--- gforth/configure.in	2008/04/30 08:14:15	1.224
+++ gforth/configure.in	2008/08/08 20:56:14	1.235
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-#Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 #This file is part of Gforth.
 
@@ -20,43 +20,23 @@ 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],[0.6.9-20080430],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
+AC_INIT([gforth],[0.6.9-20080716],[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="February 23, 2008"
+UPDATED="July 16, 2008"
 AC_SUBST(UPDATED)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(engine/config.h)
 
-#ltdl stuff:
-AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([libltdl/m4])
-LT_CONFIG_LTDL_DIR([libltdl])
-LT_INIT([dlopen])
-LTDL_INIT([subproject],[convenience])
-AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([libltdl/config])
-
-# check for ltdl features we need
-# The lt_dladvise_init symbol was added with libtool-2.2
-if test "x$with_included_ltdl" != "xyes"; then
-  save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-  save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LTDLINCL"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $LIBLTDL"
-  AC_CHECK_LIB([ltdl], [lt_dladvise_init],
-		[],
-	[AC_MSG_ERROR([libltdl-2.2 or later needed; configure with --with-included-ltdl])])
-  LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
-  CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
-fi
-
-#how to link with libltdl
-if test "x$with_included_ltdl" = "xyes"; then
-  #hard-code it (hopefully portable); the official way is to use automake :-(
-  LTDL_LDLIBS='-L$(top_builddir)/libltdl/.libs -lltdlc'
-else
-  LTDL_LDLIBS='$(LIBLTDL)'
-fi
+#remnants from having ltdl as convenience library
+LTDLDEPS=""
+LTDLINCL=""
+LIBLTDL=""
+LTDL_LDLIBS=""
+AC_SUBST(LTDLDEPS)
+AC_SUBST(LTDLINCL)
+AC_SUBST(LIBLTDL)
 AC_SUBST(LTDL_LDLIBS)
 
 #suppress the "-g -O2" default
@@ -548,7 +528,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 if grep -q FORCE_REG arch/$machine/machine.h; then
-   OPTS=`for i in $OPTS; do echo -n "$i-reg "; done`$OPTS
+   OPTS2=''
+   for i in $OPTS; do OPTS2="$OPTS2 $i-reg"; done
+   OPTS="$OPTS2 $OPTS"
 else
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(FORCE_REG_UNNECESSARY,,[defined if the platform does not need FORCE_REG])
 fi
@@ -642,11 +624,13 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gforth])
 GFORTH="`cd / && which gforth 2>/dev/null`"
 if test -z "$GFORTH"; then
   PREFORTH='echo "You need to configure with a gforth in \$PATH to build this part" && false'
+  kernel_anti_dependence=''
 else
   PREFORTH="$GFORTH -i `cd / && gforth --debug -e bye 2>&1 |grep "Opened image file: "|sed 's/Opened image file: //'`" ;
+  kernel_anti_dependence='$(kernel_fi)'
 fi
 AC_SUBST(PREFORTH)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PREFORTH,"$PREFORTH",[How to invoke the pre-installed gforth])
+AC_SUBST(kernel_anti_dependence)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($PREFORTH)
 
 #echo "machine='$machine'"
@@ -823,31 +807,31 @@ 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
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m,asin)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(dl,dlopen)
-dnl check for libffi 2.x
+AC_CHECK_LIB(ltdl,lt_dlinit)
+#check for libffi 2.x
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ffi,ffi_call)
 if test $ac_cv_lib_ffi_ffi_call = yes
 then
-LIBFFIFLAG="true"
-FFCALLFLAG="false"
-OLDCALLFLAG="false"
-AC_DEFINE(HAS_LIBFFI,,[define this if you want to use the ffcall interface with libffi 2.0])
+  LIBFFIFLAG="true"
 else
-dnl check for ffcall libraries
-dnl unfortunately, these four calls are separated out into a library each.
+  LIBFFIFLAG="false"
+fi
+#check for ffcall libraries
+#unfortunately, these four calls are separated out into a library each.
 AC_CHECK_LIB(avcall,__builtin_avcall)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(callback,__vacall_r)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(vacall,vacall)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(trampoline,alloc_trampoline)
-LIBFFIFLAG="false"
-FFCALLFLAG="false"
-OLDCALLFLAG="true"
-test $ac_cv_lib_avcall___builtin_avcall = yes && FFCALLFLAG="true" && OLDCALLFLAG="false" && AC_DEFINE(HAS_FFCALL,,[define this if you want to use the ffcall libraries])
-test $ac_cv_lib_avcall___builtin_avcall = no && AC_DEFINE(HAS_OLDCALL,,[define this if you want to use the old call libraries])
+dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(callback,__vacall_r)
+dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(vacall,vacall)
+dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(trampoline,alloc_trampoline)
+if test $ac_cv_lib_avcall___builtin_avcall = yes; then
+  FFCALLFLAG="true"
+else
+  FFCALLFLAG="false"
+fi
+if test $LIBFFIFLAG = false -a $FFCALLFLAG = false; then
+  AC_MSG_WARN([The (old) lib.fs foreign function interface needs either libffi or the ffcall libraries])
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBFFIFLAG)
 AC_SUBST(FFCALLFLAG)
-AC_SUBST(OLDCALLFLAG)
 if test "$host_os" != "nextstep3"
 then
 	AC_FUNC_MEMCMP