fixes on Mac OS X 10.3.5:
checking version of /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/as... 1.38, bad
checking for ld... ld
checking version of ld... v. ?.??, bad
...
checking whether autoconf works... yes
configure: error:
*** These critical programs are missing or too old: as ld
*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.


--- glibc-2.3.3/configure.bak   2004-12-04 04:12:01.000000000 +0100
+++ glibc-2.3.3/configure       2004-12-04 04:12:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -3732,7 +3732,7 @@
 echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_prog_version" >&6
 fi
-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
-  AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as"
-fi
+#if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
+#  AS=: critic_missing="$critic_missing as"
+#fi
 
 for ac_prog in $LD
@@ -3793,7 +3793,7 @@
 echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_prog_version" >&6
 fi
-if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
-  LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld"
-fi
+#if test $ac_verc_fail = yes; then
+#  LD=: critic_missing="$critic_missing ld"
+#fi