--- gforth/configure.in	1998/12/22 23:11:29	1.46
+++ gforth/configure.in	1999/02/02 22:02:54	1.49
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ AC_INIT(engine/engine.c)
 
 dnl We use some automake macros here,
 dnl but don't use automake for creating Makefile.in
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gforth,0.4.0)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gforth,0.4.0-19990101)
+#snapshots have numbers major.minor.release-YYYYMMDD
+#note that lexicographic ordering bust be heeded.
+#I.e., 0.4.1-YYYYMMDD must not exist before 0.4.1!
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(engine/config.h)
 AM_CYGWIN32
 
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ case "$host_cpu" in
 		$srcdir/mkinstalldirs arch/hppa
 		LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS ../arch/hppa/cache.o"
 		LDFLAGS="-Xlinker -N"
-		LIBS="-L/lib/pa1.1/"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -L/lib/pa1.1/"
 		if test "${enable_direct_threaded+set}" = ""
 		then
 			AC_DEFINE(DIRECT_THREADED)
@@ -201,11 +204,18 @@ case "$host_cpu" in
 	mips*)
 		machine=mips
 		#link text and data segment into the same 256M region!
+		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the linker accepts -T])
+		OLDLDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Xlinker -T -Xlinker 10000000"
+		AC_TRY_LINK(,,ac_link_mips_t=yes,ac_link_mips_t=no)
+		test $ac_link_mips_t = yes||LDFLAGS=$OLDLDFLAGS
+		AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_link_mips_t)
+		test $ac_link_mips_t = yes||(echo cannot link text and data into same 256M region, using indirect threading; AC_DEFINE(INDIRECT_THREADED))
 		AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether the linker accepts -D])
 		OLDLDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Xlinker -T -Xlinker 10000000 -Xlinker -D -Xlinker 10400000"
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Xlinker -D -Xlinker 10400000"
 		AC_TRY_LINK(,,ac_link_mips_d=yes,ac_link_mips_d=no)
-		test $ac_link_mips_d = yes||LDFLAGS="$OLDLDFLAGS -Xlinker -T -Xlinker 10000000"
+		test $ac_link_mips_d = yes||LDFLAGS=$OLDLDFLAGS
 		AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_link_mips_d)
 		;;
 	alpha*)
@@ -240,6 +250,8 @@ AC_SUBST(EXE)
 dnl Now a little support for DOS/DJGCC
 AC_SUBST(GFORTH_EXE)
 GFORTH_EXE=""
+AC_SUBST(GFORTHFAST_EXE)
+GFORTHFAST_EXE=""
 AC_SUBST(GFORTHDITC_EXE)
 GFORTHDITC_EXE=""