Retract #21168 based on advice from Anton Berezin (added).

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@21169

diff --git a/hints/freebsd.sh b/hints/freebsd.sh
index 2dd6a6c..c187446 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/freebsd.sh
+++ b/hints/freebsd.sh
@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ Consider using the latest STABLE release.
 EOM
                 exit 1
              fi
+             # In principle, on FreeBSD 4.X, you can dispense
+             # with -pthread like this:
+             # cc -o tt{,.c} -nostdlib -lc_r /usr/lib/crt1.o
+             # On modern 5.X, however, one has to link with
+             # BOTH libc and libc_r.
+             # Using -pthread is just easier.
+             # If one wants to link against an alternative
+             # threads implementation (libthr, libpthread, etc),
+             # one has to jump through a number of hoops anyway,
+             # so no win there, so leave the -pthread in.
+             # --Anton Berezin <tobez>
+             ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
              case "$osvers" in
              # Both in 4.x and 5.x gethostbyaddr_r exists but
              # it is "Temporary function, not threadsafe"...