+# This script UU/usethreads.cbu will get 'called-back' by Configure
+# after it has prompted the user for whether to use threads.
+cat > UU/usethreads.cbu <<'EOCBU'
+case "$usethreads" in
+$define|true|[yY]*)
+ lc_r=`/sbin/ldconfig -r|grep ':-lc_r'|awk '{print $NF}'|tail -1`
+ case "$osvers" in
+ 0*|1*|2.0*|2.1*) cat <<EOM >&4
+I did not know that FreeBSD $osvers supports POSIX threads.
+
+Feel free to tell perlbug@perl.org otherwise.
+EOM
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+
+ 2.2.[0-7]*)
+ cat <<EOM >&4
+POSIX threads are not supported well by FreeBSD $osvers.
+
+Please consider upgrading to at least FreeBSD 2.2.8,
+or preferably to 3.something.
+
+(While 2.2.7 does have pthreads, it has some problems
+ with the combination of threads and pipes and therefore
+ many Perl tests will either hang or fail.)
+EOM
+ exit 1
+ ;;
+
+ *)
+ if [ ! -r "$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).
+
+Consider using the latest STABLE release.
+EOM
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
+ ;;
+
+ esac
+
+ set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ c / c_r /'`
+ shift
+ libswanted="$*"
+ # Configure will probably pick the wrong libc to use for nm scan.
+ # The safest quick-fix is just to not use nm at all...
+ usenm=false
+
+ case "$osvers" in
+ 2.2.8*)
+ # ... but this does not apply for 2.2.8 - we know it's safe
+ libc="$lc_r"
+ usenm=true
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+ unset lc_r
+esac
+EOCBU