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diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index fab24d3..f20ba17 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # $Id: Head.U,v 3.0.1.9 1997/02/28 15:02:09 ram Exp $
 #
-# Generated on Sun Nov  7 02:39:34 EET 1999 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
+# Generated on Tue Nov 16 23:04:27 EET 1999 [metaconfig 3.0 PL70]
 # (with additional metaconfig patches by perlbug@perl.com)
 
 cat >/tmp/c1$$ <<EOF
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ d_gnulibc=''
 d_hasmntopt=''
 d_htonl=''
 d_inetaton=''
+d_int64t=''
 d_isascii=''
 d_killpg=''
 d_lchown=''
@@ -595,7 +596,6 @@ i_float=''
 i_gdbm=''
 d_grpasswd=''
 i_grp=''
-d_int64t=''
 i_inttypes=''
 i_limits=''
 i_locale=''
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ sPRIo64=''
 sPRIu64=''
 sPRIx64=''
 d_quad=''
-quadcase=''
+quadkind=''
 quadtype=''
 uquadtype=''
 drand01=''
@@ -3055,207 +3055,194 @@ case "$gccversion" in
 1*) cpp=`./loc gcc-cpp $cpp $pth` ;;
 esac
 
+: see how we invoke the C preprocessor
+echo " "
+echo "Now, how can we feed standard input to your C preprocessor..." >&4
+cat <<'EOT' >testcpp.c
+#define ABC abc
+#define XYZ xyz
+ABC.XYZ
+EOT
+cd ..
+if test ! -f cppstdin; then
+	if test "X$osname" = "Xaix" -a "X$gccversion" = X; then
+		# AIX cc -E doesn't show the absolute headerfile
+		# locations but we'll cheat by using the -M flag.
+		echo 'cat >.$$.c; rm -f .$$.u; '"$cc"' ${1+"$@"} -M -c .$$.c 2>/dev/null; test -s .$$.u && awk '"'"'$2 ~ /\.h$/ { print "# 0 \""$2"\"" }'"'"' .$$.u; rm -f .$$.o .$$.u; '"$cc"' -E ${1+"$@"} .$$.c; rm .$$.c' > cppstdin
+	else
+		echo 'cat >.$$.c; '"$cc"' -E ${1+"$@"} .$$.c; rm .$$.c' >cppstdin
+	fi
+else
+	echo "Keeping your $hint cppstdin wrapper."
+fi
+chmod 755 cppstdin
+wrapper=`pwd`/cppstdin
+ok='false'
+cd UU
 
-case "$usemorebits" in
-"$define"|true|[yY]*)
-	use64bits="$define"
-	uselongdouble="$define"
-	usemorebits="$define"
-	;;
-*)	usemorebits="$undef"
-	;;
-esac
-
-
-cat <<EOM
+if $test "X$cppstdin" != "X" && \
+	$cppstdin $cppminus <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1 && \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+	echo "You used to use $cppstdin $cppminus so we'll use that again."
+	case "$cpprun" in
+	'') echo "But let's see if we can live without a wrapper..." ;;
+	*)
+		if $cpprun $cpplast <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1 && \
+			$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1
+		then
+			echo "(And we'll use $cpprun $cpplast to preprocess directly.)"
+			ok='true'
+		else
+			echo "(However, $cpprun $cpplast does not work, let's see...)"
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+else
+	case "$cppstdin" in
+	'') ;;
+	*)
+		echo "Good old $cppstdin $cppminus does not seem to be of any help..."
+		;;
+	esac
+fi
 
-Perl can be built to understand large files (files larger than 2 gigabytes)
-on some systems.  To do so, Configure must be run with -Duselargefiles.
+if $ok; then
+	: nothing
+elif echo 'Maybe "'"$cc"' -E" will work...'; \
+	$cc -E <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "Yup, it does."
+	x_cpp="$cc -E"
+	x_minus='';
+elif echo 'Nope...maybe "'"$cc"' -E -" will work...'; \
+	$cc -E - <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "Yup, it does."
+	x_cpp="$cc -E"
+	x_minus='-';
+elif echo 'Nope...maybe "'"$cc"' -P" will work...'; \
+	$cc -P <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "Yipee, that works!"
+	x_cpp="$cc -P"
+	x_minus='';
+elif echo 'Nope...maybe "'"$cc"' -P -" will work...'; \
+	$cc -P - <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "At long last!"
+	x_cpp="$cc -P"
+	x_minus='-';
+elif echo 'No such luck, maybe "'$cpp'" will work...'; \
+	$cpp <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "It works!"
+	x_cpp="$cpp"
+	x_minus='';
+elif echo 'Nixed again...maybe "'$cpp' -" will work...'; \
+	$cpp - <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	echo "Hooray, it works!  I was beginning to wonder."
+	x_cpp="$cpp"
+	x_minus='-';
+elif echo 'Uh-uh.  Time to get fancy.  Trying a wrapper...'; \
+	$wrapper <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+	x_cpp="$wrapper"
+	x_minus=''
+	echo "Eureka!"
+else
+	dflt=''
+	rp="No dice.  I can't find a C preprocessor.  Name one:"
+	. ./myread
+	x_cpp="$ans"
+	x_minus=''
+	$x_cpp <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1
+	if $contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
+		echo "OK, that will do." >&4
+	else
+echo "Sorry, I can't get that to work.  Go find one and rerun Configure." >&4
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
 
-If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default.
-EOM
-case "$uselargefiles" in
-"$define"|true|[yY]*) dflt='y' ;;
-*)	dflt='n' ;;
-esac
-rp='Try to understand large files?'
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-y|Y) 	val="$define" ;;
-*)   	val="$undef"  ;;
-esac
-set uselargefiles
-eval $setvar
-case "$uselargefiles" in
-"$define") use64bits="$define" ;;
+case "$ok" in
+false)
+	cppstdin="$x_cpp"
+	cppminus="$x_minus"
+	cpprun="$x_cpp"
+	cpplast="$x_minus"
+	set X $x_cpp
+	shift
+	case "$1" in
+	"$cpp")
+		echo "Perhaps can we force $cc -E using a wrapper..."
+		if $wrapper <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
+			$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1
+		then
+			echo "Yup, we can."
+			cppstdin="$wrapper"
+			cppminus='';
+		else
+			echo "Nope, we'll have to live without it..."
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+	case "$cpprun" in
+	"$wrapper")
+		cpprun=''
+		cpplast=''
+		;;
+	esac
+	;;
 esac
 
-cat <<EOM
-
-Perl can be built to take advantage of explicit 64-bit interfaces,
-on some systems.  To do so, Configure must be run with -Duse64bits.
-
-If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default.
-EOM
-case "$use64bits" in
-$define|true|[yY]*)	dflt='y';;
-*) dflt='n';;
-esac
-rp='Try to use explicit 64-bit interfaces, if available?'
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-y|Y) 
-	val="$define"
-	;;     
-*)      
-	val="$undef"
-	;;
+case "$cppstdin" in
+"$wrapper"|'cppstdin') ;;
+*) $rm -f $wrapper;;
 esac
-set use64bits
-eval $setvar
+$rm -f testcpp.c testcpp.out
 
-case "$archname64" in
-'') archname64='' ;;	# not a typo
+: decide how portable to be.  Allow command line overrides.
+case "$d_portable" in
+"$undef") ;;
+*)	d_portable="$define" ;;
 esac
 
-case "$use64bits" in
-"$define"|true|[yY]*)
-: Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
-: user has specified that a 64 bit perl is to be built,
-: we may need to set or change some other defaults.
-	if $test -f use64bits.cbu; then
-		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for 64-bit builds, using them..."
-		. ./use64bits.cbu
+: set up shell script to do ~ expansion
+cat >filexp <<EOSS
+$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=\$?
+		echo ""
+		exit \$failed
 	else
-		$cat <<EOM
-(Your platform doesn't have any specific hints for 64-bit builds.
- This is probably okay, especially if your system is a true 64-bit system.)
-EOM
-		case "$gccversion" in
-		'')	;;
-		*)	$cat <<EOM
-But since you seem to be using gcc,
-I will now add -DUSE_LONG_LONG to the compilation flags.
-EOM
-			ccflags="$ccflags -DUSE_LONG_LONG"
+		name=\`$expr x\$1 : '..\([^/]*\)'\`
+		dir=\`$sed -n -e "/^\${name}:/{s/^[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^:]*\).*"'\$'"/\1/" -e p -e q -e '}' </etc/passwd\`
+		if $test ! -d "\$dir"; then
+			me=\`basename \$0\`
+			echo "\$me: can't locate home directory for: \$name" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		case "\$1" in
+		*/*)
+			echo \$dir/\`$expr x\$1 : '..[^/]*/\(.*\)'\`
+			;;
+		*)
+			echo \$dir
 			;;
 		esac
 	fi
 	;;
-esac
-
-: determine the architecture name
-echo " "
-if xxx=`./loc arch blurfl $pth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-	tarch=`arch`"-$osname"
-elif xxx=`./loc uname blurfl $pth`; $test -f "$xxx" ; then
-	if uname -m > tmparch 2>&1 ; then
-		tarch=`$sed -e 's/ *$//' -e 's/ /_/g' \
-			-e 's/$/'"-$osname/" tmparch`
-	else
-		tarch="$osname"
-	fi
-	$rm -f tmparch
-else
-	tarch="$osname"
-fi
-case "$myarchname" in
-''|"$tarch") ;;
 *)
-	echo "(Your architecture name used to be $myarchname.)"
-	archname=''
-	;;
-esac
-myarchname="$tarch"
-case "$archname" in
-'') dflt="$tarch";;
-*) dflt="$archname";;
-esac
-rp='What is your architecture name'
-. ./myread
-archname="$ans"
-case "$usethreads" in
-$define)
-	echo "Threads selected." >&4
-	case "$archname" in
-        *-thread*) echo "...and architecture name already has -thread." >&4
-                ;;
-        *)      archname="$archname-thread"
-                echo "...setting architecture name to $archname." >&4
-                ;;
-        esac
-	;;
-esac
-case "$usemultiplicity" in
-$define)
-	echo "Multiplicity selected." >&4
-	case "$archname" in
-        *-multi*) echo "...and architecture name already has -multi." >&4
-                ;;
-        *)      archname="$archname-multi"
-                echo "...setting architecture name to $archname." >&4
-                ;;
-        esac
-	;;
-esac
-case "$use64bits" in
-$define)
-	echo "Explicit 64-bitness selected." >&4
-	case "$archname64" in
-	'')
-		;;
-	*)
-		case "$archname" in
-	        *-$archname64*) echo "...and architecture name already has $archname64." >&4
-	                ;;
-	        *)      archname="$archname-$archname64"
-	                echo "...setting architecture name to $archname." >&4
-	                ;;
-	        esac
-		;;
-	esac
-esac
-
-: decide how portable to be.  Allow command line overrides.
-case "$d_portable" in
-"$undef") ;;
-*)	d_portable="$define" ;;
-esac
-
-: set up shell script to do ~ expansion
-cat >filexp <<EOSS
-$startsh
-: expand filename
-case "\$1" in
- ~/*|~)
-	echo \$1 | $sed "s|~|\${HOME-\$LOGDIR}|"
-	;;
- ~*)
-	if $test -f /bin/csh; then
-		/bin/csh -f -c "glob \$1"
-		failed=\$?
-		echo ""
-		exit \$failed
-	else
-		name=\`$expr x\$1 : '..\([^/]*\)'\`
-		dir=\`$sed -n -e "/^\${name}:/{s/^[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^:]*\).*"'\$'"/\1/" -e p -e q -e '}' </etc/passwd\`
-		if $test ! -d "\$dir"; then
-			me=\`basename \$0\`
-			echo "\$me: can't locate home directory for: \$name" >&2
-			exit 1
-		fi
-		case "\$1" in
-		*/*)
-			echo \$dir/\`$expr x\$1 : '..[^/]*/\(.*\)'\`
-			;;
-		*)
-			echo \$dir
-			;;
-		esac
-	fi
-	;;
-*)
-	echo \$1
+	echo \$1
 	;;
 esac
 EOSS
@@ -3493,1109 +3480,1392 @@ rm -f getfile.ok
 test "X$gfpthkeep" != Xy && gfpth=""
 EOSC
 
