diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/Configure perl-5.22.1/Configure
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/Configure	2015-10-17 06:38:37.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/Configure	2019-08-21 09:12:01.271379908 -0600
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@
 : set usesocks on the Configure command line to enable socks.
 : List of libraries we want.
 : If anyone needs extra -lxxx, put those in a hint file.
-libswanted="cl pthread socket bind inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld"
+libswanted="cl pthread socket bind inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld"
 libswanted="$libswanted sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb bsd BSD"
 : We probably want to search /usr/shlib before most other libraries.
 : This is only used by the lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm routine extliblist.
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/configure.com perl-5.22.1/configure.com
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/configure.com	2015-10-17 06:38:37.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/configure.com	2019-08-21 09:12:01.271379908 -0600
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 $!: machines, like the mips.  Usually, it should be empty. !sfn
 $!plibpth=''                                           !sfn
 $!: List of libraries we want.                         !sfn
-$!libswanted='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl' !sfn
+$!libswanted='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl' !sfn
 $!libswanted="$libswanted ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt" !sfn
 $!libswanted="$libswanted ucb bsd BSD PW x"            !sfn
 $!: We probably want to search /usr/shlib before most other libraries. !sfn
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/20_plv56.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/20_plv56.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/20_plv56.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/20_plv56.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc -lcrypt -lutil
     libc=/lib/libc-2.10.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
   Dynamic Linking:
     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/21_plv58.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/21_plv58.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/21_plv58.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/21_plv58.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
     libc=/lib/libc-2.11.2.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.11.2'
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/22_plv510.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/22_plv510.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/22_plv510.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/22_plv510.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
     libc=/lib/libc-2.6.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.6.1'
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/23_plv512.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/23_plv512.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/23_plv512.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/23_plv512.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='/usr/bin/ld', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib +DD64 -L/usr/lib/hpux64'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /usr/lib/hpux64 /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lcl -lpthread -lnsl -lnm -ldb -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
-    perllibs=-lcl -lpthread -lnsl -lnm -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
+    libs=-lcl -lpthread -lnm -ldb -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
+    perllibs=-lcl -lpthread -lnm -ldl -ldld -lm -lsec -lc
     libc=/usr/lib/hpux64/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version=''
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/24_plv514.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/24_plv514.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/24_plv514.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/24_plv514.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='ld', ldflags ='-L/usr/local/ppc64/lib64 -b64 -q64 -L/pro/local/lib -brtl -bdynamic -b64'
     libpth=/usr/local/ppc64/lib64 /lib /usr/lib /usr/ccs/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/lib64
-    libs=-lbind -lnsl -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lc
-    perllibs=-lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lc
+    libs=-lbind -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lc
+    perllibs=-lbind -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lc
     libc=/lib/libc.a, so=a, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version=''
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/25_plv516.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/25_plv516.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/25_plv516.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/25_plv516.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib -fstack-protector'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
     libc=/lib/libc-2.15.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.15'
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv5182.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv5182.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv5182.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv5182.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib -fstack-protector'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
     libc=/lib/libc-2.18.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.18'
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv518.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv518.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv518.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/26_plv518.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib -fstack-protector'
     libpth=/pro/local/lib /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
     libc=/lib/libc-2.17.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.17'
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/27_plv5200.t perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/27_plv5200.t
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/27_plv5200.t	2015-10-17 06:31:54.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/cpan/Config-Perl-V/t/27_plv5200.t	2019-08-21 09:12:01.272379909 -0600
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='cc', ldflags ='-L/pro/local/lib -fstack-protector'
     libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/include-fixed /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../i586-suse-linux/lib /usr/lib /pro/local/lib /lib
-    libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc -lgdbm_compat
-    perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
+    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc -lgdbm_compat
+    perllibs=-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc
     libc=libc-2.18.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
     gnulibc_version='2.18'
   Dynamic Linking:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux perl-5.22.1/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux	2015-10-18 11:26:26.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux	2019-08-21 09:12:19.907386879 -0600
@@ -838,12 +838,12 @@
 libc='/lib/libc-2.2.2.so'
 libperl='libperl.so'
 libpth='/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib'
-libs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+libs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 libsdirs=' /usr/lib'
-libsfiles=' libnsl.so libdl.so libm.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so'
-libsfound=' /usr/lib/libnsl.so /usr/lib/libdl.so /usr/lib/libm.so /usr/lib/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libutil.so /usr/lib/libc.so'
+libsfiles=' libdl.so libm.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so'
+libsfound=' /usr/lib/libdl.so /usr/lib/libm.so /usr/lib/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libutil.so /usr/lib/libc.so'
 libspath=' /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib'
-libswanted='socket bind inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD'
+libswanted='socket bind inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD'
 libswanted_uselargefiles=''
 line=''
 lint=''
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@
 perl_patchlevel=''
 perl_static_inline='static'
 perladmin='red@criticalintegration.com'
-perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+perllibs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 perlpath='/usr/bin/perl'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 perl-5.22.1/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770	2015-10-18 11:26:52.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770	2019-08-21 09:12:19.907386879 -0600
@@ -744,12 +744,12 @@
 libc='/lib/libc-2.2.2.so'
 libperl='libperl.arma'
 libpth='/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib'
-libs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+libs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 libsdirs=' /usr/lib'
-libsfiles=' libnsl.so libdl.so libm.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so'
-libsfound=' /usr/lib/libnsl.so /usr/lib/libdl.so /usr/lib/libm.so /usr/lib/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libutil.so /usr/lib/libc.so'
+libsfiles=' libdl.so libm.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so'
+libsfound=' /usr/lib/libdl.so /usr/lib/libm.so /usr/lib/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libutil.so /usr/lib/libc.so'
 libspath=' /usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib'
-libswanted='socket bind inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD'
+libswanted='socket bind inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD'
 libswanted_uselargefiles=''
 line=''
 lint=''
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@
 perl=''
 perl_patchlevel=''
 perladmin='red@criticalintegration.com'
-perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+perllibs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 perlpath='/usr/bin/perl'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/aix_4.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/aix_4.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/aix_4.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/aix_4.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 
 ***
 *** You seem to be compiling in AIX for the OS/400 PASE environment.
-*** I'm not going to use the AIX bind, nsl, and possible util libraries, then.
+*** I'm not going to use the AIX bind,  and possible util libraries, then.
 *** I'm also not going to install perl as /usr/bin/perl.
 *** Perl will be installed under $prefix.
 *** For instructions how to install this build from AIX to PASE,
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 *** about "Operating system name".
 ***
 EOF
-	set `echo " $libswanted " | sed -e 's@ bind @ @' -e 's@ nsl @ @' -e 's@ util @ @'`
+	set `echo " $libswanted " | sed -e 's@ bind @ @' -e 's@ util @ @'`
 	shift
 	libswanted="$*"
 	installusrbinperl="$undef"
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/aix.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/aix.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/aix.sh	2015-10-17 06:38:37.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/aix.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 
 ***
 *** You seem to be compiling in AIX for the OS/400 PASE environment.
-*** I'm not going to use the AIX bind, nsl, and possible util libraries, then.
+*** I'm not going to use the AIX bind,  and possible util libraries, then.
 *** I'm also not going to install perl as /usr/bin/perl.
 *** Perl will be installed under $prefix.
 *** For instructions how to install this build from AIX to PASE,
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
 *** about "Operating system name".
 ***
 EOF
-	set `echo " $libswanted " | sed -e 's@ bind @ @' -e 's@ nsl @ @' -e 's@ util @ @'`
+	set `echo " $libswanted " | sed -e 's@ bind @ @' -e 's@ util @ @'`
 	shift
 	libswanted="$*"
 	installusrbinperl="$undef"
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/epix.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/epix.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/epix.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/epix.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # Old version had this, but I'm not sure why since the old version
 # also mucked around with libswanted.  This is also definitely wrong
 # if the user is trying to use DB_File or GDBM_File.
-# libs='-lsocket -lnsl -ldbm -ldl -lc -lcrypt -lm -lucb'
+# libs='-lsocket -ldbm -ldl -lc -lcrypt -lm -lucb'
 
