diff -ru sqlite-3.5.9/configure.ac sqlite-3.5.9+iPhone/configure.ac
--- sqlite-3.5.9/configure.ac	2008-05-07 12:18:23.000000000 +0000
+++ sqlite-3.5.9+iPhone/configure.ac	2009-08-11 11:52:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@
 
 #########
 # Check to see if the --with-hints=FILE option is used.  If there is none,
-# then check for a files named "$host.hints" and ../$hosts.hints where
-# $host is the hostname of the build system.  If still no hints are
+# then check for a files named "$host_.hints" and ../$hosts_.hints where
+# $host_ is the hostname of the build system.  If still no hints are
 # found, try looking in $system.hints and ../$system.hints where
 # $system is the result of uname -s.
 #
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@
   AC_HELP_STRING([--with-hints=FILE],[Read configuration options from FILE]),
   hints=$withval)
 if test "$hints" = ""; then
-  host=`hostname | sed 's/\..*//'`
-  if test -r $host.hints; then
-    hints=$host.hints
+  host_=`hostname | sed 's/\..*//'`
+  if test -r $host_.hints; then
+    hints=$host_.hints
   else
-     if test -r ../$host.hints; then
-       hints=../$host.hints
+     if test -r ../$host_.hints; then
+       hints=../$host_.hints
      fi
   fi
 fi