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diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index ea850ae..13ab5ca 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@
 # Yes, you may rip this off to use in other distribution packages. This
 # script belongs to the public domain and cannot be copyrighted.
 #
-# (Note: this Configure script was generated automatically. Rather than
+# Note: this Configure script was generated automatically. Rather than
 # working with this copy of Configure, you may wish to get metaconfig.
-# The dist-3.0 package (which contains metaconfig) was posted in
-# comp.sources.misc and is available on CPAN under authors/id/RAM so
-# you may fetch it yourself from your nearest archive site.)
+# The dist package (which contains metaconfig) is available via SVN:
+#     svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dist/trunk/dist
 #
 #
 # Though this script was generated by metaconfig, it is OK to send
@@ -24,9 +23,9 @@
 # See Porting/pumpkin.pod for more information on metaconfig.
 #
 
-# $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
+# $Id: Head.U 6 2006-08-25 22:21:46Z rmanfredi $
 #
-# Generated on Wed May  9 18:53:25 CEST 2007 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Fri Feb 15 17:37:37 CET 2008 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.org)
 
 cat >c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -88,9 +87,9 @@ esac
 
 : Proper separator for the PATH environment variable
 p_=:
-: On OS/2 this directory should exist if this is not floppy only system :-]
+: On OS/2 this directory should exist if this is not floppy only system ":-]"
 if test -d c:/. || ( uname -a | grep -i 'os\(/\|\)2' ) 2>&1 >/dev/null ; then
-    if test -n "$OS2_SHELL"; then
+	if test -n "$OS2_SHELL"; then
 		p_=\;
 		PATH=`cmd /c "echo %PATH%" | tr '\\\\' / `
 		OS2_SHELL=`cmd /c "echo %OS2_SHELL%" | tr '\\\\' / | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
@@ -145,9 +144,9 @@ if test -d /usr/lpp -a -f /usr/bin/bsh -a -f /usr/bin/uname; then
 fi
 if test -f /osf_boot -a -f /usr/sbin/setld; then
 	if test X`/usr/bin/uname -s` = XOSF1; then
-	        avoidksh="to avoid Digital UNIX' ksh"
-	        newsh=/bin/sh
-	        unset BIN_SH # if this is 'xpg4' sh will start up ksh
+		avoidksh="to avoid Digital UNIX' ksh"
+		newsh=/bin/sh
+		unset BIN_SH
 	fi
 fi
 case "$inksh/$needksh" in
@@ -181,17 +180,19 @@ true)
 	esac
 	;;
 esac
+test -x "${newsh}" || unset newsh
 
-: if needed set CDPATH to a harmless value that is not chatty
+: if needed, set CDPATH to a harmless value that is not chatty
 : avoid bash 2.02 problems with empty CDPATH.
 case "$CDPATH" in
 '')	;;
 *)	case "$SHELL" in
-	*bash*)	CDPATH='.' ;;
-	*)		CDPATH='' ;;
+	*bash*) CDPATH='.' ;;
+	*) CDPATH='' ;;
 	esac
 	;;
 esac
+
 : Configure runs within the UU subdirectory
 test -d UU || mkdir UU
 cd UU && rm -f ./*
@@ -220,7 +221,6 @@ d_bsd=''
 d_eunice=''
 d_xenix=''
 eunicefix=''
-Mcc=''
 ar=''
 awk=''
 bash=''
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ optimize=''
 cf_email=''
 cf_by=''
 cf_time=''
-charsize=''
 contains=''
 cpp_stuff=''
 cpplast=''
@@ -840,6 +839,7 @@ html3dir=''
 html3direxp=''
 installhtml3dir=''
 i_arpainet=''
+i_assert=''
 i_crypt=''
 db_hashtype=''
 db_prefixtype=''
@@ -1057,6 +1057,7 @@ i8size=''
 i8type=''
 ivsize=''
 ivtype=''
+nv_overflows_integers_at=''
 nv_preserves_uv_bits=''
 nvsize=''
 nvtype=''
@@ -1173,6 +1174,8 @@ uidtype=''
 archname64=''
 use64bitall=''
 use64bitint=''
+dtrace=''
+usedtrace=''
 usefaststdio=''
 ccflags_uselargefiles=''
 ldflags_uselargefiles=''
@@ -1234,6 +1237,7 @@ yacc=''
 yaccflags=''
 CONFIG=''
 
+: Detect odd OSs
 define='define'
 undef='undef'
 smallmach='pdp11 i8086 z8000 i80286 iAPX286'
@@ -1292,9 +1296,6 @@ plibpth=''
 libswanted=''
 : some systems want to use only the non-versioned libso:s
 ignore_versioned_solibs=''
-siteman1dir=''
-siteman3dir=''
-sitescript=''
 : set usethreads on the Configure command line to enable threads.
 usereentrant='undef'
 : full support for void wanted by default
@@ -1452,11 +1453,10 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f sharp
 
-
 : Save command line options in file UU/cmdline.opt for later use in
 : generating config.sh.
 cat > cmdline.opt <<EOSH
-# Configure command line arguments.
+: Configure command line arguments.
 config_arg0='$0'
 config_args='$*'
 config_argc=$#
@@ -1468,7 +1468,6 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
 	cat >>cmdline.opt <<EOSH
 config_arg$argn='$arg'
 EOSH
-	# Extreme backslashitis: replace each ' by '"'"'
 	cat <<EOC | sed -e "s/'/'"'"'"'"'"'"'/g" > cmdl.opt
 $arg
 EOC
@@ -1477,8 +1476,6 @@ EOC
 	argn=`expr $argn + 1`
 	args_sep=' '
 done
-# args_exp is good for restarting self: eval "set X $args_exp"; shift; $0 "$@"
-# used by ./hints/os2.sh
 rm -f cmdl.opt
 
 : produce awk script to parse command line options
@@ -1610,7 +1607,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
                  case "$zzz" in
                  *:*) zzz='' ;;
                  *)   xxx=append
-                      zzz=" "`echo "$yyy"|sed 's!^[^=]*=!!'` 
+                      zzz=" "`echo "$yyy"|sed 's!^[^=]*=!!'`
                       yyy=`echo "$yyy"|sed 's!=.*!!'` ;;
                  esac
                  ;;
@@ -1624,7 +1621,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
                  *)   xxx=`echo "$yyy"|sed 's!:.*!!'`
                       yyy=`echo "$yyy"|sed 's!^[^:]*:!!'` ;;
                  esac
-                 ;;       
+                 ;;
             esac
 	    case "$xxx" in
 	    append)
@@ -1688,16 +1685,17 @@ Usage: $me [-dehrsEKOSV] [-f config.sh] [-D symbol] [-D symbol=value]
          -U symbol=   symbol gets completely empty
        e.g.:  -Uversiononly
   -A : manipulate symbol after the platform specific hints have been applied:
-	 -A symbol=value		append " "value to symbol
-	 -A append:symbol=value		append value to symbol
-	 -A define:symbol=value		define symbol to have value
-         -A clear:symbol		define symbol to be ''
-	 -A define:symbol		define symbol to be 'define'
-	 -A eval:symbol=value		define symbol to be eval of value
-	 -A prepend:symbol=value	prepend value to symbol
-	 -A undef:symbol		define symbol to be 'undef'
-	 -A undef:symbol=		define symbol to be ''
+         -A append:symbol=value   append value to symbol
+         -A symbol=value          like append:, but with a separating space
+         -A define:symbol=value   define symbol to have value
+         -A clear:symbol          define symbol to be ''
+         -A define:symbol         define symbol to be 'define'
+         -A eval:symbol=value     define symbol to be eval of value
+         -A prepend:symbol=value  prepend value to symbol
+         -A undef:symbol          define symbol to be 'undef'
+         -A undef:symbol=         define symbol to be ''
        e.g.:  -A prepend:libswanted='cl pthread '
+              -A ccflags=-DSOME_MACRO
   -V : print version number and exit (with a zero status).
 EOM
 	exit 1
@@ -1732,7 +1730,7 @@ touch optdef.sh
 touch posthint.sh
 
 : set package name
-package=perl5
+package='perl5'
 first=`echo $package | sed -e 's/^\(.\).*/\1/'`
 last=`echo $package | sed -e 's/^.\(.*\)/\1/'`
 case "`echo AbyZ | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' 2>/dev/null`" in
@@ -1778,11 +1776,11 @@ case "$src" in
 '')	src=/
 	rsrc=/
 	;;
-/*) rsrc="$src";;
-*) rsrc="../$src";;
+/*)	rsrc="$src";;
+*)	rsrc="../$src";;
 esac
 if test -f $rsrc/Configure && \
-	$contains "^package=$package$" $rsrc/Configure >/dev/null 2>&1
+	$contains "^package='$package'\$" $rsrc/Configure >/dev/null 2>&1
 then
    : found it, so we are ok.
 else
@@ -1936,11 +1934,13 @@ rm -f .echotmp
 echo " "
 if test -f "$rsrc/MANIFEST"; then
 	echo "First let's make sure your kit is complete.  Checking..." >&4
-	awk '$1 !~ /PACK[A-Z]+/ {print $1}' "$rsrc/MANIFEST" | (split -l 50 2>/dev/null || split -50)
+	awk '$1 !~ /PACK[A-Z]+/ {print $1}' "$rsrc/MANIFEST" |\
+		(split -l 50 2>/dev/null || split -50)
 	rm -f missing
 	tmppwd=`pwd`
 	for filelist in x??; do
-		(cd "$rsrc"; ls `cat "$tmppwd/$filelist"` >/dev/null 2>>"$tmppwd/missing")
+		(cd "$rsrc"; ls `cat "$tmppwd/$filelist"` \
+			>/dev/null 2>>"$tmppwd/missing")
 	done
 	if test -s missing; then
 		cat missing >&4
@@ -1974,8 +1974,8 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f missing x??
 