-: determine root of directory hierarchy where package will be installed.
-case "$prefix" in
-'')
-	dflt=`./loc . /usr/local /usr/local /local /opt /usr`
+: What should the include directory be ?
+echo " "
+$echo $n "Hmm...  $c"
+dflt='/usr/include'
+incpath=''
+mips_type=''
+if $test -f /bin/mips && /bin/mips; then
+	echo "Looks like a MIPS system..."
+	$cat >usr.c <<'EOCP'
+#ifdef SYSTYPE_BSD43
+/bsd43
+#endif
+EOCP
+	if $cc -E usr.c > usr.out && $contains / usr.out >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		dflt='/bsd43/usr/include'
+		incpath='/bsd43'
+		mips_type='BSD 4.3'
+	else
+		mips_type='System V'
+	fi
+	$rm -f usr.c usr.out
+	echo "and you're compiling with the $mips_type compiler and libraries."
+	xxx_prompt=y
+	echo "exit 0" >mips
+else
+	echo "Doesn't look like a MIPS system."
+	xxx_prompt=n
+	echo "exit 1" >mips
+fi
+chmod +x mips
+$eunicefix mips
+case "$usrinc" in
+'') ;;
+*) dflt="$usrinc";;
+esac
+case "$xxx_prompt" in
+y)	fn=d/
+	echo " "
+	rp='Where are the include files you want to use?'
+	. ./getfile
+	usrinc="$ans"
 	;;
-*)
-	dflt="$prefix"
+*)	usrinc="$dflt"
 	;;
 esac
-$cat <<EOM
 
-By default, $package will be installed in $dflt/bin, manual pages
-under $dflt/man, etc..., i.e. with $dflt as prefix for all
-installation directories. Typically this is something like /usr/local.
-If you wish to have binaries under /usr/bin but other parts of the
-installation under /usr/local, that's ok: you will be prompted
-separately for each of the installation directories, the prefix being
-only used to set the defaults.
+: Set private lib path
+case "$plibpth" in
+'') if ./mips; then
+		plibpth="$incpath/usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/ccs/lib"
+	fi;;
+esac
+case "$libpth" in
+' ') dlist='';;
+'') dlist="$loclibpth $plibpth $glibpth";;
+*) dlist="$libpth";;
+esac
+
+: Now check and see which directories actually exist, avoiding duplicates
+libpth=''
+for xxx in $dlist
+do
+    if $test -d $xxx; then
+		case " $libpth " in
+		*" $xxx "*) ;;
+		*) libpth="$libpth $xxx";;
+		esac
+    fi
+done
+$cat <<'EOM'
+
+Some systems have incompatible or broken versions of libraries.  Among
+the directories listed in the question below, please remove any you
+know not to be holding relevant libraries, and add any that are needed.
+Say "none" for none.
 
 EOM
-fn=d~
-rp='Installation prefix to use?'
-. ./getfile
-oldprefix=''
-case "$prefix" in
-'') ;;
+case "$libpth" in
+'') dflt='none';;
 *)
-	case "$ans" in
-	"$prefix") ;;
-	*) oldprefix="$prefix";;
-	esac
+	set X $libpth
+	shift
+	dflt=${1+"$@"}
 	;;
 esac
-prefix="$ans"
-prefixexp="$ansexp"
+rp="Directories to use for library searches?"
+. ./myread
+case "$ans" in
+none) libpth=' ';;
+*) libpth="$ans";;
+esac
 
-: is AFS running?
-echo " "
-case "$afs" in
-$define|true)	afs=true ;;
-$undef|false)	afs=false ;;
-*)	if test -d /afs; then
-		afs=true
+: compute shared library extension
+case "$so" in
+'')
+	if xxx=`./loc libc.sl X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+		dflt='sl'
 	else
-		afs=false
+		dflt='so'
 	fi
 	;;
+*) dflt="$so";;
 esac
-if $afs; then
-	echo "AFS may be running... I'll be extra cautious then..." >&4
-else
-	echo "AFS does not seem to be running..." >&4
-fi
-
-: determine installation prefix for where package is to be installed.
-if $afs; then 
 $cat <<EOM
 
-Since you are running AFS, I need to distinguish the directory in which
-files will reside from the directory in which they are installed (and from
-which they are presumably copied to the former directory by occult means).
+On some systems, shared libraries may be available.  Answer 'none' if
+you want to suppress searching of shared libraries for the remaining
+of this configuration.
 
 EOM
-	case "$installprefix" in
-	'') dflt=`echo $prefix | sed 's#^/afs/#/afs/.#'`;;
-	*) dflt="$installprefix";;
-	esac
-else
-$cat <<EOM
-
-In some special cases, particularly when building $package for distribution,
-it is convenient to distinguish between the directory in which files should 
-be installed from the directory ($prefix) in which they 
-will eventually reside.  For most users, these two directories are the same.
+rp='What is the file extension used for shared libraries?'
+. ./myread
+so="$ans"
 
-EOM
-	case "$installprefix" in
-	'') dflt=$prefix ;;
-	*) dflt=$installprefix;;
+: Define several unixisms.
+: Hints files or command line option can be used to override them.
+: The convoluted testing is in case hints files set either the old
+: or the new name.
+case "$_exe" in
+'')	case "$exe_ext" in
+    '')	;;
+	*)	_exe="$exe_ext" ;;
 	esac
-fi
-fn=d~
-rp='What installation prefix should I use for installing files?'
-. ./getfile
-installprefix="$ans"
-installprefixexp="$ansexp"
+	;;
+esac
+case "$_a" in
+'')	case "$lib_ext" in
+    '')	_a='.a';;
+	*)	_a="$lib_ext" ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+esac
+case "$_o" in
+'') case "$obj_ext" in
+	'')	_o='.o';;
+	*)	_o="$obj_ext";;
+	esac
+	;;
+esac
+case "$p_" in
+'') case "$path_sep" in
+	'')	p_=':';;
+	*)	p_="$path_sep";;
+	esac
+	;;
+esac
+exe_ext=$_exe
+lib_ext=$_a
+obj_ext=$_o
+path_sep=$p_
 
-: set the prefixit variable, to compute a suitable default value
-prefixit='case "$3" in
-""|none)
-	case "$oldprefix" in
-	"") eval "$1=\"\$$2\"";;
-	*)
-		case "$3" in
-		"") eval "$1=";;
-		none)
-			eval "tp=\"\$$2\"";
-			case "$tp" in
-			""|" ") eval "$1=\"\$$2\"";;
-			*) eval "$1=";;
-			esac;;
-		esac;;
-	esac;;
-*)
-	eval "tp=\"$oldprefix-\$$2-\""; eval "tp=\"$tp\"";
-	case "$tp" in
-	--|/*--|\~*--) eval "$1=\"$prefix/$3\"";;
-	/*-$oldprefix/*|\~*-$oldprefix/*)
-		eval "$1=\`echo \$$2 | sed \"s,^$oldprefix,$prefix,\"\`";;
-	*) eval "$1=\"\$$2\"";;
-	esac;;
-esac'
+: Which makefile gets called first.  This is used by make depend.
+case "$firstmakefile" in
+'') firstmakefile='makefile';;
+esac
 
-: set the base revision
-baserev=5.0
+cat <<EOM
 
-: get the patchlevel
+Perl can be built to use the SOCKS proxy protocol library.  To do so,
+Configure must be run with -Dusesocks.
+
+Normally you do not need this and you should answer no.
+
+EOM
+case "$usesocks" in
+$define|true|[yY]*)	dflt='y';;
+*) dflt='n';;
+esac
+rp='Build Perl for SOCKS?'
+. ./myread
+case "$ans" in
+y|Y)	val="$define" ;;     
+*)      val="$undef" ;;
+esac
+set usesocks
+eval $setvar
+
+: Looking for optional libraries
 echo " "
-echo "Getting the current patchlevel..." >&4
-if $test -r $rsrc/patchlevel.h;then
-	patchlevel=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_VERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
-	subversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_SUBVERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
-	apiversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_APIVERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
-else
-	patchlevel=0
-	subversion=0
-	apiversion=0
-fi
-$echo $n "(You have $package" $c
-case "$package" in
-"*$baserev")	;;
-*)		$echo $n " $baserev" $c ;;
+echo "Checking for optional libraries..." >&4
+case "$libs" in
+' '|'') dflt='';;
+*) dflt="$libs";;
+esac
+case "$libswanted" in
+'') libswanted='c_s';;
+esac
+case "$usesocks" in
+$define)
+	libswanted="$libswanted socks5 socks5_sh"
+	;;
+esac
+for thislib in $libswanted; do
+	
+	if xxx=`./loc lib$thislib.$so.[0-9]'*' X $libpth`;
+		$test -f "$xxx" -a "X$ignore_versioned_solibs" = "X"; then
+		echo "Found -l$thislib (shared)."
+		case " $dflt " in
+		*"-l$thislib "*);;
+		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
+		esac
+	elif xxx=`./loc lib$thislib.$so X $libpth` ; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+		echo "Found -l$thislib (shared)."
+		case " $dflt " in
+		*"-l$thislib "*);;
+		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
+		esac
+	elif xxx=`./loc lib$thislib$_a X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+		echo "Found -l$thislib."
+		case " $dflt " in
+		*"-l$thislib "*);;
+		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
+		esac
+	elif xxx=`./loc $thislib$_a X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+		echo "Found -l$thislib."
+		case " $dflt " in
+		*"-l$thislib "*);;
+		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
+		esac
+	elif xxx=`./loc lib${thislib}_s$_a X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+		echo "Found -l${thislib}_s."
+		case " $dflt " in
+		*"-l$thislib "*);;
+		*) dflt="$dflt -l${thislib}_s";;
+		esac
+	elif xxx=`./loc Slib$thislib$_a X $xlibpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+		echo "Found -l$thislib."
+		case " $dflt " in
+		*"-l$thislib "*);;
+		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
+		esac
+	else
+		echo "No -l$thislib."
+	fi
+done
+set X $dflt
+shift
+dflt="$*"
+case "$libs" in
+'') dflt="$dflt";;
+*) dflt="$libs";;
+esac
+case "$dflt" in
+' '|'') dflt='none';;
 esac
-$echo $n " patchlevel $patchlevel" $c
-test 0 -eq "$subversion" || $echo $n " subversion $subversion" $c
-echo ".)"
 
-if test 0 -eq "$subversion"; then
-	version=`LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; \
-		 echo $baserev $patchlevel | \
-		 $awk '{ printf "%.3f\n", $1 + $2/1000.0 }'`
-else
-	version=`LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; \
-		 echo $baserev $patchlevel $subversion | \
-		 $awk '{ printf "%.5f\n", $1 + $2/1000.0 + $3/100000.0 }'`
-fi
+$cat <<EOM
 
-: determine installation style
-: For now, try to deduce it from prefix unless it is already set.
-: Reproduce behavior of 5.005 and earlier, maybe drop that in 5.7.
-case "$installstyle" in
-'')	case "$prefix" in
-		*perl*) dflt='lib';;
-		*) dflt='lib/perl5' ;;
+In order to compile $package on your machine, a number of libraries
+are usually needed.  Include any other special libraries here as well.
+Say "none" for none.  The default list is almost always right.
+EOM
+
+echo " "
+rp="What libraries to use?"
+. ./myread
+case "$ans" in
+none) libs=' ';;
+*) libs="$ans";;
+esac
+
+: determine optimization, if desired, or use for debug flag also
+case "$optimize" in
+' '|$undef) dflt='none';;
+'') dflt='-O';;
+*) dflt="$optimize";;
+esac
+$cat <<EOH
+
+By default, $package compiles with the -O flag to use the optimizer.
+Alternately, you might want to use the symbolic debugger, which uses
+the -g flag (on traditional Unix systems).  Either flag can be
+specified here.  To use neither flag, specify the word "none".
+
+EOH
+rp="What optimizer/debugger flag should be used?"
+. ./myread
+optimize="$ans"
+case "$optimize" in
+'none') optimize=" ";;
+esac
+
+dflt=''
+: We will not override a previous value, but we might want to
+: augment a hint file
+case "$hint" in
+default|recommended)
+	case "$gccversion" in
+	1*) dflt='-fpcc-struct-return' ;;
+	esac
+	case "$optimize" in
+	*-g*) dflt="$dflt -DDEBUGGING";;
+	esac
+	case "$gccversion" in
+	2*) if test -d /etc/conf/kconfig.d &&
+			$contains _POSIX_VERSION $usrinc/sys/unistd.h >/dev/null 2>&1
+		then
+			dflt="$dflt -posix"
+		fi
+		;;
+	esac
+	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
+		;;
 	esac
 	;;
-*)	dflt='lib/perl5' ;;
 esac
-: Probably not worth prompting for this since we prompt for all
-: the directories individually, and the prompt would be too long and
-: confusing anyway.
-installstyle=$dflt
 
