--- ../dist/configure.foo	Sun Feb  4 14:10:01 2007
+++ ../dist/configure	Sun Feb  4 14:11:26 2007
@@ -7002,7 +7002,7 @@
   ;;
 
 freebsd*)
-  objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout`
+  objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo elf`
   version_type=freebsd-$objformat
   case $version_type in
     freebsd-elf*)