More portability thingies

Author: jgg
Date: 1999-12-21 07:37:56 GMT
More portability thingies

7 files changed, 379 insertions, 99 deletions

diff --git a/COMPILING b/COMPILING
index ec02c3cd6..7b12572cd 100644
--- a/COMPILING
+++ b/COMPILING
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@ Current shims:
   * C9x integer types 'inttypes.h' 
   * sys/statvfs.h to convert from BSD/Linux statfs to SUS statvfs
   * rfc2553 hostname resolution (methods/rfc*), shims to normal gethostbyname.
+    The more adventerous could steal the KAME IPv6 enabled resolvers for those
+    OS's with IPv6 support but no rfc2553 (why?)
+  * define _XOPEN_EXTENDES_SOURCE to bring in h_errno on HP-UX
+  * socklen_t shim in netdb.h if the OS does not have socklen_t
   
 The only completely non-shimed OS is Linux with glibc2.1, glibc2.0 requires
-all three shims.
+the first three shims.
 
 Platform Notes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ Debian GNU Linux 'potato'
   - Works flawlessly
   - You will want to have debiandoc-sgml and yodl installed to get
     best results.
-  - No IPv6 Support in glibc's < 2.1
+  - No IPv6 Support in glibc's < 2.1.
 
 Sun Solaris
   SunOS cab101 5.7 Generic_106541-04 sun4u sparc
@@ -52,7 +56,8 @@ Sun Solaris
 OpenBSD
   OpenBSD gsb086 2.5 CMPUT#0 i386 unknown
   - Works fine
-  - OS needs 'ranlib' to generate the symbol table after 'ar'..
+  - OS needs 'ranlib' to generate the symbol table after 'ar'.. (not using
+    GNU ar with the gnu tool chain :<)
   - Note, no IPv6 Support, OS lacks RFC 2553 hostname resolution
   
 HP-UX
@@ -61,15 +66,6 @@ HP-UX
      1) snprintf exists but is not prototyped, ignore spurios warnings
      2) No socklen_t
      3) Requires -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED for h_errno
-    configure attempts to detect items 2 and 3, and tries to fix them.  If
-    not, you can add the following into(patches welcome to configure.in)
-    build/include/netdb.h:
-    
-    #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
-    #define socklen_t size_t
-    #include_next <netdb.h>
-    
-    A similar techinque can be used for snprintf/vsprintf if you dislike 
-    the warnings
+    configure should fix the last two (see above)
   - Note, no IPv6 Support, OS lacks RFC 2553 hostname resolution
     
diff --git a/buildlib/config.h.in b/buildlib/config.h.in
index 7e738af52..6606a84d4 100644
--- a/buildlib/config.h.in
+++ b/buildlib/config.h.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
    byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX).  */
 #undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 
+/* The following 4 are only used by inttypes.h shim if the system lacks
+   inttypes.h */
 /* The number of bytes in a usigned char.  */
 #undef SIZEOF_CHAR
 
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
 /* Define if we have the X11 windowing system. */
 #undef HAVE_X11
 
+/* These two are used by the statvfs shim for glibc2.0 and bsd */
 /* Define if we have sys/vfs.h */
 #undef HAVE_VFS_H
 
@@ -32,20 +35,9 @@
 /* Define if we have enabled pthread support */
 #undef HAVE_PTHREAD
 
-/* Define if h_errno is in netdb.h */
-#undef HAVE_NETDB_H
-
-/* Define if socklen_t is in sys/socket.h  This does not mean we
-   shouldn't include sys/socket.h tho!  */
-#undef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
-
-/* If there is no socklen_t, define this(might want to update
-   configure.in.  */
+/* If there is no socklen_t, define this for the netdb shim */
 #undef NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE
 
