--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -7742,7 +7742,7 @@ cache_cf.o: cf_parser.cci
 
 # cf_gen builds the configuration files.
 cf_gen$(EXEEXT): $(cf_gen_SOURCES) $(cf_gen_DEPENDENCIES) cf_gen_defines.cci
-	$(HOSTCXX) -o $@ $(srcdir)/cf_gen.cc -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/include/ -I$(top_builddir)/src
+	g++ -o $@ $(srcdir)/cf_gen.cc -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)/include/ -I$(top_builddir)/src
 
 # squid.conf.default is built by cf_gen when making cf_parser.cci
 squid.conf.default squid.conf.documented: cf_parser.cci
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -22226,7 +22226,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether the SSL_get
   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
   { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+_as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
@@ -22274,7 +22274,7 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether the workaro
   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
   { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+_as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
@@ -24924,7 +24924,7 @@ else
     if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
   { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+_as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
@@ -24949,7 +24949,7 @@ else
     if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
   { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
 $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+_as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext