--- ltmain.sh	Mon Nov  2 21:05:05 1998
+++ ltmain.sh.new	Thu May 13 12:24:53 1999
@@ -966,6 +966,17 @@
         major="$current"
         versuffix="$current.$revision"
         ;;
+      freebsd)
+        version_vars="$version_vars major versuffix"
+        major="$current"
+        if [ $PORTOBJFORMAT = elf ]; then
+         versuffix="$current";
+        else
+        versuffix="$current.$revision";
+        fi
+        ;;
+
+
 
       *)
         $echo "$modename: unknown library version type \`$version_type'" 1>&2
