diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 95c609878ad..9045b51cabf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ else
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 
 
@@ -4693,6 +4693,22 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing" >&6; }
 	Darwin*)
 	    # -Wno-long-double, -no-cpp-precomp, and -mno-fused-madd
 	    # used to be here, but non-Apple gcc doesn't accept them.
+            if test "${CC}" = gcc
+	    then
+		{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking which compiler should be used" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking which compiler should be used... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+		case "${UNIVERSALSDK}" in
+		*/MacOSX10.4u.sdk)
+			# Build using 10.4 SDK, force usage of gcc when the
+			# compiler is gcc, otherwise the user will get very
+			# confusing error messages when building on OSX 10.6
+			CC=gcc-4.0
+			CPP=cpp-4.0
+			;;
+		esac
+		{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CC" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$CC" >&6; }
+	    fi
 
 
 	    if test "${enable_universalsdk}"; then
@@ -4729,10 +4745,12 @@ echo "$as_me: error: proper usage is --with-universal-arch=32-bit|64-bit|all|int
 		 fi
 
 
-		BASECFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${BASECFLAGS}"
-		tgt=`sw_vers -productVersion | sed 's/\(10\.[0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
-		if test "${UNIVERSALSDK}" != "/" -a "${tgt}" '>' '10.4' ; then
-			CFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CFLAGS}"
+		CFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CFLAGS}"
+		if test "${UNIVERSALSDK}" != "/"
+		then
+			CFLAGS="-isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CFLAGS}"
+			LDFLAGS="-isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${LDFLAGS}"
+			CPPFLAGSFLAGS="-isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CPPFLAGS}"
 		fi
 	    fi
 
@@ -5421,7 +5439,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 else
   ac_cv_header_stdc=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -5442,7 +5460,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 else
   ac_cv_header_stdc=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -6542,7 +6560,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $was_it_defined" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$was_it_defined" >&6; }
@@ -7072,7 +7090,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 else
   ac_cv_type_uid_t=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_type_uid_t" >&5
@@ -15775,7 +15793,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 else
   unistd_defines_pthreads=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
     { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $unistd_defines_pthreads" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$unistd_defines_pthreads" >&6; }
@@ -17073,7 +17091,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
   $EGREP "yes" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ipv6type=$i
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		kame)
@@ -17096,7 +17114,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib
 				ipv6trylibc=yes
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		linux-glibc)
@@ -17117,7 +17135,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
   ipv6type=$i;
 				ipv6trylibc=yes
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		linux-inet6)
@@ -17155,7 +17173,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 				ipv6lib=inet6;
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		v6d)
@@ -17178,7 +17196,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib;
 				BASECFLAGS="-I/usr/local/v6/include $BASECFLAGS"
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		zeta)
@@ -17200,7 +17218,7 @@ if (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>&5 |
 				ipv6lib=inet6;
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		esac
@@ -25715,7 +25733,7 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
 _ACEOF
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -25734,7 +25752,7 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
 _ACEOF
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -26004,7 +26022,7 @@ cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
 _ACEOF
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0ec9dcff0e6..2751b0ed301 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -908,6 +908,20 @@ yes)
 	Darwin*)
 	    # -Wno-long-double, -no-cpp-precomp, and -mno-fused-madd
 	    # used to be here, but non-Apple gcc doesn't accept them.
+            if test "${CC}" = gcc
+	    then
+		AC_MSG_CHECKING(which compiler should be used)
+		case "${UNIVERSALSDK}" in
+		*/MacOSX10.4u.sdk)
+			# Build using 10.4 SDK, force usage of gcc when the 
+			# compiler is gcc, otherwise the user will get very
+			# confusing error messages when building on OSX 10.6
+			CC=gcc-4.0
+			CPP=cpp-4.0
+			;;
+		esac
+		AC_MSG_RESULT($CC)
+	    fi
 
 
 	    if test "${enable_universalsdk}"; then
@@ -942,10 +956,12 @@ yes)
 		 fi
 
 
-		BASECFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${BASECFLAGS}"
-		tgt=`sw_vers -productVersion | sed 's/\(10\.[[0-9]]*\).*/\1/'`
-		if test "${UNIVERSALSDK}" != "/" -a "${tgt}" '>' '10.4' ; then
-			CFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CFLAGS}"
+		CFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CFLAGS}"
+		if test "${UNIVERSALSDK}" != "/"
+		then
+			CFLAGS="-isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CFLAGS}"
+			LDFLAGS="-isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${LDFLAGS}"
+			CPPFLAGSFLAGS="-isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${CPPFLAGS}"
 		fi
 	    fi