yann@1: http://in3www.epfl.ch/~schaffne/glibc-configure-apple-as.patch
yann@1: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/crossgcc/2004-02/msg00151.html
yann@1: 
yann@1: The following makes it possible to configure glibc-2.3.2 on Mac OS X,
yann@1: where the assembler but doesn't understand the --version flag.
yann@1: 
yann@1: Fixes the symptom
yann@1: checking whether ld is GNU ld... no
yann@1: checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as
yann@1: checking version of /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... 
yann@1: <PAUSES HERE AND JUST SITS THERE DOING NOTHING>
yann@1: 
yann@1: --- glibc-2.3.2/configure~	Wed Feb 26 09:20:48 2003
yann@1: +++ glibc-2.3.2/configure	Fri Feb 27 13:12:53 2004
yann@1: @@ -3914,7 +3914,7 @@
yann@1:    # Found it, now check the version.
yann@1:    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking version of $AS" >&5
yann@1:  echo $ECHO_N "checking version of $AS... $ECHO_C" >&6
yann@1: -  ac_prog_version=`$AS --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
yann@1: +  ac_prog_version=`$AS -v </dev/null 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
yann@1:    case $ac_prog_version in
yann@1:      '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
yann@1:      2.1[3-9]*)
yann@1: 
yann@1: Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>