gcc (AC_CHECK_HEADERS) is using $CPP to check if the header pass the precompiler, if compiling with $CC failed. Sadly $CC is xgcc of gcc, and $CPP is 'gcc -E'. And as you build on a glibc machine, precompiling of the headers (execinfo.h and iconv.h will succeed). As a dirty hack we will handle this case as failure. This fixes the libmudflap build for uclibc which lacks execinfo.h but has HAVE_EXECINFO_H defined Index: gcc-4.0.2/libmudflap/configure =================================================================== --- gcc-4.0.2.orig/libmudflap/configure 2006-04-30 16:57:47.000000000 +0200 +++ gcc-4.0.2/libmudflap/configure 2006-04-30 17:00:59.000000000 +0200 @@ -3719,6 +3719,8 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + # hack, hack, hack + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: $ac_header: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_header: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: $ac_header: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -3731,6 +3733,8 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_header: proceeding with the preprocessor's result" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: $ac_header: in the future, the compiler will take precedence" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_header: in the future, the compiler will take precedence" >&2;} + { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: $ac_header: Zecke says do not trust the wrong cpp! Ignoring." >&5 +echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_header: Zecke says do not trust the wrong cpp! Ignoring." >&2;} ( cat <<\_ASBOX ## ------------------------------------- ## Index: gcc-4.0.2/libstdc++-v3/configure =================================================================== --- gcc-4.0.2.orig/libstdc++-v3/configure 2006-04-30 16:57:53.000000000 +0200 +++ gcc-4.0.2/libstdc++-v3/configure 2006-04-30 22:59:00.000000000 +0200 @@ -30513,6 +30513,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -30525,6 +30526,8 @@ echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence" >&2;} + { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: $ac_header: Zecke says do not trust the wrong cpp! Ignoring." >&5 +echo "$as_me: WARNING: $ac_header: Zecke says do not trust the wrong cpp! Ignoring." >&2;} ( cat <<\_ASBOX ## ----------------------------------------- ## @@ -53622,6 +53625,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -75885,6 +75889,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -78600,6 +78605,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -80969,6 +80975,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -83214,6 +83221,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -86227,6 +86235,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -88425,6 +88434,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -90672,6 +90682,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -93280,6 +93291,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -94996,6 +95008,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5 @@ -97337,6 +97350,7 @@ ac_header_preproc=yes ;; no:yes:* ) + ac_header_preproc=no { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&5 echo "$as_me: WARNING: iconv.h: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;} { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: iconv.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5