-/* Define on HP-UX */
-#undef NEED_XOPEN_NETDB_H
-
 /* Define the architecture name string */
 #undef ARCHITECTURE
 
diff --git a/buildlib/config.sub b/buildlib/config.sub
index 043252494..e4944414b 100755
--- a/buildlib/config.sub
+++ b/buildlib/config.sub
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Configuration validation subroutine script, version 1.1.
-#   Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright (C) 1991, 92-97, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 # This file is (in principle) common to ALL GNU software.
 # The presence of a machine in this file suggests that SOME GNU software
 # can handle that machine.  It does not imply ALL GNU software can.
@@ -98,11 +98,21 @@ case $os in
 		os=
 		basic_machine=$1
 		;;
+	-sim | -cisco | -oki | -wec | -winbond)
+		os=
+		basic_machine=$1
+		;;
+	-scout)
+		;;
+	-wrs)
+		os=vxworks
+		basic_machine=$1
+		;;
 	-hiux*)
 		os=-hiuxwe2
 		;;
 	-sco5)
-		os=sco3.2v5
+		os=-sco3.2v5
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86-.*/86-pc/'`
 		;;
 	-sco4)
@@ -121,6 +131,9 @@ case $os in
 		os=-sco3.2v2
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86-.*/86-pc/'`
 		;;
+	-udk*)
+		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86-.*/86-pc/'`
+		;;
 	-isc)
 		os=-isc2.2
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86-.*/86-pc/'`
@@ -149,19 +162,27 @@ esac
 case $basic_machine in
 	# Recognize the basic CPU types without company name.
 	# Some are omitted here because they have special meanings below.
-	tahoe | i860 | m68k | m68000 | m88k | ns32k | arm \
-		| arme[lb] | pyramid \
-		| tron | a29k | 580 | i960 | h8300 | hppa | hppa1.0 | hppa1.1 \
-		| alpha | we32k | ns16k | clipper | i370 | sh \
-		| powerpc | powerpcle | 1750a | dsp16xx | mips64 | mipsel \
-		| pdp11 | mips64el | mips64orion | mips64orionel \
-		| sparc | sparclet | sparclite | sparc64)
+	tahoe | i860 | ia64 | m32r | m68k | m68000 | m88k | ns32k | arc | arm \
+		| arme[lb] | pyramid | mn10200 | mn10300 | tron | a29k \
+		| 580 | i960 | h8300 \
+		| hppa | hppa1.0 | hppa1.1 | hppa2.0 | hppa2.0w | hppa2.0n \
+		| alpha | alphaev[4-7] | alphaev56 | alphapca5[67] \
+		| we32k | ns16k | clipper | i370 | sh | powerpc | powerpcle \
+		| 1750a | dsp16xx | pdp11 | mips16 | mips64 | mipsel | mips64el \
+		| mips64orion | mips64orionel | mipstx39 | mipstx39el \
+		| mips64vr4300 | mips64vr4300el | mips64vr4100 | mips64vr4100el \
+		| mips64vr5000 | miprs64vr5000el | mcore \
+		| sparc | sparclet | sparclite | sparc64 | sparcv9 | v850 | c4x \
+		| thumb | d10v)
 		basic_machine=$basic_machine-unknown
 		;;
+	m88110 | m680[12346]0 | m683?2 | m68360 | m5200 | z8k | v70 | h8500 | w65)
+		;;
+
 	# We use `pc' rather than `unknown'
 	# because (1) that's what they normally are, and
 	# (2) the word "unknown" tends to confuse beginning users.
-	i[3456]86)
+	i[34567]86)
 	  basic_machine=$basic_machine-pc
 	  ;;
 	# Object if more than one company name word.
@@ -170,23 +191,45 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		exit 1
 		;;
 	# Recognize the basic CPU types with company name.
-	vax-* | tahoe-* | i[3456]86-* | i860-* | m68k-* | m68000-* | m88k-* \
-	      | sparc-* | ns32k-* | fx80-* | arm-* | c[123]* \
-	      | mips-* | pyramid-* | tron-* | a29k-* | romp-* | rs6000-* | power-* \
