- giving a range does not work for platform detection in configure.in

   - resorting to having to separate sections for darwin7 and darwin8

configure.in

@@ -1047,7 +1047,16 @@ case $SYSTEM_TYPE in
       MAX_C_OPTIMIZE="-O"
     fi
     ;;
-  *darwin[7-8]*)
+  *darwin7*)
+    if test "$ac_cv_prog_gcc" = "yes"
+    then
+      FLAGS="-DHAVE_DARWIN_THREADS -D_P1003_1B_VISIBLE -DSIGNAL_WITH_VIO_CLOSE -DSIGNALS_DONT_BREAK_READ"
+      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $FLAGS"
+      CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $FLAGS"
+      MAX_C_OPTIMIZE="-O"
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *darwin8*)
     if test "$ac_cv_prog_gcc" = "yes"
     then
       FLAGS="-DHAVE_DARWIN_THREADS -D_P1003_1B_VISIBLE -DSIGNAL_WITH_VIO_CLOSE -DSIGNALS_DONT_BREAK_READ"