diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 23e5f25d..d3c5b40a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Installation Instructions
 *************************
 
-Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
+2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is free documentation; the Free Software Foundation gives
 unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
 Basic Installation
 ==================
 
-These are generic installation instructions.
+Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
+configure, build, and install this package.  The following
+more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
+instructions specific to this package.
 
    The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
 various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
@@ -23,9 +26,9 @@ debugging `configure').
 
    It can also use an optional file (typically called `config.cache'
 and enabled with `--cache-file=config.cache' or simply `-C') that saves
-the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  (Caching is
+the results of its tests to speed up reconfiguring.  Caching is
 disabled by default to prevent problems with accidental use of stale
-cache files.)
+cache files.
 
    If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, please try
 to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
@@ -35,20 +38,17 @@ some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
 may remove or edit it.
 
    The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
-`configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You only need
-`configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using
-a newer version of `autoconf'.
+`configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You need `configure.ac' if
+you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
+of `autoconf'.
 
 The simplest way to compile this package is:
 
   1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
-     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
-     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
-     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
-     `configure' itself.
+     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.
 
-     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
-     messages telling which features it is checking for.
+     Running `configure' might take a while.  While running, it prints
+     some messages telling which features it is checking for.
 
   2. Type `make' to compile the package.
 
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ The simplest way to compile this package is:
      all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
      with the distribution.
 
+  6. Often, you can also type `make uninstall' to remove the installed
+     files again.
+
 Compilers and Options
 =====================
 
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ details on some of the pertinent environment variables.
 by setting variables in the command line or in the environment.  Here
 is an example:
 
-     ./configure CC=c89 CFLAGS=-O2 LIBS=-lposix
+     ./configure CC=c99 CFLAGS=-g LIBS=-lposix
 
    *Note Defining Variables::, for more details.
 
@@ -87,17 +90,15 @@ Compiling For Multiple Architectures
 
 You can compile the package for more than one kind of computer at the
 same time, by placing the object files for each architecture in their
-own directory.  To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
-supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
+own directory.  To do this, you can use GNU `make'.  `cd' to the
 directory where you want the object files and executables to go and run
 the `configure' script.  `configure' automatically checks for the
 source code in the directory that `configure' is in and in `..'.
 
-   If you have to use a `make' that does not support the `VPATH'
-variable, you have to compile the package for one architecture at a
-time in the source code directory.  After you have installed the
-package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before reconfiguring
-for another architecture.
+   With a non-GNU `make', it is safer to compile the package for one
+architecture at a time in the source code directory.  After you have
+installed the package for one architecture, use `make distclean' before
+reconfiguring for another architecture.
 
 Installation Names
 ==================
@@ -190,12 +191,12 @@ them in the `configure' command line, using `VAR=value'.  For example:
      ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc
 
 causes the specified `gcc' to be used as the C compiler (unless it is
-overridden in the site shell script).  Here is a another example:
+overridden in the site shell script).
 
-     /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
+Unfortunately, this technique does not work for `CONFIG_SHELL' due to
+an Autoconf bug.  Until the bug is fixed you can use this workaround:
 
-Here the `CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash' operand causes subsequent
-configuration-related scripts to be executed by `/bin/bash'.
+     CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
 
 `configure' Invocation
 ======================
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 25aa4983..f11713f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ define(RELEASE_NUM, 82cvs)
 define(CDIO_VERSION_STR, 0.$1)
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
-AC_REVISION([$Id: configure.ac,v 1.234 2008/10/29 09:55:22 rocky Exp $])dnl
+AC_REVISION([$Id: configure.ac,v 1.235 2008/11/25 01:47:36 rocky Exp $])dnl
 AC_INIT(libcdio, CDIO_VERSION_STR(RELEASE_NUM))
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/cd-info.c)
 
@@ -278,82 +278,6 @@ else
   changequote([,])
   AC_MSG_RESULT($msg)
 fi
-dnl empty_array_size
-
-dnl bitfield order
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(bitfield ordering in structs)
-dnl First see whether we can work out ordering without running a program --
-dnl for instance, when cross-compiling
-boring_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O2"
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([
-int conftest_undefined_reference_();
-int main() {
-  union {
-    unsigned int x;
-    struct {
-      unsigned int x0: 1;
-      unsigned int x1: 31;
-    } s;
-  } u;
-
-  u.x = 0;
-  u.s.x0 = 1;
-  if (u.x == 1)
-    return conftest_undefined_reference_();
-  return 0;
-}
-], [bf_lsbf=0])
-AC_LINK_IFELSE([
-int conftest_undefined_reference_();
-int main() {
-  union {
-    unsigned int x;
-    struct {
-      unsigned int x0: 1;
-      unsigned int x1: 31;
-    } s;
-  } u;
-
-  u.x = 0;
-  u.s.x0 = 1;
-  if (u.x == 0x80000000)
-    return conftest_undefined_reference_();
-  return 0;
-}
-], [bf_lsbf=1])
-CFLAGS="$boring_CFLAGS"
-dnl If we haven't found out for certain yet, try the runtime test
-if test "x$bf_lsbf" = "x"; then
-AC_TRY_RUN([
-int
- main() {
-  struct { char bit_0:1, bit_12:2, bit_345:3, bit_67:2; }
-#if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 4)
-  __attribute__((packed))
-#endif
-  bf = { 1,1,1,1 };
-  if (sizeof (bf) != 1) return 1;
-  return *((unsigned char*) &bf) != 0x4b; }
-], bf_lsbf=1, AC_TRY_RUN([ 
-int
-main() {
-  struct { char bit_0:1, bit_12:2, bit_345:3, bit_67:2; }
-#if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 4)
-  __attribute__((packed))
-#endif
-  bf = { 1,1,1,1 };
-  if (sizeof (bf) != 1) return 1;
-  return *((unsigned char*) &bf) != 0xa5; }
-], bf_lsbf=0, AC_MSG_ERROR([unsupported bitfield ordering])))
-fi
-if test "x$bf_lsbf" = "x1"; then
- AC_MSG_RESULT(LSBF)
- AC_DEFINE(BITFIELD_LSBF, [], [compiler does least-significant bit first in struct bitfields])
-else
- AC_MSG_RESULT(MSBF)
-fi
-dnl
 
 dnl Enable the creation of shared libraries under Win32.
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL