I wrote:
>         pmax)
>                 d_dlopen=$define
>                 d_dlerror=$define
>                 cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
>                 ccdlflags=-Wl,--export-dynamic
>                 lddlflags="-x -shared $lddlflags"
>                 ;;

this is wrong, lddlflags isn't flags to ld (despite the name)
but to cc.  Sorry about that.   It turns out that I just
needed the patch to hints/netbsd.sh, and I guess this should
work for alpha as well.

  -  Arne H. J.

--- orig-5.004_04/hints/netbsd.sh	Thu May  8 17:52:59 1997
+++ hints/netbsd.sh	Sun Jul 26 19:27:16 1998
@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
 	;;
 *)
 	case `uname -m` in
-	alpha|powerpc|pmax)
+	powerpc|vax)
 		d_dlopen=$undef
 		;;
-# this doesn't work (yet).
-#	alpha)
-#		d_dlopen=$define
-#		d_dlerror=$define
-#		cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
-#		lddlflags="-shared $lddlflags"
-#		;;
+	alpha|pmax)
+		d_dlopen=$define
+		d_dlerror=$define
+		cccdlflags="-DPIC -fPIC $cccdlflags"
+		ccdlflags="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
+		lddlflags="-shared $lddlflags"
+		;;
 	*)
 		d_dlopen=$define
 		d_dlerror=$define