--- configure.orig  2003-10-08 15:43:00.000000000 -0400
+++ configure   2003-10-08 15:58:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -357,19 +357,11 @@ do
 
   -disable-* | --disable-*)
     ac_feature=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*disable-\(.*\)'`
-    # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
-    expr "x$ac_feature" : ".*[^-_$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      { echo "$as_me: error: invalid feature name: $ac_feature" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
     ac_feature=`echo $ac_feature | sed 's/-/_/g'`
     eval "enable_$ac_feature=no" ;;
 
   -enable-* | --enable-*)
     ac_feature=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*enable-\([^=]*\)'`
-    # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
-    expr "x$ac_feature" : ".*[^-_$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      { echo "$as_me: error: invalid feature name: $ac_feature" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
     ac_feature=`echo $ac_feature | sed 's/-/_/g'`
     case $ac_option in
       *=*) ac_optarg=`echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;;
@@ -548,10 +540,6 @@ do
 
   -with-* | --with-*)
     ac_package=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*with-\([^=]*\)'`
-    # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
-    expr "x$ac_package" : ".*[^-_$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      { echo "$as_me: error: invalid package name: $ac_package" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
     ac_package=`echo $ac_package| sed 's/-/_/g'`
     case $ac_option in
       *=*) ac_optarg=`echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`;;
@@ -561,10 +549,6 @@ do
 
   -without-* | --without-*)
     ac_package=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x-*without-\(.*\)'`
-    # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
-    expr "x$ac_package" : ".*[^-_$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      { echo "$as_me: error: invalid package name: $ac_package" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
     ac_package=`echo $ac_package | sed 's/-/_/g'`
     eval "with_$ac_package=no" ;;
 
@@ -593,10 +577,6 @@ Try \`$0 --help' for more information." 
 
   *=*)
     ac_envvar=`expr "x$ac_option" : 'x\([^=]*\)='`
-    # Reject names that are not valid shell variable names.
-    expr "x$ac_envvar" : ".*[^_$as_cr_alnum]" >/dev/null &&
-      { echo "$as_me: error: invalid variable name: $ac_envvar" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
     ac_optarg=`echo "$ac_optarg" | sed "s/'/'\\\\\\\\''/g"`
     eval "$ac_envvar='$ac_optarg'"
     export $ac_envvar ;;
