--- gnustep-base-1.15.3/config/pathtls.m4.orig	2008-01-05 14:09:39.000000000 +0000
+++ gnustep-base-1.15.3/config/pathtls.m4	2008-10-08 19:03:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 int
 main()
 {
-  system("touch conf.tlstest");
+  if (system("touch conf.tlstest")) return 1;
 
   if (gnutls_check_version("$min_tls_version") == 0)
     {
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
       sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
     tls_config_micro_version=`$TLS_CONFIG $tls_config_args --version | \
       sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
-    # Strip '-L/usr/lib' off since this is always in the link path.
-    TLS_LIBS=`echo $TLS_LIBS | sed -e 's|-L/usr/lib||'`
 
     if test "x$enable_tlstest" = "xyes" ; then
       ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
@@ -91,7 +89,7 @@
 int
 main()
 {
-  system("touch conf.tlstest");
+  if (system("touch conf.tlstest")) return 1;
 
   if (gnutls_check_version("$min_tls_version") == 0)
     {
--- gnustep-base-1.15.3/config/pathxml.m4.orig	2006-02-11 18:22:57.000000000 +0000
+++ gnustep-base-1.15.3/config/pathxml.m4	2008-10-08 19:03:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   int major, minor, micro;
   char *tmp_version;
 
-  system("touch conf.xmltest");
+  if (system("touch conf.xmltest")) return 1;
 
   tmp_version = xmlStrdup("$min_xml_version");
   if(sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@
       sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
     xml_config_micro_version=`$XML_CONFIG $xml_config_args --version | \
       sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
-    # Strip '-L/usr/lib' off since this is always in the link path.
-    XML_LIBS=`echo $XML_LIBS | sed -e 's|-L/usr/lib||'`
 
     if test "x$enable_xmltest" = "xyes" ; then
       ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@
   int major, minor, micro;
   char *tmp_version;
 
-  system("touch conf.xmltest");
+  if (system("touch conf.xmltest")) return 1;
 
   tmp_version = xmlStrdup("$min_xml_version");
   if(sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {