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+# hints/netbsd.sh
+#
+# talk to mrg@eterna.com.au if you want to change this file.
+#
+# netbsd keeps dynamic loading dl*() functions in /usr/lib/crt0.o,
+# so Configure doesn't find them (unless you abandon the nm scan).
+# this should be *just* 0.9 below as netbsd 0.9a was the first to
+# introduce shared libraries.
+case "$osvers" in
+0.9|0.8*)
+	usedl="$undef"
+	;;
+*)	d_dlopen=$define
+	d_dlerror=$define
+# we use -fPIC here because -fpic is *NOT* enough for some of the
+# extensions like Tk on some netbsd platforms (the sparc is one)
+	cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
+	lddlflags="-Bforcearchive -Bshareable $lddlflags"
+# netbsd has these but they don't really work as advertised.  if they
+# are defined, then there isn't a way to make perl call setuid() or
+# setgid().  if they aren't, then ($<, $>) = ($u, $u); will work (same
+# for $(/$)).  this is because you can not change the real userid of
+# a process under 4.4BSD.
+	d_setregid="$undef"
+	d_setreuid="$undef"
+	d_setrgid="$undef"
+	d_setruid="$undef"
+	;;
+esac
+
+# Avoid telldir prototype conflict in pp_sys.c  (NetBSD uses const DIR *)
+# Configure should test for this.  Volunteers?
+pp_sys_cflags='ccflags="$ccflags -DHAS_TELLDIR_PROTOTYPE"'
+
+case "$archname" in
+'')
+    archname=`uname -m`-${osname}
+    ;;
+esac