--- source/runConfigureICU	Fri Jan 16 17:26:40 2004
+++ source/runConfigureICU	Mon Nov 15 11:05:50 2004
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
     *BSD)
-        THE_OS="BSD"
+        THE_OS="$platform"
-        THE_COMP="the GNU C++"
-        CC=gcc; export CC
-        CXX=g++; export CXX
+        CC=${CC:=cc}; export CC
+        CXX=${CXX:=c++}; export CXX
+        THE_COMP="`$CC -v | fgrep -i ver`" # works with icc and gcc at least
         ;;
     QNX)
@@ -358,12 +358,4 @@
 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