* unix/Makefile.in, unix/tcl.m4: move (C|LD)FLAGS after their

	* unix/configure.in, unix/configure: _DEFAULT to allow for env
	setting to override m4 switches.
	Consolidate header checks to limit redundancy in configure.
	(CFLAGS_WARNING): Remove -Wconversion
	(SC_ENABLE_THREADS): Set m4 to force threaded build when built
	against a threaded Tcl core.
	Reorder configure.in for better 64-bit build configuration,
	replacing EXTRA_CFLAGS with CFLAGS.  [Bug #874058]

5 files changed, 1035 insertions, 429 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1e14d25..81b72a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2004-07-16  Jeff Hobbs  <jeffh@ActiveState.com>
+
+	* unix/Makefile.in, unix/tcl.m4:     move (C|LD)FLAGS after their
+	* unix/configure.in, unix/configure: _DEFAULT to allow for env
+	setting to override m4 switches.
+	Consolidate header checks to limit redundancy in configure.
+	(CFLAGS_WARNING): Remove -Wconversion
+	(SC_ENABLE_THREADS): Set m4 to force threaded build when built
+	against a threaded Tcl core.
+	Reorder configure.in for better 64-bit build configuration,
+	replacing EXTRA_CFLAGS with CFLAGS.  [Bug #874058]
+
 2004-07-14  Jim Ingham  <jingham@apple.com>
 
         * macosx/tkMacOSXCursor.c (TkpSetCursor): The code to not
diff --git a/unix/Makefile.in b/unix/Makefile.in
index cbb75ad..c714e8d 100644
--- a/unix/Makefile.in
+++ b/unix/Makefile.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # "autoconf" program (constructs like "@foo@" will get replaced in the
 # actual Makefile.
 #
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.93 2004/04/24 06:00:18 das Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: Makefile.in,v 1.94 2004/07/16 23:40:29 hobbs Exp $
 
 # Current Tk version;  used in various names.
 
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE		= @CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE@
 #CFLAGS			= $(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
 #CFLAGS			= $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE)
 #CFLAGS			= $(CFLAGS_DEBUG) $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE)
-CFLAGS			= @CFLAGS@ @CFLAGS_DEFAULT@
+CFLAGS			= @CFLAGS_DEFAULT@ @CFLAGS@
 
 # Flags to pass to the linker
 LDFLAGS_DEBUG		= @LDFLAGS_DEBUG@
 LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE	= @LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE@
-LDFLAGS			= @LDFLAGS@ @LDFLAGS_DEFAULT@
+LDFLAGS			= @LDFLAGS_DEFAULT@ @LDFLAGS@
 
 # A "-I" switch that can be used when compiling to make all of the
 # X11 include files accessible (the configure script will try to
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ XFT_LIBS		= @XFT_LIBS@
 # modify any of this stuff by hand.
 #----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-AC_FLAGS		= @EXTRA_CFLAGS@ @DEFS@
+AC_FLAGS		= @DEFS@
 AR			= @AR@
 RANLIB			= @RANLIB@
 SRC_DIR			= @srcdir@/..
diff --git a/unix/configure b/unix/configure
index 547b527..0d117cc 100755
--- a/unix/configure
+++ b/unix/configure
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ ac_includes_default="\
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif"
 
-ac_subst_vars='SHELL PATH_SEPARATOR PACKAGE_NAME PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE_VERSION PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_BUGREPORT exec_prefix prefix program_transform_name bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir build_alias host_alias target_alias DEFS ECHO_C ECHO_N ECHO_T LIBS TCL_VERSION TCL_BIN_DIR TCL_SRC_DIR TCL_LIB_FILE TCL_LIB_FLAG TCL_LIB_SPEC TCL_STUB_LIB_FILE TCL_STUB_LIB_FLAG TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC MKLINKS_FLAGS CC CFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ac_ct_CC EXEEXT OBJEXT CPP EGREP RANLIB ac_ct_RANLIB AR LIBOBJS TCL_LIBS DL_LIBS DL_OBJS PLAT_OBJS CFLAGS_DEBUG CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE CFLAGS_WARNING EXTRA_CFLAGS LDFLAGS_DEBUG LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE CC_SEARCH_FLAGS LD_SEARCH_FLAGS STLIB_LD SHLIB_LD TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS SHLIB_LD_FLAGS SHLIB_LD_LIBS SHLIB_CFLAGS SHLIB_SUFFIX MAKE_LIB MAKE_STUB_LIB INSTALL_LIB INSTALL_STUB_LIB CFLAGS_DEFAULT LDFLAGS_DEFAULT XFT_CFLAGS XFT_LIBS UNIX_FONT_OBJS TK_VERSION TK_MAJOR_VERSION TK_MINOR_VERSION TK_PATCH_LEVEL TK_DBGX TK_STUB_LIB_FILE TK_STUB_LIB_FLAG TK_BUILD_STUB_LIB_SPEC TK_STUB_LIB_SPEC TK_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH TK_STUB_LIB_PATH TK_STUB_FLAGS TK_BUILD_EXP_FILE TK_EXP_FILE TCL_STUB_FLAGS LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR TK_BUILD_LIB_SPEC TK_LIB_FILE TK_LIB_FLAG TK_LIB_SPEC TK_INCLUDE_SPEC TK_SRC_DIR XINCLUDES XLIBSW TK_SHARED_BUILD LOCALES LTLIBOBJS'
+ac_subst_vars='SHELL PATH_SEPARATOR PACKAGE_NAME PACKAGE_TARNAME PACKAGE_VERSION PACKAGE_STRING PACKAGE_BUGREPORT exec_prefix prefix program_transform_name bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir build_alias host_alias target_alias DEFS ECHO_C ECHO_N ECHO_T LIBS TCL_VERSION TCL_BIN_DIR TCL_SRC_DIR TCL_LIB_FILE TCL_LIB_FLAG TCL_LIB_SPEC TCL_STUB_LIB_FILE TCL_STUB_LIB_FLAG TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC MKLINKS_FLAGS CC CFLAGS LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS ac_ct_CC EXEEXT OBJEXT CPP EGREP TCL_THREADS RANLIB ac_ct_RANLIB AR LIBOBJS TCL_LIBS DL_LIBS DL_OBJS PLAT_OBJS CFLAGS_DEBUG CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE CFLAGS_WARNING LDFLAGS_DEBUG LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE CC_SEARCH_FLAGS LD_SEARCH_FLAGS STLIB_LD SHLIB_LD TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS TK_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS SHLIB_LD_FLAGS SHLIB_LD_LIBS SHLIB_CFLAGS SHLIB_SUFFIX MAKE_LIB MAKE_STUB_LIB INSTALL_LIB INSTALL_STUB_LIB CFLAGS_DEFAULT LDFLAGS_DEFAULT XFT_CFLAGS XFT_LIBS UNIX_FONT_OBJS TK_VERSION TK_MAJOR_VERSION TK_MINOR_VERSION TK_PATCH_LEVEL TK_DBGX TK_STUB_LIB_FILE TK_STUB_LIB_FLAG TK_BUILD_STUB_LIB_SPEC TK_STUB_LIB_SPEC TK_BUILD_STUB_LIB_PATH TK_STUB_LIB_PATH TK_STUB_FLAGS TK_BUILD_EXP_FILE TK_EXP_FILE TCL_STUB_FLAGS LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR TK_BUILD_LIB_SPEC TK_LIB_FILE TK_LIB_FLAG TK_LIB_SPEC TK_INCLUDE_SPEC TK_SRC_DIR XINCLUDES XLIBSW TK_SHARED_BUILD LOCALES LTLIBOBJS'
 ac_subst_files=''
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-man-symlinks   use symlinks for the manpages
   --enable-man-compression=PROG
                           compress the manpages with PROG
+  --enable-threads        build with threads
   --enable-shared         build and link with shared libraries --enable-shared
   --enable-64bit          enable 64bit support (where applicable)
   --enable-64bit-vis      enable 64bit Sparc VIS support
@@ -2380,10 +2381,8 @@ ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# I'm not sure why these need to come before all of the other tests
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+# limits header checks must come early to prevent
+# an autoconf bug that throws errors on configure
 
