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+package ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Unix;
+
+use strict;
+use ExtUtils::CBuilder::Base;
+
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);
+$VERSION = '0.23';
+@ISA = qw(ExtUtils::CBuilder::Base);
+
+sub link_executable {
+ my $self = shift;
+ # $Config{cc} is usually a better bet for linking executables than $Config{ld}
+ local $self->{config}{ld} =
+ $self->{config}{cc} . " " . $self->{config}{ldflags};
+ return $self->SUPER::link_executable(@_);
+}
+
+sub link {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $cf = $self->{config};
+
+ # Some platforms (notably Mac OS X 10.3, but some others too) expect
+ # the syntax "FOO=BAR /bin/command arg arg" to work in %Config
+ # (notably $Config{ld}). It usually works in system(SCALAR), but we
+ # use system(LIST). We fix it up here with 'env'.
+
+ local $cf->{ld} = $cf->{ld};
+ if (ref $cf->{ld}) {
+ unshift @{$cf->{ld}}, 'env' if $cf->{ld}[0] =~ /^\s*\w+=/;
+ } else {
+ $cf->{ld} =~ s/^(\s*\w+=)/env $1/;
+ }
+
+ return $self->SUPER::link(@_);
+}
+
+1;