-	      | none-* | 580-* | cray2-* | h8300-* | i960-* | xmp-* | ymp-* \
-	      | hppa-* | hppa1.0-* | hppa1.1-* | alpha-* | we32k-* | cydra-* | ns16k-* \
-	      | pn-* | np1-* | xps100-* | clipper-* | orion-* | sparclite-* \
-	      | pdp11-* | sh-* | powerpc-* | powerpcle-* | sparc64-* | mips64-* | mipsel-* \
-	      | mips64el-* | mips64orion-* | mips64orionel-* | f301-*)
+	# FIXME: clean up the formatting here.
+	vax-* | tahoe-* | i[34567]86-* | i860-* | ia64-* | m32r-* | m68k-* | m68000-* \
+	      | m88k-* | sparc-* | ns32k-* | fx80-* | arc-* | arm-* | c[123]* \
+	      | mips-* | pyramid-* | tron-* | a29k-* | romp-* | rs6000-* \
+	      | power-* | none-* | 580-* | cray2-* | h8300-* | h8500-* | i960-* \
+	      | xmp-* | ymp-* \
+	      | hppa-* | hppa1.0-* | hppa1.1-* | hppa2.0-* | hppa2.0w-* | hppa2.0n-* \
+	      | alpha-* | alphaev[4-7]-* | alphaev56-* | alphapca5[67]-* \
+	      | we32k-* | cydra-* | ns16k-* | pn-* | np1-* | xps100-* \
+	      | clipper-* | orion-* \
+	      | sparclite-* | pdp11-* | sh-* | powerpc-* | powerpcle-* \
+	      | sparc64-* | sparcv9-* | sparc86x-* | mips16-* | mips64-* | mipsel-* \
+	      | mips64el-* | mips64orion-* | mips64orionel-* \
+	      | mips64vr4100-* | mips64vr4100el-* | mips64vr4300-* | mips64vr4300el-* \
+	      | mipstx39-* | mipstx39el-* | mcore-* \
+	      | f301-* | armv*-* | t3e-* \
+	      | m88110-* | m680[01234]0-* | m683?2-* | m68360-* | z8k-* | d10v-* \
+	      | thumb-* | v850-* | d30v-* | tic30-* | c30-* )
 		;;
 	# Recognize the various machine names and aliases which stand
 	# for a CPU type and a company and sometimes even an OS.
+	386bsd)
+		basic_machine=i386-unknown
+		os=-bsd
+		;;
 	3b1 | 7300 | 7300-att | att-7300 | pc7300 | safari | unixpc)
 		basic_machine=m68000-att
 		;;
 	3b*)
 		basic_machine=we32k-att
 		;;
+	a29khif)
+		basic_machine=a29k-amd
+		os=-udi
+		;;
+	adobe68k)
+		basic_machine=m68010-adobe
+		os=-scout
+		;;
 	alliant | fx80)
 		basic_machine=fx80-alliant
 		;;
@@ -204,9 +247,9 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	amiga | amiga-*)
 		basic_machine=m68k-cbm
 		;;
-	amigados)
+	amigaos | amigados)
 		basic_machine=m68k-cbm
-		os=-amigados
+		os=-amigaos
 		;;
 	amigaunix | amix)
 		basic_machine=m68k-cbm
@@ -216,6 +259,10 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=m68k-apollo
 		os=-sysv
 		;;
+	apollo68bsd)
+		basic_machine=m68k-apollo
+		os=-bsd
+		;;
 	aux)
 		basic_machine=m68k-apple
 		os=-aux
@@ -292,6 +339,10 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	encore | umax | mmax)
 		basic_machine=ns32k-encore
 		;;
+	es1800 | OSE68k | ose68k | ose | OSE)
+		basic_machine=m68k-ericsson
+		os=-ose
+		;;
 	fx2800)
 		basic_machine=i860-alliant
 		;;
@@ -310,6 +361,14 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=h8300-hitachi
 		os=-hms
 		;;
+	h8300xray)
+		basic_machine=h8300-hitachi
+		os=-xray
+		;;
+	h8500hms)
+		basic_machine=h8500-hitachi
+		os=-hms
+		;;
 	harris)
 		basic_machine=m88k-harris
 		os=-sysv3
@@ -325,13 +384,30 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=m68k-hp
 		os=-hpux
 		;;
+	hp3k9[0-9][0-9] | hp9[0-9][0-9])
+		basic_machine=hppa1.0-hp
+		;;
 	hp9k2[0-9][0-9] | hp9k31[0-9])
 		basic_machine=m68000-hp
 		;;
 	hp9k3[2-9][0-9])
 		basic_machine=m68k-hp