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
@@ -2859,8 +2858,7 @@ done
 
 
 
-
-for ac_header in unistd.h limits.h
+for ac_header in limits.h
 do
 as_ac_Header=`echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_Header+set}\" = set"; then
@@ -3055,51 +3053,127 @@ rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
 fi
 
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------
-#	Detect what compiler flags to set for 64-bit support.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Threads support - this auto-enables if Tcl was compiled threaded
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for required early compiler flags" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for required early compiler flags... $ECHO_C" >&6
-    tcl_flags=""
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for building with threads" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for building with threads... $ECHO_C" >&6
+    # Check whether --enable-threads or --disable-threads was given.
+if test "${enable_threads+set}" = set; then
+  enableval="$enable_threads"
+  tcl_ok=$enableval
+else
+  tcl_ok=no
+fi;
 
-    if test "${tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source+set}" = set; then
+    if test "$tcl_ok" = "yes" -o "${TCL_THREADS}" = 1; then
+	if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = 1; then
+	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes (threaded core)" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes (threaded core)" >&6
+	else
+	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+	fi
+	TCL_THREADS=1
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define TCL_THREADS 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	# USE_THREAD_ALLOC tells us to try the special thread-based
+	# allocator that significantly reduces lock contention
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define USE_THREAD_ALLOC 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	# USE_THREAD_STORAGE tells us to use the new generic thread
+	# storage subsystem.
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define USE_THREAD_STORAGE 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define _REENTRANT 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define _THREAD_SAFE 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lpthread" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lpthread... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_init+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lpthread  $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char pthread_mutex_init ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-char *p = (char *)strtoll; char *q = (char *)strtoull;
+pthread_mutex_init ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source=no
+  ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_init=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
+ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_init=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_init" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_init" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_init = yes; then
+  tcl_ok=yes
+else
+  tcl_ok=no
+fi
+
+	if test "$tcl_ok" = "no"; then
+	    # Check a little harder for __pthread_mutex_init in the same
+	    # library, as some systems hide it there until pthread.h is
+	    # defined.  We could alternatively do an AC_TRY_COMPILE with
+	    # pthread.h, but that will work with libpthread really doesn't
+	    # exist, like AIX 4.2.  [Bug: 4359]
+	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for __pthread_mutex_init in -lpthread" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for __pthread_mutex_init in -lpthread... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_pthread___pthread_mutex_init+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lpthread  $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -3107,84 +3181,129 @@ _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#define _ISOC99_SOURCE 1
-#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char __pthread_mutex_init ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-char *p = (char *)strtoll; char *q = (char *)strtoull;
+__pthread_mutex_init ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source=yes
+  ac_cv_lib_pthread___pthread_mutex_init=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source=no
+ac_cv_lib_pthread___pthread_mutex_init=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_pthread___pthread_mutex_init" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_pthread___pthread_mutex_init" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_pthread___pthread_mutex_init = yes; then
+  tcl_ok=yes
+else
+  tcl_ok=no
 fi
 
-    if test "x${tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source}" = "xyes" ; then
-	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define _ISOC99_SOURCE 1
-_ACEOF
-
-	tcl_flags="$tcl_flags _ISOC99_SOURCE"
-    fi
+	fi
 
-    if test "${tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source+set}" = set; then
+	if test "$tcl_ok" = "yes"; then
+	    # The space is needed
+	    THREADS_LIBS=" -lpthread"
+	else
+	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lpthreads" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lpthreads... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_pthreads_pthread_mutex_init+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lpthreads  $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char pthread_mutex_init ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-struct stat64 buf; int i = stat64("/", &buf);
+pthread_mutex_init ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source=no
+  ac_cv_lib_pthreads_pthread_mutex_init=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
+ac_cv_lib_pthreads_pthread_mutex_init=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_pthreads_pthread_mutex_init" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_pthreads_pthread_mutex_init" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_pthreads_pthread_mutex_init = yes; then
+  tcl_ok=yes
+else
+  tcl_ok=no
+fi
+
+	    if test "$tcl_ok" = "yes"; then
+		# The space is needed
+		THREADS_LIBS=" -lpthreads"
+	    else
+		echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lc" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lc... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_c_pthread_mutex_init+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lc  $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -3192,65 +3311,61 @@ _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1
-#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char pthread_mutex_init ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-struct stat64 buf; int i = stat64("/", &buf);
+pthread_mutex_init ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source=yes
+  ac_cv_lib_c_pthread_mutex_init=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source=no
+ac_cv_lib_c_pthread_mutex_init=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_c_pthread_mutex_init" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_c_pthread_mutex_init" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_c_pthread_mutex_init = yes; then
+  tcl_ok=yes
+else
+  tcl_ok=no
 fi
 
