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diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh
index 0339e8f..e9af509 100644
--- a/hints/linux.sh
+++ b/hints/linux.sh
@@ -43,17 +43,30 @@ ignore_versioned_solibs='y'
 # available via anonymous FTP at tsx-11.mit.edu in
 # /pub/linux/docs/linux-standards/fsstnd.
 # Allow a command line override, e.g. Configure -Dprefix=/foo/bar
-# Also, if the user has specified -Uinstallusrbinperl and hasn't
-# specified a prefix, then set prefix to /usr/local.
-case "$prefix" in
-'')
-    case "$installusrbinperl" in
-    "$undef")
-        prefix='/usr/local' ;;
-    esac
-*)
-    prefix='/usr' ;;
-esac
+#
+#  Addendum for 5.005_57 and beyond:
+#
+# However, most Linux users probably already have a /usr/bin/perl.
+# We can't know whether the current user is intending to *replace*
+# that /usr/bin/perl or whether the user is intending to install
+# a *different* installation.
+#
+# Here is what we used to do:
+# Allow a command line override, e.g. Configure -Dprefix=/foo/bar
+# case "$prefix" in
+# '') prefix='/usr' ;;
+# esac
+#
+# For now, let's assume that most Linux users get their /usr/bin/perl
+# from some packaging system, so that those compiling from source are
+# probably the more experimental folks and hence probably aren't
+# intending to replace /usr/bin/perl (at least just yet).
+# This change makes linux consistent with most other unix platforms
+# in having a default of prefix=/usr/local.
+# These notes can probably safely be removed in 5.006_50 and beyond.
+#
+#	9 April 1999  Andy Dougherty  <doughera@lafayette.edu>
+#
 
 # gcc-2.6.3 defines _G_HAVE_BOOL to 1, but doesn't actually supply bool.
 ccflags="-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL $ccflags"
@@ -245,6 +258,15 @@ fi
 #'osfmach3ppc') ccdlflags='-Wl,-E' ;;
 #esac
 
+case "`uname -r`" in
+sparc-linux)
+	case "$cccdlflags" in
+	*-fpic*) cccdlflags="`echo $cccdlflags|sed 's/-fpic/-fPIC/'`" ;;
+	*)	 cccdlflags="$cccdlflags -fPIC" ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+esac
+
 # This script UU/usethreads.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure 
 # after it has prompted the user for whether to use threads.
 cat > UU/usethreads.cbu <<'EOCBU'