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-rw-r--r--beos/beosish.h13
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diff --git a/beos/beos.c b/beos/beos.c
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+++ b/beos/beos.c
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+#undef waitpid
+
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+
+/* In BeOS 5.0 the waitpid() seems to misbehave in that the status
+ * is _not_ shifted left by eight (multiplied by 256), as it is in
+ * POSIX/UNIX. To undo the surpise effect to the rest of Perl we
+ * need this wrapper. (The rest of BeOS might be surprised because
+ * of this, though.) */
+
+pid_t beos_waitpid(pid_t process_id, int *status_location, int options) {
+ pid_t got = waitpid(procedd_is, status_location, options);
+ if (status_localtion)
+ *status_location <<= 8;
+ return got;
+}
diff --git a/beos/beosish.h b/beos/beosish.h
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+++ b/beos/beosish.h
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+#ifndef PERL_BEOS_BEOSISH_H
+#define PERL_BEOS_BEOSISH_H
+
+#include "unixish.h"
+
+#undef waitpid
+#define waitpid beos_waitpid
+
+/* This seems to be protoless. */
+char *gcvt(double value, int num_digits, char *buffer);
+
+#endif
+