-echo " "
 : Find the appropriate value for a newline for tr
+echo " "
 if test -n "$DJGPP"; then
        trnl='\012'
 fi
@@ -2119,6 +2119,7 @@ persist across sessions for $package.
 You may safely delete it if you wish.
 EOF
 
+: See if we are using a devel version and want that
 xversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_VERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
 case "$usedevel" in
 $define|true|[yY]*) ;;
@@ -2279,14 +2280,13 @@ for dir in \$*; do
 		exit 0
 	elif test "X$_exe" != X -a -f \$thisthing$_exe; then
 		echo \$thisthing
-        	exit 0
+		exit 0
 	elif test -f \$dir/\$thing.exe; then
 		if test -n "$DJGPP"; then
 			echo \$dir/\$thing.exe
 		elif test "$eunicefix" != ":"; then
 			: on Eunice apparently
 			echo \$dir/\$thing
-			exit 0
 		fi
 		exit 0
 	fi
@@ -2317,7 +2317,6 @@ tr
 uniq
 "
 trylist="
-Mcc
 ar
 bison
 byacc
@@ -2417,7 +2416,7 @@ ln)
 	;;
 esac
 case "$make" in
-make)	
+make)
 	case "$gmake" in
 	gmake)
 	echo "I can't find make or gmake, and my life depends on it." >&4
@@ -2426,7 +2425,7 @@ make)
 	;;
 	esac
 	;;
-esac	
+esac
 case "$gmake" in
 gmake)	;;
 *)	# We can't have osname yet.
@@ -2482,6 +2481,20 @@ FOO
 	;;
 esac
 
+# This question was auctioned at YAPC::Europe-2007 in Vienna
+# I never promised you could answer it. I only auctioned the question.
+cat <<FOO
+The following message is sponsored by
+
+  Dresden.pm<--The stars should be here.
+
+Dear Perl user, system administrator or package
+maintainer, the Perl community sends greetings to
+you. Do you (emblematical) greet back [Y/n]? n
+
+FOO
+
+: Check what type of C compiler we use
 cat <<EOS >trygcc
 $startsh
 EOS
@@ -2503,15 +2516,36 @@ EOM
         case "$cc" in
         *gcc*) trygcc=no ;;
         esac
-        case "`$cc -v -c try.c 2>&1`" in
-        *gcc*) trygcc=no ;;
-        esac
+	# Skip this test because it gives a false match on output like:
+	#    ./trygcc: line 23: cc: command not found
+        # case "`$cc -v -c try.c 2>&1`" in
+        # *gcc*) trygcc=no ;;
+        # esac
         if $test X"$trygcc" = Xyes; then
             if gcc -o try -c try.c; then
                 echo " "
                 echo "You seem to have a working gcc, though." >&4
-                rp="Would you like to use it?"
-                dflt=y
+		# Switching compilers may undo the work of hints files.
+		# The most common problem is -D_REENTRANT for threads.
+		# This heuristic catches that case, but gets false positives
+		# if -Dusethreads was not actually specified.  Better to
+		# bail out here with a useful message than fail 
+		# mysteriously later. Should we perhaps just try to
+		# re-invoke Configure -Dcc=gcc config_args ?
+		if $test -f usethreads.cbu; then
+			$cat >&4 <<EOM 
+
+*** However, any setting of the C compiler flags (e.g. for thread support)
+*** will be lost.  It may be necessary for you to restart Configure and
+*** add -Dcc=gcc to your Configure command line.
+
+EOM
+			rp="Would you like to go ahead and try gcc anyway?"
+			dflt=n
+		else
+			rp="Would you like to use it?"
+			dflt=y
+		fi
                 if $test -f myread; then
                     . ./myread
                 else
@@ -2524,15 +2558,6 @@ EOM
                 fi  
                 case "$ans" in
                 [yY]*) cc=gcc; ccname=gcc; ccflags=''; despair=no;
-                       if $test -f usethreads.cbu; then
-                           $cat >&4 <<EOM 
-
-*** However, any setting of the C compiler flags (e.g. for thread support)
-*** has been lost.  It may be necessary to pass -Dcc=gcc to Configure
-*** (together with e.g. -Dusethreads).
-
-EOM
-                       fi;;
                 esac
             fi
         fi
@@ -2643,7 +2668,7 @@ case "$lns" in
 esac
 echo " "
 
-
+: Make symlinks util
 case "$mksymlinks" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)
 	case "$src" in
@@ -2695,7 +2720,7 @@ $define|true|[yY]*)
 	;;
 esac
 
-
+: Check for Cross-Compilation
 case "$usecrosscompile" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)
 	$echo "Cross-compiling..."
@@ -3014,7 +3039,7 @@ myuname=`$uname -a 2>/dev/null`
 $test -z "$myuname" && myuname=`hostname 2>/dev/null`
 # tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' would not work in EBCDIC
 # because the A-Z/a-z are not consecutive.
-myuname=`echo $myuname | $sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//' -e 's,['/],,g' | \
+myuname=`echo $myuname | $sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//' -e "s,['/],,g" | \
 	./tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | $tr $trnl ' '`
 newmyuname="$myuname"
 dflt=n
@@ -3564,10 +3589,10 @@ cat >filexp <<EOSS
 $startsh
 : expand filename
 case "\$1" in
- ~/*|~)
+ \~/*|\~)
 	echo \$1 | $sed "s|~|\${HOME-\$LOGDIR}|"
 	;;
- ~*)
+ \~*)
 	if $test -f /bin/csh; then
 		/bin/csh -f -c "glob \$1"
 		failed=\$?
@@ -3874,6 +3899,7 @@ esac
 prefix="$ans"
 prefixexp="$ansexp"
 
+: allow them to override the AFS root
 case "$afsroot" in
 '')	afsroot=/afs ;;
 *)	afsroot=$afsroot ;;
@@ -3884,7 +3910,7 @@ echo " "
 case "$afs" in
 $define|true)	afs=true ;;
 $undef|false)	afs=false ;;
-*)	if test -d $afsroot; then
+*)	if $test -d $afsroot; then
 		afs=true
 	else
 		afs=false
@@ -3994,6 +4020,7 @@ $undef$define) . ./whoa; eval "$var=\$tu";;
 *) eval "$var=$val";;
 esac'
 
+: Check is we will use socks
 case "$usesocks" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)	dflt='y';;
 *) dflt='n';;
@@ -4009,7 +4036,7 @@ EOM
 rp='Build Perl for SOCKS?'
 . ./myread
 case "$ans" in
-y|Y)	val="$define" ;;     
+y|Y)	val="$define" ;;
 *)      val="$undef" ;;
 esac
 set usesocks
@@ -4019,6 +4046,7 @@ case "$usesocks" in
 $define|true|[yY]*) useperlio="$define";;
 esac
 
+: Check if we want perlio
 case "$useperlio" in
 $define|true|[yY]*|'')	dflt='y';;
 *) dflt='n';;
@@ -4037,16 +4065,16 @@ EOM
 rp='Use the PerlIO abstraction layer?'
 . ./myread
 case "$ans" in
-y|Y) 
+y|Y)
 	val="$define"
 	;;
-*)      
+*)
 	echo "Ok, doing things the stdio way."
 	val="$undef"
 	;;
 esac
 set useperlio
-eval $setvar 
+eval $setvar
 
 case "$usesocks" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)
@@ -4063,7 +4091,6 @@ EOM
 	;;
 esac
 
-	
 : get the patchlevel
 echo " "
 echo "Getting the current patchlevel..." >&4
@@ -4074,7 +4101,7 @@ if $test -r $rsrc/patchlevel.h;then
 	api_revision=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_API_REVISION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
 	api_version=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_API_VERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
 	api_subversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_API_SUBVERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
-	perl_patchlevel=`egrep 'define PERL_PATCHNUM [0-9][0-9]|,"MAINT[0-9][0-9]*"' $rsrc/patchlevel.h|sed 's/[^0-9]//g'`
+	perl_patchlevel=`egrep ',"(MAINT|SMOKE)[0-9][0-9]*"' $rsrc/patchlevel.h|tail -1|sed 's/[^0-9]//g'`
 else
 	revision=0
 	patchlevel=0
@@ -4120,12 +4147,13 @@ if test "${api_revision}${api_version}${api_subversion}" = "550"; then
 	api_versionstring='5.005'
 fi
 
+: Do we want threads support and if so, what type
 case "$usethreads" in
 $define|true|[yY]*)     dflt='y';;
 *)     # Catch case where user specified ithreads or 5005threads but
        # forgot -Dusethreads (A.D. 4/2002)
        case "$useithreads$use5005threads" in
-       *$define*)      
+       *$define*)
 		case "$useperlio" in
 		"$define")	dflt='y' ;;
 		*)		dflt='n' ;;
@@ -4269,6 +4297,7 @@ EOM
     esac
 fi
 
+: Check if multiplicity is required
 cat <<EOM
 
 Perl can be built so that multiple Perl interpreters can coexist
@@ -4299,7 +4328,7 @@ esac
 set usemultiplicity
 eval $setvar
 
