diff -ur gcl-2.6.7.orig/configure.in gcl-2.6.7/configure.in
--- gcl-2.6.7.orig/configure.in	2005-01-15 13:17:17.000000000 -0600
+++ gcl-2.6.7/configure.in	2006-01-12 15:10:46.000000000 -0600
@@ -526,26 +526,26 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(MAKEINFO,makeinfo,"false")
 AC_SUBST(MAKEINFO)
 
-if test -f /usr/lib/NextStep/software_version; then
-    system=NEXTSTEP-`${AWK} '/3/,/3/' /usr/lib/NextStep/software_version`
-else
+dnl if test -f /usr/lib/NextStep/software_version; then
+dnl     system=NEXTSTEP-`${AWK} '/3/,/3/' /usr/lib/NextStep/software_version`
+dnl else
     system=`uname -s`-`uname -r`
     if test "$?" -ne 0 ; then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([unknown (can't find uname command)])
 	system=unknown
     else
-	# Special check for weird MP-RAS system (uname returns weird
-	# results, and the version is kept in special file).
+dnl 	# Special check for weird MP-RAS system (uname returns weird
+dnl 	# results, and the version is kept in special file).
     
-	if test -r /etc/.relid -a "X`uname -n`" = "X`uname -s`" ; then
-	    system=MP-RAS-`${AWK} '{print $3}' /etc/.relid'`
-	fi
-	if test "`uname -s`" = "AIX" ; then
-	    system=AIX-`uname -v`.`uname -r`
-	fi
+dnl 	if test -r /etc/.relid -a "X`uname -n`" = "X`uname -s`" ; then
+dnl 	    system=MP-RAS-`${AWK} '{print $3}' /etc/.relid'`
+dnl 	fi
+dnl 	if test "`uname -s`" = "AIX" ; then
+dnl 	    system=AIX-`uname -v`.`uname -r`
+dnl 	fi
 	AC_MSG_RESULT($system)
     fi
-fi
+dnl fi
 
 # sysconf