diff -r 06163d8f6474 -r e9e8cafaf412 configure
--- a/configure	Mon Jul 04 22:37:44 2011 +0200
+++ b/configure	Mon Jul 04 22:53:49 2011 +0200
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@
              err="'libtool' 1.5.26 or above was not found"
 has_or_abort prog=stat
 has_or_abort prog="curl wget"
-has_or_abort prog=cvs
 has_or_abort prog=patch
 has_or_abort prog=tar
 has_or_abort prog=gzip
@@ -457,6 +456,9 @@
 has_or_abort prog=objdump var=objdump
 has_or_abort prog=readelf var=readelf
 has_or_abort prog=patch var=patch
+has_or_warn  prog=cvs                                                   \
+             kconfig=has_cvs                                            \
+             err="it will not be possible to use newlib cvs snapshots"
 
 # Host system checks