-    if test "x${tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source}" = "xyes" ; then
-	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1
-_ACEOF
-
-	tcl_flags="$tcl_flags _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
-    fi
-    if test "x${tcl_flags}" = "x" ; then
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: none" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}none" >&6
-    else
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_flags}" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_flags}" >&6
-    fi
-
-
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for 64-bit integer type" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for 64-bit integer type... $ECHO_C" >&6
-    if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit+set}" = set; then
+	    	if test "$tcl_ok" = "no"; then
+		    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lc_r" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for pthread_mutex_init in -lc_r... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_lib_c_r_pthread_mutex_init+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-
-	tcl_cv_type_64bit=none
-	# See if the compiler knows natively about __int64
-	cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lc_r  $LIBS"
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -3258,39 +3373,76 @@ cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char pthread_mutex_init ();
 int
 main ()
 {
-__int64 value = (__int64) 0;
+pthread_mutex_init ();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_type_64bit=__int64
+  ac_cv_lib_c_r_pthread_mutex_init=yes
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-tcl_type_64bit="long long"
+ac_cv_lib_c_r_pthread_mutex_init=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-	# See if we should use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
-	# type that is our current guess for a 64-bit type inside this check
-	# program, so it should be modified only carefully...
-	if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  :
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_lib_c_r_pthread_mutex_init" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_lib_c_r_pthread_mutex_init" >&6
+if test $ac_cv_lib_c_r_pthread_mutex_init = yes; then
+  tcl_ok=yes
+else
+  tcl_ok=no
+fi
+
+		    if test "$tcl_ok" = "yes"; then
+			# The space is needed
+			THREADS_LIBS=" -pthread"
+		    else
+			TCL_THREADS=0
+			{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: \"Don t know how to find pthread lib on your system - you must disable thread support or edit the LIBS in the Makefile...\"" >&5
+echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"Don t know how to find pthread lib on your system - you must disable thread support or edit the LIBS in the Makefile...\"" >&2;}
+		    fi
+	    	fi
+	    fi
+	fi
+
+	# Does the pthread-implementation provide
+	# 'pthread_attr_setstacksize' ?
+
+	ac_saved_libs=$LIBS
+	LIBS="$LIBS $THREADS_LIBS"
+
+for ac_func in pthread_attr_setstacksize
+do
+as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_var+set}\" = set"; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
@@ -3299,234 +3451,287 @@ _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <unistd.h>
-	    int main() {exit(!(sizeof(${tcl_type_64bit}) > sizeof(long)));}
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined (__stub_$ac_func) || defined (__stub___$ac_func)
+choke me
+#else
+char (*f) () = $ac_func;
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
 
+int
+main ()
+{
+return f != $ac_func;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
 if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } && { ac_try='./conftest$ac_exeext'
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_type_64bit=${tcl_type_64bit}
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
 else
-  echo "$as_me: program exited with status $ac_status" >&5
-echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-( exit $ac_status )
-:
-fi
-rm -f core core.* *.core gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+eval "$as_ac_var=no"
 fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
-
-    if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" = none ; then
-	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG 1
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&6
+if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
 _ACEOF
 
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: using long" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}using long" >&6
-    else
-	cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE ${tcl_cv_type_64bit}
-_ACEOF
+fi
+done
 
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" >&6
 
-	# Now check for auxiliary declarations
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for struct dirent64" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for struct dirent64... $ECHO_C" >&6
-	if test "${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64+set}" = set; then
+
+for ac_func in pthread_attr_get_np pthread_getattr_np
+do
+as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_var+set}\" = set"; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-
-	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/dirent.h>
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined (__stub_$ac_func) || defined (__stub___$ac_func)
+choke me
+#else
+char (*f) () = $ac_func;
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 int
 main ()
 {
-struct dirent64 p;
+return f != $ac_func;
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_struct_dirent64=yes
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-tcl_cv_struct_dirent64=no
+eval "$as_ac_var=no"
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
-
-	if test "x${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64}" = "xyes" ; then
-	    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT64 1
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&6
+if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
 _ACEOF
 
-	fi
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64}" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64}" >&6
+fi
+done
 
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for struct stat64" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for struct stat64... $ECHO_C" >&6
-	if test "${tcl_cv_struct_stat64+set}" = set; then
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread_getattr_np declaration" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for pthread_getattr_np declaration... $ECHO_C" >&6
+	if test "${tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-
-	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-struct stat64 p;
+#include <pthread.h>
 
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
-  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
-  ac_status=$?
-  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_struct_stat64=yes
+if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
+  $EGREP "pthread_getattr_np" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np=present
 else
-  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-tcl_cv_struct_stat64=no
+  tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np=missing
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest*
+
 fi
 
-	if test "x${tcl_cv_struct_stat64}" = "xyes" ; then
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np" >&6
+	if test $tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np = missing ; then
 	    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_STRUCT_STAT64 1
+#define GETATTRNP_NOT_DECLARED 1
 _ACEOF
 
 	fi
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_struct_stat64}" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_struct_stat64}" >&6
+	LIBS=$ac_saved_libs
 
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for off64_t" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for off64_t... $ECHO_C" >&6
-	if test "${tcl_cv_type_off64_t+set}" = set; then
+for ac_func in readdir_r
+do
+as_ac_var=`echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_func... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if eval "test \"\${$as_ac_var+set}\" = set"; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
-
-	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
 cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <sys/types.h>
+/* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
+    which can conflict with char $ac_func (); below.
+    Prefer <limits.h> to <assert.h> if __STDC__ is defined, since
+    <limits.h> exists even on freestanding compilers.  */
+#ifdef __STDC__
+# include <limits.h>
+#else
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char $ac_func ();
+/* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
+    to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
+    something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
+#if defined (__stub_$ac_func) || defined (__stub___$ac_func)
+choke me
+#else
+char (*f) () = $ac_func;
+#endif
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 int
 main ()
 {
-off64_t offset;
-
+return f != $ac_func;
   ;
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
-if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
-  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); } &&
-         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest$ac_exeext'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
-  tcl_cv_type_off64_t=yes
+  eval "$as_ac_var=yes"
 else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-tcl_cv_type_off64_t=no
+eval "$as_ac_var=no"
 fi
-rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
 fi
-
-	if test "x${tcl_cv_type_off64_t}" = "xyes" ; then
-	    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define HAVE_TYPE_OFF64_T 1
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}`eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'`" >&6
+if test `eval echo '${'$as_ac_var'}'` = yes; then
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `echo "HAVE_$ac_func" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
 _ACEOF
 
-	fi
-	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_type_off64_t}" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_type_off64_t}" >&6
-    fi
+fi
+done
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Threads support
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    else
+	TCL_THREADS=0
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no (default)" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no (default)" >&6
+    fi
 
