Index: scilab-5.2.2/configure.ac
===================================================================
--- scilab-5.2.2.orig/configure.ac	2010-08-16 10:09:25.000000000 +0000
+++ scilab-5.2.2/configure.ac	2010-08-16 10:09:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -518,10 +518,6 @@
    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-stack-protector" # bug 3131
 
    case "$host" in
-   # Linux sparc | Linux, old binary format a.out (NO LONGER SUPPORTED)
-	 sparc-*-linux-gnu|*-pc-linux-gnuaout)
-	    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fwritable-strings"
-	;;
 	 x86_64-*-linux-gnu | x86_64-linux-gnu)
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNARROWPROTO -m64"
     ;;
@@ -532,11 +528,11 @@
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNARROWPROTO"
     ;;
 	 alpha-*-linux-gnu)
-		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS  -mieee-with-inexact -fwritable-strings"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS  -mieee-with-inexact"
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -mieee-with-inexact"
 	;;
 	 powerpc-*-linux-gnu)
-		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE -fwritable-strings"
+		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE"
 	;;
 	 *-*-solaris*)
         if test "$enable_debug_C" = yes; then