--- ./configure.orig	2012-11-11 09:42:22.000000000 -0500
+++ ./configure	2012-11-11 09:46:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
   return 0;
 }
 EOF
-CXX=unknown;
-for i in "CC" "g++" "cc" "$CC"; do
+for i in "$CXX" "c++"; do
   if $i -c $tmp_file.C 2>/dev/null; then
     CXX="$i";
     break;
@@ -205,12 +205,19 @@
 #include <new>
 #include <vector>
 using namespace std;
-void func() { map<string, string> x; }
+int main(void) {
+  map<string, string> x;
+  return 0;
+}
 EOF
-if $CXX -c $tmp_file.C 2>/dev/null; then
+if $CXX $tmp_file.C 2>/dev/null; then
   LIBSTDCXX_INCLUDES="";
   LIBSTDCXX_LIBS="";
   $echo 'works; no need to make "./libstd"';
+elif $CXX $tmp_file.C -lstdc++ 2>/dev/null; then
+  LIBSTDCXX_INCLUDES="";
+  LIBSTDCXX_LIBS="-lstdc++";
+  $echo 'works with libstdc++; no need to make "./libstd"';
 else
   LIBSTDCXX_INCLUDES='-Ilibstd/include';
   LIBSTDCXX_LIBS='libstd/libstd.a';