- if test "x$target_cpu" = "xpowerpc" ; then
- # avoid gcc bug #12828, which is fixed in 3.4.0, but this version
- # isn't propagated enough to desserve an extra check
+ GCC_VER=`gcc --version | head -n 1 | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([^ ]*\).*$/\1/'`
+ GCC_VER_MAJ=`echo $GCC_VER | sed 's/^\(.\).*$/\1/'`
+ if test "x$target_cpu" = "xpowerpc" && test "x$GCC_VER_MAJ" == "x3" ; then
+ # avoid gcc bug #12828, which apeared in 3.x branch and is fixed in 3.4.0
+ # but the check would be too complicated to get 3.4.
+ # Instead, rule out any 3.x compiler.
+
+ # Note that the flag didn't exist before gcc 3.0