsd fixed this in 1.3.2.
+case "$osvers" in
+0.9*|1.[012]*|1.3|1.3.1)
+ d_setregid="$undef"
+ d_setreuid="$undef"
+ ;;
+esac
+
+# These are obsolete in any netbsd.
+d_setrgid="$undef"
+d_setruid="$undef"
+
+# there's no problem with vfork.
+case "$usevfork" in
+'') usevfork=true ;;
+esac
+
+# Pre-empt the /usr/bin/perl question of installperl.
+installusrbinperl='n'
+
+# Recognize the NetBSD packages collection.
+# GDBM might be here.
+test -d /usr/pkg/lib && loclibpth="$loclibpth /usr/pkg/lib"
+test -d /usr/pkg/include && locincpth="$locincpth /usr/pkg/include"