--- configure	2004-03-03 15:47:08.000000000 -0500
+++ configure.new	2007-03-19 09:09:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -9513,7 +9513,7 @@ echo "Using $CC compiler"
 
 if test "$CC" = "gcc" ; then
 
-if $CC -dumpversion|egrep -q "^3\.*"; then
+if $CC -dumpversion|egrep -q -e '^3\.*' -e '^4\.*'; then
 echo "GCC ok"
 else
 echo "*****************************************"