--- octave-2.9.17/configure.old	2007-11-17 18:57:35.000000000 -0600
+++ octave-2.9.17/configure	2007-11-17 19:08:33.000000000 -0600
@@ -22598,11 +22598,10 @@ ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLA
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
 echo "$as_me: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */