Andrew,

> 	o	it consolidates all the *NetBSD* configury
> 		so that it appears at one point in the file.
> 		Ben, look Ok?

Yes, looks fine.  Very happy with that ..

> PS: If people know of a reliable way of identifying either an a.out or
> COFF NetBSD platform then please let me know.  I'll then revise the
> patch to include that information.

echo "int x;" > foo.c; cc -c foo.c -o foo.o && file foo.o; rm foo.[co]

Ben