--- configure.orig	Tue Sep  2 13:54:16 1997
+++ configure	Sat Jan 23 10:58:22 1999
@@ -1146,5 +1146,13 @@
     *-freebsd*)
-	DSOSUF=so.${DIST_MAJOR}.0
+	DSOSUF=so
 	LIBCOPTS='-fpic -fPIC'
-	DSO=FREEBSD
+	if [ $PORTOBJFORMAT = elf ]; then
+		DSOSUF_VERSION=${DSOSUF}.4
+		DSOOPTS='-shared'
+		DSO=FREEBSD_ELF
+	else
+		DSOSUF_VERSION=${DSOSUF}.4.0
+		DSOOPTS='-Bshareable'
+		DSO=FREEBSD_AOUT
+	fi
 	TIFFLIBREF='-L${DEPTH}/libtiff -ltiff'