--- config.orig	Mon Aug  9 12:16:51 1999
+++ config	Mon Aug  9 20:30:08 1999
@@ -297,40 +297,6 @@
 esac
 done
 
-# figure out if gcc is available and if so we use it otherwise
-# we fallback to whatever cc does on the system
-GCCVER=`(gcc --version) 2>/dev/null`
-if [ "$GCCVER" != "" ]; then
-  CC=gcc
-  # then strip off whatever prefix Cygnus prepends the number with...
-  GCCVER=`echo $GCCVER | sed 's/^[a-z]*\-//'`
-  # peak single digit before and after first dot, e.g. 2.95.1 gives 29
-  GCCVER=`echo $GCCVER | sed 's/\([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\).*/\1\2/'`
-else
-  CC=cc
-fi
-
-if [ "$SYSTEM" = "SunOS" ]; then
-  # assume output is "blah-blah C x.x"
-  CCVER=`(cc -V 2>&1) 2>/dev/null | \
-  	egrep -e '^cc: .* C [0-9]\.[0-9]' | \
-	sed 's/.* C \([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\).*/\1\2/'`
-  CCVER=${CCVER:-0}
-  if [ $CCVER -gt 40 ]; then
-    CC=cc	# overrides gcc!!!
-    if [ $CCVER -eq 50 ]; then
-      echo "WARNING! Detected WorkShop C 5.0. Do make sure you have"
-      echo "         patch #107357-01 or later applied."
-      sleep 5
-    fi
-  elif [ "$CC" = "cc" -a $CCVER -gt 0 ]; then
-    CC=sc3
-  fi
-fi
-
-GCCVER=${GCCVER:-0}
-CCVER=${CCVER:-0}
-
 # read the output of the embedded GuessOS 
 read GUESSOS
 
@@ -423,21 +389,6 @@
   # *-dgux) OUT="dgux" ;;
   *) OUT=`echo $GUESSOS | awk -F- '{print $3}'`;;
 esac
-
-# gcc < 2.8 does not support -mcpu=ultrasparc
-if [ "$OUT" = solaris-sparcv9-gcc -a $GCCVER -lt 28 ]
-then
-  echo "WARNING! Do consider upgrading to gcc-2.8 or later."
-  sleep 5
-  OUT=solaris-sparcv9-gcc27
-fi
-if [ "$OUT" = "linux-sparcv9" -a $GCCVER -lt 28 ]
-then
-  echo "WARNING! Falling down to 'linux-sparcv8'."
-  echo "         Upgrade to gcc-2.8 or later."
-  sleep 5
-  OUT=linux-sparcv8
-fi
 
 case "$GUESSOS" in
   i386-*) options="$options 386" ;;