-
+: Check if morebits is requested
 case "$usemorebits" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	use64bitint="$define"
@@ -4310,6 +4339,23 @@ case "$usemorebits" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Determine the C compiler to be used
+echo " "
+case "$cc" in
+'') dflt=cc;;
+*) dflt="$cc";;
+esac
+rp="Use which C compiler?"
+. ./myread
+cc="$ans"
+
+: See whether they have no cc but they do have gcc
+. ./trygcc
+if $test -f cc.cbu; then
+    . ./cc.cbu
+fi
+. ./checkcc
+
 : make some quick guesses about what we are up against
 echo " "
 $echo $n "Hmm...  $c"
@@ -4405,24 +4451,7 @@ chmod +x bsd usg v7 osf1 eunice xenix venix os2
 $eunicefix bsd usg v7 osf1 eunice xenix venix os2
 $rm -f foo
 
-case "$cc" in
-'') dflt=cc;;
-*) dflt="$cc";;
-esac
-rp="Use which C compiler?"
-. ./myread
-cc="$ans"
-
-: See if they have not cc but they do have gcc
-. ./trygcc
-: Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  Now that the
-: user has specified the compiler, we may need to set or change some
-: other defaults.
-if $test -f cc.cbu; then
-    . ./cc.cbu
-fi
-. ./checkcc
-
+: Check if we are using GNU gcc and what its version is
 echo " "
 echo "Checking for GNU cc in disguise and/or its version number..." >&4
 $cat >try.c <<EOM
@@ -4817,6 +4846,7 @@ case "$firstmakefile" in
 '') firstmakefile='makefile';;
 esac
 
+: Check for uselongdouble support
 case "$ccflags" in
 *-DUSE_LONG_DOUBLE*|*-DUSE_MORE_BITS*) uselongdouble="$define" ;;
 esac
@@ -4893,7 +4923,7 @@ for thislib in $libswanted; do
 		xxx=$thisdir/lib$thislib.$so
 	        $test -f "$xxx" && eval $libscheck
 		$test -f "$xxx" && libstyle=shared
-	    fi	
+	    fi
 	    if test ! -f "$xxx"; then
 		xxx=$thisdir/lib$thislib$_a
 	        $test -f "$xxx" && eval $libscheck
@@ -4935,7 +4965,7 @@ for thislib in $libswanted; do
 		   ;;
 		esac
 		break
-	    fi	
+	    fi
 	done
 	if $test ! -f "$xxx"; then
 	    echo "No -l$thislib."
@@ -5019,6 +5049,32 @@ case "$DEBUGGING" in
 both|$define) dflt='-DDEBUGGING'
 esac
 
+: argument order is deliberate, as the flag will start with - which set could
+: think is an option
+checkccflag='check=$1; flag=$2; callback=$3;
+echo " ";
+echo "Checking if your compiler accepts $flag" 2>&1;
+echo "int main(void) { return 0; }" > gcctest.c;
+if $cc -O2 $flag -o gcctest gcctest.c 2>gcctest.out && ./gcctest; then
+    echo "Yes, it does." 2>&1;
+    if $test -s gcctest.out ; then
+        echo "But your platform does not like it:";
+        cat gcctest.out;
+    else
+	case "$ccflags" in
+	*$check*)
+	    echo "Leaving current flags $ccflags alone." 2>&1
+	    ;;
+	*) dflt="$dflt $flag";
+	    eval $callback
+	    ;;
+	esac
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Nope, it does not, but that is ok." 2>&1;
+fi
+'
+
 : We will not override a previous value, but we might want to
 : augment a hint file
 case "$hint" in
@@ -5030,7 +5086,7 @@ default|recommended)
 	*-g*:old) dflt="$dflt -DDEBUGGING";;
 	esac
 	case "$gccversion" in
-	2*) if test -d /etc/conf/kconfig.d &&
+	2*) if $test -d /etc/conf/kconfig.d &&
 			$contains _POSIX_VERSION $usrinc/sys/unistd.h >/dev/null 2>&1
 		then
 			# Interactive Systems (ISC) POSIX mode.
@@ -5041,40 +5097,28 @@ default|recommended)
 	case "$gccversion" in
 	1*) ;;
 	2.[0-8]*) ;;
-	?*) 	echo " "
-		echo "Checking if your compiler accepts -fno-strict-aliasing" 2>&1
-		echo 'int main(void) { return 0; }' > gcctest.c
-		if $cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -o gcctest gcctest.c; then
-			echo "Yes, it does." 2>&1
-			case "$ccflags" in
-			*strict-aliasing*)
-				echo "Leaving current flags $ccflags alone." 2>&1
-				;;
-			*) dflt="$dflt -fno-strict-aliasing" ;;
-			esac
-		else
-			echo "Nope, it doesn't, but that's ok." 2>&1
-		fi
+	?*)	set strict-aliasing -fno-strict-aliasing
+		eval $checkccflag
 		;;
 	esac
 	# For gcc, adding -pipe speeds up compilations for some, but apparently
 	# some assemblers can't read from stdin.  (It also slows down compilations
 	# in other cases, but those are apparently rarer these days.)  AD 5/2004.
 	case "$gccversion" in
-	?*)	echo " "
-		echo "Checking if your compiler accepts -pipe" 2>&1
-		echo 'int main(void) { return 0; }' > gcctest.c
-		if $cc -pipe -o gcctest gcctest.c; then
-			echo "Yes, it does." 2>&1
-			case "$ccflags" in
-			*-pipe*)
-				echo "Leaving current flags $ccflags alone." 2>&1
-				;;
-			*) dflt="$dflt -pipe" ;;
-			esac
-		else
-			echo "Nope, it doesn't, but that's ok." 2>&1
-		fi
+	?*)	set pipe -pipe
+		eval $checkccflag
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	# on x86_64 (at least) we require an extra library (libssp) in the
+	# link command line. This library is not named, so I infer that it is
+	# an implementation detail that may change. Hence the safest approach
+	# is to add the flag to the flags passed to the compiler at link time,
+	# as that way the compiler can do the right implementation dependant
+	# thing. (NWC)
+	case "$gccversion" in
+	?*)	set stack-protector -fstack-protector 'ldflags="$ldflags -fstack-protector"'
+		eval $checkccflag
 		;;
 	esac
 	;;
@@ -5281,7 +5325,7 @@ and I got the following output:
 EOM
 dflt=y
 if $sh -c "$cc -o try $optimize $ccflags $ldflags try.c $libs" >>try.msg 2>&1; then
-	if $sh -c "$run ./try" >>try.msg 2>&1; then
+	if $sh -c "$run ./try " >>try.msg 2>&1; then
 		xxx=`$run ./try`
 		case "$xxx" in
 		"Ok") dflt=n ;;
@@ -5330,7 +5374,7 @@ y)
 	;;
 n) echo "OK, that should do.";;
 esac
-$rm_try
+$rm_try gcctest gcctest.out
 
 : define a shorthand compile call
 compile='
@@ -5600,7 +5644,7 @@ $rm_try
 set d_int64_t
 eval $setvar
 
-
+: Check if 64bit ints have a quad type
 echo " "
 echo "Checking which 64-bit integer type we could use..." >&4
 
@@ -5659,7 +5703,7 @@ case "$quadtype" in
 	;;
 esac
 
-
+: Do we want 64bit support
 case "$uselonglong" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	cat <<EOM >&4
@@ -5668,7 +5712,7 @@ case "$uselonglong" in
 EOM
 	use64bitint="$define"
 	;;
-esac                          
+esac
 case "$use64bits" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	cat <<EOM >&4
@@ -5677,7 +5721,7 @@ case "$use64bits" in
 EOM
 	use64bitint="$define"
 	;;
-esac                          
+esac
 case "$use64bitints" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	cat <<EOM >&4
@@ -5686,7 +5730,7 @@ case "$use64bitints" in
 EOM
 	use64bitint="$define"
 	;;
-esac                          
+esac
 case "$use64bitsint" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	cat <<EOM >&4
@@ -5695,7 +5739,7 @@ case "$use64bitsint" in
 EOM
 	use64bitint="$define"
 	;;
-esac                          
+esac
 case "$uselonglongs" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	cat <<EOM >&4
@@ -5704,7 +5748,7 @@ case "$uselonglongs" in
 EOM
 	use64bitint="$define"
 	;;
-esac                          
+esac
 case "$use64bitsall" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	cat <<EOM >&4
@@ -5713,7 +5757,7 @@ case "$use64bitsall" in
 EOM
 	use64bitall="$define"
 	;;
-esac                          
+esac
 
 case "$ccflags" in
 *-DUSE_LONG_LONG*|*-DUSE_64_BIT_INT*|*-DUSE_64_BIT_ALL*) use64bitint="$define";;
@@ -5764,7 +5808,7 @@ case "$use64bitall" in
    *) dflt='n' ;;
    esac
    ;;
-esac	
+esac
 cat <<EOM
 
 You may also choose to try maximal 64-bitness.  It means using as much
@@ -6336,6 +6380,7 @@ case "$perl5" in
 *)	echo "Using $perl5." ;;
 esac
 
+: Set the siteprefix variables
 $cat <<EOM
 
 After $package is installed, you may wish to install various
@@ -6817,6 +6862,7 @@ else
 	d_sitearch="$define"
 fi
 
