--- configure.in.orig	2009-03-27 18:26:51.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.in	2009-03-27 18:28:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -3601,18 +3601,9 @@
   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for C++ exceptions flag)
 
   dnl They changed -f[no-]handle-exceptions to -f[no-]exceptions in g++ 2.8
+  dnl No desktop is built with g++ <2.8 nowadays
   AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags,
-  [echo "int main() { return 0; }" | cat > conftest.C
-
-  ${CXX-g++} ${CXXFLAGS} -c -fno-handle-exceptions conftest.C > conftest.out 2>&1
-
-  if egrep "warning.*renamed" conftest.out >/dev/null; then
-    ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags=${_COMPILER_PREFIX}-fno-exceptions
-  else
-    ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags=${_COMPILER_PREFIX}-fno-handle-exceptions
-  fi
-
-  rm -f conftest*])
+  [ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags=${_COMPILER_PREFIX}-fno-exceptions])
 
   AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags)
   _MOZ_EXCEPTIONS_FLAGS_OFF=$ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags
--- configure.orig	2009-03-27 18:26:53.000000000 +0100
+++ configure	2009-03-27 18:29:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -11210,17 +11210,7 @@
     if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
-  echo "int main() { return 0; }" | cat > conftest.C
-
-  ${CXX-g++} ${CXXFLAGS} -c -fno-handle-exceptions conftest.C > conftest.out 2>&1
-
-  if egrep "warning.*renamed" conftest.out >/dev/null; then
-    ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags=${_COMPILER_PREFIX}-fno-exceptions
-  else
-    ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags=${_COMPILER_PREFIX}-fno-handle-exceptions
-  fi
-
-  rm -f conftest*
+  ac_cv_cxx_exceptions_flags=${_COMPILER_PREFIX}-fno-exceptions
 fi