 # We include support for using libraries in /usr/ucblib, but the setting
 # of libswanted excludes some libraries found there.  You may want to
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/gnu.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/gnu.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/gnu.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/gnu.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # libnsl is unusable on the Hurd.
 # XXX remove this once SUNRPC is implemented.
-set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ bsd / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ c / pthread /'`
+set `echo X "$libswanted "| sed -e 's/ bsd / /' -e 's/ c / pthread /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
 
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_5.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_5.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_5.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_5.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 esac
 
 lddlflags="-shared"
-# For some reason we don't want -lsocket -lnsl or -ldl.  Can anyone
+# For some reason we don't want -lsocket or -ldl.  Can anyone
 # contribute an explanation?
-set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
 
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_6_0.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_6_0.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_6_0.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_6_0.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 lddlflags="-32 -shared"
 
 # We don't want these libraries.  Anyone know why?
-set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # taken from irix_5.sh .  Changes from irix_5.sh:
 # Olimit and nested comments (warning 1009) no longer accepted
 # -OPT:fold_arith_limit so POSIX module will optimize
-# no 64bit versions of sun, crypt, nsl, socket, dl dso's available
+# no 64bit versions of sun, crypt,  socket, dl dso's available
 # as of IRIX 6.0.1 so omit those from libswanted line via `sed'.
 
