$OpenBSD: patch-configure,v 1.5 2002/07/16 13:38:04 espie Exp $
--- configure.orig	Sun Jun 30 02:54:14 2002
+++ configure	Tue Jul 16 15:17:38 2002
@@ -11804,8 +11804,11 @@ _ACEOF
 powerpc|ppc)
 	if test "x$GCC" = xyes; then
 	  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops"
-	  XCFLAGS="-Wa,-m7400"
-	  USE_ALTIVEC=yes
+	  echo | as -m7400 >/dev/null
+	  if test $? -eq 0; then
+	  	XCFLAGS="-Wa,-m7400"
+		USE_ALTIVEC=yes
+	  fi
 	fi
 esac