--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5148,10 +5148,8 @@
   :
 else
   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: C++ preprocessor \"$CXXCPP\" fails sanity check
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+See \`config.log' for more details." >&5;}
+   { echo "C++ sucks, ignoring ..." >&5; }; }
 fi
 
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