+: Set the vendorprefix variables
 $cat <<EOM
 
 The installation process will also create a directory for
@@ -6873,6 +6919,7 @@ case "$ans" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Set the vendorlib variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	d_vendorlib="$undef"
 	vendorlib=''
@@ -6903,6 +6950,7 @@ vendorlib_stem=`echo "$vendorlibexp" | sed "s,/$version$,,"`
 prefixvar=vendorlib
 . ./installprefix
 
+: Set the vendorarch variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	d_vendorarch="$undef"
 	vendorarch=''
@@ -6986,6 +7034,7 @@ set prototype
 eval $setvar
 $rm -f prototype*
 
+: Check if ansi2knr is required
 case "$prototype" in
 "$define") ;;
 *)	ansi2knr='ansi2knr'
@@ -7009,6 +7058,89 @@ EOM
 	;;
 esac
 
+: DTrace support
+dflt_dtrace='/usr/sbin/dtrace'
+cat <<EOM
+
+Perl can be built to support DTrace on platforms that support it.
+DTrace is a diagnosis and performance analysis tool from Sun.
+
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default '$dflt'.
+EOM
+
+while $test 1 ; do
+	case "$usedtrace" in
+	$define|true|[yY]*)
+		dflt='y'
+		;;
+	?*)
+		dflt='y'
+		dflt_dtrace=$usedtrace
+		;;
+	*)
+		dflt='n'
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	rp='Support DTrace if available?'
+	. ./myread
+	case "$ans" in
+	y|Y)	val="$define" ;;
+	*)      val="$undef" ;;
+	esac
+	set usedtrace
+	eval $setvar
+
+	test "X$usedtrace" != "X$define" && break
+
+	echo " "
+	rp='Where is the dtrace executable?'
+	dflt=$dflt_dtrace
+	. ./getfile
+	val="$ans"
+	set dtrace
+	eval $setvar
+
+	if $test -f $dtrace
+	then
+		if $dtrace -h -s ../perldtrace.d \
+			-o perldtrace.tmp >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+			&& rm -f perldtrace.tmp
+		then
+			echo " "
+			echo "Good: your $dtrace knows about the -h flag."
+		else
+			cat >&2 <<EOM
+
+*** $me:  Fatal Error:  $dtrace doesn't support -h flag
+***
+*** Your installed dtrace doesn't support the -h switch to compile a D
+*** program into a C header. Can't continue.
+
+EOM
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		break;
+	fi
+
+	case "$fastread" in
+	yes)
+		cat >&2 <<EOM
+
+*** $me:  Fatal Error:  $dtrace not found.
+*** Can't continue.
+
+EOM
+		exit 1
+		;;
+	*)
+		echo "*** $dtrace was not found."
+		echo " "
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
+: See if we want extra modules installed
 echo " "
 case "$extras" in
 '') dflt='n';;
@@ -7150,6 +7282,7 @@ fi
 set installusrbinperl
 eval $setvar
 
+: Check if we are using the GNU C library
 echo " "
 echo "Checking for GNU C Library..." >&4
 cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
@@ -7283,9 +7416,9 @@ case "$nm_so_opt" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: get list of predefined functions in a handy place
 case "$runnm" in
 true)
-: get list of predefined functions in a handy place
 echo " "
 case "$libc" in
 '') libc=unknown
@@ -7573,24 +7706,23 @@ $rm -f libnames libpath
 set dld.h i_dld
 eval $inhdr
 
-
+: Check if we are using C++
 echo " "
 echo "Checking for C++..." >&4
-cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
+$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
 #include <stdio.h>
 int main(void)
 {
 #ifdef __cplusplus
-    printf("define\n");
+    return 0;
 #else
-    printf("undef\n");
+    return 1;
 #endif
-    return 0;
 }
 EOCP
 set try
-if eval $compile_ok && $run ./try >cplusplus$$; then
-	val=`$cat cplusplus$$`
+if eval $compile_ok && $run ./try; then
+	val="$define"
 	echo "You are using a C++ compiler."
 else
 	val="$undef"
@@ -7913,6 +8045,7 @@ EOM
     ;;
 esac
 
+: Do we want a shared libperl?
 also=''
 case "$usedl" in
 $undef)
@@ -8065,7 +8198,7 @@ shrpdir=$archlibexp/CORE
 xxx=''
 tmp_shrpenv=''
 if "$useshrplib"; then
-    case "$osname" in 
+    case "$osname" in
 	aix)
 		# We'll set it in Makefile.SH...
 		;;
@@ -8094,7 +8227,7 @@ if "$useshrplib"; then
 	esac
 	case "$xxx" in
 	'') ;;
-	*)	
+	*)
 		# Only add $xxx if it isn't already in ccdlflags.
 		case " $ccdlflags " in
 		*" $xxx "*)	;;
@@ -8102,7 +8235,7 @@ if "$useshrplib"; then
 			cat <<EOM >&4
 
 Adding $xxx to the flags
-passed to $ld so that the perl executable will find the 
+passed to $ld so that the perl executable will find the
 installed shared $libperl.
 
 EOM
@@ -8242,7 +8375,7 @@ You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars.
 You can't even think about them!
 EOM
 	val="$undef"
-fi 
+fi
 set d_flexfnam
 eval $setvar
 $rm -rf 123456789abcde*
@@ -8600,6 +8733,7 @@ case "$phostname" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: determine the e-mail address of the user who is running us
 $cat <<EOM
 
 I need to get your e-mail address in Internet format if possible, i.e.
@@ -8635,6 +8769,7 @@ while test "$cont"; do
 	esac
 done
 
+: Ask e-mail of administrator
 $cat <<EOM
 
 If you or somebody else will be maintaining perl at your site, please
@@ -8873,6 +9008,7 @@ rp='Pathname where add-on public executable scripts should be installed?'
 prefixvar=sitescript
 . ./setprefixvar
 
+: Check if faststdio is requested and available
 case "$usefaststdio" in
 $define|true|[yY]*|'')
 	xversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_VERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
@@ -8896,7 +9032,7 @@ EOM
 rp='Use the "fast stdio" if available?'
 . ./myread
 case "$ans" in
-y|Y)	val="$define" ;;     
+y|Y)	val="$define" ;;
 *)      val="$undef" ;;
 esac
 set usefaststdio
@@ -8994,12 +9130,13 @@ rp="What is the type for file position used by fsetpos()?"
 set fpos_t fpostype long stdio.h sys/types.h
 eval $typedef_ask
 
+: Check size for Fpos_t
 echo " "
 case "$fpostype" in
 *_t) zzz="$fpostype"	;;
 *)   zzz="fpos_t"	;;
 esac
-echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4 
+echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4
 cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -9032,6 +9169,7 @@ else
 	fpossize="$ans"
 fi
 
+: Check for large file support
 # Backward compatibility (uselfs is deprecated).
 case "$uselfs" in
 "$define"|true|[yY]*)
@@ -9145,6 +9283,7 @@ EOCP
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Set the vendorbin variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	d_vendorbin="$undef"
 	vendorbin=''
@@ -9166,6 +9305,7 @@ esac
 prefixvar=vendorbin
 . ./installprefix
 
+: Set the vendorhtml1dir variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	vendorhtml1dir=''
 	vendorhtml1direxp=''
@@ -9193,6 +9333,7 @@ $test X"$vendorhtml1dir" = "X" && vendorhtml1dir=' '
 prefixvar=vendorhtml1dir
 . ./installprefix
 
+: Set the vendorhtml3dir variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	vendorhtml3dir=''
 	vendorhtml3direxp=''
@@ -9220,6 +9361,7 @@ $test X"$vendorhtml3dir" = "X" && vendorhtml3dir=' '
 prefixvar=vendorhtml3dir
 . ./installprefix
 
+: Set the vendorman1dir variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	vendorman1dir=''
 	vendorman1direxp=''
@@ -9244,6 +9386,7 @@ $test X"$vendorman1dir" = "X" && vendorman1dir=' '
 prefixvar=vendorman1dir
 . ./installprefix
 
+: Set the vendorman3dir variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	vendorman3dir=''
 	vendorman3direxp=''
@@ -9268,6 +9411,7 @@ $test X"$vendorman3dir" = "X" && vendorman3dir=' '
 prefixvar=vendorman3dir
 . ./installprefix
 
+: Set the vendorscript variables
 case "$vendorprefix" in
 '')	d_vendorscript="$undef"
 	vendorscript=''
@@ -9300,6 +9444,7 @@ prefixvar=vendorscript
 set qgcvt d_qgcvt
 eval $inlibc
 
+: Check print/scan long double stuff
 echo " "
 
 if $test X"$d_longdbl" = X"$define"; then
@@ -9775,6 +9920,7 @@ EOSH
 chmod +x protochk
 $eunicefix protochk
 
+: Define hasproto macro for Configure internal use
 hasproto='varname=$1; func=$2; shift; shift;
 while $test $# -ge 2; do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -9802,6 +9948,7 @@ eval $inhdr
 set sys/select.h i_sysselct
 eval $inhdr
 
