--- configure.orig	2015-01-04 20:35:43 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -12678,53 +12678,6 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: error: gethostbyname_r
 esac
 
 if test -n "$GCC"; then
-   # Starting with GCC 3.0, you must link C++ programs against either
-   # libstdc++ (shared by default), or libsupc++ (always static).  If
-   # you care about binary portability between Linux distributions,
-   # you need to either 1) build your own GCC with static C++ libraries
-   # or 2) link using gcc and libsupc++.  We choose the latter since
-   # CUPS doesn't (currently) use any of the stdc++ library.
-   #
-   # Previous versions of GCC do not have the reliance on the stdc++
-   # or g++ libraries, so the extra supc++ library is not needed.
-   { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if libsupc++ is required" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking if libsupc++ is required... " >&6; }
-
-   SUPC="`$CXX -print-file-name=libsupc++.a 2>/dev/null`"
-   case "$SUPC" in
-   libsupc++.a*)
-      # Library not found, so this is an older GCC...
-      LD="$CXX"
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-      ;;
-   *)
-      # This is gcc 3.x, and it knows of libsupc++, so we need it
-      LIBS="$LIBS -lsupc++"
-      LD="$CC"
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
-
-      # See if this system has a broken libsupc++ that requires
-      # a workaround (FreeBSD 5.x, 6.x)
-      case $host in
-         *-*-freebsd*)
-            { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if libsupc++ is missing __terminate_handler" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking if libsupc++ is missing __terminate_handler... " >&6; }
-            nm -C --defined-only "$SUPC" 2>/dev/null | grep __terminate_handler > /dev/null
-            if test $? -eq 0 ; then
-               { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-            else
-               { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes -- will attempt workaround" >&5
-$as_echo "yes -- will attempt workaround" >&6; }
-               LIBEXTRAOBJ="$LIBEXTRAOBJ libsupc++fix.cpp"
-            fi
-            ;;
-      esac
-      ;;
-   esac
-
    # See if GCC supports -fno-exceptions...
    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if GCC supports -fno-exceptions" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking if GCC supports -fno-exceptions... " >&6; }