-: determine where private library files go
-: Usual default is /usr/local/lib/perl5/$version.
-: Also allow things like /opt/perl/lib/$version, since 
-: /opt/perl/lib/perl5... would be redundant.
-: The default "style" setting is made in installstyle.U
-case "$installstyle" in
-*lib/perl5*) set dflt privlib lib/$package/$version ;;
-*)	 set dflt privlib lib/$version ;;
+case "$mips_type" in
+*BSD*|'') inclwanted="$locincpth $usrinc";;
+*) inclwanted="$locincpth $inclwanted $usrinc/bsd";;
 esac
-eval $prefixit
-$cat <<EOM
-
-There are some auxiliary files for $package that need to be put into a
-private library directory that is accessible by everyone.
+for thisincl in $inclwanted; do
+	if $test -d $thisincl; then
+		if $test x$thisincl != x$usrinc; then
+			case "$dflt" in
+			*$thisincl*);;
+			*) dflt="$dflt -I$thisincl";;
+			esac
+		fi
+	fi
+done
 
-EOM
-fn=d~+
-rp='Pathname where the private library files will reside?'
-. ./getfile
-privlib="$ans"
-privlibexp="$ansexp"
-: Change installation prefix, if necessary.
-if $test X"$prefix" != X"$installprefix"; then
-	installprivlib=`echo $privlibexp | sed "s#^$prefix#$installprefix#"`
+inctest='if $contains $2 $usrinc/$1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	xxx=true;
+elif $contains $2 $usrinc/sys/$1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	xxx=true;
 else
-	installprivlib="$privlibexp"
-fi
+	xxx=false;
+fi;
+if $xxx; then
+	case "$dflt" in
+	*$2*);;
+	*) dflt="$dflt -D$2";;
+	esac;
+fi'
 
-: set the prefixup variable, to restore leading tilda escape
-prefixup='case "$prefixexp" in
-"$prefix") ;;
-*) eval "$1=\`echo \$$1 | sed \"s,^$prefixexp,$prefix,\"\`";;
-esac'
+set signal.h LANGUAGE_C; eval $inctest
 
-: determine where public architecture dependent libraries go
-set archlib archlib
-eval $prefixit
-: privlib default is /usr/local/lib/$package/$version
-: archlib default is /usr/local/lib/$package/$version/$archname
-: privlib may have an optional trailing /share.
-tdflt=`echo $privlib | $sed 's,/share$,,'`
-tdflt=$tdflt/$archname
-case "$archlib" in
-'')	dflt=$tdflt
+case "$usesocks" in
+$define)
+	ccflags="$ccflags -DSOCKS"
 	;;
-*)	dflt="$archlib"
-    ;;
 esac
-$cat <<EOM
 
-$spackage contains architecture-dependent library files.  If you are
-sharing libraries in a heterogeneous environment, you might store
-these files in a separate location.  Otherwise, you can just include
-them with the rest of the public library files.
+case "$hint" in
+default|recommended) dflt="$ccflags $dflt" ;;
+*) dflt="$ccflags";;
+esac
+
+case "$dflt" in
+''|' ') dflt=none;;
+esac
+$cat <<EOH
 
-EOM
-fn=d+~
-rp='Where do you want to put the public architecture-dependent libraries?'
-. ./getfile
-archlib="$ans"
-archlibexp="$ansexp"
-if $test X"$archlib" = X"$privlib"; then
-	d_archlib="$undef"
-else
-	d_archlib="$define"
-fi
-: Change installation prefix, if necessary.
-if $test X"$prefix" != X"$installprefix"; then
-	installarchlib=`echo $archlibexp | sed "s#^$prefix#$installprefix#"`
-else
-	installarchlib="$archlibexp"
-fi
+Your C compiler may want other flags.  For this question you should include
+-I/whatever and -DWHATEVER flags and any other flags used by the C compiler,
+but you should NOT include libraries or ld flags like -lwhatever.  If you
+want $package to honor its debug switch, you should include -DDEBUGGING here.
+Your C compiler might also need additional flags, such as -D_POSIX_SOURCE.
 
+To use no flags, specify the word "none".
 
-: Binary compatibility with 5.005 is not possible for builds
-: with advanced features
-case "$usethreads$usemultiplicity" in
-*define*)
-	bincompat5005="$undef"
-	d_bincompat5005="$undef"
-	;;
-*)	$cat <<EOM
+EOH
+set X $dflt
+shift
+dflt=${1+"$@"}
+rp="Any additional cc flags?"
+. ./myread
+case "$ans" in
+none) ccflags='';;
+*) ccflags="$ans";;
+esac
 
-Perl 5.006 can be compiled for binary compatibility with 5.005.
-If you decide to do so, you will be able to continue using most
-of the extensions that were compiled for Perl 5.005.
+: the following weeds options from ccflags that are of no interest to cpp
+cppflags="$ccflags"
+case "$gccversion" in
+1*) cppflags="$cppflags -D__GNUC__"
+esac
+case "$mips_type" in
+'');;
+*BSD*) cppflags="$cppflags -DSYSTYPE_BSD43";;
+esac
+case "$cppflags" in
+'');;
+*)
+	echo " "
+	echo "Let me guess what the preprocessor flags are..." >&4
+	set X $cppflags
+	shift
+	cppflags=''
+	$cat >cpp.c <<'EOM'
+#define BLURFL foo
 
+BLURFL xx LFRULB
 EOM
-	case "$bincompat5005$d_bincompat5005" in
-	*"$undef"*) dflt=n ;;
-	*) dflt=y ;;
+	previous=''
+	for flag in $*
+	do
+		case "$flag" in
+		-*) ftry="$flag";;
+		*) ftry="$previous $flag";;
+		esac
+		if $cppstdin -DLFRULB=bar $cppflags $ftry $cppminus <cpp.c \
+			>cpp1.out 2>/dev/null && \
+			$cpprun -DLFRULB=bar $cppflags $ftry $cpplast <cpp.c \
+			>cpp2.out 2>/dev/null && \
+			$contains 'foo.*xx.*bar' cpp1.out >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+			$contains 'foo.*xx.*bar' cpp2.out >/dev/null 2>&1
+		then
+			cppflags="$cppflags $ftry"
+			previous=''
+		else
+			previous="$flag"
+		fi
+	done
+	set X $cppflags
+	shift
+	cppflags=${1+"$@"}
+	case "$cppflags" in
+	*-*)  echo "They appear to be: $cppflags";;
 	esac
-	rp='Binary compatibility with Perl 5.005?'
-	. ./myread
-	case "$ans" in
-	y*) val="$define" ;;
-	*)  val="$undef" ;;
+	$rm -f cpp.c cpp?.out
+	;;
+esac
+
+: flags used in final linking phase
+case "$ldflags" in
+'') if ./venix; then
+		dflt='-i -z'
+	else
+		dflt=''
+	fi
+	case "$ccflags" in
+	*-posix*) dflt="$dflt -posix" ;;
 	esac
-	set d_bincompat5005
-	eval $setvar
-	case "$d_bincompat5005" in
-	"$define")
-		bincompat5005="$define"
-		;;
-	*)	bincompat5005="$undef"
-		d_bincompat5005="$undef"
+	;;
+*) dflt="$ldflags";;
+esac
+
+: Try to guess additional flags to pick up local libraries.
+for thislibdir in $libpth; do
+	case " $loclibpth " in
+	*" $thislibdir "*)
+		case "$dflt " in 
+		*"-L$thislibdir "*) ;;
+		*)  dflt="$dflt -L$thislibdir" ;;
+		esac
 		;;
 	esac
-	;;
+done
+
+case "$dflt" in
+'') dflt='none' ;;
 esac
 
+$cat <<EOH
 
-: see if setuid scripts can be secure
-$cat <<EOM
+Your C linker may need flags.  For this question you should
+include -L/whatever and any other flags used by the C linker, but you
+should NOT include libraries like -lwhatever.
 
-Some kernels have a bug that prevents setuid #! scripts from being
-secure.  Some sites have disabled setuid #! scripts because of this.
+Make sure you include the appropriate -L/path flags if your C linker
+does not normally search all of the directories you specified above,
+namely
+	$libpth
+To use no flags, specify the word "none".
 
-First let's decide if your kernel supports secure setuid #! scripts.
-(If setuid #! scripts would be secure but have been disabled anyway,
-don't say that they are secure if asked.)
+EOH
+
+rp="Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)?"
+. ./myread
+case "$ans" in
+none) ldflags='';;
+*) ldflags="$ans";;
+esac
+rmlist="$rmlist pdp11"
+
+: coherency check
+echo " "
+echo "Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency..." >&4
+$cat > try.c <<'EOF'
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() { printf("Ok\n"); exit(0); }
+EOF
+set X $cc $optimize $ccflags -o try $ldflags try.c $libs
+shift
+$cat >try.msg <<'EOM'
+I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:
 
 EOM
+$cat try.c >> try.msg
 
-val="$undef"
-if $test -d /dev/fd; then
-	echo "#!$ls" >reflect
-	chmod +x,u+s reflect
-	./reflect >flect 2>&1
-	if $contains "/dev/fd" flect >/dev/null; then
-		echo "Congratulations, your kernel has secure setuid scripts!" >&4
-		val="$define"
-	else
-		$cat <<EOM
-If you are not sure if they are secure, I can check but I'll need a
-username and password different from the one you are using right now.
-If you don't have such a username or don't want me to test, simply
-enter 'none'.
+$cat >> try.msg <<EOM
+
+I used the command:
+
+	$*
+	./try
+
+and I got the following output:
 