 # perl 5 built with this hints file passes most tests (`make test').
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # i_time='define'
 # ccflags="$ccflags -D_POSIX_SOURCE -ansiposix -D_BSD_TYPES -woff 1009 -OPT:fold_arith_limit=1046"
 # lddlflags="-shared"
-# set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+# set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
 # shift
 # libswanted="$*"
 
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_6_1.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_6_1.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_6_1.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_6_1.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 lddlflags="-32 -shared"
 
 # We don't want these libraries.  Anyone know why?
-set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # taken from irix_5.sh .  Changes from irix_5.sh:
 # Olimit and nested comments (warning 1009) no longer accepted
 # -OPT:fold_arith_limit so POSIX module will optimize
-# no 64bit versions of sun, crypt, nsl, socket, dl dso's available
+# no 64bit versions of sun, crypt,  socket, dl dso's available
 # as of IRIX 6.0.1 so omit those from libswanted line via `sed'.
 
 # perl 5 built with this hints file passes most tests (`make test').
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # i_time='define'
 # ccflags="$ccflags -D_POSIX_SOURCE -ansiposix -D_BSD_TYPES -woff 1009 -OPT:fold_arith_limit=1046"
 # lddlflags="-shared"
-# set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
+# set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ sun / /' -e 's/ crypt / /' -e 's/ dl / /'`
 # shift
 # libswanted="$*"
 
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_6.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_6.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/irix_6.sh	2015-10-18 06:40:25.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/irix_6.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.273379909 -0600
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@
 # Socket networking is in libc, these are not installed by default,
 # and just slow perl down. (scotth@sgi.com)
 # librt contains nothing we need (some places need it for Time::HiRes) --jhi
-set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ nsl / /' -e 's/ dl / /' -e 's/ rt / /'`
+set `echo X "$libswanted "|sed -e 's/ socket / /' -e 's/ dl / /' -e 's/ rt / /'`
 shift
 libswanted="$*"
 
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/powerux.sh perl-5.22.1/hints/powerux.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/hints/powerux.sh	2015-10-17 06:32:14.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/hints/powerux.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:01.274379910 -0600
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
    exit 2
 fi
 
-# We DO NOT want -lmalloc or -lPW, we DO need -lgen to follow -lnsl, so
+# We DO NOT want -lmalloc or -lPW, we DO need -lgen to follow, so
 # fixup libswanted to reflect that desire (also need -lresolv if you want
 # DNS name lookup to work, which seems desirable :-).
 #
-libswanted=`echo ' '$libswanted' ' | sed -e 's/ malloc / /' -e 's/ PW / /' -e 's/ nsl / nsl gen resolv /'`
+libswanted=`echo ' '$libswanted' ' | sed -e 's/ malloc / /' -e 's/ PW / /'`
 
 # We DO NOT want /usr/ucblib in glibpth
 #
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/INSTALL perl-5.22.1/INSTALL
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/INSTALL	2015-10-18 11:46:25.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/INSTALL	2019-08-21 09:12:01.274379910 -0600
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@
 undefined symbols, check the libs variable in the config.sh file.  It
 should look something like
 
-	libs='-lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lc'
+	libs='-lsocket -ldl -lm -lc'
 
