Issue #26359: Add the --with-optimizations flag.
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+- Issue #26359: Add the --with-optimizations configure flag.
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 - Issue #10910: Avoid C++ compilation errors on FreeBSD and OS X.
   Also update FreedBSD version checks for the original ctype UTF-8 workaround.