diff -r 0bc641e2edc1 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Sat Mar 13 18:56:19 2010 +0100
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Sat Mar 13 21:20:40 2010 +0100
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #3928: os.mknod() now available in Solaris, also.
+
 - Issue #1530559: When passing a non-integer argument to struct.pack
   with *any* integer format code (one of 'bBhHiIlLqQ'), struct.pack
   attempts to use the argument's __int__ method to convert to an
diff -r 0bc641e2edc1 configure
--- a/configure	Sat Mar 13 18:56:19 2010 +0100
+++ b/configure	Sat Mar 13 21:20:40 2010 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 78817 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 78819 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.7.
 #
@@ -6636,6 +6636,7 @@
 cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/mkdev.h>
 int
 main ()
 {
diff -r 0bc641e2edc1 configure.in
--- a/configure.in	Sat Mar 13 18:56:19 2010 +0100
+++ b/configure.in	Sat Mar 13 21:20:40 2010 +0100
@@ -1399,7 +1399,8 @@
 
 # Check whether using makedev requires defining _OSF_SOURCE
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for makedev)
-AC_TRY_LINK([#include <sys/types.h> ],
+AC_TRY_LINK([#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/mkdev.h> ],
 	    [ makedev(0, 0) ],
 	    ac_cv_has_makedev=yes,
 	    ac_cv_has_makedev=no)