--- gforth/configure.in	2010/01/08 18:54:34	1.275
+++ gforth/configure.in	2010/07/25 15:33:06	1.279
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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],[0.7.0-20090215],[https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth])
+AC_INIT([gforth],[0.7.0-20100725],[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.
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ esac
 AC_SUBST(host)
 
 MAKEINC=""
+GFORTH_EXE="true"
 
 echo "Check for arch/$machine/$platform/gforth.ld ($EC_MODE)"
 if test x$EC_MODE = xtrue
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ then
 	if test -f arch/$machine/$platform/make.inc
 	then
 		MAKEINC="include ../arch/$machine/$platform/make.inc"
+		GFORTH_EXE="\$(MAKE) -f arch/$machine/$platform/make.inc \$@.exe"
 	fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST(MAKEINC)
@@ -477,6 +479,31 @@ esac
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_tetrabyte_type_cell)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TETRABYTE_TYPE,$ac_cv_tetrabyte_type_cell,[an integer type that is 4 bytes long])
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a C type for octabytes])
+ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell=none
+case 8 in
+  $ac_cv_sizeof_int)
+    ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell=int
+    ;;
+  $ac_cv_sizeof_short)
+    ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell=short
+    ;;
+  $ac_cv_sizeof_char)
+    ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell=char
+    ;;
+  $ac_cv_sizeof_long)
+    ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell=long
+    ;;
+  $ac_cv_sizeof_long_long)
+    ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell="long long"
+    ;;
+  $ac_cv_sizeof_intptr_t)
+    ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell="intptr_t"
+    ;;
+esac
+AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OCTABYTE_TYPE,$ac_cv_octabyte_type_cell,[an integer type that is 8 bytes long])
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a C type for double-cells])
 ac_cv_int_type_double_cell=none
 case `expr 2 '*' "$ac_cv_sizeof_char_p"` in
@@ -666,14 +693,16 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT($PREFORTH)
 dnl AC_CHECK_PROG(asm_fs,asm.fs,arch/$machine/asm.fs,,$srcdir/arch/$machine)
 if test x$EC_MODE = xfalse
 then
-  AC_CHECK_FILE($srcdir/arch/$machine/asm.fs,[asm_fs=arch/$machine/asm.fs],)
+  AS_IF([test -f $srcdir/arch/$machine/asm.fs],
+        [asm_fs=arch/$machine/asm.fs])
 fi
 AC_SUBST(asm_fs)
 
 dnl AC_CHECK_PROG(disasm_fs,disasm.fs,arch/$machine/disasm.fs,,$srcdir/arch/$machine)
 if test x$EC_MODE = xfalse
 then
-  AC_CHECK_FILE($srcdir/arch/$machine/disasm.fs,[disasm_fs=arch/$machine/disasm.fs],)
+  AS_IF([test -f $srcdir/arch/$machine/disasm.fs],
+   	[disasm_fs=arch/$machine/disasm.fs])
 fi
 AC_SUBST(disasm_fs)
 
@@ -731,14 +760,13 @@ fi
 AC_CHECK_PROG([MASSAGE_EXE],[chcon],[chcon -t unconfined_execmem_exec_t],[true])
 
 dnl Now a little support for DOS/DJGCC
+GFORTHFAST_EXE="$GFORTH_EXE"
+GFORTHITC_EXE="$GFORTH_EXE"
+GFORTHDITC_EXE="$GFORTH_EXE"
 AC_SUBST(GFORTH_EXE)
-GFORTH_EXE="true"
 AC_SUBST(GFORTHFAST_EXE)
-GFORTHFAST_EXE="true"
 AC_SUBST(GFORTHITC_EXE)
-GFORTHITC_EXE="true"
 AC_SUBST(GFORTHDITC_EXE)
-GFORTHDITC_EXE="true"
 
 AC_SUBST(FORTHSIZES)
 
@@ -779,7 +807,11 @@ fi
 #echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS"
 #echo "ac_link=$ac_link"
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if and how we can waste code space])
-if test -z "$skipcode"; then
+if test -z "$skipcode" && test x$cross_compiling = xyes; then
+   # we cannot perform the AC_TRY_RUN check when cross-compiling.  
+   skipcode=no
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([$skipcode, can't run checks since cross-compiling])
+elif test -z "$skipcode"; then
     skipcode=no
     CFLAGS_1="$CFLAGS"
     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ENGINE_FLAGS"
@@ -918,7 +950,7 @@ 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 alloca.h wchar.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/mman.h fnmatch.h alloca.h wchar.h endian.h)
 AC_FUNC_FNMATCH
 test $ac_cv_func_fnmatch_works = yes || AC_LIBOBJ(fnmatch)
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(mmap sysconf getpagesize wcwidth)