diff -up libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4.orig libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4
--- libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4.orig	2008-10-25 15:36:13.000000000 +0200
+++ libsndfile-1.0.17/acinclude.m4	2008-10-25 15:36:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -266,11 +266,6 @@ else
 	ac_cv_c_big_endian=0
 	ac_cv_c_little_endian=0
 
-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*****************************************************************]])
-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*** Not able to determine endian-ness of target processor.       ]])
-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*** The constants CPU_IS_BIG_ENDIAN and CPU_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN in  ]])
-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*** src/config.h may need to be hand editied.                    ]])
-	AC_MSG_WARN([[*****************************************************************]])
 	fi
 
 )# AC_C_FIND_ENDIAN
diff -up libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac.orig libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac
--- libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac.orig	2008-10-25 15:35:36.000000000 +0200
+++ libsndfile-1.0.17/configure.ac	2008-10-25 15:35:57.000000000 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ AC_LANG([C])
 SHARED_VERSION_INFO="1:17:0"
 
 AC_PROG_CC
+AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+AC_PROG_CXX
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG(autogen, autogen, yes, no)