Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
--- configure.ac	(revision 90c3b1c9b36943edd6040aac93c3da9265b218a4)
+++ configure.ac	(revision 7b21d9916189bd8436137530fda7b2428fe6f076)
@@ -20,19 +20,17 @@
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(backend-compiler, 
-            [  --with-backend-compiler=PROGRAM     PROGRAM that performs the final code compilation (must be gcc-compatible) ], 
-            backcompiler=$withval, backcompiler="")
-  if test x$backcompiler != x; then
-	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GCC_PATH, "${backcompiler}")
-	BACKEND_CC=${backcompiler}
-  else
-	AC_PATH_PROG(GCC_PATH, gcc, N/A)
-	if test "$GCC_PATH" = "N/A"; then
+	[  --with-backend-compiler=PROGRAM     PROGRAM that performs the final code compilation (must be gcc-compatible) ], 
+	backendcompiler=$withval, backendcompiler="")
+if test "x$backendcompiler" != x; then
+	BACKEND_CC=${backendcompiler}
+else
+	AC_PATH_PROG(BACKEND_CC, gcc, [])
+	if test "x$BACKEND_CC" = "x"; then
 		AC_MSG_ERROR(some version of gcc is needed. Get it at ftp://ftp.gnu.org)
 		exit 1
 	fi
-	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GCC_PATH, "${GCC_PATH}", [Path/name of C compiler.])
-	BACKEND_CC=${GCC_PATH}
-  fi
-AC_SUBST(BACKEND_CC)
+fi
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CFA_BACKEND_CC, "${BACKEND_CC}", [Location of include files.])
+AC_SUBST(CFA_BACKEND_CC)
 
 if test "x$prefix" = "xNONE"; then