diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 576cffc..96cd771 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Autoconf macros for configuring the build of Python extension modules
 #
-# $Header: /root/cvs2svn/capisuite/capisuite/acinclude.m4,v 1.1 2003/02/19 08:19:52 gernot Exp $
+# $Header: /root/cvs2svn/capisuite/capisuite/acinclude.m4,v 1.2 2003/03/21 23:09:59 gernot Exp $
 #
 # taken out of Postgres CVS by Gernot Hillier 
 #
@@ -19,6 +19,26 @@ AC_DEFUN(CS_SET_DOCDIR,
 AC_SUBST(docdir)
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN(CS_TEST_GCC3,
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for <ostream> header])
+AC_TRY_CPP([#include <ostream>],
+  [
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OSTREAM],1,[we can #include<ostream> instead of ostream.h - new gcc3 feature])
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  ],
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([use ostream.h instead])
+)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for string::clear method])
+AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <string>],
+  [std::string a; a.clear();],
+  [
+    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_STRING_CLEAR],1,[we have string::clear])
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  ],
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([use assignment of "" instead])
+)
+]) dnl CS_TEST_GCC
+
 # PGAC_CHECK_PYTHON_DIRS
 # -----------------------
 # Determine the name of various directory of a given Python installation.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8f3b264..dc97515 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h])
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 
+CS_TEST_GCC3
+
 CS_SET_DOCDIR
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(capi20,capi20_register,,AC_MSG_ERROR(libcapi20 not found))
diff --git a/src/application/pythonscript.h b/src/application/pythonscript.h
index 098f1fa..8fcbb4d 100644
--- a/src/application/pythonscript.h
+++ b/src/application/pythonscript.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     @brief Contains PythonScript - Read a python script and call a function in own thread
 
     @author Gernot Hillier <gernot@hillier.de>
-    $Revision: 1.1 $
+    $Revision: 1.2 $
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@
 #ifndef PYTHONSCRIPT_H
 #define PYTHONSCRIPT_H
 
+#include <../../config.h>
 #include <Python.h>
-#include <ostream>
+#ifdef HAVE_OSTREAM
+  #include <ostream>
+#else
+  #include <ostream.h>
+#endif
 #include "applicationexception.h"
 class PycStringIO_CAPI;
 
@@ -83,8 +88,12 @@ class PythonScript
 /* History
 
 $Log: pythonscript.h,v $
-Revision 1.1  2003/02/19 08:19:53  gernot
-Initial revision
+Revision 1.2  2003/03/21 23:09:59  gernot
+- included autoconf tests for gcc-2.95 problems so that it will compile w/o
+  change for good old gcc-2.95 and gcc3
+
+Revision 1.1.1.1  2003/02/19 08:19:53  gernot
+initial checkin of 0.4
 
 Revision 1.6  2003/02/10 14:17:09  ghillie
 merged from NATIVE_PTHREADS to HEAD
diff --git a/src/backend/connection.cpp b/src/backend/connection.cpp
index cfc7b9a..7723861 100644
--- a/src/backend/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/connection.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     @brief Contains Connection - Encapsulates a CAPI connection with all its states and methods.
 
     @author Gernot Hillier <gernot@hillier.de>
-    $Revision: 1.2 $
+    $Revision: 1.3 $
 */
 
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#include <../../config.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include "capi.h"
@@ -888,7 +889,11 @@ Connection::getDTMF()
 void
 Connection::clearDTMF()
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_CLEAR
  	received_dtmf.clear();
+#else
+	received_dtmf="";
+#endif
 }
 
 string
@@ -967,6 +972,10 @@ Connection::buildBconfiguration(service_t service, string faxStationID, string f
 /*  History
 
 $Log: connection.cpp,v $
+Revision 1.3  2003/03/21 23:09:59  gernot
+- included autoconf tests for gcc-2.95 problems so that it will compile w/o
+  change for good old gcc-2.95 and gcc3
+
 Revision 1.2  2003/02/28 21:36:51  gernot
 - don't allocate new B3config in buildBconfiguration(), fixes bug 532
 - limit stationID to 20 characters