--- hints/freebsd.sh.orig	Fri Feb 12 09:05:48 1999
+++ hints/freebsd.sh	Fri May  7 22:50:53 1999
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 	d_setreuid='define'
 	d_setegid='undef'
 	d_seteuid='undef'
+	d_dosuid='define'
 	test -r ./broken-db.msg && . ./broken-db.msg
 	;;
 #
@@ -85,12 +86,18 @@
 	d_setreuid='define'
 	d_setegid='undef'
 	d_seteuid='undef'
+	d_dosuid='define'
 	;;
 #
 # Guesses at what will be needed after 2.2
 *)	usevfork='true'
 	usemymalloc='n'
 	libswanted=`echo $libswanted | sed 's/ malloc / /'`
+	d_setregid='define'
+	d_setreuid='define'
+	d_setegid='undef'
+	d_seteuid='undef'
+	d_dosuid='define'
 	;;
 esac
 
@@ -99,7 +106,11 @@
 case "$osvers" in
 0.*|1.0*) ;;
 
-3.*|4.0*)
+2.*)	cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic'
+	lddlflags="-Bshareable $lddlflags"
+	;;
+
+*)
         objformat=`/usr/bin/objformat`
         if [ x$objformat = xelf ]; then
             libpth="/usr/lib /usr/local/lib"
@@ -115,10 +126,6 @@
         fi
         cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic'
         ;;
-
-*)	cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic'
-	lddlflags="-Bshareable $lddlflags"
-	;;
 esac
 
 cat <<'EOM' >&4
@@ -166,7 +173,7 @@
 $define|true|[yY]*)
         lc_r=`/sbin/ldconfig -r|grep ':-lc_r'|awk '{print $NF}'`
         case "$osvers" in  
-	2.2.8*|3.*|4.*)
+	2.2.8*)
 	      if [ ! -r "$lc_r" ]; then
 	      cat <<EOM >&4
 POSIX threads should be supported by FreeBSD $osvers --
@@ -179,7 +186,7 @@
 	      fi
 	      ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
 	      ;;
-        2.2*)
+        0.*|1.*|2.0*|2.1*|2.2*)
               cat <<EOM >&4
 POSIX threads are not supported well by FreeBSD $osvers.
 
@@ -192,12 +199,17 @@
 EOM
 	      exit 1
 	      ;;
-	 *)   cat <<EOM >&4
-I did not know that FreeBSD $osvers supports POSIX threads.
+	 *)   if [ ! -r "$lc_r" ]; then
+	      cat <<EOM >&4
+POSIX threads should be supported by FreeBSD $osvers --
+but your system is missing the shared libc_r.
+(/sbin/ldconfig -r doesn't find any).
 
-Feel free to tell perlbug@perl.com otherwise.
+Consider using the latest STABLE release.
 EOM
-	      exit 1
+		 exit 1
+	      fi
+	      ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
 	      ;;
 	esac