diff -ru ../Ice-3.3.0.orig/cpp/config/Make.rules.Darwin ./cpp/config/Make.rules.Darwin
--- ../Ice-3.3.0.orig/cpp/config/Make.rules.Darwin	2008-05-16 10:24:00.000000000 -0700
+++ ./cpp/config/Make.rules.Darwin	2008-05-23 12:39:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # This file is included by Make.rules when uname is Darwin.
 #
 
-CXX	                = c++
+CXX	               ?= c++
 
 CXXFLAGS		= -ftemplate-depth-128 -Wall -D_REENTRANT
 
@@ -84,5 +84,5 @@
 ICE_OS_LIBS             = -ldl $(ICONV_LIB)
 
 
-PLATFORM_HAS_READLINE   := no
+PLATFORM_HAS_READLINE   := yes
 
