--- gforth/configure.in	2008/10/15 15:27:33	1.255
+++ gforth/configure.in	2008/10/27 21:00:17	1.260
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to p
 
 dnl We use some automake macros here,
 dnl but don't use automake for creating Makefile.in
-AC_INIT([gforth],[0.6.9-20081006],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
+AC_INIT([gforth],[0.6.9-20081026],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
 AC_PREREQ(2.54)
 #snapshots have numbers major.minor.release-YYYYMMDD
 #note that lexicographic ordering must be heeded.
 #I.e., 0.4.1-YYYYMMDD must not exist before 0.4.1!
-UPDATED="October 10, 2008"
+UPDATED="October 26, 2008"
 AC_SUBST(UPDATED)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(engine/config.h)
 
@@ -204,18 +204,18 @@ case "$host_cpu" in
 		if test -z $arm_cacheflush; then
 		   case "$host_os" in
 		     *linux*)
-			arm_cacheflush=arch/arm/cacheflush-linux 
+			AC_LIBOBJ(../arch/arm/cacheflush-linux) 
 			;;
 		     *)   
 			no_dynamic_default=1
-			arm_cacheflush=arch/arm/cacheflush0
+			AC_LIBOBJ(../arch/arm/cacheflush0)
 			AC_MSG_WARN([No I-cache flush code known, disabling dynamic native code generation])
 			;;
                    esac
+                else
+                   AC_LIBOBJ(../$arm_cacheflush)
+                   test $srcdir = . || AC_MSG_WARN([setting arm_cacheflush requires building in the source directory])
 		fi
-                AC_LIBSOURCES([../arch/arm/cacheflush0, dnl
-			       ../arch/arm/cacheflush-linux])
-                AC_LIBOBJ(../$arm_cacheflush)
                 #longer skipcodes lead to problems on ARM, and it uses
                 #only 4-byte alignment anyway
 		test "$skipcode" || skipcode="nop"
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ else
         fi
 fi
 
-if grep FORCE_REG arch/$machine/machine.h >/dev/null; then
+if grep FORCE_REG $srcdir/arch/$machine/machine.h >/dev/null; then
    OPTS2=''
    for i in $OPTS; do OPTS2="$OPTS2 $i-reg"; done
    OPTS="$OPTS2 $OPTS"
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($M4)
 # Find installed Gforth
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gforth])
 GFORTH="`cd / && which gforth 2>/dev/null`"
-(cd / && $GFORTH -e bye >/dev/null 2>/dev/null) || GFORTH=""
+#the "$srcdir" = "." test defends agains the "../" bug in gforth-0.6.2
+(cd / && $GFORTH -e bye >/dev/null 2>/dev/null  && test "$srcdir" = ".") || GFORTH=""
 if test -z "$GFORTH"; then
   PREFORTH='echo "You need to configure with a gforth in \$PATH to build this part" && false'
   kernel_anti_dependence=''
@@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ dnl the following macro produces a warni
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_SUBST(KERNEL)
 dnl ac_cv_c_bigendian is an undocumented variable of autoconf-2.1
-if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = yes; then
+if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian != no; then
   bytesex=b
   KERNEL="kernl16b.fi kernl16l.fi kernl32b.fi kernl32l.fi kernl64b.fi kernl64l.fi"
 else
@@ -821,6 +822,14 @@ AC_CHECK_PROGS(TEXI2DVI,texi2dvi4a2ps te
 dnl MacOS X has a libtool that does something else
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(GNU_LIBTOOL,glibtool libtool)
 
+if test -n "$GNU_LIBTOOL"; then
+  build_libcc_named=build-libcc-named
+else
+  build_libcc_named=""
+fi
+AC_SUBST(build_libcc_named)
+
+
 dnl Checks for library functions
 dnl This check is just for making later checks link with libm.
 dnl using sin here is no good idea since it is built-into gcc and typechecked
@@ -907,6 +916,7 @@ chmod +x vmgen
 chmod +x build-ec
 chmod +x preforth
 test -d kernel||mkdir kernel
+if test $srcdir != "."; then ln -sf $srcdir/gforth.el .; fi
 $srcdir/mkinstalldirs include/gforth/$PACKAGE_VERSION
 ln -sf ../../../engine/config.h ../../../engine/libcc.h include/gforth/$PACKAGE_VERSION]],[[PACKAGE_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION]])
 AC_OUTPUT