 
-if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = 1; then
-    # FIXME: It seems like these defines should be covered by
-    # the TCL_DEFS entry in tclConfig.sh. Why are they not?
-    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define TCL_THREADS 1
-_ACEOF
 
-    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define _REENTRANT 1
-_ACEOF
-
-    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
-#define _THREAD_SAFE 1
-_ACEOF
-
-fi
+# Add the threads support libraries
+LIBS="$LIBS$THREADS_LIBS"
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Recompute the necessary flags to run the compiler
@@ -3789,7 +3994,7 @@ fi
     # Step 3: set configuration options based on system name and version.
 
     do64bit_ok=no
-    EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
+    LDFLAGS_ORIG="$LDFLAGS"
     TCL_EXPORT_FILE_SUFFIX=""
     UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX=""
     TCL_TRIM_DOTS='`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`'
@@ -3798,7 +4003,7 @@ fi
     CFLAGS_DEBUG=-g
     CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE=-O
     if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-	CFLAGS_WARNING="-Wall -Wconversion -Wno-implicit-int -fno-strict-aliasing"
+	CFLAGS_WARNING="-Wall -Wno-implicit-int -fno-strict-aliasing"
     else
 	CFLAGS_WARNING=""
     fi
@@ -3867,7 +4072,6 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}Using $CC for compiling with threads" >&6
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LIBPATH"
 
@@ -3878,8 +4082,8 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}Using $CC for compiling with threads" >&6
 echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system\"" >&2;}
 		else
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS="-q64"
-		    LDFLAGS="-q64"
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -q64"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -q64"
 		    RANLIB="${RANLIB} -X64"
 		    AR="${AR} -X64"
 		    SHLIB_LD_FLAGS="-b64"
@@ -3921,7 +4125,6 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}Using $CC for compiling with threads" >&6
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LIBPATH"
@@ -3941,8 +4144,8 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}Using $CC for compiling with threads" >&6
 echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system\"" >&2;}
 		else
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS="-q64"
-		    LDFLAGS="-q64"
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -q64"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -q64"
 		    RANLIB="${RANLIB} -X64"
 		    AR="${AR} -X64"
 		    SHLIB_LD_FLAGS="-b64"
@@ -4037,7 +4240,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 
 	    #-----------------------------------------------------------
 	    # Check for inet_ntoa in -lbind, for BeOS (which also needs
@@ -4110,7 +4312,6 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -4121,7 +4322,7 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS="-export-dynamic"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -4132,7 +4333,6 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -4215,7 +4415,7 @@ fi
 		SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadShl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-E"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-E"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,+s,+b,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='+s +b ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="SHLIB_PATH"
@@ -4228,7 +4428,7 @@ fi
 	    fi
 
 	    # Users may want PA-RISC 1.1/2.0 portable code - needs HP cc
-	    #EXTRA_CFLAGS="+DAportable"
+	    #CFLAGS="$CFLAGS +DAportable"
 
 	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker
 	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then
@@ -4250,13 +4450,8 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system\"" >&2;}
 		    esac
 		else
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    if test "`uname -m`" = "ia64" ; then
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="+DD64"
-			LDFLAGS="+DD64 $LDFLAGS"
-		    else
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="+DA2.0W"
-			LDFLAGS="+DA2.0W $LDFLAGS"
-		    fi
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS +DD64"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS +DD64"
 		fi
 	    fi
 	    ;;
@@ -4328,7 +4523,7 @@ fi
 		SHLIB_LD_LIBS=""
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadShl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-E"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-E"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,+s,+b,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='+s +b ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="SHLIB_PATH"
@@ -4341,7 +4536,7 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-D,08000000"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-D,08000000"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${VERSION}\$\{DBGX\}.a'
@@ -4355,8 +4550,6 @@ fi
 	    DL_LIBS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-	    EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    ;;
 	IRIX-6.*)
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS=""
@@ -4368,19 +4561,19 @@ fi
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mabi=n32"
-		LDFLAGS="-mabi=n32"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mabi=n32"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -mabi=n32"
 	    else
 		case $system in
 		    IRIX-6.3)
 			# Use to build 6.2 compatible binaries on 6.3.
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="-n32 -D_OLD_TERMIOS"
+			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -n32 -D_OLD_TERMIOS"
 			;;
 		    *)
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="-n32"
+			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -n32"
 			;;
 		esac
-		LDFLAGS="-n32"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -n32"
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 	IRIX64-6.*)
@@ -4390,7 +4583,6 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 
@@ -4403,8 +4595,8 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: 64bit mode not supported by gcc" >&2;}
 	        else
 	            do64bit_ok=yes
 	            SHLIB_LD="ld -64 -shared -rdata_shared"
-	            EXTRA_CFLAGS="-64"
-	            LDFLAGS="-64"
+	            CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -64"
+	            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -64"
 	        fi
 	    fi
 	    ;;
@@ -4423,7 +4615,7 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: 64bit mode not supported by gcc" >&2;}
 		SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    else
@@ -4561,7 +4753,6 @@ if test $ac_cv_header_dld_h = yes; then
 		    SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
 		    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDld.o"
 		    DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		    LDFLAGS=""
 		    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 		    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 fi
@@ -4569,7 +4760,7 @@ fi
 
 	    fi
 	    if test "`uname -m`" = "alpha" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
 	    fi
 
 	    # The combo of gcc + glibc has a bug related
@@ -4580,7 +4771,7 @@ fi
 	    # Disable inlining only when one of the
 	    # files in compat/*.c is being linked in.
 	    if test x"${USE_COMPAT}" != x ; then
-	        EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -fno-inline"
+	        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-inline"
 	    fi
 
 	    # XIM peeking works under XFree86.
@@ -4599,7 +4790,7 @@ _ACEOF
 		SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 		DL_OBJS=""
 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    else
@@ -4737,7 +4928,6 @@ if test $ac_cv_header_dld_h = yes; then
 		    SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
 		    DL_OBJS=""
 		    DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		    LDFLAGS=""
 		    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 		    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 fi
@@ -4745,7 +4935,7 @@ fi
 
