NetBSD hint update

hi folks... been a while since i posted here...

someone told me that 5.004 was happening RFSN... so i thought it was
time to update the hints/netbsd.sh file, as it needs it.

p5p-msgid: 199704251021.EAA22570@jhereg.perl.com

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/hints/netbsd.sh b/hints/netbsd.sh
index 24ffe15f73..d14dd0b3df 100644
--- a/hints/netbsd.sh
+++ b/hints/netbsd.sh
@@ -5,22 +5,51 @@
 # 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.
+# introduce shared libraries.  however, they don't work/build on
+# pmax, powerpc and alpha ports correctly, yet.
+
+case "$archname" in
+'')
+    archname=`uname -m`-${osname}
+    ;;
+esac
+
 case "$osvers" in
 0.9|0.8*)
 	usedl="$undef"
 	;;
-*)	d_dlopen=$define
-	d_dlerror=$define
+*)
+	case `uname -m` in
+	alpha|powerpc|pmax)
+		d_dlopen=$undef
+		;;
+# this doesn't work (yet).
+#	alpha)
+#		d_dlopen=$define
+#		d_dlerror=$define
+#		cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
+#		lddlflags="-shared $lddlflags"
+#		;;
+	*)
+		d_dlopen=$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.
+		cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
+		lddlflags="-Bforcearchive -Bshareable $lddlflags"
+		;;
+	esac
+	;;
+esac
+
+# netbsd had these but they don't really work as advertised, in the
+# versions listed below.  if they are defined, then there isn't a
+# way to make perl call setuid() or setgid().  if they aren't, then
+# ($<, $>) = ($u, $u); will work (same for $(/$)).  this is because
+# you can not change the real userid of a process under 4.4BSD.
+# netbsd fixed this in 1.2A.
+case "$osver" in
+0.9*|1.0*|1.1*|1.2_*|1.2|1.2.*)
 	d_setregid="$undef"
 	d_setreuid="$undef"
 	d_setrgid="$undef"
@@ -31,9 +60,3 @@ 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