+: Define hasfield macro for Configure internal use
 hasfield='varname=$1; struct=$2; field=$3; shift; shift; shift;
 while $test $# -ge 2; do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -10534,7 +10681,7 @@ echo "I could not find the definition for va_dcl... You have problems..." >&4
 	val="$undef"; set i_stdarg; eval $setvar
 	val="$undef"; set i_varargs; eval $setvar
 	;;
-*) 
+*)
 	set i_varhdr
 	eval $setvar
 	case "$i_varhdr" in
@@ -10805,36 +10952,73 @@ if set vprintf val -f d_vprintf; eval $csym; $val; then
 	echo 'vprintf() found.' >&4
 	val="$define"
 	$cat >try.c <<EOF
-#include <varargs.h>
+#$i_stdarg I_STDARG  /* Only one of these can be defined by i_varhrd */
+#$i_varargs I_VARARGS
+
 #$i_stdlib I_STDLIB
+#$i_unistd I_UNISTD
+
+#ifdef I_STDARG
+#  include <stdarg.h>
+#else /* I_VARARGS */
+#  include <varargs.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef I_UNISTD
+#  include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef I_STDLIB
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#  include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 
-int main() { xxx("foo"); }
+#include <stdio.h> /* vsprintf prototype */
+
+#ifdef I_STDARG
+void xxx(int n, ...)
+{
+    va_list args;
+    char buf[10];
+    va_start(args, n);
+    exit((unsigned long)vsprintf(buf,"%s",args) > 10L);
+}
+int main() { xxx(1, "foo"); }
+
+#else /* I_VARARGS */
 
 xxx(va_alist)
 va_dcl
 {
-	va_list args;
-	char buf[10];
-
-	va_start(args);
-	exit((unsigned long)vsprintf(buf,"%s",args) > 10L);
+    va_list args;
+    char buf[10];
+    va_start(args);
+    exit((unsigned long)vsprintf(buf,"%s",args) > 10L);
 }
+int main() { xxx("foo"); }
+
+#endif
+
 EOF
 	set try
-	if eval $compile && $run ./try; then
-		echo "Your vsprintf() returns (int)." >&4
-		val2="$undef"
+	if eval $compile_ok; then
+		if $run ./try; then
+			echo "Your vsprintf() returns (int)." >&4
+			val2="$undef"
+		else
+			echo "Your vsprintf() returns (char*)." >&4
+			val2="$define"
+		fi
 	else
-		echo "Your vsprintf() returns (char*)." >&4
-		val2="$define"
+		echo 'I am unable to compile the vsprintf() test program.' >&4
+		# We shouldn't get here.  If we do, assume the standard signature,
+		# not the old BSD one.
+		echo 'Guessing that vsprintf() returns (int).' >&4
+		val2="$undef"
 	fi
 else
 	echo 'vprintf() NOT found.' >&4
-		val="$undef"
-		val2="$undef"
+	val="$undef"
+	val2="$undef"
 fi
 $rm_try
 set d_vprintf
@@ -10863,6 +11047,7 @@ eval $inlibc
 set clearenv d_clearenv
 eval $inlibc
 
+: Define hasstruct macro for Configure internal use
 hasstruct='varname=$1; struct=$2; shift; shift;
 while $test $# -ge 2; do
 	case "$1" in
@@ -10881,9 +11066,9 @@ set $varname;
 eval $setvar;
 $rm_try'
 
+: see whether socket exists
 socketlib=''
 sockethdr=''
-: see whether socket exists
 echo " "
 $echo $n "Hmm... $c" >&4
 if set socket val -f d_socket; eval $csym; $val; then
@@ -10968,7 +11153,7 @@ done
 set sys/uio.h i_sysuio
 eval $inhdr
 
-
+: Check for cmsghdr support
 echo " "
 echo "Checking to see if your system supports struct cmsghdr..." >&4
 set d_cmsghdr_s cmsghdr $i_systypes sys/types.h $d_socket sys/socket.h $i_sysuio sys/uio.h
@@ -11456,6 +11641,7 @@ runnm="$xxx_runnm"
 set dlfcn.h i_dlfcn
 eval $inhdr
 
+: Check what extension to use for shared libs
 case "$usedl" in
 $define|y|true)
 	$cat << EOM
@@ -11540,9 +11726,9 @@ int main()
 }
 EOM
 	: Call the object file tmp-dyna.o in case dlext=o.
-	if $cc $ccflags $cccdlflags -c dyna.c > /dev/null 2>&1 && 
-		mv dyna${_o} tmp-dyna${_o} > /dev/null 2>&1 && 
-		$ld -o dyna.$dlext $ldflags $lddlflags tmp-dyna${_o} > /dev/null 2>&1 && 
+	if $cc $ccflags $cccdlflags -c dyna.c > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
+		mv dyna${_o} tmp-dyna${_o} > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
+		$ld -o dyna.$dlext $ldflags $lddlflags tmp-dyna${_o} > /dev/null 2>&1 &&
 		$cc -o fred $ccflags $ldflags $cccdlflags $ccdlflags fred.c $libs > /dev/null 2>&1 && $to dyna.$dlext; then
 		xxx=`$run ./fred`
 		case $xxx in
@@ -11560,7 +11746,7 @@ EOM
 	fi
 	;;
 esac
-		
+
 $rm -f fred fred.* dyna.$dlext dyna.* tmp-dyna.*
 
 set d_dlsymun
@@ -12160,6 +12346,14 @@ esac
 set i_fcntl
 eval $setvar
 
+: see if fork exists
+set fork d_fork
+eval $inlibc
+
+: see if pipe exists
+set pipe d_pipe
+eval $inlibc
+
 : check for non-blocking I/O stuff
 case "$h_sysfile" in
 true) echo "#include <sys/file.h>" > head.c;;
@@ -12220,6 +12414,8 @@ echo " "
 echo "Let's see what value errno gets from read() on a $o_nonblock file..." >&4
 case "$eagain" in
 '')
+	case "$d_fork:$d_pipe" in
+	define:define)
 	$cat head.c > try.c
 	$cat >>try.c <<EOCP
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -12352,6 +12548,12 @@ EOCP
 		echo "I can't compile the test program--assuming errno EAGAIN will do."
 		eagain=EAGAIN
 	fi
+	;;
+	*)	echo "Can't figure out how to test this--assuming errno EAGAIN will do."
+		eagain=EAGAIN
+		val="$define"
+		;;
+	esac
 	set d_eofnblk
 	eval $setvar
 	;;
@@ -12671,8 +12873,8 @@ eval $inlibc
 set fcntl d_fcntl
 eval $inlibc
 
-echo " "
 : See if fcntl-based locking works.
+echo " "
 $cat >try.c <<EOCP
 #$i_stdlib I_STDLIB
 #ifdef I_STDLIB
@@ -12836,10 +13038,6 @@ echo " "
 set d_flockproto flock $i_sysfile sys/file.h
 eval $hasproto
 
-: see if fork exists
-set fork d_fork
-eval $inlibc
-
 : see if fp_class exists
 set fp_class d_fp_class
 eval $inlibc
@@ -12864,7 +13062,6 @@ eval $inlibc
 set fpclassl d_fpclassl
 eval $inlibc
 
-
 : check for fpos64_t
 echo " "
 echo "Checking to see if you have fpos64_t..." >&4
@@ -12899,7 +13096,7 @@ eval $inhdr
 set sys/mount.h i_sysmount
 eval $inhdr
 
-
+: Check for fs_data_s
 echo " "
 echo "Checking to see if your system supports struct fs_data..." >&4
 set d_fs_data_s fs_data $i_systypes sys/types.h $i_sysparam sys/param.h $i_sysmount sys/mount.h
@@ -12920,12 +13117,10 @@ esac
 set fsetpos d_fsetpos
 eval $inlibc
 
-
 : see if fstatfs exists
 set fstatfs d_fstatfs
 eval $inlibc
 
-
 : see if statvfs exists
 set statvfs d_statvfs
 eval $inlibc
@@ -12946,8 +13141,8 @@ case "$longsize" in
 8) echo "(Your long is 64 bits, so you could use ftell.)" ;;
 esac
 
-d_futimes="$undef"
 : check for a working futimes
+d_futimes="$undef"
 echo " "
 echo "Checking if you have a working futimes()" >&4
 $cat >try.c <<EOCP
@@ -12989,7 +13184,6 @@ eval $inlibc
 set getespwnam d_getespwnam
 eval $inlibc
 
-
 : see if getfsstat exists
 set getfsstat d_getfsstat
 eval $inlibc
@@ -13224,7 +13418,7 @@ case "$d_uname$d_gethname" in
 *define*)
 	dflt=n
 	cat <<EOM
- 
+
 Every now and then someone has a $call() that lies about the hostname
 but can't be fixed for political or economic reasons.  If you wish, I can
 pretend $call() isn't there and maybe compute hostname at run-time
@@ -13735,6 +13929,7 @@ eval $hasproto
 set getpagesize d_getpagsz
 eval $inlibc
 
+: Optional checks for getprotobyname and getprotobynumber
 
 : see if getprotobyname exists
 set getprotobyname d_getpbyname
@@ -14095,6 +14290,7 @@ case "$d_getpwuid_r" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Optional checks for getsbyname and getsbyport
 
 : see if getservbyname exists
 set getservbyname d_getsbyname
@@ -14584,10 +14780,10 @@ eval $setvar
 set math.h i_math
 eval $inhdr
 
+: check to see if math.h defines _LIB_VERSION
 d_libm_lib_version="$undef"
 case $i_math in
     $define)
-	: check to see if math.h defines _LIB_VERSION
 	echo " "
 	echo "Checking to see if your libm supports _LIB_VERSION..." >&4
 	$cat >try.c <<EOCP
@@ -14605,7 +14801,7 @@ EOCP
 	    echo "Yes, it does ($foo)" >&4
 	    d_libm_lib_version="$define"
 	else
-	    echo "No, it does not (probably harmless)\n" >&4
+	    echo "No, it does not (probably harmless)" >&4
 	    fi
 	$rm_try
 	;;
@@ -14997,7 +15193,7 @@ fi
 set d_msg
 eval $setvar
 
