diff -r -c3 libxml2-2.4.12.bak/aclocal.m4 libxml2-2.4.12/aclocal.m4
*** libxml2-2.4.12.bak/aclocal.m4	Fri Dec  7 15:26:00 2001
--- libxml2-2.4.12/aclocal.m4	Sun Oct  6 04:15:08 2002
***************
*** 2155,2160 ****
--- 2155,2172 ----
    dynamic_linker=no
    ;;
  
+ freebsd*-gnu*)
+   version_type=linux
+   need_lib_prefix=no
+   need_version=no
+   library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major $libname.so'
+   soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
+   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+   shlibpath_overrides_runpath=no
+   hardcode_into_libs=yes
+   dynamic_linker='GNU ld.so'
+   ;;
+ 
  freebsd*)
    objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout`
    version_type=freebsd-$objformat
diff -r -c3 libxml2-2.4.12.bak/config.guess libxml2-2.4.12/config.guess
*** libxml2-2.4.12.bak/config.guess	Fri Dec  7 15:26:00 2001
--- libxml2-2.4.12/config.guess	Sun Oct  6 04:14:17 2002
***************
*** 718,724 ****
  	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-bsdi${UNAME_RELEASE}
  	exit 0 ;;
      *:FreeBSD:*:*)
! 	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-freebsd`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`
  	exit 0 ;;
      *:OpenBSD:*:*)
  	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-openbsd`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-_].*/\./'`
--- 718,736 ----
  	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-bsdi${UNAME_RELEASE}
  	exit 0 ;;
      *:FreeBSD:*:*)
! 	# Determine whether the default compiler uses glibc.
! 	eval $set_cc_for_build
! 	sed 's/^	//' << EOF >$dummy.c
! 	#include <features.h>
! 	#if __GLIBC__ >= 2
! 	LIBC=gnu
! 	#else
! 	LIBC=
! 	#endif
! EOF
! 	eval `$CC_FOR_BUILD -E $dummy.c 2>/dev/null | grep ^LIBC=`
! 	rm -f $dummy.c
! 	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-freebsd`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-(].*//'`${LIBC:+-$LIBC}
  	exit 0 ;;
      *:OpenBSD:*:*)
  	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-openbsd`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[-_].*/\./'`
diff -r -c3 libxml2-2.4.12.bak/config.sub libxml2-2.4.12/config.sub
*** libxml2-2.4.12.bak/config.sub	Fri Dec  7 15:26:00 2001
--- libxml2-2.4.12/config.sub	Sun Oct  6 04:14:32 2002
***************
*** 117,123 ****
  # Here we must recognize all the valid KERNEL-OS combinations.
  maybe_os=`echo $1 | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\([^-]*-[^-]*\)$/\2/'`
  case $maybe_os in
!   nto-qnx* | linux-gnu* | storm-chaos* | os2-emx*)
      os=-$maybe_os
      basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\([^-]*-[^-]*\)$/\1/'`
      ;;
--- 117,123 ----
  # Here we must recognize all the valid KERNEL-OS combinations.
  maybe_os=`echo $1 | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\([^-]*-[^-]*\)$/\2/'`
  case $maybe_os in
!   nto-qnx* | linux-gnu* | freebsd*-gnu* | storm-chaos* | os2-emx*)
      os=-$maybe_os
      basic_machine=`echo $1 | sed 's/^\(.*\)-\([^-]*-[^-]*\)$/\1/'`
      ;;
diff -r -c3 libxml2-2.4.12.bak/configure libxml2-2.4.12/configure
*** libxml2-2.4.12.bak/configure	Fri Dec  7 15:26:03 2001
--- libxml2-2.4.12/configure	Sun Oct  6 04:15:17 2002
***************
*** 4211,4216 ****
--- 4211,4228 ----
    dynamic_linker=no
    ;;
  
+ freebsd*-gnu*)
+   version_type=linux
+   need_lib_prefix=no
+   need_version=no
+   library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major $libname.so'
+   soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
+   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+   shlibpath_overrides_runpath=no
+   hardcode_into_libs=yes
+   dynamic_linker='GNU ld.so'
+   ;;
+ 
  freebsd*)
    objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout`
    version_type=freebsd-$objformat