is there any method to check 'as' version through gcc?

How about this change? Does it detect the correct version of 'as' used on your system? Index: configure =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/configure,v retrieving revision 1.94 diff -u -B -r1.94 configure --- configure 29 Jun 2001 10:45:00 -0000 1.94 +++ configure 3 Jul 2001 11:58:58 -0000 @@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ # --- Check for C compiler: _cc=gcc -_as=as +_as=`gcc -print-prog-name=as` +if [ x"_$as" = x ]; then + _as=as +fi _x11=auto _x11libdir= @@ -986,7 +993,7 @@ # Checking assembler (_as) compatibility... as_version=`$_as --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*assembler \([0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'` -echo $_echo_n "Checking assembler (as) ... $as_version, $_echo_c" +echo $_echo_n "Checking assembler ($_as) ... $as_version, $_echo_c" _pref_as_version='2.9.1' ### this test disabled, see _binutils test above! --A'rpi # cat > astest.S <<EOF Jürgen Keil jk@tools.de Tools GmbH +49 (228) 9858011 _______________________________________________ Mplayer-dev-eng mailing list Mplayer-dev-eng@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng