Index: configure.ac
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--- configure.ac	(revision 188)
+++ configure.ac	(working copy)
@@ -254,16 +254,11 @@
 dnl Check for C++ Lua
 dnl ----------------------------------------
 
+
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to build lua using c++)
-if test "$MINGW32" = yes; then
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(cxxlua,
-    AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-cxxlua, Build Lua with C++ [default=yes]), 
-    , enable_cxxlua=yes)
-else
-  AC_ARG_ENABLE(cxxlua,
-    AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-cxxlua, Build Lua with C++ [default=no]), 
-    , enable_cxxlua=no)
-fi
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(cxxlua,
+  AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-cxxlua, Build Lua with C++ [default=no, except on MingW32]),,if test "$MINGW32" = yes; then enable_cxxlua=yes; else enable_cxxlua=no;fi)
 if test "x$enable_cxxlua" = xyes; then
   CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DCXXLUA"
   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)