1 files changed, 41 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh
index 7617a886b9..bd2fd6742d 100644
--- a/hints/linux.sh
+++ b/hints/linux.sh
@@ -1,32 +1,58 @@
-# Configuration time: Mon May 16 03:41:24 EDT 1994
+# hints/linux.sh
 # Original version by rsanders
 # Additional dlext support by Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com>
-# Target system: linux hrothgar 1.1.12 #9 sat may 14 02:03:23 edt 1994 i486 
+#
+# First pass at ELF support by Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
+# Fri Feb  3 14:05:00 EST 1995
+# Use   sh Configure -Dcc=gcc-elf     to try using gcc-elf.  It might work.
+#
+# I don't understand several things in here.  Clarifications are welcome.
+
+# Why is this needed?
 bin='/usr/bin' 
+
 ccflags='-I/usr/include/bsd'
 cppflags=' -I/usr/include/bsd'
 d_dosuid='define'
-d_voidsig='define'
+
+# Why are these needed?
 gidtype='gid_t'
 groupstype='gid_t'
+uidtype='uid_t'
+
 malloctype='void *'
+usemymalloc='n'
+
+case "$optimize" in
+'') optimize='-O2' ;;
+esac
+
+# Why is this needed?
 nm_opt=''
-optimize='-O2'
+
 sig_name='ZERO HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP IOT UNUSED FPE KILL USR1 SEGV USR2 PIPE ALRM TERM STKFLT CHLD CONT STOP TSTP TTIN TTOU IO XCPU XFSZ VTALRM PROF WINCH'
 signal_t='void'
-uidtype='uid_t'
-usemymalloc='n'
-yacc='bison -y'
-lddlflags='-r'
-so='sa'
-dlext='o'
-## If you are using DLD 3.2.4 which does not support shared libs,
-## uncomment the next two lines:
-#ldflags="-static"
-#so='none'
+
+case "$cc" in
+*cc-elf*)
+    so='so'
+    dlext='so'
+    # Configure might not understand nm output for ELF.
+    usenm=false
+    ;;
+*)
+    lddlflags='-r'
+    so='sa'
+    dlext='o'
+    ## If you are using DLD 3.2.4 which does not support shared libs,
+    ## uncomment the next two lines:
+    #ldflags="-static"
+    #so='none'
+    ;;
+esac
 
 cat <<EOM
 
-You should take a look at hints/linux.sh. There are a couple of lines you
+You should take a look at hints/linux.sh. There are a some lines you
 may wish to change near the bottom.
 EOM