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diff --git a/mk/scripts/shlib-type b/mk/scripts/shlib-type
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+# /bin/sh
+#
+# $NetBSD: shlib-type,v 1.1 2007/07/18 18:01:03 jlam Exp $
+#
+# This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+# by Alistair Crooks.
+#
+# This script returns the the library format for the platform.  If
+# the library format is "ELF/a.out", then we inspect "pkg_info" (which
+# should exist on a pkgsrc system) to determine the correct object
+# format (either ELF or a.out).
+#
+
+: ${ECHO=echo}
+: ${FILE_CMD=file}
+: ${TEST=test}
+: ${PKG_INFO_CMD=/usr/sbin/pkg_info}
+
+self="${0##*/}"
+
+usage() {
+	${ECHO} 1>&2 "usage: $self libformat"
+}
+
+${TEST} $# -gt 0 || { usage; exit 1; }
+
+sotype=none
+case "$1" in
+ELF/a.out)
+	case "${PKG_INFO_CMD}" in
+	/*)	;;
+	*)	PKG_INFO_CMD="/usr/sbin/pkg_info"
+	esac
+	if ${TEST} -f ${PKG_INFO_CMD}; then
+		case `${FILE_CMD} ${PKG_INFO_CMD}` in
+		*ELF*dynamically*)	sotype="ELF" ;;
+		*shared*library*)	sotype="a.out" ;;
+		*dynamically*)		sotype="a.out" ;;
+		esac
+	else
+		# "pkg_info" is missing so just guess "ELF.
+		sotype="ELF"
+	fi
+	;;
+*)
+	sotype="$1"
+	;;
+esac
+${ECHO} $sotype
+
+exit 0