--- configure.old	2005-10-14 16:37:15.000000000 +0200
+++ html2text-1.3.2/configure	2005-10-14 16:41:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
 }
 EOF
 CXX=unknown;
-for i in "CC" "g++" "cc" "$CC"; do
+if test "x$CC" = "x"; then
+	CC='CC'
+fi
+for i in "g++" "cc" "$CC" "CC"; do
   if $i -c $tmp_file.C 2>/dev/null; then
     CXX="$i";
     break;