--- configure.orig	Sun May  7 20:14:23 2006
+++ configure	Sun May  7 20:16:58 2006
@@ -293,8 +293,14 @@
 ar="${cross_prefix}${ar}"
 strip="${cross_prefix}${strip}"
 
-if [ ! -x "`which $cc`" ] ; then
-    echo "Compiler $cc could not be found"
+# check that gcc is able to compile
+cat > $TMPC <<EOF
+int main(void) {
+}
+EOF
+
+if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC 2>/dev/null ; then
+    echo "Compiler $cc either does not exist or does not work"
     exit
 fi