updated for version 7.2-236
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index eb7db76..1ad32d7 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -984,7 +984,13 @@
 	fi
 	rubyldflags=`$vi_cv_path_ruby -r rbconfig -e 'print Config::CONFIG[["LDFLAGS"]]'`
 	if test "X$rubyldflags" != "X"; then
-	  LDFLAGS="$rubyldflags $LDFLAGS"
+	  dnl Ruby on Mac OS X 10.5 adds "-arch" flags but these should only
+	  dnl be included if requested by passing --with-mac-arch to
+	  dnl configure, so strip these flags first (if present)
+	  rubyldflags=`echo "$rubyldflags" | sed -e 's/-arch\ ppc//' -e 's/-arch\ i386//'`
+	  if test "X$rubyldflags" != "X"; then
+	    LDFLAGS="$rubyldflags $LDFLAGS"
+	  fi
 	fi
 	RUBY_SRC="if_ruby.c"
 	RUBY_OBJ="objects/if_ruby.o"