==== //depot/perl/hints/freebsd.sh#49 - /home/nick/p4perl/perl/hints/freebsd.sh ====
--- /tmp/tmp.76188.11	2008-10-21 09:37:29.000000000 +0100
+++ /home/nick/p4perl/perl/hints/freebsd.sh	2008-10-21 08:20:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -211,15 +211,7 @@ EOM
 	      exit 1
 	      ;;
 
-	7.*)
-	      # 7.x doesn't install libc_r by default, and Configure
-	      # would fail in the code following
-	      #
-	      # gethostbyaddr_r() appears to have been implemented in 6.x+
-	      ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
-	      ;;
-
-	*)
+	[3-5].*)
 	      if [ ! -r "$lc_r" ]; then
 	      cat <<EOM >&4
 POSIX threads should be supported by FreeBSD $osvers --
@@ -251,6 +243,14 @@ EOM
 	      d_gethostbyaddr_r_proto="0"
 	      ;;
 
+	*)
+	      # 7.x doesn't install libc_r by default, and Configure
+	      # would fail in the code following
+	      #
+	      # gethostbyaddr_r() appears to have been implemented in 6.x+
+	      ldflags="-pthread $ldflags"
+	      ;;
+
 	esac
 
         case "$osvers" in