else
# Most GNU programs take a -v and spit out some text including
# the word 'GNU'. Some try to read stdin, so give them /dev/null.
-if ver=`$AS -v </dev/null 2>&1` | grep GNU >&/dev/null; then
+if $AS -v </dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU >&/dev/null; then
libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=yes
else
libc_cv_prog_as_gnu=no
else
# Most GNU programs take a -v and spit out some text including
# the word 'GNU'. Some try to read stdin, so give them /dev/null.
-if ver=`$LD -v </dev/null 2>&1` | grep GNU >&/dev/null; then
+if $LD -v </dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU >&/dev/null; then
libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=yes
else
libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=no