--- gnome-games-1.4.0.3/configure.in~	Wed Jul 11 22:01:48 2001
+++ gnome-games-1.4.0.3/configure.in	Thu Sep 20 08:42:22 2001
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 ## failure of 'AC_PRG_CXX' causes automake to abort
 # see if a C++ compiler exists and works
-AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CXX])dnl
+AC_PROG_CXX
 if test "x$ac_cv_prog_cxx_works" = xno; then
   AC_MSG_WARN(ifelse([$1], , "No C++ compiler", [$1]))
 fi