--- configure.before	2007-11-09 10:59:57.000000000 -0500
+++ configure	2007-11-09 11:00:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -38649,6 +38649,63 @@
 _ACEOF
 
       glib_memory_barrier_needed=yes
+      { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether asm supports numbered local labels" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking whether asm supports numbered local labels... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+      cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+			__asm__ __volatile__ ("1:       nop\n"
+					      "         bne-    1b")
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval "echo \"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\"") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define ASM_NUMERIC_LABELS 1
+_ACEOF
+
+			{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6; }
+
+else
+  echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+
+			{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
+
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
       ;;
     ia64)
       { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ia64" >&5
