Index: makedefs
--- makedefs.orig	2009-05-11 23:26:46 +0200
+++ makedefs	2009-07-13 19:43:04 +0200
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@
 		;;
   FreeBSD.7*)	SYSTYPE=FREEBSD7
 		;;
+  FreeBSD.8*)	SYSTYPE=FREEBSD8
+		;;
   OpenBSD.2*)	SYSTYPE=OPENBSD2
 		;;
   OpenBSD.3*)	SYSTYPE=OPENBSD3
Index: src/util/file_limit.c
--- src/util/file_limit.c.orig	2003-10-22 20:48:36 +0200
+++ src/util/file_limit.c	2009-07-13 19:43:04 +0200
@@ -80,12 +80,21 @@
 void    set_file_limit(off_t limit)
 {
 #ifdef USE_ULIMIT
+#ifdef USE_SOFTLIMITONLY
+#error "USE_ULIMIT and USE_SOFTLIMITONLY are mutual exclusive"
+#endif
     if (ulimit(UL_SETFSIZE, limit / ULIMIT_BLOCK_SIZE) < 0)
 	msg_fatal("ulimit: %m");
 #else
     struct rlimit rlim;
 
+#ifdef USE_SOFTLIMITONLY
+    if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &rlim) < 0)
+        rlim.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
+    rlim.rlim_cur = limit;
+#else
     rlim.rlim_cur = rlim.rlim_max = limit;
+#endif
     if (setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &rlim) < 0)
 	msg_fatal("setrlimit: %m");
 #ifdef SIGXFSZ
Index: src/util/msg_syslog.c
--- src/util/msg_syslog.c.orig	2006-06-15 20:07:16 +0200
+++ src/util/msg_syslog.c	2009-07-13 19:43:04 +0200
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#ifdef USE_SOFTLIMITONLY
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#endif
 
 /* Application-specific. */
 
@@ -144,6 +149,9 @@
 
 static void msg_syslog_print(int level, const char *text)
 {
+#ifdef USE_SOFTLIMITONLY
+    struct rlimit save, rlim;
+#endif
     static int log_level[] = {
 	LOG_INFO, LOG_WARNING, LOG_ERR, LOG_CRIT, LOG_CRIT,
     };
@@ -154,6 +162,15 @@
     if (level < 0 || level >= (int) (sizeof(log_level) / sizeof(log_level[0])))
 	msg_panic("msg_syslog_print: invalid severity level: %d", level);
 
+#ifdef USE_SOFTLIMITONLY
+    if (getrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &save) < 0) {
+        save.rlim_cur = RLIM_INFINITY;
+        save.rlim_max = RLIM_INFINITY;
+    }
+    rlim.rlim_cur = save.rlim_max;
+    rlim.rlim_max = save.rlim_max;
+    (void)setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &rlim);
+#endif
     if (level == MSG_INFO) {
 	syslog(syslog_facility | log_level[level], "%.*s",
 	       (int) MSG_SYSLOG_RECLEN, text);
@@ -161,6 +178,9 @@
 	syslog(syslog_facility | log_level[level], "%s: %.*s",
 	       severity_name[level], (int) MSG_SYSLOG_RECLEN, text);
     }
+#ifdef USE_SOFTLIMITONLY
+    (void)setrlimit(RLIMIT_FSIZE, &save);
+#endif
 }
 
 /* msg_syslog_init - initialize */
Index: src/util/sys_defs.h
--- src/util/sys_defs.h.orig	2009-05-11 02:45:27 +0200
+++ src/util/sys_defs.h	2009-07-13 19:43:55 +0200
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   * 4.4BSD and close derivatives.
   */
 #if defined(FREEBSD2) || defined(FREEBSD3) || defined(FREEBSD4) \
-    || defined(FREEBSD5) || defined(FREEBSD6) || defined(FREEBSD7) \
+    || defined(FREEBSD5) || defined(FREEBSD6) || defined(FREEBSD7) || defined(FREEBSD8) \
     || defined(BSDI2) || defined(BSDI3) || defined(BSDI4) \
     || defined(OPENBSD2) || defined(OPENBSD3) || defined(OPENBSD4) \
     || defined(NETBSD1) || defined(NETBSD2) || defined(NETBSD3) \
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
 #define HAS_DUPLEX_PIPE			/* 4.1 breaks with kqueue(2) */
 #endif
 
+#if (__FreeBSD_version < 800000 && __FreeBSD_version >= 702104) || (__FreeBSD_version >= 800100)
+#define HAS_CLOSEFROM
+#endif
+
 /* OpenBSD version is year+month */
 
 #if OpenBSD >= 199805			/* XXX */