--- a/make-rules/configure.mk	Fri Feb 17 05:35:25 2012 -0800
+++ b/make-rules/configure.mk	Mon Feb 20 10:14:44 2012 -0800
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 # CDDL HEADER END
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2010, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 #
 
 #
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@
 
 CONFIGURE_ENV += $(CONFIGURE_ENV.$(BITS))
 
+# temporarily work around some issues
+CONFIGURE_ENV += "ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes"
+COMPONENT_BUILD_ENV += "ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes"
+
 # configure the unpacked source for building 32 and 64 bit version
 CONFIGURE_SCRIPT =	$(SOURCE_DIR)/configure
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.configured:	$(SOURCE_DIR)/.prep