 	    fi
 	    if test "`uname -m`" = "alpha" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 	MP-RAS-02*)
@@ -4755,7 +4945,6 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -4766,7 +4955,7 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-Bexport"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -4910,7 +5099,6 @@ if test $ac_cv_header_dlfcn_h = yes; then
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 		DL_LIBS=""
-		LDFLAGS=""
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for ELF" >&5
@@ -4950,7 +5138,6 @@ else
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX=".a"
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 		DL_LIBS=""
-		LDFLAGS=""
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 		SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.a'
@@ -4970,7 +5157,6 @@ fi
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for ELF" >&5
@@ -5014,13 +5200,13 @@ rm -f conftest*
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-export-dynamic"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1" ; then
 		# The -pthread needs to go in the CFLAGS, not LIBS
 		LIBS=`echo $LIBS | sed s/-pthread//`
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-pthread"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread"
 	    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
 	    fi
 	    case $system in
@@ -5042,7 +5228,7 @@ rm -f conftest*
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDyld.o"
 	    PLAT_OBJS="tclMacOSXBundle.o tclMacOSXFCmd.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-prebind"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -prebind"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-Os"
@@ -5072,7 +5258,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadNext.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -5092,7 +5277,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadOSF.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -5108,7 +5292,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -5124,24 +5307,23 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
             else
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_TZSET -std1 -ieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_TZSET -std1 -ieee"
 	    fi
 	    # see pthread_intro(3) for pthread support on osf1, k.furukawa
 	    if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE"
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -DTCL_THREAD_STACK_MIN=PTHREAD_STACK_MIN*64"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DTCL_THREAD_STACK_MIN=PTHREAD_STACK_MIN*64"
 		LIBS=`echo $LIBS | sed s/-lpthreads//`
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
 		    LIBS="$LIBS -lpthread -lmach -lexc"
 		else
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -pthread"
-		    LDFLAGS="-pthread"
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
 		fi
 	    fi
 
@@ -5156,7 +5338,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    # dlopen is in -lc on QNX
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -5167,7 +5348,7 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".a"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-D,08000000"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-D,08000000"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    ;;
@@ -5177,10 +5358,10 @@ _ACEOF
 	    # below.
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
 	    	SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC -melf"
-	    	LDFLAGS="-melf -Wl,-Bexport"
+	    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -melf -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    else
 	    	SHLIB_CFLAGS="-Kpic -belf"
-	    	LDFLAGS="-belf -Wl,-Bexport"
+	    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -belf -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    fi
 	    SHLIB_LD="ld -G"
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS=""
@@ -5197,7 +5378,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -5208,7 +5388,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 
@@ -5244,7 +5423,6 @@ _ACEOF
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
 		SHLIB_LD="$CC -shared"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-R,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
@@ -5270,7 +5448,6 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 
 	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker
 	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then
@@ -5282,11 +5459,11 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system\"" >&2;}
 			else
 			    do64bit_ok=yes
 			    if test "$do64bitVIS" = "yes" ; then
-				EXTRA_CFLAGS="-xarch=v9a"
-			    	LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9a"
+				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -xarch=v9a"
+			    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -xarch=v9a"
 			    else
-				EXTRA_CFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
-			    	LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
+				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -xarch=v9"
+			    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -xarch=v9"
 			    fi
 			fi
 		else
@@ -5319,11 +5496,11 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"64bit mode only supported sparcv9 system\"" >&2;}
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-D,08000000"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-D,08000000"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    if test "$GCC" != "yes" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_TZSET -std1"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_TZSET -std1"
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 	UNIX_SV* | UnixWare-5*)
@@ -5338,7 +5515,7 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: \"64bit mode only supported sparcv9 system\"" >&2;}
 	    hold_ldflags=$LDFLAGS
 	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for ld accepts -Bexport flag" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for ld accepts -Bexport flag... $ECHO_C" >&6
-	    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-Bexport"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -5372,17 +5549,11 @@ else
   echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
 sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
 
-found=no
+LDFLAGS=$hold_ldflags found=no
 fi
 rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-	    LDFLAGS=$hold_ldflags
 	    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $found" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$found" >&6
-	    if test $found = yes; then
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-Bexport"
-	    else
-	    LDFLAGS=""
-	    fi
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -5620,7 +5791,7 @@ fi;
 	SHLIB_SUFFIX=""
 	DL_OBJS="tclLoadNone.o"
 	DL_LIBS=""
-	LDFLAGS=""
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_ORIG"
 	CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	BUILD_DLTEST=""
@@ -5734,7 +5905,6 @@ fi;
 
 
 
-
     echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for build with symbols" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for build with symbols... $ECHO_C" >&6
     # Check whether --enable-symbols or --disable-symbols was given.
@@ -5800,15 +5970,467 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}enabled $tcl_ok debugging" >&6
     fi
 
