--- html2text-1.3.2a/configure.orig	Wed May 25 00:37:00 2005
+++ html2text-1.3.2a/configure	Wed May 25 00:37:04 2005
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Tue Nov 11 21:30:26 CET 2003
 
 
-echo='/bin/echo -e'
+echo='/bin/echo'
 
 rm -rf configure-tmp || exit 1;
 mkdir configure-tmp || exit 1;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 # $CXX
 #
 
-$echo 'Checking C++ compiler... \c';
+$echo 'Checking C++ compiler... ';
 cat <<EOF >$tmp_file.C;
 #include <iostream>
 int main(int, char **) {
@@ -38,18 +38,21 @@
   return 0;
 }
 EOF
-CXX=unknown;
-for i in "CC" "g++" "cc" "$CC"; do
+our_CXX=unknown;
+for i in "$CXX $CXXFLAGS"; do
   if $i -c $tmp_file.C 2>/dev/null; then
-    CXX="$i";
+    echo "  ok $i";
+    our_CXX="$i";
     break;
+  else
+    echo "  no $i";
   fi;
 done;
+CXX=$our_CXX;
 if test "$CXX" = unknown; then
   $echo "Error: Could not find a working C++ compiler.";
   exit 1;
 fi;
-$echo "use \"$CXX\"";
 
 #
 # $SYS_POLL_MISSING