 		;;
-	hp9k7[0-9][0-9] | hp7[0-9][0-9] | hp9k8[0-9]7 | hp8[0-9]7)
+	hp9k6[0-9][0-9] | hp6[0-9][0-9])
+		basic_machine=hppa1.0-hp
+		;;
+	hp9k7[0-79][0-9] | hp7[0-79][0-9])
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hp
+		;;
+	hp9k78[0-9] | hp78[0-9])
+		# FIXME: really hppa2.0-hp
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hp
+		;;
+	hp9k8[67]1 | hp8[67]1 | hp9k80[24] | hp80[24] | hp9k8[78]9 | hp8[78]9 | hp9k893 | hp893)
+		# FIXME: really hppa2.0-hp
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hp
+		;;
+	hp9k8[0-9][13679] | hp8[0-9][13679])
 		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hp
 		;;
 	hp9k8[0-9][0-9] | hp8[0-9][0-9])
@@ -340,27 +416,51 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	hppa-next)
 		os=-nextstep3
 		;;
+	hppaosf)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hp
+		os=-osf
+		;;
+	hppro)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hp
+		os=-proelf
+		;;
 	i370-ibm* | ibm*)
 		basic_machine=i370-ibm
 		os=-mvs
 		;;
 # I'm not sure what "Sysv32" means.  Should this be sysv3.2?
-	i[3456]86v32)
+	i[34567]86v32)
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86.*/86-pc/'`
 		os=-sysv32
 		;;
-	i[3456]86v4*)
+	i[34567]86v4*)
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86.*/86-pc/'`
 		os=-sysv4
 		;;
-	i[3456]86v)
+	i[34567]86v)
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86.*/86-pc/'`
 		os=-sysv
 		;;
-	i[3456]86sol2)
+	i[34567]86sol2)
 		basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/86.*/86-pc/'`
 		os=-solaris2
 		;;
+	i386mach)
+		basic_machine=i386-mach
+		os=-mach
+		;;
+	i386-vsta | vsta)
+		basic_machine=i386-unknown
+		os=-vsta
+		;;
+	i386-go32 | go32)
+		basic_machine=i386-unknown
+		os=-go32
+		;;
+	i386-mingw32 | mingw32)
+		basic_machine=i386-unknown
+		os=-mingw32
+		;;
 	iris | iris4d)
 		basic_machine=mips-sgi
 		case $os in
@@ -389,16 +489,44 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	miniframe)
 		basic_machine=m68000-convergent
 		;;
+	*mint | *MiNT)
+		basic_machine=m68k-atari
+		os=-mint
+		;;
+	mipsel*-linux*)
+		basic_machine=mipsel-unknown
+		os=-linux-gnu
+		;;
+	mips*-linux*)
+		basic_machine=mips-unknown
+		os=-linux-gnu
+		;;
 	mips3*-*)
 		basic_machine=`echo $basic_machine | sed -e 's/mips3/mips64/'`
 		;;
 	mips3*)
 		basic_machine=`echo $basic_machine | sed -e 's/mips3/mips64/'`-unknown
 		;;
+	monitor)
+		basic_machine=m68k-rom68k
+		os=-coff
+		;;
+	msdos)
+		basic_machine=i386-unknown
+		os=-msdos
+		;;
 	ncr3000)
 		basic_machine=i486-ncr
 		os=-sysv4
 		;;
+	netbsd386)
+		basic_machine=i386-unknown
+		os=-netbsd
+		;;
+	netwinder)
+		basic_machine=armv4l-corel
+		os=-linux
+		;;
 	news | news700 | news800 | news900)
 		basic_machine=m68k-sony
 		os=-newsos
@@ -411,6 +539,10 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=mips-sony
 		os=-newsos
 		;;
+	necv70)
+		basic_machine=v70-nec
+		os=-sysv
+		;;
 	next | m*-next )
 		basic_machine=m68k-next
 		case $os in
@@ -436,9 +568,25 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=i960-intel
 		os=-nindy
 		;;
+	mon960)
+		basic_machine=i960-intel
+		os=-mon960
+		;;
 	np1)
 		basic_machine=np1-gould
 		;;
+	op50n-* | op60c-*)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-oki
+		os=-proelf
+		;;
+	OSE68000 | ose68000)
