diff -r 6b479665a053 -r 56b7eab1391a configure
--- a/configure	Thu Jun 02 21:43:36 2011 +0200
+++ b/configure	Thu Jun 02 19:49:36 2011 +0200
@@ -430,6 +430,13 @@
 has_or_abort lib="${ncurses_libs}"                  \
              err="'ncurses' library was not found"
 
+stdcxx_libs="$( for x in so dylib a; do \
+                   printf "libstdc++.$x "; \
+               done \
+             )"
+has_or_abort lib="${stdcxx_libs}" \
+             err="'libstdc++' shared library was not found"
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Compute the version string