--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -55,11 +55,12 @@
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CXX
 
+# fixme. always returns false.
 # see if we actually have a CXX program
-if test "$ac_cv_prog_CXX" = "" -o ! -x "$ac_cv_prog_CXX"; then
-    AC_MSG_WARN(could not find C++ compiler $ac_cv_prog_CXX)
-    enable_cxx=no
-fi
+#if test "$ac_cv_prog_CXX" = "" -o ! -x "$ac_cv_prog_CXX"; then
+#    AC_MSG_WARN(could not find C++ compiler $ac_cv_prog_CXX)
+#    enable_cxx=no
+#fi
 
 # hopefully we have a stdc c-compiler
 if test "$ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc" = "no" ; then
