--- gforth/BUILD-FROM-SCRATCH	2001/04/30 14:15:18	1.6
+++ gforth/BUILD-FROM-SCRATCH	2002/12/21 09:42:58	1.10
@@ -30,9 +30,15 @@
 
 # try to guess a installed gforth
 
-if [ "$GFORTH" == "" ]
+if [ "$GFORTH"xx = "xx" ];
 then
+	rm -f gforth
 	GFORTH=`which gforth`
+	if [ "$GFORTH"xx = "xx" ]; then
+		echo 'BUILD-FROM-SCRATCH needs a working gforth (in environment variable GFORTH)'
+                exit 1
+        fi
+	GFORTH="$GFORTH -m4M"
 fi
 
 # makes a aclocal.m4 which includes the automake macros for autconf
@@ -47,14 +53,21 @@ autoconf
 
 autoheader
 
-# run configure script
+# run configure sXScript
 
 ./configure $*
 
 # if you have specified a previous Gforth, you can savely run make now
 # with FORTHK and FORTHP changed appropriate.
 
-if [ "$GFORTH" != "" ]
+#a local gforth.fi probably does not work with $GFORTH
+rm gforth.fi
+
+echo xz
+if [ "$GFORTH"xx != "xx" ]
 then
-	make all BUILDFORTH="$GFORTH"
+ echo Running: make BUILDFORTH="$GFORTH" gforth...
+ make BUILDFORTH="$GFORTH" FORTHP="$GFORTH" gforth
+ echo Running: make BUILDFORTH="$GFORTH" all...
+ make BUILDFORTH="$GFORTH" FORTHP="$GFORTH" all
 fi