+		basic_machine=m68000-ericsson
+		os=-ose
+		;;
+	os68k)
+		basic_machine=m68k-none
+		os=-os68k
+		;;
 	pa-hitachi)
 		basic_machine=hppa1.1-hitachi
 		os=-hiuxwe2
@@ -456,25 +604,23 @@ case $basic_machine in
         pc532 | pc532-*)
 		basic_machine=ns32k-pc532
 		;;
-	pentium | p5)
-		basic_machine=i586-intel
+	pentium | p5 | k5 | k6 | nexen)
+		basic_machine=i586-pc
+		;;
+	pentiumpro | p6 | 6x86)
+		basic_machine=i686-pc
 		;;
-	pentiumpro | p6)
-		basic_machine=i686-intel
+	pentiumii | pentium2)
+		basic_machine=i786-pc
 		;;
-	pentium-* | p5-*)
+	pentium-* | p5-* | k5-* | k6-* | nexen-*)
 		basic_machine=i586-`echo $basic_machine | sed 's/^[^-]*-//'`
 		;;
-	pentiumpro-* | p6-*)
+	pentiumpro-* | p6-* | 6x86-*)
 		basic_machine=i686-`echo $basic_machine | sed 's/^[^-]*-//'`
 		;;
-	k5)
-		# We don't have specific support for AMD's K5 yet, so just call it a Pentium
-		basic_machine=i586-amd
-		;;
-	nexen)
-		# We don't have specific support for Nexgen yet, so just call it a Pentium
-		basic_machine=i586-nexgen
+	pentiumii-* | pentium2-*)
+		basic_machine=i786-`echo $basic_machine | sed 's/^[^-]*-//'`
 		;;
 	pn)
 		basic_machine=pn-gould
@@ -494,12 +640,20 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	ps2)
 		basic_machine=i386-ibm
 		;;
+	rom68k)
+		basic_machine=m68k-rom68k
+		os=-coff
+		;;
 	rm[46]00)
 		basic_machine=mips-siemens
 		;;
 	rtpc | rtpc-*)
 		basic_machine=romp-ibm
 		;;
+	sa29200)
+		basic_machine=a29k-amd
+		os=-udi
+		;;
 	sequent)
 		basic_machine=i386-sequent
 		;;
@@ -507,6 +661,10 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=sh-hitachi
 		os=-hms
 		;;
+	sparclite-wrs)
+		basic_machine=sparclite-wrs
+		os=-vxworks
+		;;
 	sps7)
 		basic_machine=m68k-bull
 		os=-sysv2
@@ -514,6 +672,13 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	spur)
 		basic_machine=spur-unknown
 		;;
+	st2000)
+		basic_machine=m68k-tandem
+		;;
+	stratus)
+		basic_machine=i860-stratus
+		os=-sysv4
+		;;
 	sun2)
 		basic_machine=m68000-sun
 		;;
@@ -558,6 +723,16 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=i386-sequent
 		os=-dynix
 		;;
+	t3e)
+		basic_machine=t3e-cray
+		os=-unicos
+		;;
+	tx39)
+		basic_machine=mipstx39-unknown
+		;;
+	tx39el)
+		basic_machine=mipstx39el-unknown
+		;;
 	tower | tower-32)
 		basic_machine=m68k-ncr
 		;;
@@ -569,6 +744,10 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=a29k-nyu
 		os=-sym1
 		;;
+	v810 | necv810)
+		basic_machine=v810-nec
+		os=-none
+		;;
 	vaxv)
 		basic_machine=vax-dec
 		os=-sysv
@@ -577,7 +756,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=vax-dec
 		os=-vms
 		;;
-       vpp*|vx|vx-*)
+	vpp*|vx|vx-*)
                basic_machine=f301-fujitsu
                ;;
 	vxworks960)
@@ -592,6 +771,14 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		basic_machine=a29k-wrs
 		os=-vxworks
 		;;
+	w65*)
+		basic_machine=w65-wdc
+		os=-none
+		;;
+	w89k-*)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-winbond
+		os=-proelf
+		;;
 	xmp)
 		basic_machine=xmp-cray
 		os=-unicos
@@ -599,6 +786,10 @@ case $basic_machine in
         xps | xps100)
 		basic_machine=xps100-honeywell
 		;;
+	z8k-*-coff)
+		basic_machine=z8k-unknown
+		os=-sim
+		;;
 	none)
 		basic_machine=none-none
 		os=-none
@@ -606,8 +797,21 @@ case $basic_machine in
 
