Don't use Posix semaphores on Solaris 8. Fixes #662787.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index df432d8..c94f2a1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.385 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.386 .
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53 for python 2.3.
#
@@ -11132,6 +11132,15 @@
fi
+ # Bug 662787: Using semaphores causes unexplicable hangs on Solaris 8.
+ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
+ SunOS/5.8)
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define HAVE_BROKEN_POSIX_SEMAPHORES 1
+_ACEOF
+;;
+ esac
+
echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM is supported" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking if PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM is supported... $ECHO_C" >&6
if test "${ac_cv_pthread_system_supported+set}" = set; then