diff -r 197e1b49586e -r 4bf8448536d5 patches/glibc/2.6/140-configure-apple-as.patch
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/patches/glibc/2.6/140-configure-apple-as.patch	Mon Jul 28 20:10:34 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+http://in3www.epfl.ch/~schaffne/glibc-configure-apple-as.patch
+http://sources.redhat.com/ml/crossgcc/2004-02/msg00151.html
+
+The following makes it possible to configure glibc-2.3.2 on Mac OS X,
+where the assembler but doesn't understand the --version flag.
+
+Fixes the symptom
+checking whether ld is GNU ld... no
+checking for /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as
+checking version of /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... 
+<PAUSES HERE AND JUST SITS THERE DOING NOTHING>
+
+--- glibc-2.3.2/configure~	Wed Feb 26 09:20:48 2003
++++ glibc-2.3.2/configure	Fri Feb 27 13:12:53 2004
+@@ -4039,7 +4039,7 @@
+   # Found it, now check the version.
+   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking version of $AS" >&5
+ echo $ECHO_N "checking version of $AS... $ECHO_C" >&6
+-  ac_prog_version=`$AS --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
++  ac_prog_version=`$AS -v </dev/null 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
+   case $ac_prog_version in
+     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
+     2.1[3-9]*)
+
+Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com>