 # Here we handle the default manufacturer of certain CPU types.  It is in
 # some cases the only manufacturer, in others, it is the most popular.
+	w89k)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-winbond
+		;;
+	op50n)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-oki
+		;;
+	op60c)
+		basic_machine=hppa1.1-oki
+		;;
 	mips)
-		basic_machine=mips-mips
+		if [ x$os = x-linux-gnu ]; then
+			basic_machine=mips-unknown
+		else
+			basic_machine=mips-mips
+		fi
 		;;
 	romp)
 		basic_machine=romp-ibm
@@ -624,7 +828,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	we32k)
 		basic_machine=we32k-att
 		;;
-	sparc)
+	sparc | sparcv9)
 		basic_machine=sparc-sun
 		;;
         cydra)
@@ -636,6 +840,16 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	orion105)
 		basic_machine=clipper-highlevel
 		;;
+	mac | mpw | mac-mpw)
+		basic_machine=m68k-apple
+		;;
+	pmac | pmac-mpw)
+		basic_machine=powerpc-apple
+		;;
+	c4x*)
+		basic_machine=c4x-none
+		os=-coff
+		;;
 	*)
 		echo Invalid configuration \`$1\': machine \`$basic_machine\' not recognized 1>&2
 		exit 1
@@ -668,9 +882,12 @@ case $os in
 	-solaris)
 		os=-solaris2
 		;;
-	-unixware* | svr4*)
+	-svr4*)
 		os=-sysv4
 		;;
+	-unixware*)
+		os=-sysv4.2uw
+		;;
 	-gnu/linux*)
 		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|gnu/linux|linux-gnu|'`
 		;;
@@ -681,17 +898,26 @@ case $os in
 	-gnu* | -bsd* | -mach* | -minix* | -genix* | -ultrix* | -irix* \
 	      | -*vms* | -sco* | -esix* | -isc* | -aix* | -sunos | -sunos[34]*\
 	      | -hpux* | -unos* | -osf* | -luna* | -dgux* | -solaris* | -sym* \
-	      | -amigados* | -msdos* | -newsos* | -unicos* | -aof* | -aos* \
+	      | -amigaos* | -amigados* | -msdos* | -newsos* | -unicos* | -aof* \
+	      | -aos* \
 	      | -nindy* | -vxsim* | -vxworks* | -ebmon* | -hms* | -mvs* \
 	      | -clix* | -riscos* | -uniplus* | -iris* | -rtu* | -xenix* \
 	      | -hiux* | -386bsd* | -netbsd* | -openbsd* | -freebsd* | -riscix* \
-	      | -lynxos* | -bosx* | -nextstep* | -cxux* | -aout* | -elf* \
+	      | -lynxos* | -bosx* | -nextstep* | -cxux* | -aout* | -elf* | -oabi* \
 	      | -ptx* | -coff* | -ecoff* | -winnt* | -domain* | -vsta* \
 	      | -udi* | -eabi* | -lites* | -ieee* | -go32* | -aux* \
-	      | -cygwin32* | -pe* | -psos* | -moss* | -proelf* | -rtems* \
-	      | -linux-gnu* | -uxpv*)
+	      | -cygwin* | -pe* | -psos* | -moss* | -proelf* | -rtems* \
+	      | -mingw32* | -linux-gnu* | -uxpv* | -beos* | -mpeix* | -udk* \
+	      | -interix* | -uwin* | -rhapsody* | -openstep* | -oskit*)
 	# Remember, each alternative MUST END IN *, to match a version number.
 		;;
+	-sim | -es1800* | -hms* | -xray | -os68k* | -none* | -v88r* \
+	      | -windows* | -osx | -abug | -netware* | -os9* | -beos* \
+	      | -macos* | -mpw* | -magic* | -mon960* | -lnews*)
+		;;
+	-mac*)
+		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|mac|macos|'`
+		;;
 	-linux*)
 		os=`echo $os | sed -e 's|linux|linux-gnu|'`
 		;;
@@ -716,6 +942,9 @@ case $os in
 	-acis*)
 		os=-aos
 		;;
+	-386bsd)
+		os=-bsd
+		;;
 	-ctix* | -uts*)
 		os=-sysv
 		;;
@@ -747,9 +976,18 @@ case $os in
 	# This must come after -sysvr4.
 	-sysv*)
 		;;
+	-ose*)
+		os=-ose
+		;;
+	-es1800*)
+		os=-ose
+		;;
 	-xenix)
 		os=-xenix
 		;;
+        -*mint | -*MiNT)
+	        os=-mint
+		;;
 	-none)
 		;;
 	*)
@@ -775,6 +1013,9 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	*-acorn)
 		os=-riscix1.2
 		;;
+	arm*-corel)
+		os=-linux
+		;;
 	arm*-semi)
 		os=-aout
 		;;
@@ -796,15 +1037,36 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		# default.
 		# os=-sunos4
 		;;
+	m68*-cisco)
+		os=-aout
+		;;
+	mips*-cisco)
+		os=-elf
+		;;
+	mips*-*)
+		os=-elf
+		;;
 	*-tti)	# must be before sparc entry or we get the wrong os.
 		os=-sysv3
 		;;
 	sparc-* | *-sun)
 		os=-sunos4.1.1
 		;;
+	*-be)
+		os=-beos
+		;;
 	*-ibm)
 		os=-aix
 		;;
+	*-wec)
+		os=-proelf
+		;;
+	*-winbond)
+		os=-proelf
+		;;
+	*-oki)
+		os=-proelf
+		;;
 	*-hp)
 		os=-hpux
 		;;
@@ -815,7 +1077,7 @@ case $basic_machine in
 		os=-sysv
 		;;
 	*-cbm)
-		os=-amigados
+		os=-amigaos
 		;;
 	*-dg)
 		os=-dgux
@@ -868,6 +1130,18 @@ case $basic_machine in
 	f301-fujitsu)
 		os=-uxpv
 		;;
+	*-rom68k)
+		os=-coff
+		;;
+	*-*bug)
+		os=-coff
+		;;
+	*-apple)
+		os=-macos
+		;;
+	*-atari*)
+		os=-mint
+		;;
 	*)
 		os=-none
 		;;
@@ -889,9 +1163,15 @@ case $basic_machine in
 			-aix*)
 				vendor=ibm
 				;;
+			-beos*)
+				vendor=be
+				;;
 			-hpux*)
 				vendor=hp
 				;;
+			-mpeix*)
+				vendor=hp
+				;;
 			-hiux*)
 				vendor=hitachi
 				;;
@@ -919,6 +1199,15 @@ case $basic_machine in
 			-aux*)
 				vendor=apple
 				;;
+			-hms*)
+				vendor=hitachi
+				;;
+			-mpw* | -macos*)
+				vendor=apple
+				;;
+			-*mint | -*MiNT)
+				vendor=atari
+				;;
 		esac
 		basic_machine=`echo $basic_machine | sed "s/unknown/$vendor/"`
 		;;
diff --git a/buildlib/environment.mak.in b/buildlib/environment.mak.in
index 12aaa7cba..e0f359c54 100644
--- a/buildlib/environment.mak.in
+++ b/buildlib/environment.mak.in
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ PTHREADLIB = @PTHREADLIB@
 # Shim Headerfile control
 HAVE_C9X = @HAVE_C9X@
 HAVE_STATVFS = @HAVE_STATVFS@
+NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE = @NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE@
 