-
+: Check for msghdr_s
 echo " "
 echo "Checking to see if your system supports struct msghdr..." >&4
 set d_msghdr_s msghdr $i_systypes sys/types.h $d_socket sys/socket.h $i_sysuio sys/uio.h
@@ -15028,40 +15224,6 @@ eval $inhdr
 set nl_langinfo d_nl_langinfo
 eval $inlibc
 
-: check for length of character
-echo " "
-case "$charsize" in
-'')
-	echo "Checking to see how big your characters are (hey, you never know)..." >&4
-	$cat >try.c <<EOCP
-#include <stdio.h>
-#$i_stdlib I_STDLIB
-#ifdef I_STDLIB
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#endif
-int main()
-{
-    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof(char));
-    exit(0);
-}
-EOCP
-	set try
-	if eval $compile_ok; then
-		dflt=`$run ./try`
-	else
-		dflt='1'
-		echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program.  Guessing...)"
-	fi
-	;;
-*)
-	dflt="$charsize"
-	;;
-esac
-rp="What is the size of a character (in bytes)?"
-. ./myread
-charsize="$ans"
-$rm_try
-
 : check for volatile keyword
 echo " "
 echo 'Checking to see if your C compiler knows about "volatile"...' >&4
@@ -15093,7 +15255,7 @@ set d_volatile
 eval $setvar
 $rm_try
 
-
+: Check basic sizes
 echo " "
 $echo "Choosing the C types to be used for Perl's internal types..." >&4
 
@@ -15150,38 +15312,10 @@ int main() {
 }
 EOCP
 
-case "$i8type" in
-'')	case "$charsize" in
-	1)	i8type=char
-		u8type="unsigned char"
-		i8size=$charsize
-		u8size=$charsize
-		;;
-	esac
-	;;
-esac
-case "$i8type" in
-'')	set try -DINT8
-	if eval $compile; then
-		case "`$run ./try`" in
-		int8_t)	i8type=int8_t
-			u8type=uint8_t
-			i8size=1
-			u8size=1
-			;;
-		esac
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
-case "$i8type" in
-'')	if $test $charsize -ge 1; then
-		i8type=char
-		u8type="unsigned char"
-		i8size=$charsize
-		u8size=$charsize
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
+i8type="signed char"
+u8type="unsigned char"
+i8size=1
+u8size=1
 
 case "$i16type" in
 '')	case "$shortsize" in
@@ -15335,6 +15469,89 @@ case "$nv_preserves_uv_bits" in
 esac
 $rm_try
 
+$echo "Checking to find the largest integer value your NVs can hold..." >&4
+: volatile so that the compiler has to store it out to memory.
+if test X"$d_volatile" = X"$define"; then
+	volatile=volatile
+fi
+$cat <<EOP >try.c
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+typedef $nvtype NV;
+
+int
+main() {
+  NV value = 2;
+  int count = 1;
+
+  while(count < 256) {
+    $volatile NV up = value + 1.0;
+    $volatile NV negated = -value;
+    $volatile NV down = negated - 1.0;
+    $volatile NV got_up = up - value;
+    int up_good = got_up == 1.0;
+    int got_down = down - negated;
+    int down_good = got_down == -1.0;
+
+    if (down_good != up_good) {
+      fprintf(stderr,
+	      "Inconsistency - up %d %f; down %d %f; for 2**%d (%.20f)\n",
+	      up_good, (double) got_up, down_good, (double) got_down,
+	      count, (double) value);
+      return 1;
+    }
+    if (!up_good) {
+      while (1) {
+	if (count > 8) {
+	  count -= 8;
+	  fputs("256.0", stdout);
+	} else {
+	  count--;
+	  fputs("2.0", stdout);
+	}
+	if (!count) {
+	  puts("");
+	  return 0;
+	}
+	fputs("*", stdout);
+      }
+    }
+    value *= 2;
+    ++count;
+  }
+  fprintf(stderr, "Cannot overflow integer range, even at 2**%d (%.20f)\n",
+	  count, (double) value);
+  return 1;
+}
+EOP
+set try
+
+nv_overflows_integers_at='0'
+if eval $compile; then
+    xxx="`$run ./try`"
+    case "$?" in
+	0)
+	    case "$xxx" in
+		2*)  cat >&4 <<EOM
+The largest integer your NVs can preserve is equal to $xxx
+EOM
+		    nv_overflows_integers_at="$xxx"
+		    ;;
+		*)  cat >&4 <<EOM
+Cannot determine the largest integer value your NVs can hold, unexpected output
+'$xxx'
+EOM
+		    ;;
+	    esac
+	    ;;
+	*)  cat >&4 <<EOM
+Cannot determine the largest integer value your NVs can hold
+EOM
+	    ;;
+    esac
+fi
+$rm_try
+
 $echo "Checking whether NV 0.0 is all bits zero in memory..." >&4
 : volatile so that the compiler has to store it out to memory.
 if test X"$d_volatile" = X"$define"; then
@@ -15539,10 +15756,6 @@ fi
 set pause d_pause
 eval $inlibc
 
-: see if pipe exists
-set pipe d_pipe
-eval $inlibc
-
 : see if poll exists
 set poll d_poll
 eval $inlibc
@@ -15551,6 +15764,7 @@ eval $inlibc
 set readlink d_readlink
 eval $inlibc
 
+: Check if exe is symlink to abs path of executing program
 echo " "
 procselfexe=''
 val="$undef"
@@ -15658,7 +15872,6 @@ eval $setvar
 set pthread_attr_setscope d_pthread_attr_setscope
 eval $inlibc
 
-
 : see whether the various POSIXish _yields exist
 $cat >try.c <<EOP
 #include <pthread.h>
@@ -16783,7 +16996,6 @@ eval $inlibc
 set sfio.h i_sfio
 eval $inhdr
 
-
 : see if sfio library is available
 case "$i_sfio" in
 $define)
@@ -16933,8 +17145,8 @@ fi
 set d_shm
 eval $setvar
 
-echo " "
 : see if we have sigaction
+echo " "
 if set sigaction val -f d_sigaction; eval $csym; $val; then
 	echo 'sigaction() found.' >&4
 	$cat > try.c <<EOP
@@ -17301,24 +17513,21 @@ eval $hasproto
 set sys/stat.h i_sysstat
 eval $inhdr
 
-
 : see if stat knows about block sizes
 echo " "
 echo "Checking to see if your struct stat has st_blocks field..." >&4
 set d_statblks stat st_blocks $i_sysstat sys/stat.h
 eval $hasfield
 
-
 : see if this is a sys/vfs.h system
 set sys/vfs.h i_sysvfs
 eval $inhdr
 
-
 : see if this is a sys/statfs.h system
 set sys/statfs.h i_sysstatfs
 eval $inhdr
 
-
+: Check for statfs_s
 echo " "
 echo "Checking to see if your system supports struct statfs..." >&4
 set d_statfs_s statfs $i_systypes sys/types.h $i_sysparam sys/param.h $i_sysmount sys/mount.h $i_sysvfs sys/vfs.h $i_sysstatfs sys/statfs.h
@@ -17329,10 +17538,9 @@ case "$d_statfs_s" in
 esac
 
 
-
 : see if struct statfs knows about f_flags
 case "$d_statfs_s" in
-define)	
+define)
 	echo " "
 	echo "Checking to see if your struct statfs has f_flags field..." >&4
 	set d_statfs_f_flags statfs f_flags $i_systypes sys/types.h $i_sysparam sys/param.h $i_sysmount sys/mount.h $i_sysvfs sys/vfs.h $i_sysstatfs sys/statfs.h
@@ -17348,6 +17556,7 @@ case "$d_statfs_f_flags" in
 *)              echo "No, it doesn't." ;;
 esac
 
+: Check stream access
 $cat >&4 <<EOM
 Checking how to access stdio streams by file descriptor number...
 EOM
@@ -17541,7 +17750,7 @@ EOM
 #define strtoll _strtoll
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
-extern long long int strtoll(char *s, char **, int); 
+extern long long int strtoll(char *s, char **, int);
 static int bad = 0;
 int check(char *s, long long ell, int een) {
 	long long gll;
@@ -17598,7 +17807,7 @@ EOM
 	$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-extern unsigned long int strtoul(char *s, char **, int); 
+extern unsigned long int strtoul(char *s, char **, int);
 static int bad = 0;
 void check(char *s, unsigned long eul, int een) {
 	unsigned long gul;
@@ -17681,7 +17890,7 @@ EOM
 #define strtoull __strtoull
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
-extern unsigned long long int strtoull(char *s, char **, int); 
+extern unsigned long long int strtoull(char *s, char **, int);
 static int bad = 0;
 int check(char *s, long long eull, int een) {
 	long long gull;
@@ -17735,7 +17944,7 @@ EOM
 	$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-extern unsigned long long int strtouq(char *s, char **, int); 
+extern unsigned long long int strtouq(char *s, char **, int);
 static int bad = 0;
 void check(char *s, unsigned long long eull, int een) {
 	unsigned long long gull;
@@ -17962,6 +18171,7 @@ fi
 set d_tzname
 eval $setvar
 