 The exact libraries will vary from system to system, but you typically
 need to include at least the math library -lm.  Normally, Configure
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/NetWare/config.wc perl-5.22.1/NetWare/config.wc
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/NetWare/config.wc	2015-10-17 06:38:37.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/NetWare/config.wc	2019-08-21 09:12:01.274379910 -0600
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@
 libsfiles=''
 libsfound=''
 libspath=''
-libswanted='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
+libswanted='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
 line='line'
 lint=''
 lkflags=''
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/plan9/config_sh.sample perl-5.22.1/plan9/config_sh.sample
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/plan9/config_sh.sample	2015-10-18 11:39:19.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/plan9/config_sh.sample	2019-08-21 09:12:01.274379910 -0600
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
 libsfiles=''
 libsfound=''
 libspath=' /lib'
-libswanted='socket bind inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt sec ucb bsd BSD PW x util'
+libswanted='socket bind inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt sec ucb bsd BSD PW x util'
 libswanted_uselargefiles=''
 line=''
 lint=''
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/pod/perlrun.pod perl-5.22.1/pod/perlrun.pod
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/pod/perlrun.pod	2015-10-17 06:32:18.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/pod/perlrun.pod	2019-08-21 09:12:01.274379910 -0600
@@ -874,11 +874,11 @@
     $ perl -V:libc
 	libc='/lib/libc-2.2.4.so';
     $ perl -V:lib.
-	libs='-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc';
+	libs='-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc';
 	libc='/lib/libc-2.2.4.so';
     $ perl -V:lib.*
 	libpth='/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib';
-	libs='-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc';
+	libs='-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc';
 	lib_ext='.a';
 	libc='/lib/libc-2.2.4.so';
 	libperl='libperl.a';
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/Porting/bisect-runner.pl perl-5.22.1/Porting/bisect-runner.pl
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/Porting/bisect-runner.pl	2015-10-17 06:38:37.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/Porting/bisect-runner.pl	2019-08-21 09:12:01.275379910 -0600
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@
     my @libs;
     # This is the current libswanted list from Configure, less the libs removed
     # by current hints/linux.sh
-    foreach my $lib (qw(sfio socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl
+    foreach my $lib (qw(sfio socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl
 			ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD)) {
 	foreach my $dir (@paths) {
             # Note the wonderful consistency of dot-or-not in the config vars:
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/Porting/config.sh perl-5.22.1/Porting/config.sh
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/Porting/config.sh	2015-10-18 11:34:00.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/Porting/config.sh	2019-08-21 09:12:19.908386879 -0600
@@ -856,12 +856,12 @@
 libc='libc-2.18.so'
 libperl='libperl.a'
 libpth='/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/include-fixed /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../i586-suse-linux/lib /usr/lib /pro/local/lib /lib'
-libs='-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat'
+libs='-lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc -lgdbm_compat'
 libsdirs=' /usr/lib'
-libsfiles=' libnsl.so libgdbm.so libdb.so libdl.so libm.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so libgdbm_compat.so'
-libsfound=' /usr/lib/libnsl.so /usr/lib/libgdbm.so /usr/lib/libdb.so /usr/lib/libdl.so /usr/lib/libm.so /usr/lib/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libutil.so /usr/lib/libc.so /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so'
+libsfiles=' libgdbm.so libdb.so libdl.so libm.so libcrypt.so libutil.so libc.so libgdbm_compat.so'
+libsfound=' /usr/lib/libgdbm.so /usr/lib/libdb.so /usr/lib/libdl.so /usr/lib/libm.so /usr/lib/libcrypt.so /usr/lib/libutil.so /usr/lib/libc.so /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so'
 libspath=' /usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/include-fixed /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../i586-suse-linux/lib /usr/lib /pro/local/lib /lib'
-libswanted='socket inet nsl nm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD gdbm_compat'
+libswanted='socket inet nm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m crypt sec util c cposix posix ucb BSD gdbm_compat'
 libswanted_uselargefiles=''
 line=''
 lint=''
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
 perl_patchlevel=''
 perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perladmin='hmbrand@cpan.org'
-perllibs='-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
+perllibs='-ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
 perlpath='/pro/bin/perl5.22.1'
 pg='pg'
 phostname='hostname'
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/win32/config.ce perl-5.22.1/win32/config.ce
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/win32/config.ce	2015-10-17 06:38:38.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/win32/config.ce	2019-08-21 09:12:01.275379910 -0600
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
 libsfiles=''
 libsfound=''
 libspath=''
-libswanted='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
+libswanted='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
 line='line'
 lint=''
 lkflags=''
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/win32/config.gc perl-5.22.1/win32/config.gc
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/win32/config.gc	2015-10-17 06:38:38.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/win32/config.gc	2019-08-21 09:12:01.275379910 -0600
@@ -836,8 +836,8 @@
 libsfiles=''
 libsfound=''
 libspath=''
-libswanted='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
-libswanted_uselargefiles='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
+libswanted='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
+libswanted_uselargefiles='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
 line='line'
 lint=''
 lkflags=''
diff -ru perl-5.22.1.orig/win32/config.vc perl-5.22.1/win32/config.vc
--- perl-5.22.1.orig/win32/config.vc	2015-10-17 06:38:38.000000000 -0600
+++ perl-5.22.1/win32/config.vc	2019-08-21 09:12:01.275379910 -0600
@@ -835,8 +835,8 @@
 libsfiles=''
 libsfound=''
 libspath=''
-libswanted='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
-libswanted_uselargefiles='net socket inet nsl nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
+libswanted='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
+libswanted_uselargefiles='net socket inet nm ndbm gdbm dbm db malloc dl ld sun m c cposix posix ndir dir crypt ucb bsd BSD PW x'
 line='line'
 lint=''
 lkflags=''