--- a/wscript	Wed Sep 26 19:55:35 2007 -0700
+++ b/wscript	Thu Sep 27 12:40:01 2007 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 srcdir = '.'
 blddir = 'build'
 
-def dist_hook(srcdir, blddir):
+def dist_hook():
     shutil.rmtree("doc/html", True)
     shutil.rmtree("doc/latex", True)
 
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@
 
 
 def configure(conf):
-    if not conf.check_tool('compiler_cxx'):
-        Params.fatal("No suitable compiler found")
+    conf.check_tool('compiler_cxx')
 
     # create the second environment, set the variant and set its name
     variant_env = conf.env.copy()