--- ../Configure	2003-09-18 08:13:46.000000000 +0200
+++ Configure	2003-11-01 15:39:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -3673,22 +3673,22 @@
 eval $setvar
 
 
-case "$usethreads" in
-"$define"|true|[yY]*)
 : Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
 : user has specified that a threading perl is to be built,
 : we may need to set or change some other defaults.
 	if $test -f usethreads.cbu; then
-		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for threaded builds, using them..."
+    echo "Your platform has some specific hints regarding threaded builds, using them..."
 		. ./usethreads.cbu
 	else
+    case "$usethreads" in
+	"$define"|true|[yY]*)
 		$cat <<EOM
-(Your platform doesn't have any specific hints for threaded builds.
+    (Your platform does not have any specific hints for threaded builds.
  Assuming POSIX threads, then.)
 EOM
-	fi
 	;;
 esac
+    fi
 
 cat <<EOM
 
@@ -4546,21 +4546,21 @@
 true|[yY]*) uselongdouble="$define" ;;
 esac
 
-case "$uselongdouble" in
-$define)
 : Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
 : user has specified that long doubles should be used,
 : we may need to set or change some other defaults.
 	if $test -f uselongdouble.cbu; then
-		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for long doubles, using them..."
+    echo "Your platform has some specific hints regarding long doubles, using them..."
 		. ./uselongdouble.cbu
 	else
+    case "$uselongdouble" in
+	$define)
 		$cat <<EOM
-(Your platform doesn't have any specific hints for long doubles.)
+    (Your platform does not have any specific hints for long doubles.)
 EOM
-	fi
 	;;
 esac
+    fi
 
 : Looking for optional libraries
 echo " "
@@ -5447,8 +5447,6 @@
 	;;
 esac
 
-case "$use64bitint" in
-"$define"|true|[yY]*)
 : Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
 : user has specified that a 64-bit perl is to be built,
 : we may need to set or change some other defaults.
@@ -5456,6 +5454,8 @@
 		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for 64-bit integers, using them..."
 		. ./use64bitint.cbu
 	fi
+case "$use64bitint" in
+    "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	case "$longsize" in
 	4) case "$archname64" in
 	   '') archname64=64int ;;
@@ -5465,15 +5465,15 @@
 	;;
 esac
 
-case "$use64bitall" in
-"$define"|true|[yY]*)
 : Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
 : user has specified that a maximally 64-bit perl is to be built,
 : we may need to set or change some other defaults.
 	if $test -f use64bitall.cbu; then
-		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for 64-bit builds, using them..."
+    echo "Your platform has some specific hints regarding 64-bit builds, using them..."
 		. ./use64bitall.cbu
 	fi
+case "$use64bitall" in
+    "$define"|true|[yY]*)
 	case "$longsize" in
 	4) case "$archname64" in
 	   ''|64int) archname64=64all ;;
@@ -8852,14 +8852,16 @@
 esac
 set uselargefiles
 eval $setvar
-case "$uselargefiles" in
-"$define")
 : Look for a hint-file generated 'call-back-unit'.  If the
 : user has specified that a large files perl is to be built,
 : we may need to set or change some other defaults.
 	if $test -f uselargefiles.cbu; then
-		echo "Your platform has some specific hints for large file builds, using them..."
+    echo "Your platform has some specific hints regarding large file builds, using them..."
 		. ./uselargefiles.cbu
+    fi
+case "$uselargefiles" in
+    "$define")
+	if $test -f uselargefiles.cbu; then
 		echo " "
 		echo "Rechecking to see how big your file offsets are..." >&4
 		$cat >try.c <<EOCP