Index: trunk/psconfig/mkbuild
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--- trunk/psconfig/mkbuild	(revision 12132)
+++ trunk/psconfig/mkbuild	(revision 12133)
@@ -84,4 +84,12 @@
     print "psautogen: $psautogen\n";
     print "psperlbuild: $psperlbuild\n";
+
+    # set build environment variables
+    ps_setenv ("PATH", 		  "--show_path");
+    ps_setenv ("ARCH", 		  "--show_arch");
+    ps_setenv ("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "--show_ld_library_path");
+    ps_setenv ("PKG_CONFIG_PATH", "--show_pkg_config_path");
+    ps_setenv ("ACLOCAL_FLAGS",   "--show_aclocal_flags");
+    ps_setenv ("PERL5LIB",        "--show_perl5lib");
 
     $psopts = "";
@@ -240,2 +248,13 @@
 }
 
+sub ps_setenv {
+
+    my $var = $_[0];
+    my $flag = $_[1];
+
+    my $answer = `csh psconfig.sh $flag`;
+    chomp $answer;
+
+    $ENV{$var} = $answer;
+}
+