--- configure.orig	2009-10-19 21:06:41.000000000 +1000
+++ configure	2009-10-19 23:38:22.000000000 +1000
@@ -4718,7 +4718,7 @@
 
 
 	_ac_warning_def=error
-	_ac_compliant_def="-ansi -Wno-overlength-strings -Wformat=2"
+	_ac_compliant_def="-ansi -Wformat=2"
 
 
     # Check whether --enable-compile-warnings was given.
@@ -4808,7 +4808,7 @@
 	done
 	unset option
 	if test "$enable_compile_warnings" = "error" ; then
-	    warning_flags="$warning_flags -Werror"
+	    warning_flags="$warning_flags"
 	fi
 	;;
     *)