--- gforth/configure.in	2008/10/25 22:30:06	1.258
+++ gforth/configure.in	2008/11/01 22:15:32	1.264
@@ -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)
 
@@ -204,25 +204,24 @@ 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"
 		;;
 	hppa*)
 		machine=hppa
-		$srcdir/mkinstalldirs arch/hppa
 		AC_LIBOBJ(../arch/hppa/cache)
 		#-N needed for --dynamic <M4U3b.3790$9d.317@news.cpqcorp.net>
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Xlinker -N"
@@ -302,15 +301,18 @@ case "$host_cpu" in
 		;;
 	power*|rs6000)
 		machine=power
-		$srcdir/mkinstalldirs arch/power
 		AC_CHECK_FUNC(_sync_cache_range,[true],[AC_LIBOBJ(../arch/power/_sync_cache_range)])
 		#long long is broken on (at least) gcc-2.95.* for PPC
 		test x$ac_cv_sizeof_long_long = x && 
 		($CC -v 2>&1 |grep 'gcc version 2.95' >/dev/null) &&
-		ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0
+                     ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0
                 #The only architecture with enough callee-saved registers
                 test x$STACK_CACHE_REGS = x && STACK_CACHE_REGS=3
                 #or use 2, hardly slower at run-time and starts up faster
+
+                #the skipcode that is normally selected below does not
+                #work with gcc-3.[34]
+		test "$skipcode" || skipcode="nop\nnop\nnop\nnop"
 		;;
 	*)
 		AC_MSG_WARN([Using a generic machine description])
@@ -820,7 +822,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(TEXI2DVI,texi2dvi4a2ps texi2dvi)
 
 dnl MacOS X has a libtool that does something else
-AC_CHECK_PROGS(GNU_LIBTOOL,glibtool libtool)
+AC_CHECK_PROGS(GNU_LIBTOOL,"glibtool --tag=CC" libtool)
 
 if test -n "$GNU_LIBTOOL"; then
   build_libcc_named=build-libcc-named
@@ -918,6 +920,9 @@ 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]])
+$srcdir/mkinstalldirs arch/$machine
+ln -sf ../../../engine/config.h ../../../engine/libcc.h include/gforth/$PACKAGE_VERSION]],
+[PACKAGE_VERSION=$PACKAGE_VERSION
+ machine=$machine])
 AC_OUTPUT