diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0d1e5bd591f967aac32bb92643f1e62d8e2cb389..f7522b550c216950e2ea37c36460fd40066ea591 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -12807,7 +12807,6 @@ fi
 # For each platform, we need to know about any special compile and link
 # libraries, and whether the normal C function names are thread-safe.
 #
-NEED_REENTRANT_FUNC_NAMES=no
 if test "$with_threads" = yes; then
 if test "${ac_cv_header_pthread_h+set}" = set; then
   echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for pthread.h" >&5
@@ -12924,13 +12923,13 @@ if test "$SUPPORTS_THREADS" != yes; then
 { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error:
 Cannot enable threads on your platform.
 Please report your platform threading info to the PostgreSQL mailing lists
-so it can be added to the next release.  Report any compile flags, link flags,
+so it can be added to the next release.  Report all compile flags, link flags,
 functions, or libraries required for threading support.
 " >&5
 echo "$as_me: error:
 Cannot enable threads on your platform.
 Please report your platform threading info to the PostgreSQL mailing lists
-so it can be added to the next release.  Report any compile flags, link flags,
+so it can be added to the next release.  Report all compile flags, link flags,
 functions, or libraries required for threading support.
 " >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
@@ -12947,10 +12946,10 @@ fi
 # threading on this platform.  Some platforms have *_r functions but
 # their natively named funcs are threadsafe, and should be used instead.
 #
-# One trick here is that if the don't call AC_CHECK_FUNCS, the
+# One trick here is that if we don't call AC_CHECK_FUNCS, the
 # functions are marked "not found", which is perfect.
 #
-if test "$NEED_REENTRANT_FUNC_NAMES" = yes ; then
+if test "$with_threads" = yes -a "$NEED_REENTRANT_FUNC_NAMES" = yes ; then
 _CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 _LIB="$LIBS"
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TREAD_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ae2d5c4fe63c92d67fc688fd92b5599a8760e196..761b4142f4f55790c0745dd2dd6c89d34aeb018a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.267 2003/06/23 23:51:59 momjian Exp $
+dnl $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/configure.in,v 1.268 2003/07/22 16:39:55 momjian Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -965,7 +965,6 @@ AC_FUNC_FSEEKO
 # For each platform, we need to know about any special compile and link
 # libraries, and whether the normal C function names are thread-safe.
 #
-NEED_REENTRANT_FUNC_NAMES=no
 if test "$with_threads" = yes; then
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h, [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([pthread.h not found, required for --with-threads])])
 
@@ -973,7 +972,7 @@ if test "$SUPPORTS_THREADS" != yes; then
 AC_MSG_ERROR([
 Cannot enable threads on your platform.
 Please report your platform threading info to the PostgreSQL mailing lists
-so it can be added to the next release.  Report any compile flags, link flags,
+so it can be added to the next release.  Report all compile flags, link flags,
 functions, or libraries required for threading support.
 ])
 fi
@@ -989,10 +988,10 @@ AC_SUBST(THREAD_LIBS)
 # threading on this platform.  Some platforms have *_r functions but
 # their natively named funcs are threadsafe, and should be used instead.
 #
-# One trick here is that if the don't call AC_CHECK_FUNCS, the
+# One trick here is that if we don't call AC_CHECK_FUNCS, the
 # functions are marked "not found", which is perfect.
 #
-if test "$NEED_REENTRANT_FUNC_NAMES" = yes ; then
+if test "$with_threads" = yes -a "$NEED_REENTRANT_FUNC_NAMES" = yes ; then
 _CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 _LIB="$LIBS"
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TREAD_CFLAGS"