diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' sqlite-2.8.17/main.mk sqlite-2.8.17.new/main.mk
--- sqlite-2.8.17/main.mk	2008-07-10 15:52:40.000000000 +0100
+++ sqlite-2.8.17.new/main.mk	2008-07-10 15:53:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -239,14 +239,8 @@
 # configure the config.h file.
 #
 config.h:	
-	echo '#include <stdio.h>' >temp.c
-	echo 'int main(){printf(' >>temp.c
-	echo '"#define SQLITE_PTR_SZ %d",sizeof(char*));' >>temp.c
-	echo 'exit(0);}' >>temp.c
-	$(BCC) -o temp temp.c
-	./temp >config.h
+	echo `grep "^ac_cv_sizeof_char_p" config.log | cut -d'=' -f2 | sed -e 's/.*/#define SQLITE_PTR_SZ &/'` > config.h
 	echo >>config.h
-	rm -f temp.c temp
 
 sqlite.h:	$(TOP)/src/sqlite.h.in 
 	sed -e s/--VERS--/`cat ${TOP}/VERSION`/ \
diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' sqlite-2.8.17/Makefile.in sqlite-2.8.17.new/Makefile.in
--- sqlite-2.8.17/Makefile.in	2008-07-10 15:49:17.000000000 +0100
+++ sqlite-2.8.17.new/Makefile.in	2008-07-10 15:54:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -267,15 +267,9 @@
 # to a target with a different pointer size, you'll need to manually
 # configure the config.h file.
 #
-config.h:	
-	echo '#include <stdio.h>' >temp.c
-	echo 'int main(){printf(' >>temp.c
-	echo '"#define SQLITE_PTR_SZ %d",sizeof(char*));' >>temp.c
-	echo 'exit(0);}' >>temp.c
-	$(BCC) -o temp temp.c
-	./temp >config.h
+config.h:       
+	echo `grep "^ac_cv_sizeof_char_p" config.log | cut -d'=' -f2 | sed -e 's/.*/#define SQLITE_PTR_SZ &/'` > config.h
 	echo >>config.h
-	rm -f temp.c temp
 
 sqlite.h:	$(TOP)/src/sqlite.h.in 
 	sed -e s/--VERS--/`cat ${TOP}/VERSION`/ \