--- configure.orig	2016-04-05 00:45:51 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -8471,9 +8471,6 @@ case "${host_os}" in
     ;;
   freebsd*)
     SYS=freebsd
-    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pthread"
-    CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I/usr/local/include"
-    LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib"
     ;;
   openbsd*)
     SYS=openbsd
@@ -25539,7 +25536,7 @@ main ()
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
 
         ac_cv_c_o4=yes
 
@@ -25583,7 +25580,7 @@ main ()
   return 0;
 }
 _ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
 
           ac_cv_c_o3=yes
 
@@ -26777,7 +26774,7 @@ _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
   ac_cv_altivec_inline="yes"
 else
-  CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wa,-m7400"
+  CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -Wa,-maltivec"
           cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
@@ -26790,7 +26787,7 @@ asm volatile("vperm 0,1,2,3");
 }
 _ACEOF
 if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_altivec_inline="-Wa,-m7400"
+  ac_cv_altivec_inline="-Wa,-maltivec"
 else
   ac_cv_altivec_inline=no
 fi
@@ -49199,7 +49196,7 @@ fi
   $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   test $ac_status = 0; }; then
 
-        as_fn_error $? "\"You cannot build VLC with Qt-5.5.0. You need to backport I78ef29975181ee22429c9bd4b11d96d9e68b7a9c\"" "$LINENO" 5
+        $as_echo "Qt-5.5.x found. Ensure Qt I78ef29975181ee22429c9bd4b11d96d9e68b7a9c is backported." >&5
 
 fi