+: Check if is a multiplatform env
 case "$osname" in
 next|rhapsody|darwin) multiarch="$define" ;;
 esac
@@ -18052,6 +18262,7 @@ EOM
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Checking 32bit aligndness
 $cat <<EOM
 
 Checking to see whether you can access character data unalignedly...
@@ -18676,6 +18887,7 @@ EOCP
 	esac
 done
 
+: Determine if this is an EBCDIC system
 echo " "
 echo "Determining whether or not we are on an EBCDIC system..." >&4
 $cat >try.c <<'EOM'
@@ -18703,6 +18915,7 @@ $rm_try
 set ebcdic
 eval $setvar
 
+: Check how to flush
 echo " "
 $cat >&4 <<EOM
 Checking how to flush all pending stdio output...
@@ -18990,7 +19203,7 @@ We won't be flushing handles at all before fork/exec/popen.
 EOM
 	;;
 esac
-$rm_try
+$rm_try tryp
 
 : Store the full pathname to the ar program for use in the C program
 : Respect a hint or command line value for full_ar.
@@ -19025,12 +19238,13 @@ gid_t) echo "gid_t found." ;;
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Check the size of GID
 echo " "
 case "$gidtype" in
 *_t) zzz="$gidtype"	;;
 *)   zzz="gid"		;;
 esac
-echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4 
+echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4
 cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -19060,12 +19274,13 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+: Check if GID is signed
 echo " "
 case "$gidtype" in
 *_t) zzz="$gidtype"	;;
 *)   zzz="gid"		;;
 esac
-echo "Checking the sign of $zzz..." >&4 
+echo "Checking the sign of $zzz..." >&4
 cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -19097,6 +19312,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
+: Check 64bit sizes
 echo " "
 
 if $test X"$quadtype" != X; then
@@ -19252,7 +19468,7 @@ case "$sPRId64" in
 	;;
 esac
 
-
+: Check format strings for internal types
 echo " "
 $echo "Checking the format strings to be used for Perl's internal types..." >&4
 
@@ -19311,6 +19527,7 @@ case "$ivdformat" in
     ;;
 esac
 
+: Check format string for GID
 
 echo " "
 $echo "Checking the format string to be used for gids..." >&4
@@ -19358,7 +19575,6 @@ eval $inlibc
 set setgroups d_setgrps
 eval $inlibc
 
-
 : Find type of 2nd arg to 'getgroups()' and 'setgroups()'
 echo " "
 case "$d_getgrps$d_setgrps" in
@@ -19379,6 +19595,7 @@ EOM
 *)  groupstype="$gidtype";;
 esac
 
+: MAD = Misc Attribute Definition
 
 if $test $patchlevel -lt 9; then
 : MAD is not available in 5.8.x or earlier.
@@ -19726,7 +19943,7 @@ else
 fi
 $rm -f foo* bar*
 
-: check for type of arguments to select. 
+: check for type of arguments to select.
 case "$selecttype" in
 '') case "$d_select" in
 	$define)
@@ -19735,7 +19952,7 @@ case "$selecttype" in
 Checking to see what type of arguments are accepted by select().
 EOM
 		hdrs="$define sys/types.h
-			$i_systime sys/time.h 
+			$i_systime sys/time.h
 			$i_sysselct sys/select.h
 			$d_socket sys/socket.h"
 		: The first arg can be int, unsigned, or size_t
@@ -19884,28 +20101,20 @@ EOM
 esac
 
 : Trace out the files included by signal.h, then look for SIGxxx names.
-: Remove SIGARRAYSIZE used by HPUX.
-: Remove SIGSTKSIZE used by Linux.
-: Remove SIGSTKSZ used by Posix.
-: Remove SIGTYP void lines used by OS2.
-: Some cpps, like os390, dont give the file name anywhere
 if [ "X$fieldn" = X ]; then
 	: Just make some guesses.  We check them later.
 	xxx='/usr/include/signal.h /usr/include/sys/signal.h'
 else
 	xxx=`echo '#include <signal.h>' |
 	$cppstdin $cppminus $cppflags 2>/dev/null |
-	$grep '^[ 	]*#.*include' | 
-	$awk "{print \\$$fieldn}" | $sed 's!"!!g' | $sed 's!\\\\\\\\!/!g' | $sort | $uniq`
+	$grep '^[ 	]*#.*include' |
+	$awk "{print \\$$fieldn}" | $sed 's!"!!g' |\
+		$sed 's!\\\\\\\\!/!g' | $sort | $uniq`
 fi
-: Check this list of files to be sure we have parsed the cpp output ok.
-: This will also avoid potentially non-existent files, such 
-: as ../foo/bar.h
 xxxfiles=''
 for xx in $xxx /dev/null ; do
 	$test -f "$xx" && xxxfiles="$xxxfiles $xx"
 done
-: If we have found no files, at least try signal.h
 case "$xxxfiles" in
 '')	xxxfiles=`./findhdr signal.h` ;;
 esac
@@ -20016,14 +20225,14 @@ $1 ~ /^NSIG$/ { nsig = $2 }
     if (sig_name[$2]) {
 	dup_name[ndups] = $1
 	dup_num[ndups] = $2
-	ndups++ 
+	ndups++
     }
     else {
 	sig_name[$2] = $1
 	sig_num[$2] = $2
     }
 }
-END { 
+END {
     if (nsig == 0) {
     	nsig = maxsig + 1
     }
@@ -20033,7 +20242,7 @@ END {
  	    printf("%s %d\n", sig_name[n], sig_num[n])
 	}
  	else {
- 	    printf("NUM%d %d\n", n, n) 
+ 	    printf("NUM%d %d\n", n, n)
  	}
     }
     for (n = 0; n < ndups; n++) {
@@ -20053,7 +20262,8 @@ $cat >>signal_cmd <<'EOS'
 
 set signal
 if eval $compile_ok; then
-	$run ./signal$_exe | ($sort -n -k 2 2>/dev/null || $sort -n +1) | $uniq | $awk -f signal.awk >signal.lst
+	$run ./signal$_exe | ($sort -n -k 2 2>/dev/null || $sort -n +1) |\
+		$uniq | $awk -f signal.awk >signal.lst
 else
 	echo "(I can't seem be able to compile the whole test program)" >&4
 	echo "(I'll try it in little pieces.)" >&4
@@ -20153,14 +20363,15 @@ echo $sig_name | $awk \
 	printf "\n"
 }'
 sig_size=`echo $sig_name | awk '{print NF}'`
-$rm -f signal signal.c signal.awk signal.lst signal_cmd 
+$rm -f signal signal.c signal.awk signal.lst signal_cmd
 
+: Check size of size
 echo " "
 case "$sizetype" in
 *_t) zzz="$sizetype"	;;
 *)   zzz="filesize"	;;
 esac
-echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4 
+echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4
 cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -20347,12 +20558,13 @@ uid_t)	echo "uid_t found." ;;
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Check size of UID
 echo " "
 case "$uidtype" in
 *_t) zzz="$uidtype"	;;
 *)   zzz="uid"		;;
 esac
-echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4 
+echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4
 cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -20381,6 +20593,7 @@ else
 	echo "(I can't compile the test program--guessing $uidsize.)" >&4
 fi
 
+: Check if UID is signed
 echo " "
 case "$uidtype" in
 *_t) zzz="$uidtype"	;;
@@ -20418,7 +20631,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-
+: Check format string for UID
 echo " "
 $echo "Checking the format string to be used for uids..." >&4
 
@@ -20457,7 +20670,7 @@ case "$uidsign" in
 	;;
 esac
 
-
+: Check if site customization support was requested
 case "$usesitecustomize" in
     $define|true|[Yy]*)
 	usesitecustomize="$define"
@@ -20498,6 +20711,10 @@ case "$yacc" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: see if this is a assert.h system
+set assert.h i_assert
+eval $inhdr
+
 : see if this is a fp.h system
 set fp.h i_fp
 eval $inhdr
@@ -20545,8 +20762,6 @@ else
 	i_machcthr="$undef"
 fi
 
-
-
 : see if this is a mntent.h system
 set mntent.h i_mntent
 eval $inhdr
@@ -20626,6 +20841,7 @@ eval $inhdr
 set prot.h i_prot
 eval $inhdr
 
+: Preprocessor symbols
 echo " "
 $echo "Guessing which symbols your C compiler and preprocessor define..." >&4
 $cat <<'EOSH' > Cppsym.know
@@ -20651,7 +20867,7 @@ IA64 iAPX286 ibm ibm032 ibmesa IBMR2 ibmrt ILP32 ILP64
 INLINE_INTRINSICS INTRINSICS INT64 interdata is68k ksr1
 LANGUAGE_C LARGE_FILE_API LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
 LARGEFILE_SOURCE LFS64_LARGEFILE LFS_LARGEFILE
-Linux LITTLE_ENDIAN LONG64 LONG_DOUBLE LONG_LONG
+LIBCATAMOUNT Linux LITTLE_ENDIAN LONG64 LONG_DOUBLE LONG_LONG
 LONGDOUBLE LONGLONG LP64 luna luna88k Lynx
 M68000 m68k m88100 m88k M88KBCS_TARGET M_COFF
 M_I186 M_I286 M_I386 M_I8086 M_I86 M_I86SM M_SYS3
@@ -20670,7 +20886,7 @@ pa_risc PA_RISC1_1 PA_RISC2_0 PARAGON parisc
 pc532 pdp11 PGC PIC plexus PORTAR posix
 POSIX1B_SOURCE POSIX2_SOURCE POSIX4_SOURCE
 POSIX_C_SOURCE POSIX_SOURCE POWER
-PROTOTYPES PWB pyr QNX R3000 REENTRANT RES Rhapsody RISC6000
+PROTOTYPES PWB pyr QNX QK_USER R3000 REENTRANT RES Rhapsody RISC6000
 riscix riscos RT S390 SA110 scs SCO sequent sgi SGI_SOURCE SH3 sinix
 SIZE_INT SIZE_LONG SIZE_PTR SOCKET_SOURCE SOCKETS_SOURCE
 sony sony_news sonyrisc sparc sparclite spectrum
@@ -20951,12 +21167,10 @@ fi
 set i_syssockio
 eval $setvar
 