 
-LIB_RUNTIME_DIR='${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-
 TK_DBGX=${DBGX}
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+#	Detect what compiler flags to set for 64-bit support.
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for required early compiler flags" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for required early compiler flags... $ECHO_C" >&6
+    tcl_flags=""
+
+    if test "${tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+char *p = (char *)strtoll; char *q = (char *)strtoull;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source=no
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _ISOC99_SOURCE 1
+#include <stdlib.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+char *p = (char *)strtoll; char *q = (char *)strtoull;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+    if test "x${tcl_cv_flag__isoc99_source}" = "xyes" ; then
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define _ISOC99_SOURCE 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	tcl_flags="$tcl_flags _ISOC99_SOURCE"
+    fi
+
+    if test "${tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+struct stat64 buf; int i = stat64("/", &buf);
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source=no
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+struct stat64 buf; int i = stat64("/", &buf);
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+    if test "x${tcl_cv_flag__largefile64_source}" = "xyes" ; then
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	tcl_flags="$tcl_flags _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
+    fi
+    if test "x${tcl_flags}" = "x" ; then
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: none" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}none" >&6
+    else
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_flags}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_flags}" >&6
+    fi
+
+
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for 64-bit integer type" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for 64-bit integer type... $ECHO_C" >&6
+    if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+	tcl_cv_type_64bit=none
+	# See if the compiler knows natively about __int64
+	cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+__int64 value = (__int64) 0;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_type_64bit=__int64
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+tcl_type_64bit="long long"
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+	# See if we should use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
+	# type that is our current guess for a 64-bit type inside this check
+	# program, so it should be modified only carefully...
+        cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+switch (0) {
+            case 1: case (sizeof(${tcl_type_64bit})==sizeof(long)): ;
+        }
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_type_64bit=${tcl_type_64bit}
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+    if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" = none ; then
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: using long" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}using long" >&6
+    else
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE ${tcl_cv_type_64bit}
+_ACEOF
+
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" >&6
+
+	# Now check for auxiliary declarations
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for struct dirent64" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for struct dirent64... $ECHO_C" >&6
+	if test "${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/dirent.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+struct dirent64 p;
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_struct_dirent64=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+tcl_cv_struct_dirent64=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+	if test "x${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64}" = "xyes" ; then
+	    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_DIRENT64 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	fi
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_struct_dirent64}" >&6
+
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for struct stat64" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for struct stat64... $ECHO_C" >&6
+	if test "${tcl_cv_struct_stat64+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+struct stat64 p;
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_struct_stat64=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+tcl_cv_struct_stat64=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+	if test "x${tcl_cv_struct_stat64}" = "xyes" ; then
+	    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_STRUCT_STAT64 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	fi
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_struct_stat64}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_struct_stat64}" >&6
+
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for off64_t" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for off64_t... $ECHO_C" >&6
+	if test "${tcl_cv_type_off64_t+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+
+	    cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+int
+main ()
+{
+off64_t offset;
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_compile\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } &&
+         { ac_try='test -s conftest.$ac_objext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  tcl_cv_type_off64_t=yes
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+tcl_cv_type_off64_t=no
+fi
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+	if test "x${tcl_cv_type_off64_t}" = "xyes" ; then
+	    cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_TYPE_OFF64_T 1
+_ACEOF
+
+	fi
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${tcl_cv_type_off64_t}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}${tcl_cv_type_off64_t}" >&6
+    fi
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # If Tcl and Tk are installed in different places, adjust the library
 # search path to reflect this.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+LIB_RUNTIME_DIR='${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
+
 if test "$TCL_EXEC_PREFIX" != "$exec_prefix"; then
     LIB_RUNTIME_DIR="${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:${TCL_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib"
 fi
@@ -8062,6 +8684,7 @@ s,@EXEEXT@,$EXEEXT,;t t
 s,@OBJEXT@,$OBJEXT,;t t
 s,@CPP@,$CPP,;t t
 s,@EGREP@,$EGREP,;t t
+s,@TCL_THREADS@,$TCL_THREADS,;t t
 s,@RANLIB@,$RANLIB,;t t
 s,@ac_ct_RANLIB@,$ac_ct_RANLIB,;t t
 s,@AR@,$AR,;t t
@@ -8073,7 +8696,6 @@ s,@PLAT_OBJS@,$PLAT_OBJS,;t t
 s,@CFLAGS_DEBUG@,$CFLAGS_DEBUG,;t t
 s,@CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE@,$CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE,;t t
 s,@CFLAGS_WARNING@,$CFLAGS_WARNING,;t t
-s,@EXTRA_CFLAGS@,$EXTRA_CFLAGS,;t t
 s,@LDFLAGS_DEBUG@,$LDFLAGS_DEBUG,;t t
 s,@LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE@,$LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE,;t t
 s,@CC_SEARCH_FLAGS@,$CC_SEARCH_FLAGS,;t t
diff --git a/unix/configure.in b/unix/configure.in
index 8d86e88..a5cb663 100644
--- a/unix/configure.in
+++ b/unix/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ dnl	This file is an input file used by the GNU "autoconf" program to
 dnl	generate the file "configure", which is run during Tk installation
 dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 #
-# RCS: @(#) $Id: configure.in,v 1.94 2004/03/26 19:57:37 dgp Exp $
+# RCS: @(#) $Id: configure.in,v 1.95 2004/07/16 23:40:29 hobbs Exp $
 
 AC_INIT(../generic/tk.h)
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
@@ -61,11 +61,9 @@ fi
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# I'm not sure why these need to come before all of the other tests
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-AC_HAVE_HEADERS(unistd.h limits.h)
+# limits header checks must come early to prevent
+# an autoconf bug that throws errors on configure
+AC_HAVE_HEADERS([limits.h])
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # If we're using GCC, see if the compiler understands -pipe.  If so, use it.
@@ -84,29 +82,14 @@ if test -n "$GCC"; then
 fi  
 fi
 
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------
-#	Detect what compiler flags to set for 64-bit support.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-SC_TCL_EARLY_FLAGS
-
-SC_TCL_64BIT_FLAGS
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Threads support
+# Threads support - this auto-enables if Tcl was compiled threaded
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-dnl Removed call to SC_ENABLE_THREADS since Tk needs to use
-dnl the thread configuration provided by Tcl.
-dnl SC_ENABLE_THREADS
+SC_ENABLE_THREADS
 
-if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = 1; then
-    # FIXME: It seems like these defines should be covered by
-    # the TCL_DEFS entry in tclConfig.sh. Why are they not?
-    AC_DEFINE(TCL_THREADS)
-    AC_DEFINE(_REENTRANT)
-    AC_DEFINE(_THREAD_SAFE)
-fi
+# Add the threads support libraries
+LIBS="$LIBS$THREADS_LIBS"
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Recompute the necessary flags to run the compiler
@@ -118,15 +101,23 @@ SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS
 
 SC_ENABLE_SYMBOLS
 
-LIB_RUNTIME_DIR='${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-
 TK_DBGX=${DBGX}
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+#	Detect what compiler flags to set for 64-bit support.
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+SC_TCL_EARLY_FLAGS
+
+SC_TCL_64BIT_FLAGS
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # If Tcl and Tk are installed in different places, adjust the library
 # search path to reflect this.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+LIB_RUNTIME_DIR='${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
+
 if test "$TCL_EXEC_PREFIX" != "$exec_prefix"; then
     LIB_RUNTIME_DIR="${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:${TCL_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib"
 fi
@@ -448,4 +439,4 @@ AC_SUBST(XLIBSW)
 AC_SUBST(TK_SHARED_BUILD)
 AC_SUBST(LOCALES)
 
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile tkConfig.sh)
+AC_OUTPUT([Makefile tkConfig.sh])
diff --git a/unix/tcl.m4 b/unix/tcl.m4
index cd675f1..9f6f4f8 100644
--- a/unix/tcl.m4
+++ b/unix/tcl.m4
@@ -421,13 +421,20 @@ AC_DEFUN(SC_ENABLE_THREADS, [
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(threads, [  --enable-threads        build with threads],
 	[tcl_ok=$enableval], [tcl_ok=no])
 