 EOM
-		rp='Other username to test security of setuid scripts with?'
-		dflt='none'
-		. ./myread
-		case "$ans" in
-		n|none)
-			case "$d_suidsafe" in
-			'')	echo "I'll assume setuid scripts are *not* secure." >&4
-				dflt=n;;
-			"$undef")
-				echo "Well, the $hint value is *not* secure." >&4
-				dflt=n;;
-			*)	echo "Well, the $hint value *is* secure." >&4
-				dflt=y;;
-			esac
-			;;
-		*)
-			$rm -f reflect flect
-			echo "#!$ls" >reflect
-			chmod +x,u+s reflect
-			echo >flect
-			chmod a+w flect
-			echo '"su" will (probably) prompt you for '"$ans's password."
-			su $ans -c './reflect >flect'
-			if $contains "/dev/fd" flect >/dev/null; then
-				echo "Okay, it looks like setuid scripts are secure." >&4
+dflt=y
+if sh -c "$cc $optimize $ccflags -o try $ldflags try.c $libs" >>try.msg 2>&1; then
+	if sh -c './try' >>try.msg 2>&1; then
+		xxx=`./try`
+		case "$xxx" in
+		"Ok") dflt=n ;;
+		*)	echo 'The program compiled OK, but produced no output.' >> try.msg
+			case " $libs " in
+			*" -lsfio "*)
+				cat >> try.msg <<'EOQS'
+If $libs contains -lsfio, and sfio is mis-configured, then it
+sometimes (apparently) runs and exits with a 0 status, but with no
+output!  It may have to do with sfio's use of _exit vs. exit.
+
+EOQS
+				rp="You have a big problem.  Shall I abort Configure"
 				dflt=y
-			else
-				echo "I don't think setuid scripts are secure." >&4
-				dflt=n
-			fi
-			;;
-		esac
-		rp='Does your kernel have *secure* setuid scripts?'
-		. ./myread
-		case "$ans" in
-		[yY]*)	val="$define";;
-		*)	val="$undef";;
+				;;
+			esac
+			;;
 		esac
+	else
+		echo "The program compiled OK, but exited with status $?." >>try.msg
+		rp="You have a problem.  Shall I abort Configure"
+		dflt=y
 	fi
 else
-	echo "I don't think setuid scripts are secure (no /dev/fd directory)." >&4
-	echo "(That's for file descriptors, not floppy disks.)"
-	val="$undef"
+	echo "I can't compile the test program." >>try.msg
+	rp="You have a BIG problem.  Shall I abort Configure"
+	dflt=y
 fi
-set d_suidsafe
-eval $setvar
-
-$rm -f reflect flect
-
-: now see if they want to do setuid emulation
-echo " "
-val="$undef"
-case "$d_suidsafe" in
-"$define")
-	val="$undef"
-	echo "No need to emulate SUID scripts since they are secure here." >& 4
-	;;
-*)
-	$cat <<EOM
-Some systems have disabled setuid scripts, especially systems where
-setuid scripts cannot be secure.  On systems where setuid scripts have
-been disabled, the setuid/setgid bits on scripts are currently
-useless.  It is possible for $package to detect those bits and emulate
-setuid/setgid in a secure fashion.  This emulation will only work if
-setuid scripts have been disabled in your kernel.
-
-EOM
-	case "$d_dosuid" in
-	"$define") dflt=y ;;
-	*) dflt=n ;;
+case "$dflt" in
+y)
+	$cat try.msg >&4
+	case "$knowitall" in
+	'')
+		echo "(The supplied flags or libraries might be incorrect.)"
+		;;
+	*) dflt=n;;
 	esac
-	rp="Do you want to do setuid/setgid emulation?"
+	echo " "
 	. ./myread
 	case "$ans" in
-	[yY]*)	val="$define";;
-	*)	val="$undef";;
+	n*|N*) ;;
+	*)	echo "Ok.  Stopping Configure." >&4
+		exit 1
+		;;
 	esac
 	;;
+n) echo "OK, that should do.";;
 esac
-set d_dosuid
-eval $setvar
+$rm -f try try.* core
 
-: What should the include directory be ?
+: define an is-a-typedef? function
+typedef='type=$1; var=$2; def=$3; shift; shift; shift; inclist=$@;
+case "$inclist" in
+"") inclist="sys/types.h";;
+esac;
+eval "varval=\$$var";
+case "$varval" in
+"")
+	$rm -f temp.c;
+	for inc in $inclist; do
+		echo "#include <$inc>" >>temp.c;
+	done;
+	echo "#ifdef $type" >> temp.c;
+	echo "printf(\"We have $type\");" >> temp.c;
+	echo "#endif" >> temp.c;
+	$cppstdin $cppflags $cppminus < temp.c >temp.E 2>/dev/null;
+	if $contains $type temp.E >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		eval "$var=\$type";
+	else
+		eval "$var=\$def";
+	fi;
+	$rm -f temp.?;;
+*) eval "$var=\$varval";;
+esac'
+
+: define an is-a-typedef? function that prompts if the type is not available.
+typedef_ask='type=$1; var=$2; def=$3; shift; shift; shift; inclist=$@;
+case "$inclist" in
+"") inclist="sys/types.h";;
+esac;
+eval "varval=\$$var";
+case "$varval" in
+"")
+	$rm -f temp.c;
+	for inc in $inclist; do
+		echo "#include <$inc>" >>temp.c;
+	done;
+	echo "#ifdef $type" >> temp.c;
+	echo "printf(\"We have $type\");" >> temp.c;
+	echo "#endif" >> temp.c;
+	$cppstdin $cppflags $cppminus < temp.c >temp.E 2>/dev/null;
+	echo " " ;
+	echo "$rp" | $sed -e "s/What is/Looking for/" -e "s/?/./";
+	if $contains $type temp.E >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo "$type found." >&4;
+		eval "$var=\$type";
+	else
+		echo "$type NOT found." >&4;
+		dflt="$def";
+		. ./myread ;
+		eval "$var=\$ans";
+	fi;
+	$rm -f temp.?;;
+*) eval "$var=\$varval";;
+esac'
+
+: define a shorthand compile call
+compile='
+mc_file=$1;
+shift;
+$cc $optimize $ccflags $ldflags -o ${mc_file} $* ${mc_file}.c $libs > /dev/null 2>&1;'
+: define a shorthand compile call for compilations that should be ok.
+compile_ok='
+mc_file=$1;
+shift;
+$cc $optimize $ccflags $ldflags -o ${mc_file} $* ${mc_file}.c $libs;'
+
+: check for lengths of integral types
 echo " "
-$echo $n "Hmm...  $c"
-dflt='/usr/include'
-incpath=''
-mips_type=''
-if $test -f /bin/mips && /bin/mips; then
-	echo "Looks like a MIPS system..."
-	$cat >usr.c <<'EOCP'
-#ifdef SYSTYPE_BSD43
-/bsd43
-#endif
+case "$intsize" in
+'')
+	echo "Checking to see how big your integers are..." >&4
+	$cat >intsize.c <<'EOCP'
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main()
+{
+	printf("intsize=%d;\n", (int)sizeof(int));
+	printf("longsize=%d;\n", (int)sizeof(long));
+	printf("shortsize=%d;\n", (int)sizeof(short));
+	exit(0);
+}
 EOCP
-	if $cc -E usr.c > usr.out && $contains / usr.out >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		dflt='/bsd43/usr/include'
-		incpath='/bsd43'
-		mips_type='BSD 4.3'
+	set intsize
+	if eval $compile_ok && ./intsize > /dev/null; then
+		eval `./intsize`
+		echo "Your integers are $intsize bytes long."
+		echo "Your long integers are $longsize bytes long."
+		echo "Your short integers are $shortsize bytes long."
 	else
-		mips_type='System V'
+		$cat >&4 <<EOM
+!
+Help! I can't compile and run the intsize test program: please enlighten me!
+(This is probably a misconfiguration in your system or libraries, and
+you really ought to fix it.  Still, I'll try anyway.)
+!
+EOM
+		dflt=4
+		rp="What is the size of an integer (in bytes)?"
+		. ./myread
+		intsize="$ans"
+		dflt=$intsize
+		rp="What is the size of a long integer (in bytes)?"
+		. ./myread
+		longsize="$ans"
+		dflt=2
+		rp="What is the size of a short integer (in bytes)?"
+		. ./myread
+		shortsize="$ans"
 	fi
-	$rm -f usr.c usr.out
-	echo "and you're compiling with the $mips_type compiler and libraries."
-	xxx_prompt=y
-	echo "exit 0" >mips
-else
-	echo "Doesn't look like a MIPS system."
-	xxx_prompt=n
-	echo "exit 1" >mips
-fi
-chmod +x mips
-$eunicefix mips
-case "$usrinc" in
-'') ;;
-*) dflt="$usrinc";;
-esac
-case "$xxx_prompt" in
-y)	fn=d/
-	echo " "
-	rp='Where are the include files you want to use?'
-	. ./getfile
-	usrinc="$ans"
-	;;
-*)	usrinc="$dflt"
 	;;
 esac
+$rm -f intsize intsize.*
 
-: see how we invoke the C preprocessor
-echo " "
-echo "Now, how can we feed standard input to your C preprocessor..." >&4
-cat <<'EOT' >testcpp.c
-#define ABC abc
-#define XYZ xyz
-ABC.XYZ
-EOT
-cd ..
-if test ! -f cppstdin; then
-	if test "X$osname" = "Xaix" -a "X$gccversion" = X; then
-		# AIX cc -E doesn't show the absolute headerfile
-		# locations but we'll cheat by using the -M flag.
-		echo 'cat >.$$.c; rm -f .$$.u; '"$cc"' ${1+"$@"} -M -c .$$.c 2>/dev/null; test -s .$$.u && awk '"'"'$2 ~ /\.h$/ { print "# 0 \""$2"\"" }'"'"' .$$.u; rm -f .$$.o .$$.u; '"$cc"' -E ${1+"$@"} .$$.c; rm .$$.c' > cppstdin
-	else
-		echo 'cat >.$$.c; '"$cc"' -E ${1+"$@"} .$$.c; rm .$$.c' >cppstdin
-	fi
-else
-	echo "Keeping your $hint cppstdin wrapper."
-fi
-chmod 755 cppstdin
-wrapper=`pwd`/cppstdin
-ok='false'
-cd UU
-
-if $test "X$cppstdin" != "X" && \
-	$cppstdin $cppminus <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1 && \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1
-then
-	echo "You used to use $cppstdin $cppminus so we'll use that again."
-	case "$cpprun" in
-	'') echo "But let's see if we can live without a wrapper..." ;;
-	*)
-		if $cpprun $cpplast <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1 && \
-			$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1
-		then
-			echo "(And we'll use $cpprun $cpplast to preprocess directly.)"
-			ok='true'
-		else
-			echo "(However, $cpprun $cpplast does not work, let's see...)"
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-else
-	case "$cppstdin" in
-	'') ;;
-	*)
-		echo "Good old $cppstdin $cppminus does not seem to be of any help..."
-		;;
-	esac
-fi
-
-if $ok; then
-	: nothing
-elif echo 'Maybe "'"$cc"' -E" will work...'; \
-	$cc -E <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	echo "Yup, it does."
-	x_cpp="$cc -E"
-	x_minus='';
-elif echo 'Nope...maybe "'"$cc"' -E -" will work...'; \
-	$cc -E - <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	echo "Yup, it does."
-	x_cpp="$cc -E"
-	x_minus='-';
-elif echo 'Nope...maybe "'"$cc"' -P" will work...'; \
-	$cc -P <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	echo "Yipee, that works!"
-	x_cpp="$cc -P"
-	x_minus='';
-elif echo 'Nope...maybe "'"$cc"' -P -" will work...'; \
-	$cc -P - <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	echo "At long last!"
-	x_cpp="$cc -P"
-	x_minus='-';
-elif echo 'No such luck, maybe "'$cpp'" will work...'; \
-	$cpp <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	echo "It works!"
-	x_cpp="$cpp"
-	x_minus='';
-elif echo 'Nixed again...maybe "'$cpp' -" will work...'; \
-	$cpp - <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	echo "Hooray, it works!  I was beginning to wonder."
-	x_cpp="$cpp"
-	x_minus='-';
-elif echo 'Uh-uh.  Time to get fancy.  Trying a wrapper...'; \
-	$wrapper <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-	$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-	x_cpp="$wrapper"
-	x_minus=''
-	echo "Eureka!"
+: see what type lseek is declared as in the kernel
+rp="What is the type used for lseek's offset on this system?"
+set off_t lseektype long stdio.h sys/types.h
+eval $typedef_ask
+
+echo " "
+$echo $n "Checking to see how big your file offsets are...$c" >&4
+$cat >try.c <<EOCP
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main()
+{
+    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($lseektype));
+    return(0); 
+}
+EOCP
+set try
+if eval $compile_ok; then
+	lseeksize=`./try`
+	$echo " $lseeksize bytes." >&4
 else
-	dflt=''
-	rp="No dice.  I can't find a C preprocessor.  Name one:"
+	dflt=$longsize
+	echo " "
+	echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program.  Guessing...)"
+	rp="What is the size of your file offsets (in bytes)?"
 	. ./myread
-	x_cpp="$ans"
-	x_minus=''
-	$x_cpp <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1
-	if $contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
-		echo "OK, that will do." >&4
-	else
-echo "Sorry, I can't get that to work.  Go find one and rerun Configure." >&4
-		exit 1
-	fi
+	lseeksize="$ans"
 fi
+$rm -f try.c try
 
