diff -rup /fast-storage/users/w/werdz/mysql-5.0.51-unmodified/configure.in /fast-storage/users/w/werdz/mysql-5.0.51/configure.in
--- /fast-storage/users/w/werdz/mysql-5.0.51-unmodified/configure.in	2008-01-15 01:24:16.000000000 +0000
+++ /fast-storage/users/w/werdz/mysql-5.0.51/configure.in	2008-01-15 01:28:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -1037,6 +1037,17 @@ case $SYSTEM_TYPE-$ac_cv_prog_gcc in
   *) ;;
 esac
 
+# Make sparc64-unknown-linux avoid gethonstbyname_r
+# Detailed in
+# https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.0/+bug/179905
+case "$target" in
+	sparc64-*-linux*)
+		echo "  - Disabling gethostbyname_r for sparc64 linux system."
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DUNDEF_HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R"
+		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DUNDEF_HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R"
+		;;
+esac
+
 
 case $SYSTEM_TYPE in
   *solaris2.7*)
@@ -2912,6 +2923,7 @@ case "$host_os" in
   aix3.* | aix4.0.* | aix4.1.*) ;;
   *) ndb_bin_am_ldflags="-static";;
 esac
+
 AC_SUBST([ndb_bin_am_ldflags])
 AC_SUBST([ndb_opt_subdirs])