* m4/libtool.m4 (_LT_CHECK_POSIX_SORT, _LT_CHECK_READ_R): New macros to
	test sort(1) and read variations, define and use $posix_sort, $read_r.
	(_LT_SETUP): m4_require them.
	* config/ltmain.m4sh (func_generate_dlsyms): Use $posix_sort.

--- m4/libtool.m4	2005-04-29 20:17:22.000000000 +0200
+++ m4/libtool.m4	2005-05-09 20:41:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@
 _LT_DECL([], [exeext], [0], [Executable file suffix (normally "")])dnl
 dnl
 m4_require([_LT_CHECK_XSI_SHELL])dnl
+m4_require([_LT_CHECK_POSIX_SORT])dnl
+m4_require([_LT_CHECK_READ_R])dnl
 m4_require([_LT_CMD_RELOAD])dnl
 m4_require([_LT_CHECK_MAGIC_METHOD])dnl
 m4_require([_LT_CMD_OLD_ARCHIVE])dnl
@@ -6238,3 +6308,28 @@
 _LT_EOF
 esac
 ])
+
+# _LT_CHECK_POSIX_SORT
+# --------------------
+# Whether sort(1) uses -kCOL or +COLM1, where COLM1 = COL - 1.
+m4_defun([_LT_CHECK_POSIX_SORT],
+[if sort -k3 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  posix_sort=:
+else
+  posix_sort=false
+fi
+_LT_DECL([], posix_sort, 1, [Whether sort(1) understands "-k"])
+])# _LT_CHECK_POSIX_SORT
+
+# _LT_CHECK_READ_R
+# --------------------
+# Try to find out whether read understands "-r"
+m4_defun([_LT_CHECK_READ_R],
+[if echo bt | tr b '\\' | { read -r line; test "X$line" = 'X\t'; } 2>/dev/null
+then
+  read_r='read -r'
+else
+  read_r=read
+fi
+_LT_DECL([], read_r, 1, [read -r])
+])# _LT_CHECK_READ_R
--- config/ltmain.m4sh	27 Apr 2005 20:30:38 -0000	1.66
+++ config/ltmain.m4sh	19 May 2005 20:18:50 -0000
@@ -850,11 +850,7 @@
 
 	  # Try sorting and uniquifying the output.
 	  if $GREP -v "^: " < "$nlist" |
-	      if sort -k 3 </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		sort -k 3
-	      else
-		sort +2
-	      fi |
+	      if $posix_sort; then sort -k 3; else sort +2; fi |
 	      uniq > "$nlist"S; then
 	    :
 	  else