Alpha porting fix.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6528970..9b054f1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13650,6 +13650,40 @@
case $host_cpu in
+ *alpha* )
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we need to define __ALPHA__" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether we need to define __ALPHA__... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha+set}" = set; then
+ echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+ cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+#line $LINENO "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#ifndef __ALPHA__
+yes
+#endif
+_ACEOF
+if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
+ $EGREP "yes" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha="yes"
+else
+ ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha="no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha" >&6
+ ;;
+esac
+if test "$ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha" = "yes"
+then
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D__ALPHA__"
+ LINTFLAGS="$LINTFLAGS -D__ALPHA__"
+fi
+
+
+case $host_cpu in
*sparc* )
echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we need to define __sparc__" >&5
echo $ECHO_N "checking whether we need to define __sparc__... $ECHO_C" >&6
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f446767..7eef841 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1309,6 +1309,23 @@
LINTFLAGS="$LINTFLAGS -D__i386__"
fi
+dnl *** check for the need to define __ALPHA__
+
+case $host_cpu in
+ *alpha* )
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether we need to define __ALPHA__],ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha,
+ AC_EGREP_CPP(yes,[#ifndef __ALPHA__
+yes
+#endif],
+ ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha="yes", ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha="no"))
+ ;;
+esac
+if test "$ac_cv_cpp_def_alpha" = "yes"
+then
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D__ALPHA__"
+ LINTFLAGS="$LINTFLAGS -D__ALPHA__"
+fi
+
dnl *** check for the need to define __sparc__
case $host_cpu in