-case "$ok" in
-false)
-	cppstdin="$x_cpp"
-	cppminus="$x_minus"
-	cpprun="$x_cpp"
-	cpplast="$x_minus"
-	set X $x_cpp
-	shift
-	case "$1" in
-	"$cpp")
-		echo "Perhaps can we force $cc -E using a wrapper..."
-		if $wrapper <testcpp.c >testcpp.out 2>&1; \
-			$contains 'abc.*xyz' testcpp.out >/dev/null 2>&1
-		then
-			echo "Yup, we can."
-			cppstdin="$wrapper"
-			cppminus='';
-		else
-			echo "Nope, we'll have to live without it..."
-		fi
+: see what type file positions are declared as in the library
+rp="What is the type for file position used by fsetpos()?"
+set fpos_t fpostype long stdio.h sys/types.h
+eval $typedef_ask
+
+echo " "
+case "$fpostype" in
+*_t) zzz="$fpostype"	;;
+*)   zzz="fpos_t"	;;
+esac
+$echo $n "Checking the size of $zzz...$c" >&4 
+cat > try.c <<EOCP
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($fpostype));
+    exit(0);
+}
+EOCP
+set try
+if eval $compile_ok; then
+	yyy=`./try`
+	case "$yyy" in
+	'')	fpossize=4
+		echo " "
+		echo "(I can't execute the test program--guessing $fpossize.)" >&4
 		;;
-	esac
-	case "$cpprun" in
-	"$wrapper")
-		cpprun=''
-		cpplast=''
+	*)	fpossize=$yyy
+		echo " $fpossize bytes."
 		;;
 	esac
-	;;
-esac
-
-case "$cppstdin" in
-"$wrapper"|'cppstdin') ;;
-*) $rm -f $wrapper;;
-esac
-$rm -f testcpp.c testcpp.out
+else
+	dflt="$longsize"
+	echo " "
+	echo "(I can't compile the test program.  Guessing...)" >&4
+	rp="What is the size of your file positions (in bytes)?"
+	. ./myread
+	fpossize="$ans"
+fi
 
-: Set private lib path
-case "$plibpth" in
-'') if ./mips; then
-		plibpth="$incpath/usr/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/ccs/lib"
-	fi;;
-esac
-case "$libpth" in
-' ') dlist='';;
-'') dlist="$loclibpth $plibpth $glibpth";;
-*) dlist="$libpth";;
-esac
 
-: Now check and see which directories actually exist, avoiding duplicates
-libpth=''
-for xxx in $dlist
-do
-    if $test -d $xxx; then
-		case " $libpth " in
-		*" $xxx "*) ;;
-		*) libpth="$libpth $xxx";;
-		esac
-    fi
-done
-$cat <<'EOM'
 
-Some systems have incompatible or broken versions of libraries.  Among
-the directories listed in the question below, please remove any you
-know not to be holding relevant libraries, and add any that are needed.
-Say "none" for none.
+case "$lseeksize:$fpossize" in
+8:8) cat <<EOM
 
+You can have files larger than 2 gigabytes.
 EOM
-case "$libpth" in
-'') dflt='none';;
-*)
-	set X $libpth
-	shift
-	dflt=${1+"$@"}
-	;;
-esac
-rp="Directories to use for library searches?"
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-none) libpth=' ';;
-*) libpth="$ans";;
-esac
-
-: compute shared library extension
-case "$so" in
-'')
-	if xxx=`./loc libc.sl X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-		dflt='sl'
-	else
-		dflt='so'
-	fi
-	;;
-*) dflt="$so";;
-esac
-$cat <<EOM
+   val="$define" ;;
+*) cat <<EOM
 
-On some systems, shared libraries may be available.  Answer 'none' if
-you want to suppress searching of shared libraries for the remaining
-of this configuration.
+Perl can be built to understand large files (files larger than 2 gigabytes)
+on some systems.  To do so, Configure must be run with -Duselargefiles.
 
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default 'y'.
 EOM
-rp='What is the file extension used for shared libraries?'
-. ./myread
-so="$ans"
-
-: Define several unixisms.
-: Hints files or command line option can be used to override them.
-: The convoluted testing is in case hints files set either the old
-: or the new name.
-case "$_exe" in
-'')	case "$exe_ext" in
-    '')	;;
-	*)	_exe="$exe_ext" ;;
-	esac
-	;;
+   case "$uselargefiles" in
+   "$undef"|false|[nN]*) dflt='n' ;;
+   *)	dflt='y' ;;
+   esac
+   rp='Try to understand large files, if available?'
+   . ./myread
+   case "$ans" in
+   y|Y) 	val="$define" ;;
+   *)   	val="$undef"  ;;
+   esac
+   ;;
 esac
-case "$_a" in
-'')	case "$lib_ext" in
-    '')	_a='.a';;
-	*)	_a="$lib_ext" ;;
-	esac
+set uselargefiles
+eval $setvar
+case "$uselargefiles" in
+"$define")
+: Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
+: user has specified that a large files perl is to be built,
+: we may need to set or change some other defaults.
+	if $test -f uselfs.cbu; then
+		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for large file builds, using them..."
+		. ./uselfs.cbu
+		echo " "
+		$echo $n "Rechecking to see how big your file offsets are...$c" >&4
+		$cat >try.c <<EOCP
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main()
+{
+    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($lseektype));
+    return(0); 
+}
+EOCP
+		set try
+		if eval $compile_ok; then
+			lseeksize=`./try`
+			$echo " $lseeksize bytes." >&4
+		else
+			dflt="$lseeksize"
+			echo " "
+			echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program.  Guessing...)"
+			rp="What is the size of your file offsets (in bytes)?"
+			. ./myread
+			lseeksize="$ans"
+		fi
+		case "$fpostype" in
+		*_t) zzz="$fpostype"	;;
+		*)   zzz="fpos_t"	;;
+		esac
+		$echo $n "Rechecking the size of $zzz...$c" >&4 
+		$cat > try.c <<EOCP
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($fpostype));
+    exit(0);
+}
+EOCP
+		set try
+		if eval $compile_ok; then
+			yyy=`./try`
+			dflt="$lseeksize"
+			case "$yyy" in
+			'')	echo " "
+				echo "(I can't execute the test program--guessing $fpossize.)" >&4
+				;;
+			*)	fpossize=$yyy
+				echo " $fpossize bytes."
+				;;
+			esac
+		else
+			dflt="$fpossize"
+			echo " "
+			echo "(I can't compile the test program.  Guessing...)" >&4
+			rp="What is the size of your file positions (in bytes)?"
+			. ./myread
+			fpossize="$ans"
+		fi
+		$rm -f try.c try
+	fi
 	;;
 esac
-case "$_o" in
-'') case "$obj_ext" in
-	'')	_o='.o';;
-	*)	_o="$obj_ext";;
-	esac
+
+
+case "$usemorebits" in
+"$define"|true|[yY]*)
+	use64bits="$define"
+	uselongdouble="$define"
+	usemorebits="$define"
 	;;
-esac
-case "$p_" in
-'') case "$path_sep" in
-	'')	p_=':';;
-	*)	p_="$path_sep";;
-	esac
+*)	usemorebits="$undef"
 	;;
 esac
-exe_ext=$_exe
-lib_ext=$_a
-obj_ext=$_o
-path_sep=$p_
 
-: Which makefile gets called first.  This is used by make depend.
-case "$firstmakefile" in
-'') firstmakefile='makefile';;
-esac
 
-cat <<EOM
+case "$intsize:$longsize" in
+8:*|*:8) cat <<EOM
 
-Perl can be built to use the SOCKS proxy protocol library.  To do so,
-Configure must be run with -Dusesocks.
+You have natively 64-bit integers.
+EOM
+   val="$define" ;;
+*) cat <<EOM
 
-Normally you do not need this and you should answer no.
+Perl can be built to take advantage of 64-bit integer types
+on some systems.  To do so, Configure must be run with -Duse64bits.
 
+If this doesn't make any sense to you, just accept the default.
 EOM
-case "$usesocks" in
-$define|true|[yY]*)	dflt='y';;
-*) dflt='n';;
-esac
-rp='Build Perl for SOCKS?'
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-y|Y)	val="$define" ;;     
-*)      val="$undef" ;;
+  case "$use64bits" in
+  $define|true|[yY]*)	dflt='y';;
+  *) dflt='n';;
+  esac
+  rp='Try to use 64-bit integers, if available?'
+  . ./myread
+  case "$ans" in
+  y|Y) val="$define" ;;
+  *)   val="$undef"  ;;
+  esac
+  ;;
 esac
-set usesocks
+set use64bits
 eval $setvar
 
-: Looking for optional libraries
-echo " "
-echo "Checking for optional libraries..." >&4
-case "$libs" in
-' '|'') dflt='';;
-*) dflt="$libs";;
-esac
-case "$libswanted" in
-'') libswanted='c_s';;
-esac
-case "$usesocks" in
-$define)
-	libswanted="$libswanted socks5 socks5_sh"
-	;;
+case "$archname64" in
+'') archname64='' ;;	# not a typo
 esac
-for thislib in $libswanted; do
-	
-	if xxx=`./loc lib$thislib.$so.[0-9]'*' X $libpth`;
-		$test -f "$xxx" -a "X$ignore_versioned_solibs" = "X"; then
-		echo "Found -l$thislib (shared)."
-		case " $dflt " in
-		*"-l$thislib "*);;
-		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
-		esac
-	elif xxx=`./loc lib$thislib.$so X $libpth` ; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-		echo "Found -l$thislib (shared)."
-		case " $dflt " in
-		*"-l$thislib "*);;
-		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
-		esac
-	elif xxx=`./loc lib$thislib$_a X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-		echo "Found -l$thislib."
-		case " $dflt " in
-		*"-l$thislib "*);;
-		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
-		esac
-	elif xxx=`./loc $thislib$_a X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-		echo "Found -l$thislib."
-		case " $dflt " in
-		*"-l$thislib "*);;
-		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
-		esac
-	elif xxx=`./loc lib${thislib}_s$_a X $libpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-		echo "Found -l${thislib}_s."
-		case " $dflt " in
-		*"-l$thislib "*);;
-		*) dflt="$dflt -l${thislib}_s";;
-		esac
-	elif xxx=`./loc Slib$thislib$_a X $xlibpth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
-		echo "Found -l$thislib."
-		case " $dflt " in
-		*"-l$thislib "*);;
-		*) dflt="$dflt -l$thislib";;
-		esac
+
+case "$use64bits" in
+"$define"|true|[yY]*)
+: Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
+: user has specified that a 64-bit perl is to be built,
+: we may need to set or change some other defaults.
+	if $test -f use64bits.cbu; then
+		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for 64-bit builds, using them..."
+		. ./use64bits.cbu
 	else
-		echo "No -l$thislib."
+		$cat <<EOM
+(Your platform doesn't have any specific hints for 64-bit builds.)
+EOM
+                case "$intsize:$longsize" in
+8:*|*:8) cat <<EOM
+(This is probably okay, as your system is a natively 64-bit system.)
+EOM
+                  ;;
+                esac
+		case "$gccversion" in
+		'')	;;
+		*)	case "$ccflags" in
+			*-DUSE_LONG_LONG*) ;;
+			*) $cat <<EOM
+But since you seem to be using gcc, I will now add -DUSE_LONG_LONG
+to the compilation flags.
+EOM
+			   ccflags="$ccflags -DUSE_LONG_LONG"
+			   ;;
+			esac
+			;;
+		esac
 	fi
-done
-set X $dflt
-shift
-dflt="$*"
-case "$libs" in
-'') dflt="$dflt";;
-*) dflt="$libs";;
-esac
-case "$dflt" in
-' '|'') dflt='none';;
+	;;
 esac
 