-    if test "$tcl_ok" = "yes"; then
-	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+    if test "$tcl_ok" = "yes" -o "${TCL_THREADS}" = 1; then
+	if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = 1; then
+	    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes (threaded core)])
+	else
+	    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+	fi
 	TCL_THREADS=1
 	AC_DEFINE(TCL_THREADS)
 	# USE_THREAD_ALLOC tells us to try the special thread-based
 	# allocator that significantly reduces lock contention
 	AC_DEFINE(USE_THREAD_ALLOC)
+	# USE_THREAD_STORAGE tells us to use the new generic thread 
+	# storage subsystem. 
+	AC_DEFINE(USE_THREAD_STORAGE)
 	AC_DEFINE(_REENTRANT)
 	AC_DEFINE(_THREAD_SAFE)
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread,pthread_mutex_init,tcl_ok=yes,tcl_ok=no)
@@ -469,6 +476,16 @@ AC_DEFUN(SC_ENABLE_THREADS, [
 	ac_saved_libs=$LIBS
 	LIBS="$LIBS $THREADS_LIBS"
 	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pthread_attr_setstacksize)
+	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pthread_attr_get_np pthread_getattr_np)
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_getattr_np declaration])
+	AC_CACHE_VAL(tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np,
+	    AC_EGREP_HEADER(pthread_getattr_np, pthread.h,
+		tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np=present,
+		tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np=missing))
+	AC_MSG_RESULT($tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np)
+	if test $tcl_cv_grep_pthread_getattr_np = missing ; then
+	    AC_DEFINE(GETATTRNP_NOT_DECLARED)
+	fi
 	LIBS=$ac_saved_libs
 	AC_CHECK_FUNCS(readdir_r)
     else
@@ -730,7 +747,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SC_CONFIG_MANPAGES, [
 #			Flags used when running the compiler in debug mode
 #	CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE -
 #			Flags used when running the compiler in optimize mode
-#	EXTRA_CFLAGS
+#	CFLAGS
 #
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -800,7 +817,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS, [
     # Step 3: set configuration options based on system name and version.
 
     do64bit_ok=no
-    EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
+    LDFLAGS_ORIG="$LDFLAGS"
     TCL_EXPORT_FILE_SUFFIX=""
     UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX=""
     TCL_TRIM_DOTS='`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`'
@@ -809,7 +826,7 @@ AC_DEFUN(SC_CONFIG_CFLAGS, [
     CFLAGS_DEBUG=-g
     CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE=-O
     if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-	CFLAGS_WARNING="-Wall -Wconversion -Wno-implicit-int -fno-strict-aliasing"
+	CFLAGS_WARNING="-Wall -Wno-implicit-int -fno-strict-aliasing"
     else
 	CFLAGS_WARNING=""
     fi
@@ -843,7 +860,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LIBPATH"
 
@@ -853,8 +869,8 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		    AC_MSG_WARN("64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system")
 		else 
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS="-q64"
-		    LDFLAGS="-q64"
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -q64"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -q64"
 		    RANLIB="${RANLIB} -X64"
 		    AR="${AR} -X64"
 		    SHLIB_LD_FLAGS="-b64"
@@ -895,7 +911,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="LIBPATH"
@@ -914,8 +929,8 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		    AC_MSG_WARN("64bit mode not supported with GCC on $system")
 		else 
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS="-q64"
-		    LDFLAGS="-q64"
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -q64"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -q64"
 		    RANLIB="${RANLIB} -X64"
 		    AR="${AR} -X64"
 		    SHLIB_LD_FLAGS="-b64"
@@ -948,7 +963,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 
 	    #-----------------------------------------------------------
 	    # Check for inet_ntoa in -lbind, for BeOS (which also needs
@@ -964,7 +978,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -975,7 +988,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS="-export-dynamic"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -986,7 +999,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1004,7 +1016,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadShl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-E"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-E"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,+s,+b,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='+s +b ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="SHLIB_PATH"
@@ -1017,7 +1029,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    fi
 
 	    # Users may want PA-RISC 1.1/2.0 portable code - needs HP cc
-	    #EXTRA_CFLAGS="+DAportable"
+	    #CFLAGS="$CFLAGS +DAportable"
 
 	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker
 	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then
@@ -1038,13 +1050,8 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		    esac
 		else
 		    do64bit_ok=yes
-		    if test "`uname -m`" = "ia64" ; then
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="+DD64"
-			LDFLAGS="+DD64 $LDFLAGS"
-		    else
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="+DA2.0W"
-			LDFLAGS="+DA2.0W $LDFLAGS"
-		    fi
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS +DD64"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS +DD64"
 		fi
 	    fi
 	    ;;
@@ -1057,7 +1064,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		SHLIB_LD_LIBS=""
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadShl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-E"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-E"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,+s,+b,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='+s +b ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}:.'
 		LD_LIBRARY_PATH_VAR="SHLIB_PATH"
@@ -1070,7 +1077,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-D,08000000"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-D,08000000"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${VERSION}\$\{DBGX\}.a'
@@ -1084,8 +1091,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    DL_LIBS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-	    EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    ;;
 	IRIX-6.*)
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS=""
@@ -1097,19 +1102,19 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mabi=n32"
-		LDFLAGS="-mabi=n32"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mabi=n32"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -mabi=n32"
 	    else
 		case $system in
 		    IRIX-6.3)
 			# Use to build 6.2 compatible binaries on 6.3.
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="-n32 -D_OLD_TERMIOS"
+			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -n32 -D_OLD_TERMIOS"
 			;;
 		    *)
-			EXTRA_CFLAGS="-n32"
+			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -n32"
 			;;
 		esac
-		LDFLAGS="-n32"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -n32"
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 	IRIX64-6.*)
@@ -1119,7 +1124,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 
@@ -1131,8 +1135,8 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	        else
 	            do64bit_ok=yes
 	            SHLIB_LD="ld -64 -shared -rdata_shared"
-	            EXTRA_CFLAGS="-64"
-	            LDFLAGS="-64"
+	            CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -64"
+	            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -64"
 	        fi
 	    fi
 	    ;;
@@ -1151,7 +1155,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    else
@@ -1159,12 +1163,11 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		    SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
 		    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDld.o"
 		    DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		    LDFLAGS=""
 		    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 		    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""])
 	    fi
 	    if test "`uname -m`" = "alpha" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
 	    fi
 
 	    # The combo of gcc + glibc has a bug related
@@ -1175,7 +1178,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    # Disable inlining only when one of the
 	    # files in compat/*.c is being linked in.
 	    if test x"${USE_COMPAT}" != x ; then
-	        EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -fno-inline"
+	        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-inline"
 	    fi
 
