From 759b17f0f6a60508f4bdddc16997d78eaa3d7755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 02:49:17 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix for version guessing in configure.

---
 src/configure.in | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 43fc773fd8..39d130de10 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -72,17 +72,26 @@ fi
 dnl this part selects the template from the one in the
 dnl template directory.
 
+dnl LOOK FOR EXACT MATCH FIRST,
+dnl then try an OS without a version
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(setting template to)
 AC_ARG_WITH(template,
     [  --with-template=TEMPLATE
                           use operating system template file 
                               see template directory],
     [  TEMPLATE=$withval ],
-    [  host_no_ver=`echo "$host" | sed 's/[[0-9.]]*$//'`
-       GUESS=`grep "$host_no_ver" template/.similar | sed 's/.*=//' | tail -1`
+    [  
+       GUESS=`grep "^$host=" template/.similar | sed 's/.*=//' | tail -1`
        if test "$GUESS"
-       then	TEMPLATE="$GUESS"
-       else	TEMPLATE=`uname -s | tr A-Z a-z` 
+       then TEMPLATE="$GUESS"
+       else
+           host_no_ver=`echo "$host" | sed 's/[[0-9.]]*$//'`
+           GUESS=`grep "^$host_no_ver" template/.similar | sed 's/.*=//' | tail -1`
+           if test "$GUESS"
+           then	TEMPLATE="$GUESS"
+           else	TEMPLATE=`uname -s | tr A-Z a-z` 
+           fi
        fi
     ])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($TEMPLATE)
-- 
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