--- configure.orig 2012-09-19 07:58:20.000000000 -0500
+++ configure 2015-09-07 21:12:47.000000000 -0500
-# 11. CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THIS SYSTEM HAS GCC INSTALLED
+# 11. CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THIS SYSTEM HAS A COMPILER INSTALLED
-echo $ECHO_N "Checking for gcc ............. $ECHO_C"
-whichout=`which gcc 2> conf.stderr`
-if test "`echo $whichout | sed 's/\([a-z]*\).*/\1/'`" = "no" ; then whichout="" ; fi
-if test "$whichout" != "" ; then
+echo $ECHO_N "Checking for $CC ............. $ECHO_C"
+if $CC -v 2> conf.stderr
- echo "NO" ; echo "ERROR: Required program gcc could not be found." >&2 ; exit
+ echo "NO" ; echo "ERROR: Required program $CC could not be found or does not work." >&2 ; exit
# 12. CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THIS SYSTEM HAS GNU READLINE HEADERS
echo $ECHO_N "Checking for libreadline-dev ............. $ECHO_C"
-if printf '#include <stdio.h>\n#include <readline/readline.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | gcc -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
+if printf '#include <stdio.h>\n#include <readline/readline.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | $CC -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
# 13. CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THIS SYSTEM HAS CFITSIO HEADERS
echo $ECHO_N "Checking for libcfitsio-dev ............. $ECHO_C"
-if printf '#include <fitsio.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | gcc -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
+if printf '#include <fitsio.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | $CC -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
# 14. CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THIS SYSTEM HAS GSL HEADERS
echo $ECHO_N "Checking for libgsl0-dev ............. $ECHO_C"
-if printf '#include <gsl/gsl_version.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | gcc `gsl-config --cflags` -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
+if printf '#include <gsl/gsl_version.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | $CC `gsl-config --cflags` -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
# 15. CHECK TO SEE WHETHER THIS SYSTEM HAS FFTW HEADERS
echo $ECHO_N "Checking for libfftw3-dev ............. $ECHO_C"
-if printf '#include <fftw3.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | gcc -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
+if printf '#include <fftw3.h>\nint main() { return 0; }\n' | $CC -x c - -o conf.out > conf.stdout 2> conf.stderr
echo $ECHO_N "Checking for libfftw2-dev ............. $ECHO_C"