-$cat <<EOM
-
-In order to compile $package on your machine, a number of libraries
-are usually needed.  Include any other special libraries here as well.
-Say "none" for none.  The default list is almost always right.
-EOM
-
+: determine the architecture name
 echo " "
-rp="What libraries to use?"
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-none) libs=' ';;
-*) libs="$ans";;
+if xxx=`./loc arch blurfl $pth`; $test -f "$xxx"; then
+	tarch=`arch`"-$osname"
+elif xxx=`./loc uname blurfl $pth`; $test -f "$xxx" ; then
+	if uname -m > tmparch 2>&1 ; then
+		tarch=`$sed -e 's/ *$//' -e 's/ /_/g' \
+			-e 's/$/'"-$osname/" tmparch`
+	else
+		tarch="$osname"
+	fi
+	$rm -f tmparch
+else
+	tarch="$osname"
+fi
+case "$myarchname" in
+''|"$tarch") ;;
+*)
+	echo "(Your architecture name used to be $myarchname.)"
+	archname=''
+	;;
 esac
-
-: determine optimization, if desired, or use for debug flag also
-case "$optimize" in
-' '|$undef) dflt='none';;
-'') dflt='-O';;
-*) dflt="$optimize";;
+myarchname="$tarch"
+case "$archname" in
+'') dflt="$tarch";;
+*) dflt="$archname";;
 esac
-$cat <<EOH
-
-By default, $package compiles with the -O flag to use the optimizer.
-Alternately, you might want to use the symbolic debugger, which uses
-the -g flag (on traditional Unix systems).  Either flag can be
-specified here.  To use neither flag, specify the word "none".
-
-EOH
-rp="What optimizer/debugger flag should be used?"
+rp='What is your architecture name'
 . ./myread
-optimize="$ans"
-case "$optimize" in
-'none') optimize=" ";;
+archname="$ans"
+case "$usethreads" in
+$define)
+	echo "Threads selected." >&4
+	case "$archname" in
+        *-thread*) echo "...and architecture name already has -thread." >&4
+                ;;
+        *)      archname="$archname-thread"
+                echo "...setting architecture name to $archname." >&4
+                ;;
+        esac
+	;;
 esac
-
-dflt=''
-: We will not override a previous value, but we might want to
-: augment a hint file
-case "$hint" in
-default|recommended)
-	case "$gccversion" in
-	1*) dflt='-fpcc-struct-return' ;;
-	esac
-	case "$optimize" in
-	*-g*) dflt="$dflt -DDEBUGGING";;
-	esac
-	case "$gccversion" in
-	2*) if test -d /etc/conf/kconfig.d &&
-			$contains _POSIX_VERSION $usrinc/sys/unistd.h >/dev/null 2>&1
-		then
-			dflt="$dflt -posix"
-		fi
-		;;
-	esac
-	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
+case "$usemultiplicity" in
+$define)
+	echo "Multiplicity selected." >&4
+	case "$archname" in
+        *-multi*) echo "...and architecture name already has -multi." >&4
+                ;;
+        *)      archname="$archname-multi"
+                echo "...setting architecture name to $archname." >&4
+                ;;
+        esac
+	;;
+esac
+case "$use64bits" in
+$define)
+	case "$archname64" in
+	'')
+		;;
+	*)
+		case "$archname" in
+	        *-$archname64*) echo "...and architecture name already has $archname64." >&4
+	                ;;
+	        *)      archname="$archname-$archname64"
+	                echo "...setting architecture name to $archname." >&4
+	                ;;
+	        esac
 		;;
 	esac
-	;;
 esac
 
-case "$mips_type" in
-*BSD*|'') inclwanted="$locincpth $usrinc";;
-*) inclwanted="$locincpth $inclwanted $usrinc/bsd";;
+: determine root of directory hierarchy where package will be installed.
+case "$prefix" in
+'')
+	dflt=`./loc . /usr/local /usr/local /local /opt /usr`
+	;;
+*)
+	dflt="$prefix"
+	;;
 esac
-for thisincl in $inclwanted; do
-	if $test -d $thisincl; then
-		if $test x$thisincl != x$usrinc; then
-			case "$dflt" in
-			*$thisincl*);;
-			*) dflt="$dflt -I$thisincl";;
-			esac
-		fi
-	fi
-done
-
-inctest='if $contains $2 $usrinc/$1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	xxx=true;
-elif $contains $2 $usrinc/sys/$1 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	xxx=true;
-else
-	xxx=false;
-fi;
-if $xxx; then
-	case "$dflt" in
-	*$2*);;
-	*) dflt="$dflt -D$2";;
-	esac;
-fi'
+$cat <<EOM
 
-set signal.h LANGUAGE_C; eval $inctest
+By default, $package will be installed in $dflt/bin, manual pages
+under $dflt/man, etc..., i.e. with $dflt as prefix for all
+installation directories. Typically this is something like /usr/local.
+If you wish to have binaries under /usr/bin but other parts of the
+installation under /usr/local, that's ok: you will be prompted
+separately for each of the installation directories, the prefix being
+only used to set the defaults.
 
-case "$usesocks" in
-$define)
-	ccflags="$ccflags -DSOCKS"
+EOM
+fn=d~
+rp='Installation prefix to use?'
+. ./getfile
+oldprefix=''
+case "$prefix" in
+'') ;;
+*)
+	case "$ans" in
+	"$prefix") ;;
+	*) oldprefix="$prefix";;
+	esac
 	;;
 esac
+prefix="$ans"
+prefixexp="$ansexp"
 
-case "$hint" in
-default|recommended) dflt="$ccflags $dflt" ;;
-*) dflt="$ccflags";;
-esac
-
-case "$dflt" in
-''|' ') dflt=none;;
+: is AFS running?
+echo " "
+case "$afs" in
+$define|true)	afs=true ;;
+$undef|false)	afs=false ;;
+*)	if test -d /afs; then
+		afs=true
+	else
+		afs=false
+	fi
+	;;
 esac
-$cat <<EOH
+if $afs; then
+	echo "AFS may be running... I'll be extra cautious then..." >&4
+else
+	echo "AFS does not seem to be running..." >&4
+fi
 
-Your C compiler may want other flags.  For this question you should include
--I/whatever and -DWHATEVER flags and any other flags used by the C compiler,
-but you should NOT include libraries or ld flags like -lwhatever.  If you
-want $package to honor its debug switch, you should include -DDEBUGGING here.
-Your C compiler might also need additional flags, such as -D_POSIX_SOURCE.
+: determine installation prefix for where package is to be installed.
+if $afs; then 
+$cat <<EOM
 
-To use no flags, specify the word "none".
+Since you are running AFS, I need to distinguish the directory in which
+files will reside from the directory in which they are installed (and from
+which they are presumably copied to the former directory by occult means).
 
-EOH
-set X $dflt
-shift
-dflt=${1+"$@"}
-rp="Any additional cc flags?"
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-none) ccflags='';;
-*) ccflags="$ans";;
-esac
+EOM
+	case "$installprefix" in
+	'') dflt=`echo $prefix | sed 's#^/afs/#/afs/.#'`;;
+	*) dflt="$installprefix";;
+	esac
+else
+$cat <<EOM
 
-: the following weeds options from ccflags that are of no interest to cpp
-cppflags="$ccflags"
-case "$gccversion" in
-1*) cppflags="$cppflags -D__GNUC__"
-esac
-case "$mips_type" in
-'');;
-*BSD*) cppflags="$cppflags -DSYSTYPE_BSD43";;
-esac
-case "$cppflags" in
-'');;
-*)
-	echo " "
-	echo "Let me guess what the preprocessor flags are..." >&4
-	set X $cppflags
-	shift
-	cppflags=''
-	$cat >cpp.c <<'EOM'
-#define BLURFL foo
+In some special cases, particularly when building $package for distribution,
+it is convenient to distinguish between the directory in which files should 
+be installed from the directory ($prefix) in which they 
+will eventually reside.  For most users, these two directories are the same.
 
-BLURFL xx LFRULB
 EOM
-	previous=''
-	for flag in $*
-	do
-		case "$flag" in
-		-*) ftry="$flag";;
-		*) ftry="$previous $flag";;
-		esac
-		if $cppstdin -DLFRULB=bar $cppflags $ftry $cppminus <cpp.c \
-			>cpp1.out 2>/dev/null && \
-			$cpprun -DLFRULB=bar $cppflags $ftry $cpplast <cpp.c \
-			>cpp2.out 2>/dev/null && \
-			$contains 'foo.*xx.*bar' cpp1.out >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
-			$contains 'foo.*xx.*bar' cpp2.out >/dev/null 2>&1
-		then
-			cppflags="$cppflags $ftry"
-			previous=''
-		else
-			previous="$flag"
-		fi
-	done
-	set X $cppflags
-	shift
-	cppflags=${1+"$@"}
-	case "$cppflags" in
-	*-*)  echo "They appear to be: $cppflags";;
+	case "$installprefix" in
+	'') dflt=$prefix ;;
+	*) dflt=$installprefix;;
 	esac
-	$rm -f cpp.c cpp?.out
-	;;
+fi
+fn=d~
+rp='What installation prefix should I use for installing files?'
+. ./getfile
+installprefix="$ans"
+installprefixexp="$ansexp"
+
+: set the prefixit variable, to compute a suitable default value
+prefixit='case "$3" in
+""|none)
+	case "$oldprefix" in
+	"") eval "$1=\"\$$2\"";;
+	*)
+		case "$3" in
+		"") eval "$1=";;
+		none)
+			eval "tp=\"\$$2\"";
+			case "$tp" in
+			""|" ") eval "$1=\"\$$2\"";;
+			*) eval "$1=";;
+			esac;;
+		esac;;
+	esac;;
+*)
+	eval "tp=\"$oldprefix-\$$2-\""; eval "tp=\"$tp\"";
+	case "$tp" in
+	--|/*--|\~*--) eval "$1=\"$prefix/$3\"";;
+	/*-$oldprefix/*|\~*-$oldprefix/*)
+		eval "$1=\`echo \$$2 | sed \"s,^$oldprefix,$prefix,\"\`";;
+	*) eval "$1=\"\$$2\"";;
+	esac;;
+esac'
+
+: set the base revision
+baserev=5.0
+
+: get the patchlevel
+echo " "
+echo "Getting the current patchlevel..." >&4
+if $test -r $rsrc/patchlevel.h;then
+	patchlevel=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_VERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
+	subversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_SUBVERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
+	apiversion=`awk '/define[ 	]+PERL_APIVERSION/ {print $3}' $rsrc/patchlevel.h`
+else
+	patchlevel=0
+	subversion=0
+	apiversion=0
+fi
+$echo $n "(You have $package" $c
+case "$package" in
+"*$baserev")	;;
+*)		$echo $n " $baserev" $c ;;
 esac
+$echo $n " patchlevel $patchlevel" $c
+test 0 -eq "$subversion" || $echo $n " subversion $subversion" $c
+echo ".)"
 
-: flags used in final linking phase
-case "$ldflags" in
-'') if ./venix; then
-		dflt='-i -z'
-	else
-		dflt=''
-	fi
-	case "$ccflags" in
-	*-posix*) dflt="$dflt -posix" ;;
+if test 0 -eq "$subversion"; then
+	version=`LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; \
+		 echo $baserev $patchlevel | \
+		 $awk '{ printf "%.3f\n", $1 + $2/1000.0 }'`
+else
+	version=`LC_ALL=C; export LC_ALL; \
+		 echo $baserev $patchlevel $subversion | \
+		 $awk '{ printf "%.5f\n", $1 + $2/1000.0 + $3/100000.0 }'`
+fi
+
+: determine installation style
+: For now, try to deduce it from prefix unless it is already set.
+: Reproduce behavior of 5.005 and earlier, maybe drop that in 5.7.
+case "$installstyle" in
+'')	case "$prefix" in
+		*perl*) dflt='lib';;
+		*) dflt='lib/perl5' ;;
 	esac
 	;;
-*) dflt="$ldflags";;
+*)	dflt='lib/perl5' ;;
 esac
+: Probably not worth prompting for this since we prompt for all
+: the directories individually, and the prompt would be too long and
+: confusing anyway.
+installstyle=$dflt
 
-: Try to guess additional flags to pick up local libraries.
-for thislibdir in $libpth; do
-	case " $loclibpth " in
-	*" $thislibdir "*)
-		case "$dflt " in 
-		*"-L$thislibdir "*) ;;
-		*)  dflt="$dflt -L$thislibdir" ;;
-		esac
-		;;
-	esac
-done
-
-case "$dflt" in
-'') dflt='none' ;;
+: determine where private library files go
+: Usual default is /usr/local/lib/perl5/$version.
+: Also allow things like /opt/perl/lib/$version, since 
+: /opt/perl/lib/perl5... would be redundant.
+: The default "style" setting is made in installstyle.U
+case "$installstyle" in
+*lib/perl5*) set dflt privlib lib/$package/$version ;;
+*)	 set dflt privlib lib/$version ;;
 esac
+eval $prefixit
+$cat <<EOM
 
-$cat <<EOH
-
-Your C linker may need flags.  For this question you should
-include -L/whatever and any other flags used by the C linker, but you
-should NOT include libraries like -lwhatever.
+There are some auxiliary files for $package that need to be put into a
+private library directory that is accessible by everyone.
 
