--- gforth/configure.in	2008/08/16 16:54:20	1.239
+++ gforth/configure.in	2008/10/09 21:13:49	1.247
@@ -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],[0.6.9-20080716],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
+AC_INIT([gforth],[0.6.9-20081006],[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="July 16, 2008"
+UPDATED="October 10, 2008"
 AC_SUBST(UPDATED)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(engine/config.h)
 
@@ -617,13 +617,12 @@ else
  M4=m4
 fi
 AC_SUBST(M4)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(M4,"$M4",[How to invoke m4])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($M4)
 
 # Find installed Gforth
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gforth])
 GFORTH="`cd / && which gforth 2>/dev/null`"
-$GFORTH -e bye >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || GFORTH=""
+(cd / && $GFORTH -e bye >/dev/null 2>/dev/null) || GFORTH=""
 if test -z "$GFORTH"; then
   PREFORTH='echo "You need to configure with a gforth in \$PATH to build this part" && false'
   kernel_anti_dependence=''
@@ -666,6 +665,18 @@ case "$host_os" in
 		DIRSEP="/"
 		PATHSEP=":"
 		DEFAULTSYSTEMPREFIX=""
+                #the following magic value was suggested by
+                #http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/2005-October/015190.html
+                AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET,"10.3",[an environment variable value needed by libtool on some MacOS X versions])
+		;;
+	*linux*)
+		DIRSEP="/"
+		PATHSEP=":"
+		DEFAULTSYSTEMPREFIX=""
+		if test "$wordsize" = 64; then
+		   LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH=`grep 64 /etc/ld.so.conf | tr '[\n]' [:] | sed -e 's/:$//'`
+		   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH,"$LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH",[Define LTDL_LIBRARY_PATH for 64 bit Linux])
+		fi
 		;;
 	*)
 		DIRSEP="/"
@@ -817,7 +828,7 @@ if test -z "$FFI_H_NAME"; then
 fi
 AC_SUBST(FFI_H_NAME)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ffi,ffi_call)
-if test $ac_cv_lib_ffi_ffi_call = yes
+if test -n "$FFI_H_NAME" -a $ac_cv_lib_ffi_ffi_call = yes
 then
   LIBFFIFLAG="true"
   LIBCC_BUILD_SRC="$LIBCC_BUILD_SRC libffi.fs"
@@ -856,7 +867,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(expm1 log1p)
 AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(rint ecvt)
 dnl No check for select, because our replacement is no good under
 dnl anything but DOS
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/mman.h fnmatch.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/mman.h fnmatch.h alloca.h)
 AC_FUNC_FNMATCH
 test $ac_cv_func_fnmatch_works = yes || AC_LIBOBJ(fnmatch)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(mmap sysconf getpagesize)