-
 : see if this is a syslog.h system
 set syslog.h i_syslog
 eval $inhdr
 
-
 : see if this is a sys/mode.h system
 set sys/mode.h i_sysmode
 eval $inhdr
@@ -20977,7 +21191,6 @@ eval $inhdr
 set sys/un.h i_sysun
 eval $inhdr
 
-
 : see if this is a sys/utsname.h system
 set sys/utsname.h i_sysutsname
 eval $inhdr
@@ -21009,6 +21222,7 @@ case "$d_vfork" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+: Check extensions
 echo " "
 echo "Looking for extensions..." >&4
 : If we are using the old config.sh, known_extensions may contain
@@ -21048,10 +21262,12 @@ cd "$rsrc/ext"
 set X
 shift
 eval $find_extensions
-# Special case:  Add in threads/shared since it is not picked up by the
-# recursive find above (and adding in general recursive finding breaks
-# SDBM_File/sdbm).  A.D.  10/25/2001.
-known_extensions="$known_extensions threads/shared"
+# Special case:  Add in modules that nest beyond the first level.
+# Currently threads/shared and Hash/Util/FieldHash, since they are
+# not picked up by the recursive find above (and adding in general
+# recursive finding breaks SDBM_File/sdbm).
+# A.D. 20011025 (SDBM), ajgough 20071008 (FieldHash)
+known_extensions="$known_extensions threads/shared Hash/Util/FieldHash"
 set X $known_extensions
 shift
 known_extensions="$*"
@@ -21079,6 +21295,12 @@ for xxx in $known_extensions ; do
 		$define$define) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
 		esac
 		;;
+	IPC/SysV|ipc/sysv)
+		: XXX Do we need a useipcsysv variable here
+		case "${d_msg}${d_sem}${d_shm}" in
+		*"${define}"*) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
+		esac
+		;;
 	NDBM_File|ndbm_fil)
 		case "$i_ndbm" in
 		$define)
@@ -21096,24 +21318,28 @@ for xxx in $known_extensions ; do
 	ODBM_File|odbm_fil)
 		case "${i_dbm}${i_rpcsvcdbm}" in
 		*"${define}"*)
-		    case "$osname-$use64bitint" in
-		    hpux-define)
-			case "$libs" in
-			*-ldbm*) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
+		    case "$d_cplusplus" in
+		    define) ;; # delete as a function name will not work
+		    *)  case "$osname-$use64bitint" in
+			hpux-define)
+			    case "$libs" in
+			    *-ldbm*) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
+			    esac
+			    ;;
+			*) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
 			esac
 			;;
-		    *) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
 		    esac
 		    ;;
 		esac
 		;;
-	POSIX|posix)
-		case "$useposix" in
+	Opcode|opcode)
+		case "$useopcode" in
 		true|define|y) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
 		esac
 		;;
-	Opcode|opcode)
-		case "$useopcode" in
+	POSIX|posix)
+		case "$useposix" in
 		true|define|y) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
 		esac
 		;;
@@ -21141,6 +21367,20 @@ for xxx in $known_extensions ; do
                         esac
 		esac
 		;;
+	threads|threads/shared)
+		# threads and threads::shared are special cases.
+		# To stop people from asking "Perl 5.8.0 was supposed
+		# to have this new fancy threads implementation but my
+		# perl doesn't have it" and from people trying to
+		# (re)install the threads module using CPAN.pm and
+		# CPAN.pm then offering to reinstall Perl 5.8.0,
+		# the threads.pm and threads/shared.pm will always be
+		# there, croaking informatively ("you need to rebuild
+		# all of Perl with threads, sorry") when threads haven't
+		# been compiled in.
+		# --jhi
+		avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx"
+		;;
 	Win32*)
 		case "$osname" in
 		cygwin) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
@@ -21159,26 +21399,6 @@ for xxx in $known_extensions ; do
 		$define) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
 		esac
 		;;
-	threads|threads/shared)
-		# threads and threads::shared are special cases.
-		# To stop people from asking "Perl 5.8.0 was supposed
-		# to have this new fancy threads implementation but my
-		# perl doesn't have it" and from people trying to
-		# (re)install the threads module using CPAN.pm and
-		# CPAN.pm then offering to reinstall Perl 5.8.0,
-		# the threads.pm and threads/shared.pm will always be
-		# there, croaking informatively ("you need to rebuild
-		# all of Perl with threads, sorry") when threads haven't
-		# been compiled in.
-		# --jhi
-		avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx"
-		;;
-	IPC/SysV|ipc/sysv)
-		: XXX Do we need a useipcsysv variable here
-		case "${d_msg}${d_sem}${d_shm}" in
-		*"${define}"*) avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx" ;;
-		esac
-		;;
 	*)	avail_ext="$avail_ext $xxx"
 		;;
 	esac
@@ -21432,9 +21652,9 @@ if test -d ../UU; then
 	cd ..
 fi
 
-: configuration may be patched via a 'config.arch' file
+: configuration may be unconditionally patched via a 'config.arch' file
 if $test -f config.arch; then
-	echo "I see a config.arch file, loading it."
+	echo "I see a config.arch file, loading it." >&4
 	. ./config.arch
 fi
 
@@ -21482,13 +21702,16 @@ $startsh
 # Configured by     : $cf_by
 # Target system     : $myuname
 
+EOT
+$test -f UU/cmdline.opt && $cat UU/cmdline.opt >> config.sh
+$spitshell <<EOT >>config.sh
+
 Author='$Author'
 Date='$Date'
 Header='$Header'
 Id='$Id'
 Locker='$Locker'
 Log='$Log'
-Mcc='$Mcc'
 RCSfile='$RCSfile'
 Revision='$Revision'
 Source='$Source'
@@ -21534,7 +21757,6 @@ ccversion='$ccversion'
 cf_by='$cf_by'
 cf_email='$cf_email'
 cf_time='$cf_time'
-charsize='$charsize'
 chgrp='$chgrp'
 chmod='$chmod'
 chown='$chown'
@@ -22001,6 +22223,7 @@ dlsrc='$dlsrc'
 doublesize='$doublesize'
 drand01='$drand01'
 drand48_r_proto='$drand48_r_proto'
+dtrace='$dtrace'
 dynamic_ext='$dynamic_ext'
 eagain='$eagain'
 ebcdic='$ebcdic'
@@ -22082,6 +22305,7 @@ i64type='$i64type'
 i8size='$i8size'
 i8type='$i8type'
 i_arpainet='$i_arpainet'
+i_assert='$i_assert'
 i_bsdioctl='$i_bsdioctl'
 i_crypt='$i_crypt'
 i_db='$i_db'
@@ -22280,6 +22504,7 @@ nroff='$nroff'
 nvEUformat='$nvEUformat'
 nvFUformat='$nvFUformat'
 nvGUformat='$nvGUformat'
+nv_overflows_integers_at='$nv_overflows_integers_at'
 nv_preserves_uv_bits='$nv_preserves_uv_bits'
 nveformat='$nveformat'
 nvfformat='$nvfformat'
@@ -22460,6 +22685,7 @@ use64bitall='$use64bitall'
 use64bitint='$use64bitint'
 usecrosscompile='$usecrosscompile'
 usedl='$usedl'
+usedtrace='$usedtrace'
 usefaststdio='$usefaststdio'
 useithreads='$useithreads'
 uselargefiles='$uselargefiles'
@@ -22532,8 +22758,9 @@ echo "PERL_CONFIG_SH=true" >>config.sh
 : propagate old symbols
 if $test -f UU/config.sh; then
 	<UU/config.sh $sort | $uniq >UU/oldconfig.sh
-	sed -n 's/^\([a-zA-Z_0-9]*\)=.*/\1/p' config.sh config.sh UU/oldconfig.sh |\
-	$sort | $uniq -u >UU/oldsyms
+	$sed -n 's/^\([a-zA-Z_0-9]*\)=.*/\1/p' \
+		config.sh config.sh UU/oldconfig.sh |\
+		$sort | $uniq -u >UU/oldsyms
 	set X `cat UU/oldsyms`
 	shift
 	case $# in
@@ -22542,7 +22769,7 @@ if $test -f UU/config.sh; then
 		cat <<EOM
 Hmm...You had some extra variables I don't know about...I'll try to keep 'em...
 EOM
-		echo "# Variables propagated from previous config.sh file." >>config.sh
+		echo ": Variables propagated from previous config.sh file." >>config.sh
 		for sym in `cat UU/oldsyms`; do
 			echo "    Propagating $hint variable "'$'"$sym..."
 			eval 'tmp="$'"${sym}"'"'