--- a/configure.in	Tue Dec 18 00:18:49 2001 +0000
+++ b/configure.in	Tue Dec 18 02:29:58 2001 +0000
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 AC_PROG_CXX
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
+ASFLAGS=""
+AC_SUBST(ASFLAGS)
 
 dnl The alpha architecture needs special flags for binary portability
 case "$target" in