-Make sure you include the appropriate -L/path flags if your C linker
-does not normally search all of the directories you specified above,
-namely
-	$libpth
-To use no flags, specify the word "none".
+EOM
+fn=d~+
+rp='Pathname where the private library files will reside?'
+. ./getfile
+privlib="$ans"
+privlibexp="$ansexp"
+: Change installation prefix, if necessary.
+if $test X"$prefix" != X"$installprefix"; then
+	installprivlib=`echo $privlibexp | sed "s#^$prefix#$installprefix#"`
+else
+	installprivlib="$privlibexp"
+fi
 
-EOH
+: set the prefixup variable, to restore leading tilda escape
+prefixup='case "$prefixexp" in
+"$prefix") ;;
+*) eval "$1=\`echo \$$1 | sed \"s,^$prefixexp,$prefix,\"\`";;
+esac'
 
-rp="Any additional ld flags (NOT including libraries)?"
-. ./myread
-case "$ans" in
-none) ldflags='';;
-*) ldflags="$ans";;
+: determine where public architecture dependent libraries go
+set archlib archlib
+eval $prefixit
+: privlib default is /usr/local/lib/$package/$version
+: archlib default is /usr/local/lib/$package/$version/$archname
+: privlib may have an optional trailing /share.
+tdflt=`echo $privlib | $sed 's,/share$,,'`
+tdflt=$tdflt/$archname
+case "$archlib" in
+'')	dflt=$tdflt
+	;;
+*)	dflt="$archlib"
+    ;;
 esac
-rmlist="$rmlist pdp11"
+$cat <<EOM
 
-: coherency check
-echo " "
-echo "Checking your choice of C compiler and flags for coherency..." >&4
-$cat > try.c <<'EOF'
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main() { printf("Ok\n"); exit(0); }
-EOF
-set X $cc $optimize $ccflags -o try $ldflags try.c $libs
-shift
-$cat >try.msg <<'EOM'
-I've tried to compile and run the following simple program:
+$spackage contains architecture-dependent library files.  If you are
+sharing libraries in a heterogeneous environment, you might store
+these files in a separate location.  Otherwise, you can just include
+them with the rest of the public library files.
 
 EOM
-$cat try.c >> try.msg
+fn=d+~
+rp='Where do you want to put the public architecture-dependent libraries?'
+. ./getfile
+archlib="$ans"
+archlibexp="$ansexp"
+if $test X"$archlib" = X"$privlib"; then
+	d_archlib="$undef"
+else
+	d_archlib="$define"
+fi
+: Change installation prefix, if necessary.
+if $test X"$prefix" != X"$installprefix"; then
+	installarchlib=`echo $archlibexp | sed "s#^$prefix#$installprefix#"`
+else
+	installarchlib="$archlibexp"
+fi
 
-$cat >> try.msg <<EOM
 
-I used the command:
+: Binary compatibility with 5.005 is not possible for builds
+: with advanced features
+case "$usethreads$usemultiplicity" in
+*define*)
+	bincompat5005="$undef"
+	d_bincompat5005="$undef"
+	;;
+*)	$cat <<EOM
 
-	$*
-	./try
+Perl 5.006 can be compiled for binary compatibility with 5.005.
+If you decide to do so, you will be able to continue using most
+of the extensions that were compiled for Perl 5.005.
 
-and I got the following output:
+EOM
+	case "$bincompat5005$d_bincompat5005" in
+	*"$undef"*) dflt=n ;;
+	*) dflt=y ;;
+	esac
+	rp='Binary compatibility with Perl 5.005?'
+	. ./myread
+	case "$ans" in
+	y*) val="$define" ;;
+	*)  val="$undef" ;;
+	esac
+	set d_bincompat5005
+	eval $setvar
+	case "$d_bincompat5005" in
+	"$define")
+		bincompat5005="$define"
+		;;
+	*)	bincompat5005="$undef"
+		d_bincompat5005="$undef"
+		;;
+	esac
+	;;
+esac
+
+
+: see if setuid scripts can be secure
+$cat <<EOM
+
+Some kernels have a bug that prevents setuid #! scripts from being
+secure.  Some sites have disabled setuid #! scripts because of this.
+
+First let's decide if your kernel supports secure setuid #! scripts.
+(If setuid #! scripts would be secure but have been disabled anyway,
+don't say that they are secure if asked.)
 
 EOM
-dflt=y
-if sh -c "$cc $optimize $ccflags -o try $ldflags try.c $libs" >>try.msg 2>&1; then
-	if sh -c './try' >>try.msg 2>&1; then
-		xxx=`./try`
-		case "$xxx" in
-		"Ok") dflt=n ;;
-		*)	echo 'The program compiled OK, but produced no output.' >> try.msg
-			case " $libs " in
-			*" -lsfio "*)
-				cat >> try.msg <<'EOQS'
-If $libs contains -lsfio, and sfio is mis-configured, then it
-sometimes (apparently) runs and exits with a 0 status, but with no
-output!  It may have to do with sfio's use of _exit vs. exit.
 
-EOQS
-				rp="You have a big problem.  Shall I abort Configure"
-				dflt=y
-				;;
+val="$undef"
+if $test -d /dev/fd; then
+	echo "#!$ls" >reflect
+	chmod +x,u+s reflect
+	./reflect >flect 2>&1
+	if $contains "/dev/fd" flect >/dev/null; then
+		echo "Congratulations, your kernel has secure setuid scripts!" >&4
+		val="$define"
+	else
+		$cat <<EOM
+If you are not sure if they are secure, I can check but I'll need a
+username and password different from the one you are using right now.
+If you don't have such a username or don't want me to test, simply
+enter 'none'.
+
+EOM
+		rp='Other username to test security of setuid scripts with?'
+		dflt='none'
+		. ./myread
+		case "$ans" in
+		n|none)
+			case "$d_suidsafe" in
+			'')	echo "I'll assume setuid scripts are *not* secure." >&4
+				dflt=n;;
+			"$undef")
+				echo "Well, the $hint value is *not* secure." >&4
+				dflt=n;;
+			*)	echo "Well, the $hint value *is* secure." >&4
+				dflt=y;;
 			esac
 			;;
+		*)
+			$rm -f reflect flect
+			echo "#!$ls" >reflect
+			chmod +x,u+s reflect
+			echo >flect
+			chmod a+w flect
+			echo '"su" will (probably) prompt you for '"$ans's password."
+			su $ans -c './reflect >flect'
+			if $contains "/dev/fd" flect >/dev/null; then
+				echo "Okay, it looks like setuid scripts are secure." >&4
+				dflt=y
+			else
+				echo "I don't think setuid scripts are secure." >&4
+				dflt=n
+			fi
+			;;
+		esac
+		rp='Does your kernel have *secure* setuid scripts?'
+		. ./myread
+		case "$ans" in
+		[yY]*)	val="$define";;
+		*)	val="$undef";;
 		esac
-	else
-		echo "The program compiled OK, but exited with status $?." >>try.msg
-		rp="You have a problem.  Shall I abort Configure"
-		dflt=y
 	fi
 else
-	echo "I can't compile the test program." >>try.msg
-	rp="You have a BIG problem.  Shall I abort Configure"
-	dflt=y
+	echo "I don't think setuid scripts are secure (no /dev/fd directory)." >&4
+	echo "(That's for file descriptors, not floppy disks.)"
+	val="$undef"
 fi
-case "$dflt" in
-y)
-	$cat try.msg >&4
-	case "$knowitall" in
-	'')
-		echo "(The supplied flags or libraries might be incorrect.)"
-		;;
-	*) dflt=n;;
+set d_suidsafe
+eval $setvar
+
+$rm -f reflect flect
+
+: now see if they want to do setuid emulation
+echo " "
+val="$undef"
+case "$d_suidsafe" in
+"$define")
+	val="$undef"
+	echo "No need to emulate SUID scripts since they are secure here." >& 4
+	;;
+*)
+	$cat <<EOM
+Some systems have disabled setuid scripts, especially systems where
+setuid scripts cannot be secure.  On systems where setuid scripts have
+been disabled, the setuid/setgid bits on scripts are currently
+useless.  It is possible for $package to detect those bits and emulate
+setuid/setgid in a secure fashion.  This emulation will only work if
+setuid scripts have been disabled in your kernel.
+
+EOM
+	case "$d_dosuid" in
+	"$define") dflt=y ;;
+	*) dflt=n ;;
 	esac
-	echo " "
+	rp="Do you want to do setuid/setgid emulation?"
 	. ./myread
 	case "$ans" in
-	n*|N*) ;;
-	*)	echo "Ok.  Stopping Configure." >&4
-		exit 1
-		;;
+	[yY]*)	val="$define";;
+	*)	val="$undef";;
 	esac
 	;;
-n) echo "OK, that should do.";;
 esac
-$rm -f try try.* core
+set d_dosuid
+eval $setvar
 
 : determine filename position in cpp output
 echo " "
@@ -4945,17 +5215,6 @@ fi
 set installusrbinperl
 eval $setvar
 
-: define a shorthand compile call
-compile='
-mc_file=$1;
-shift;
-$cc $optimize $ccflags $ldflags -o ${mc_file} $* ${mc_file}.c $libs > /dev/null 2>&1;'
-: define a shorthand compile call for compilations that should be ok.
-compile_ok='
-mc_file=$1;
-shift;
-$cc $optimize $ccflags $ldflags -o ${mc_file} $* ${mc_file}.c $libs;'
-
 echo " "
 echo "Checking for GNU C Library..." >&4
 cat >gnulibc.c <<EOM
@@ -6119,13 +6378,13 @@ if $test -d /usr/etc/yp || $test -d /etc/yp; then
 	esac
 fi
 case "$hostcat" in
-'') hostcat='cat /etc/hosts';;
+'') test -f /etc/hosts && hostcat='cat /etc/hosts';;
 esac
 case "$groupcat" in
-'') groupcat='cat /etc/group';;
+'') test -f /etc/group && groupcat='cat /etc/group';;
 esac
 case "$passcat" in
-'') passcat='cat /etc/passwd';;
+'') test -f /etc/passwd && passcat='cat /etc/passwd';;
 esac
 
 : now get the host name
@@ -6227,6 +6486,7 @@ case "$myhostname" in
 				$sed -e 's/[	 ]*#.*//; s/$/ /' > hosts && \
 			$test -s hosts
 		} || {
+			test "X$hostcat" != "X" &&
 		     	$hostcat | $sed -n -e "s/[	 ]*#.*//; s/\$/ /
 					/[	 ]$myhostname[	. ]/p" > hosts
 		}
@@ -6519,7 +6779,7 @@ siteprefixexp="$ansexp"
 : XXX No longer works with Prefixit stuff.
 prog=`echo $package | $sed 's/-*[0-9.]*$//'`
 case "$installstyle" in
-*lib/perl5*) dflt=$siteprefix/lib/site_$prog ;;
+*lib/perl5*) dflt=$siteprefix/lib/$package/site_$prog ;;
 *)	 dflt=$siteprefix/lib/site_$prog ;;
 esac
 $cat <<EOM
@@ -6834,7 +7094,7 @@ case "$doublesize" in
 int main()
 {
     printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof(double));
-    return(0);
+    exit(0);
 }
 EOCP
 	set try
@@ -7237,52 +7497,6 @@ $rm -f set set.c
 set bzero d_bzero
 eval $inlibc
 
