--- perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/Embed.pm.orig	Sun Dec  9 15:23:22 2001
+++ perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/Embed.pm	Sun Dec  9 15:22:41 2001
@@ -207,9 +207,13 @@
     if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
 	$libperl = $Config{libperl};
     }
+    elsif ($^O eq 'cygwin') {
+	$libperl = "-lperl5_6_1";     
+    }
     else {
 	$libperl = (grep(/^-l\w*perl\w*$/, @link_args))[0] || "-lperl";
     }
+
 
     my $lpath = File::Spec->catdir($Config{archlibexp}, 'CORE');
     $lpath = qq["$lpath"] if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
--- perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi/ExtUtils/Embed.pm.orig	Sun Dec  9 15:23:10 2001
+++ perl5/5.6.1/cygwin-multi/ExtUtils/Embed.pm	Sun Dec  9 15:22:47 2001
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@
     if ($^O eq 'MSWin32') {
 	$libperl = $Config{libperl};
     }
+    elsif ($^O eq 'cygwin') {
+	$libperl = "-lperl5_6_1";     
+    }
     else {
 	$libperl = (grep(/^-l\w*perl\w*$/, @link_args))[0] || "-lperl";
     }