diff -Nur Python-2.4.2.orig/configure Python-2.4.2/configure
--- Python-2.4.2.orig/configure	2006-02-15 15:12:33 +0000
+++ Python-2.4.2/configure	2006-02-15 15:50:10 +0000
@@ -3404,7 +3404,7 @@
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -10378,7 +10378,7 @@
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
-	NetBSD*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
+	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
@@ -10410,7 +10410,7 @@
 		 fi;;
 	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then CCSHARED="-fPIC"
@@ -10463,7 +10463,7 @@
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	SCO_SV*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	ReliantUNIX*) LINKFORSHARED="-W1 -Blargedynsym";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*)
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*)
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
 			LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
@@ -14337,6 +14337,7 @@
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
 #include "confdefs.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
diff -Nur Python-2.4.2.orig/configure.in Python-2.4.2/configure.in
--- Python-2.4.2.orig/configure.in	2006-02-15 15:12:32 +0000
+++ Python-2.4.2/configure.in	2006-02-15 17:00:10 +0000
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
-	NetBSD*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
+	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@
 		 fi;;
 	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then CCSHARED="-fPIC"
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	SCO_SV*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	ReliantUNIX*) LINKFORSHARED="-W1 -Blargedynsym";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*) 
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) 
 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
 		then
 			LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
@@ -2208,6 +2208,7 @@
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for inet_aton)
 AC_TRY_LINK([
 #include "confdefs.h" 
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>