 # Shared library things
 HOST_OS = @host_os@
diff --git a/buildlib/makefile.in b/buildlib/makefile.in
index 4eb64606c..fbad1ab07 100644
--- a/buildlib/makefile.in
+++ b/buildlib/makefile.in
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ dirs:
 	@rm -f include/sys
 ifneq ($(words $(MISSING_DIRS)),0)
 	@mkdir  $(MISSING_DIRS)
-else
-	@echo > /dev/null
 endif	
 ifeq ($(HAVE_C9X),yes)
 	@rm -f include/inttypes.h > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -48,3 +46,8 @@ else
 	@cp -p $(SRCDIR)/buildlib/statvfs.h.in include/statvfs.h
 	ln -sf . include/sys
 endif
+ifeq ($(NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE),yes)
+	@cp -p $(SRCDIR)/buildlib/netdb.h.in include/netdb.h
+else
+	@rm -f include/netdb.h > /dev/null 2>&1
+endif
diff --git a/buildlib/netdb.h.in b/buildlib/netdb.h.in
index 1babd7657..0fa60e157 100644
--- a/buildlib/netdb.h.in
+++ b/buildlib/netdb.h.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* Fix broken(?) unixen. */
+/* Fix broken unixen. */
+#include <config.h>
 #ifdef NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE
         #define socklen_t size_t
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2981a5a4c..bc5560900 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dnl configure.in correctly and can be run at any time
 