-: check for lengths of integral types
-echo " "
-case "$intsize" in
-'')
-	echo "Checking to see how big your integers are..." >&4
-	$cat >intsize.c <<'EOCP'
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main()
-{
-	printf("intsize=%d;\n", (int)sizeof(int));
-	printf("longsize=%d;\n", (int)sizeof(long));
-	printf("shortsize=%d;\n", (int)sizeof(short));
-	exit(0);
-}
-EOCP
-	set intsize
-	if eval $compile_ok && ./intsize > /dev/null; then
-		eval `./intsize`
-		echo "Your integers are $intsize bytes long."
-		echo "Your long integers are $longsize bytes long."
-		echo "Your short integers are $shortsize bytes long."
-	else
-		$cat >&4 <<EOM
-!
-Help! I can't compile and run the intsize test program: please enlighten me!
-(This is probably a misconfiguration in your system or libraries, and
-you really ought to fix it.  Still, I'll try anyway.)
-!
-EOM
-		dflt=4
-		rp="What is the size of an integer (in bytes)?"
-		. ./myread
-		intsize="$ans"
-		dflt=$intsize
-		rp="What is the size of a long integer (in bytes)?"
-		. ./myread
-		longsize="$ans"
-		dflt=2
-		rp="What is the size of a short integer (in bytes)?"
-		. ./myread
-		shortsize="$ans"
-	fi
-	;;
-esac
-$rm -f intsize intsize.*
-
 : see if signal is declared as pointer to function returning int or void
 echo " "
 xxx=`./findhdr signal.h`
@@ -8021,7 +8235,8 @@ case "$eagain" in
 #ifndef errno  /* XXX need better Configure test */
 extern int errno;
 #endif
-#ifdef $i_unistd
+#$i_unistd I_UNISTD
+#ifdef I_UNISTD
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #ifdef $i_string
@@ -8441,128 +8656,6 @@ eval $inlibc
 set fpathconf d_fpathconf
 eval $inlibc
 
-: define an is-a-typedef? function
-typedef='type=$1; var=$2; def=$3; shift; shift; shift; inclist=$@;
-case "$inclist" in
-"") inclist="sys/types.h";;
-esac;
-eval "varval=\$$var";
-case "$varval" in
-"")
-	$rm -f temp.c;
-	for inc in $inclist; do
-		echo "#include <$inc>" >>temp.c;
-	done;
-	echo "#ifdef $type" >> temp.c;
-	echo "printf(\"We have $type\");" >> temp.c;
-	echo "#endif" >> temp.c;
-	$cppstdin $cppflags $cppminus < temp.c >temp.E 2>/dev/null;
-	if $contains $type temp.E >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		eval "$var=\$type";
-	else
-		eval "$var=\$def";
-	fi;
-	$rm -f temp.?;;
-*) eval "$var=\$varval";;
-esac'
-
-: define an is-a-typedef? function that prompts if the type is not available.
-typedef_ask='type=$1; var=$2; def=$3; shift; shift; shift; inclist=$@;
-case "$inclist" in
-"") inclist="sys/types.h";;
-esac;
-eval "varval=\$$var";
-case "$varval" in
-"")
-	$rm -f temp.c;
-	for inc in $inclist; do
-		echo "#include <$inc>" >>temp.c;
-	done;
-	echo "#ifdef $type" >> temp.c;
-	echo "printf(\"We have $type\");" >> temp.c;
-	echo "#endif" >> temp.c;
-	$cppstdin $cppflags $cppminus < temp.c >temp.E 2>/dev/null;
-	echo " " ;
-	echo "$rp" | $sed -e "s/What is/Looking for/" -e "s/?/./";
-	if $contains $type temp.E >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		echo "$type found." >&4;
-		eval "$var=\$type";
-	else
-		echo "$type NOT found." >&4;
-		dflt="$def";
-		. ./myread ;
-		eval "$var=\$ans";
-	fi;
-	$rm -f temp.?;;
-*) eval "$var=\$varval";;
-esac'
-
-: see what type lseek is declared as in the kernel
-rp="What is the type used for lseek's offset on this system?"
-set off_t lseektype long stdio.h sys/types.h
-eval $typedef_ask
-
-echo " "
-$echo $n "Checking to see how big your file offsets are...$c" >&4
-$cat >try.c <<EOCP
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main()
-{
-    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($lseektype));
-    return(0); 
-}
-EOCP
-set try
-if eval $compile_ok; then
-	lseeksize=`./try`
-	$echo " $lseeksize bytes." >&4
-else
-	dflt='4'
-	echo " "
-	echo "(I can't seem to compile the test program.  Guessing...)"
-	rp="What is the size of your file offsets (in bytes)?"
-	. ./myread
-	lseeksize="$ans"
-fi
-$rm -f try.c try
-
-: see what type file positions are declared as in the library
-rp="What is the type for file position used by fsetpos()?"
-set fpos_t fpostype long stdio.h sys/types.h
-eval $typedef_ask
-
-echo " "
-case "$fpostype" in
-*_t) zzz="$fpostype"	;;
-*)   zzz="fpos_t"	;;
-esac
-echo "Checking the size of $zzz..." >&4 
-cat > try.c <<EOCP
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-int main() {
-    printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($fpostype));
-    return(0);
-}
-EOCP
-set try
-if eval $compile_ok; then
-	yyy=`./try`
-	case "$yyy" in
-	'')	fpossize=4
-		echo "(I can't execute the test program--guessing $fpossize.)" >&4
-		;;
-	*)	fpossize=$yyy
-		echo "Your $zzz size is $fpossize bytes."
-		;;
-	esac
-else
-	fpossize=4
-	echo "(I can't compile the test program--guessing $fpossize.)" >&4
-fi
-
-
 
 : check for off64_t
 echo " "
@@ -8580,7 +8673,7 @@ else
 	val="$undef"
 	echo "No, it doesn't."
 	case "$lseeksize" in
-	8) echo "(This is okay because your off_t is 64 bits wide.)" ;;
+	8) echo "(Your off_t is 64 bits, so you could use that.)" ;;
 	esac
 fi
 $rm -f try.* try
@@ -8602,7 +8695,7 @@ else
 	val="$undef"
 	echo "No, it doesn't."
 	case "$fpossize" in
-	8) echo "(This is okay because your fpos_t is 64 bits wide.)" ;;
+	8) echo "(Your fpos_t is 64 bits, so you could use that.)" ;;
 	esac
 fi
 $rm -f try.* try
@@ -8652,6 +8745,9 @@ esac
 : see if fseeko exists
 set fseeko d_fseeko
 eval $inlibc
+case "$longsize" in
+8) echo "(Your long is 64 bits, so in a pinch you could use fseek.)" ;;
+esac
 
 : see if fsetpos exists
 set fsetpos d_fsetpos
@@ -8675,6 +8771,9 @@ eval $inlibc
 : see if ftello exists
 set ftello d_ftello
 eval $inlibc
+case "$longsize" in
+8) echo "(Your long is 64 bits, so in a pinch you could use ftell.)" ;;
+esac
 
 : see if getgrent exists
 set getgrent d_getgrent
@@ -9033,11 +9132,9 @@ set i_inttypes
 eval $setvar
 
 : check for int64_t
-case "$use64bits" in
-"$define" )
-	echo " "
-	$echo $n "Checking to see if your system supports int64_t...$c" >&4
-	$cat >try.c <<EOCP
+echo " "
+$echo $n "Checking to see if your system supports int64_t...$c" >&4
+$cat >try.c <<EOCP
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #$i_inttypes I_INTTYPES
 #ifdef I_INTTYPES
@@ -9045,23 +9142,18 @@ case "$use64bits" in
 #endif
 int main() { int64_t x = 7; }
 EOCP
-	set try
-	if eval $compile; then
-		val="$define"
-		echo " Yes, it does." >&4
-	else
-		val="$undef"
-		echo " No, it doesn't." >&4
-	fi
-	$rm -f try try.*
-	;;
-*)	val="$undef"
-	;;
-esac
+set try
+if eval $compile; then
+	val="$define"
+	echo " Yes, it does." >&4
+else
+	val="$undef"
+	echo " No, it doesn't." >&4
+fi
+$rm -f try try.*
 set d_int64t
 eval $setvar
 
-
 : Look for isascii
 echo " "
 $cat >isascii.c <<'EOCP'
@@ -9551,7 +9643,7 @@ esac
 
 
 echo " "
-echo "Checking which 64-bit integer type to use..." >&4
+echo "Checking which 64-bit integer type we could use..." >&4
 
 case "$intsize" in
 8) val=int
@@ -9560,7 +9652,7 @@ case "$intsize" in
    val='"unsigned int"'
    set uquadtype
    eval $setvar
-   quadcase=1
+   quadkind=1
    ;;
 *) case "$longsize" in
    8) val=long
@@ -9569,7 +9661,7 @@ case "$intsize" in
       val='"unsigned long"'
       set uquadtype
       eval $setvar
-      quadcase=2
+      quadkind=2
       ;;
    *) case "$uselonglong:$d_longlong:$longlongsize" in
       define:define:8)
@@ -9579,7 +9671,7 @@ case "$intsize" in
         val='"unsigned long long"'
         set uquadtype
         eval $setvar
-        quadcase=3
+        quadkind=3
         ;;
       *) case "$d_int64t" in
          define)
@@ -9589,7 +9681,7 @@ case "$intsize" in
            val=uint64_t
            set uquadtype
            eval $setvar
-           quadcase=4
+           quadkind=4
            ;;
          esac
          ;;
@@ -9600,10 +9692,19 @@ case "$intsize" in
 esac
 
 case "$quadtype" in
-'')	echo "Alas, no 64-bit integer types in sight." >&4
+'')	case "$uselonglong:$d_longlong:$longlongsize" in
+	undef:define:8)
+	   echo "(You would have 'long long', but you are not using it.)" >&4 ;;
+	*) echo "Alas, no 64-bit integer types in sight." >&4 ;;
+	esac
 	d_quad="$undef"
 	;;
-*)	echo "Using '$quadtype' for 64-bit integers." >&4
+*)	if test X"$use64bits" = Xdefine -o X"$longsize" = X8; then
+	    verb="will"
+	else
+	    verb="could"
+	fi
+	echo "We $verb use '$quadtype' for 64-bit integers." >&4
 	d_quad="$define"
 	;;
 esac
@@ -10330,6 +10431,8 @@ int main()
     struct sigaction act, oact;
     act.sa_flags = 0;
     oact.sa_handler = 0;
+    /* so that act and oact are used */
+    exit(act.sa_flags == 0 &&  oact.sa_handler == 0);
 }
 EOP
 	set try
@@ -10964,6 +11067,7 @@ EOM
 	case "$alignbytes" in
 	'') echo "Checking alignment constraints..." >&4
 		$cat >try.c <<'EOCP'
+#include <stdio.h>
 struct foobar {
 	char foo;
 	double bar;
@@ -11758,7 +11862,7 @@ cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <stdio.h>
 int main() {
     printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($gidtype));
-    return(0);
+    exit(0);
 }
 EOCP
 set try
@@ -11825,7 +11929,7 @@ case "$charsize" in
 int main()
 {
     printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof(char));
-    return(0);
+    exit(0);
 }
 EOCP
 	set try
@@ -12540,7 +12644,7 @@ case "$ptrsize" in
 int main()
 {
     printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof(VOID_PTR));
-    return(0);
+    exit(0);
 }
 EOCP
 	set try
@@ -12753,10 +12857,17 @@ esac
 : Remove SIGSTKSIZE used by Linux.
 : Remove SIGSTKSZ used by Posix.
 : Remove SIGTYP void lines used by OS2.
-xxx=`echo '#include <signal.h>' |
+if [ "X$fieldn" = X ]; then
+    xxx=`echo '#include <signal.h>' |
+	$cppstdin $cppminus $cppflags 2>/dev/null |
+	$grep '^[ 	]*#.*include' | 
+	$sed 's!"!!g' | $sort | $uniq`
+else
+    xxx=`echo '#include <signal.h>' |
 	$cppstdin $cppminus $cppflags 2>/dev/null |
 	$grep '^[ 	]*#.*include' | 
 	$awk "{print \\$$fieldn}" | $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
@@ -12852,7 +12963,7 @@ echo $xxx | $tr ' ' $trnl | $sort | $uniq | $awk '
 }
 END {
 	printf "#endif /* JUST_NSIG */\n";
-	printf "}\n";
+	printf "exit(0);\n}\n";
 }
 ' >>signal.c
 $cat >signal.awk <<'EOP'
@@ -13105,7 +13216,7 @@ cat > try.c <<EOCP
 #include <stdio.h>
 int main() {
     printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof($uidtype));
-    return(0);
+    exit(0);
 }
 EOCP
 set try
@@ -14624,7 +14735,7 @@ privlib='$privlib'
 privlibexp='$privlibexp'
 prototype='$prototype'
 ptrsize='$ptrsize'
-quadcase='$quadcase'
+quadkind='$quadkind'
 quadtype='$quadtype'
 randbits='$randbits'
 randfunc='$randfunc'