--- a/glibc-2.3.5/sysdeps/powerpc/configure	2004-05-28 23:18:10.000000000 +0200
+++ b/glibc-2.3.5/sysdeps/powerpc/configure	2004-11-17 21:13:01.151745976 +0100
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	.machine "altivec"
 	blr
 EOF
-if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -c $CFLAGS conftest.s 1>&5'
+if { ac_try='ppc-pld-linux-as $ASFLAGS conftest.s -o conftest.o 1>&5'
   { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
   (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
   ac_status=$?