--- ./runConfigureICU.orig	2010-08-30 21:24:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ./runConfigureICU	2010-12-08 14:02:08.891252920 +0100
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@
         DEBUG_CXXFLAGS='-g -O0'
         ;;
     *BSD)
-        THE_OS="BSD"
-        THE_COMP="the GNU C++"
-        CC=gcc; export CC
-        CXX=g++; export CXX
+        THE_OS="$platform"
+        CC=${CC:=cc}; export CC
+        CXX=${CXX:=c++}; export CXX
+        THE_COMP="`$CC -v | fgrep -i ver`"
         DEBUG_CFLAGS='-g -O0'
         DEBUG_CXFLAGS='-g -O0'
         ;;
@@ -327,14 +327,6 @@
 
 if test $release -eq 1
 then
-    if test "$RELEASE_CFLAGS" = ""
-    then
-        case $CC in
-            gcc|*/gcc|*-gcc-*|*/*-gcc-*)
-                RELEASE_CFLAGS=-O3
-                ;;
-        esac
-    fi
     if test "$RELEASE_CFLAGS" != ""
     then
         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $RELEASE_CFLAGS"