--- configure.old	2015-05-29 10:20:16.856947059 -0600
+++ configure	2015-05-29 10:20:29.657113772 -0600
@@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@
   check_darwinversion
 fi
 # the tools
-check_gcc
+#check_gcc
 check_open_watcom
 [ "$OS" != "darwin"  ] && check_iasl
 # don't check for yasm for the time beeing as 0.40 and 0.50 both have known bugs