 AC_INIT(configure.in)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(buildlib)
-AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h:buildlib/config.h.in include/netdb.h:buildlib/netdb.h.in)
+AC_CONFIG_HEADER(include/config.h:buildlib/config.h.in)
 
 dnl -- SET THIS TO THE RELEASE VERSION --
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VERSION,"0.3.15.1")
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ if test x"$HAVE_STATVFS" != x"yes"; then
 fi
 
 dnl Check the sizes etc. of the architecture
+dnl This is stupid, it should just use the AC macros like it does below
+dnl Cross compilers can either get a real C library or preload the cache
+dnl with their size values.
 changequote(,)
-if archline="`grep \"^$archset\" $srcdir/buildlib/sizetable | cut -f 2- -d ' '`";then
+archline="`grep \"^$archset\" $srcdir/buildlib/sizetable | cut -f 2- -d ' '`"
+if test "x$archline" != "x"; then
    changequote([,])
    set $archline
    if test "$1" = "little"; then
@@ -123,12 +127,13 @@ if archline="`grep \"^$archset\" $srcdir/buildlib/sizetable | cut -f 2- -d ' '`"
    size_long=$5
 fi
 
-if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes" -a "$archline" = ""; then
+dnl I wonder what AC_C_BIGENDIAN does if you cross compile...
+if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes" -a "x$archline" = "x"; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR(When cross compiling, architecture must be present in sizetable)
 fi
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
    
-dnl We do not need this if we have inttypes..
+dnl We do not need this if we have inttypes!
 HAVE_C9X=yes
 if test x"$c9x_ints" = x"no"; then
    AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(char,$size_char)
@@ -140,29 +145,22 @@ if test x"$c9x_ints" = x"no"; then
    AC_SUBST(HAVE_C9X)
 fi
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for socklen_t)
-AC_EGREP_HEADER(socklen_t, sys/socket.h, [
-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H)
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(sys/socket.h)
-], [
+dnl HP-UX sux..
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for missing socklen_t)
+AC_EGREP_HEADER(socklen_t, sys/socket.h,[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)],[
 	AC_DEFINE(NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE)
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([socklen_t size_t])
-])
+	NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE=yes
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(missing.)])
+AC_SUBST(NEED_SOCKLEN_T_DEFINE)
 
+dnl HP-UX needs -d_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED for h_errno
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for h_errno)
-AC_EGREP_HEADER(h_errno, netdb.h, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_NETDB_H)
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-], [AC_TRY_COMPILE(netdb.h, h_errno foo, [AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-		AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-	], [ah_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED"
-		AC_TRY_COMPILE([netdb.h], [h_errno foo], [AC_DEFINE(NEED_XOPEN_NETDB_H)
-			AC_MSG_RESULT([found, needed -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED])
-		], [CFLAGS="$ah_CFLAGS"
-			AC_MSG_ERROR(["not found."])
-		])
-	])
-])
+AC_EGREP_HEADER(h_errno, netdb.h, [AC_MSG_RESULT(normal)],
+   [CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED"
+    AC_EGREP_HEADER(h_errno, netdb.h, 
+       [AC_MSG_RESULT(needs _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED)],
+       [AC_MSG_ERROR("not found.")])
+   ])
 
 dnl Check for debiandoc
 AC_CHECK_PROG(DEBIANDOC_HTML,debiandoc2html,"yes","")