--- EV/Makefile.PL	2007/12/01 22:51:34	1.27
+++ EV/Makefile.PL	2007/12/21 04:41:12	1.28
@@ -142,16 +142,16 @@
 Note that kqueue is broken on most operating systems, so it defaults to
 'n' on everything but netbsd. Here is what we know:
 
-NetBSD:  working in at least 3.1. Yeah! :)
+NetBSD:  partially working in at least 3.1. Yeah! :)
 FreeBSD: broken on at least 6.2-STABLE,
-         sockets and pipes *might* work, ptys definitely don't.
+         sockets *likely* work, ptys definitely don't.
 OpenBSD: reports indicate that it likely doesn't work
          (similar problems as on FreeBSD).
-OS X:    completely, utterly broken on at least <= 10.5.
+OS X:    completely, utterly broken on at least < 10.5.
 
 EOF
 
-my $can_kqueue = $^O =~ /netbsd/i && -e "/usr/include/sys/event.h";
+my $can_kqueue = -e "/usr/include/sys/event.h";
 
 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_KQUEUE=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable kqueue backend (y/n)?", $can_kqueue ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));