--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5148,8 +5148,8 @@
 else
   { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+$as_echo "See \`config.log' for more details." >&5;
+$ac_echo "C++ sucks, ignoring ..." >&5; }
 fi
 
 ac_ext=c