 	    # XIM peeking works under XFree86.
@@ -1191,7 +1194,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 		DL_OBJS=""
 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-		LDFLAGS="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    else
@@ -1199,12 +1202,11 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		    SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
 		    DL_OBJS=""
 		    DL_LIBS="-ldld"
-		    LDFLAGS=""
 		    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 		    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""])
 	    fi
 	    if test "`uname -m`" = "alpha" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 	MP-RAS-02*)
@@ -1214,7 +1216,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1225,7 +1226,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-Bexport"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1239,7 +1240,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 		DL_LIBS=""
-		LDFLAGS=""
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ELF)
@@ -1260,7 +1260,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 		SHLIB_SUFFIX=".a"
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 		DL_LIBS=""
-		LDFLAGS=""
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 		SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.a'
@@ -1277,7 +1276,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ELF)
@@ -1304,13 +1302,13 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-export-dynamic"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1" ; then
 		# The -pthread needs to go in the CFLAGS, not LIBS
 		LIBS=`echo $LIBS | sed s/-pthread//`
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-pthread"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread"
 	    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
 	    fi
 	    case $system in
@@ -1332,7 +1330,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDyld.o"
 	    PLAT_OBJS="tclMacOSXBundle.o tclMacOSXFCmd.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-prebind"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -prebind"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-Os"
@@ -1350,7 +1348,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadNext.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1367,7 +1364,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadOSF.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1383,7 +1379,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1399,24 +1394,23 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-mieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"
             else
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_TZSET -std1 -ieee"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_TZSET -std1 -ieee"
 	    fi
 	    # see pthread_intro(3) for pthread support on osf1, k.furukawa
 	    if test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE"
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -DTCL_THREAD_STACK_MIN=PTHREAD_STACK_MIN*64"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACKSIZE"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DTCL_THREAD_STACK_MIN=PTHREAD_STACK_MIN*64"
 		LIBS=`echo $LIBS | sed s/-lpthreads//`
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
 		    LIBS="$LIBS -lpthread -lmach -lexc"
 		else
-		    EXTRA_CFLAGS="${EXTRA_CFLAGS} -pthread"
-		    LDFLAGS="-pthread"
+		    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -pthread"
+		    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
 		fi
 	    fi
 
@@ -1431,7 +1425,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    # dlopen is in -lc on QNX
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1442,7 +1435,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".a"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-D,08000000"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-D,08000000"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    ;;
@@ -1452,10 +1445,10 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    # below.
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
 	    	SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC -melf"
-	    	LDFLAGS="-melf -Wl,-Bexport"
+	    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -melf -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    else
 	    	SHLIB_CFLAGS="-Kpic -belf"
-	    	LDFLAGS="-belf -Wl,-Bexport"
+	    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -belf -Wl,-Bexport"
 	    fi
 	    SHLIB_LD="ld -G"
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS=""
@@ -1472,7 +1465,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1483,7 +1475,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 
@@ -1513,7 +1504,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
 	    if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
 		SHLIB_LD="$CC -shared"
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-R,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
@@ -1533,7 +1523,6 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    AC_DEFINE(_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS)
 
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-KPIC"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
     
 	    # Check to enable 64-bit flags for compiler/linker
 	    if test "$do64bit" = "yes" ; then
@@ -1544,11 +1533,11 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 			else
 			    do64bit_ok=yes
 			    if test "$do64bitVIS" = "yes" ; then
-				EXTRA_CFLAGS="-xarch=v9a"
-			    	LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9a"
+				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -xarch=v9a"
+			    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -xarch=v9a"
 			    else
-				EXTRA_CFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
-			    	LDFLAGS="-xarch=v9"
+				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -xarch=v9"
+			    	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -xarch=v9"
 			    fi
 			fi
 		else
@@ -1580,11 +1569,11 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadAout.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-D,08000000"
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-D,08000000"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-L${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    if test "$GCC" != "yes" ; then
-		EXTRA_CFLAGS="-DHAVE_TZSET -std1"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DHAVE_TZSET -std1"
 	    fi
 	    ;;
 	UNIX_SV* | UnixWare-5*)
@@ -1598,15 +1587,10 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    # that don't grok the -Bexport option.  Test that it does.
 	    hold_ldflags=$LDFLAGS
 	    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ld accepts -Bexport flag)
-	    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-Bexport"
-	    AC_TRY_LINK(, [int i;], found=yes, found=no)
-	    LDFLAGS=$hold_ldflags
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-Bexport"
+	    AC_TRY_LINK(, [int i;], [found=yes],
+			[LDFLAGS=$hold_ldflags found=no])
 	    AC_MSG_RESULT($found)
-	    if test $found = yes; then
-	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-Bexport"
-	    else
-	    LDFLAGS=""
-	    fi
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	    ;;
@@ -1715,7 +1699,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	SHLIB_SUFFIX=""
 	DL_OBJS="tclLoadNone.o"
 	DL_LIBS=""
-	LDFLAGS=""
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_ORIG"
 	CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=""
 	BUILD_DLTEST=""
@@ -1818,7 +1802,6 @@ dnl        esac
     AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
     AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE)
     AC_SUBST(CFLAGS_WARNING)
-    AC_SUBST(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 
     AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS_DEBUG)
@@ -1981,12 +1964,11 @@ int main() {
 #		NO_DIRENT_H
 #		NO_ERRNO_H
 #		NO_VALUES_H
-#		NO_LIMITS_H
+#		HAVE_LIMITS_H or NO_LIMITS_H
 #		NO_STDLIB_H
 #		NO_STRING_H
 #		NO_SYS_WAIT_H
 #		NO_DLFCN_H
-#		HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #		HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
 #
 #		HAVE_STRING_H ?
@@ -2024,7 +2006,8 @@ closedir(d);
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(errno.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_ERRNO_H)])
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(float.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_FLOAT_H)])
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(values.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_VALUES_H)])
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(limits.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_LIMITS_H)])
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER(limits.h,
+	[AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIMITS_H)], [AC_DEFINE(NO_LIMITS_H)])
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdlib.h, tcl_ok=1, tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtol, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtoul, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
@@ -2047,9 +2030,7 @@ closedir(d);
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(dlfcn.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_DLFCN_H)])
 
     # OS/390 lacks sys/param.h (and doesn't need it, by chance).
-
-    AC_HAVE_HEADERS(unistd.h sys/param.h)
-
+    AC_HAVE_HEADERS(sys/param.h)
 ])
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2480,9 +2461,9 @@ AC_DEFUN(SC_TCL_64BIT_FLAGS, [
 	# See if we should use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
 	# type that is our current guess for a 64-bit type inside this check
 	# program, so it should be modified only carefully...
-	AC_TRY_RUN([#include <unistd.h>
-	    int main() {exit(!(sizeof(]${tcl_type_64bit}[) > sizeof(long)));}
-	    ], tcl_cv_type_64bit=${tcl_type_64bit},:,:)])
+        AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[switch (0) { 
+            case 1: case (sizeof(]${tcl_type_64bit}[)==sizeof(long)): ; 
+        }],tcl_cv_type_64bit=${tcl_type_64bit})])
     if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" = none ; then
 	AC_DEFINE(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(using long)