diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 52d70d53b..a775f3b81 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ dnl   configure script, but here they are.
 AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LN_S])
 
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(QuickThreads configuration)
   # How can we refer to the qt source directory from within the qt build
   # directory?  For headers, we can rely on the fact that the qt src
   # directory appears in the #include path.
@@ -607,36 +608,42 @@ AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
   THREAD_PACKAGE=QT
   case "$host" in
     i[3456]86-*-*)
+      port_name=i386
       qtmd_h=md/i386.h
       qtmds_s=md/i386.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c 
       qtdmdb_s=
       ;;
     mips-sgi-irix[56]*)
+      port_name=irix
       qtmd_h=md/mips.h
       qtmds_s=md/mips-irix5.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/mips_b.s 
       ;;
     mips-*-*)
+      port_name=mips
       qtmd_h=md/mips.h
       qtmds_s=md/mips.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/mips_b.s 
       ;;
     sparc-*-sunos*)
+      port_name=sparc-sunos
       qtmd_h=md/sparc.h
       qtmds_s=md/_sparc.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/_sparc_b.s 
       ;;
     sparc-*-*)
+      port_name=sparc
       qtmd_h=md/sparc.h
       qtmds_s=md/sparc.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/sparc_b.s 
       ;;
     alpha-*-*)
+      port_name=alpha
       qtmd_h=md/axp.h
       qtmds_s=md/axp.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
@@ -651,10 +658,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
 
   # Did configuration succeed?
   if test -n "$THREAD_PACKAGE"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($port_name)
     QTHREAD_LTLIBS=libqthreads.la
     THREAD_CPPFLAGS="-I$qtsrcdir -I../qt"
     THREAD_LIBS_LOCAL="../qt/libqthreads.la"
     THREAD_LIBS_INSTALLED="-lqthreads"
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(none; disabled)
   fi
 
   AC_SUBST(QTHREAD_LTLIBS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ea6346232..2bdb50395 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4476,6 +4476,8 @@ fi
 
 ### Turn $with_threads into either the name of a threads package, like
 ### `qt', or `no', meaning that threads should not be supported.
+echo $ac_n "checking whether to support threads""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:4481: checking whether to support threads" >&5
 case "$with_threads" in
   "yes" | "qt" | "coop" | "")
     with_threads=qt
@@ -4486,6 +4488,7 @@ case "$with_threads" in
     { echo "configure: error: invalid value for --with-threads: $with_threads" 1>&2; exit 1; }
   ;;
 esac
+echo "$ac_t""$with_threads" 1>&6
 
 ## Make sure the threads package we've chosen is actually supported on
 ## the present platform.
@@ -4497,6 +4500,8 @@ case "${with_threads}" in
     
   
 
+  echo $ac_n "checking QuickThreads configuration""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:4505: checking QuickThreads configuration" >&5
   # How can we refer to the qt source directory from within the qt build
   # directory?  For headers, we can rely on the fact that the qt src
   # directory appears in the #include path.
@@ -4506,36 +4511,42 @@ case "${with_threads}" in
   THREAD_PACKAGE=QT
   case "$host" in
     i[3456]86-*-*)
+      port_name=i386
       qtmd_h=md/i386.h
       qtmds_s=md/i386.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c 
       qtdmdb_s=
       ;;
     mips-sgi-irix[56]*)
+      port_name=irix
       qtmd_h=md/mips.h
       qtmds_s=md/mips-irix5.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/mips_b.s 
       ;;
     mips-*-*)
+      port_name=mips
       qtmd_h=md/mips.h
       qtmds_s=md/mips.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/mips_b.s 
       ;;
     sparc-*-sunos*)
+      port_name=sparc-sunos
       qtmd_h=md/sparc.h
       qtmds_s=md/_sparc.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/_sparc_b.s 
       ;;
     sparc-*-*)
+      port_name=sparc
       qtmd_h=md/sparc.h
       qtmds_s=md/sparc.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/sparc_b.s 
       ;;
     alpha-*-*)
+      port_name=alpha
       qtmd_h=md/axp.h
       qtmds_s=md/axp.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
@@ -4550,10 +4561,13 @@ case "${with_threads}" in
 
   # Did configuration succeed?
   if test -n "$THREAD_PACKAGE"; then
+    echo "$ac_t""$port_name" 1>&6
     QTHREAD_LTLIBS=libqthreads.la
     THREAD_CPPFLAGS="-I$qtsrcdir -I../qt"
     THREAD_LIBS_LOCAL="../qt/libqthreads.la"
     THREAD_LIBS_INSTALLED="-lqthreads"
+  else
+    echo "$ac_t""none; disabled" 1>&6
   fi
 
   
@@ -4614,7 +4628,7 @@ do
 # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:4618: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:4632: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_AWK'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0c4f88ae1..019deaa84 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(threads, [  --with-threads          thread interface],
 
 ### Turn $with_threads into either the name of a threads package, like
 ### `qt', or `no', meaning that threads should not be supported.
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to support threads)
 case "$with_threads" in
   "yes" | "qt" | "coop" | "")
     with_threads=qt
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ case "$with_threads" in
     AC_MSG_ERROR(invalid value for --with-threads: $with_threads)
   ;;
 esac
+AC_MSG_RESULT($with_threads)
 
 ## Make sure the threads package we've chosen is actually supported on
 ## the present platform.
diff --git a/qthreads.m4 b/qthreads.m4
index 3da5b1295..adaf1aad8 100644
--- a/qthreads.m4
+++ b/qthreads.m4
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ dnl   configure script, but here they are.
 AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LN_S])
 
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING(QuickThreads configuration)
   # How can we refer to the qt source directory from within the qt build
   # directory?  For headers, we can rely on the fact that the qt src
   # directory appears in the #include path.
@@ -53,36 +54,42 @@ AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
   THREAD_PACKAGE=QT
   case "$host" in
     i[3456]86-*-*)
+      port_name=i386
       qtmd_h=md/i386.h
       qtmds_s=md/i386.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c 
       qtdmdb_s=
       ;;
     mips-sgi-irix[56]*)
+      port_name=irix
       qtmd_h=md/mips.h
       qtmds_s=md/mips-irix5.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/mips_b.s 
       ;;
     mips-*-*)
+      port_name=mips
       qtmd_h=md/mips.h
       qtmds_s=md/mips.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/mips_b.s 
       ;;
     sparc-*-sunos*)
+      port_name=sparc-sunos
       qtmd_h=md/sparc.h
       qtmds_s=md/_sparc.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/_sparc_b.s 
       ;;
     sparc-*-*)
+      port_name=sparc
       qtmd_h=md/sparc.h
       qtmds_s=md/sparc.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
       qtdmdb_s=md/sparc_b.s 
       ;;
     alpha-*-*)
+      port_name=alpha
       qtmd_h=md/axp.h
       qtmds_s=md/axp.s
       qtmdc_c=md/null.c
@@ -97,10 +104,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([QTHREADS_CONFIGURE],[
 
   # Did configuration succeed?
   if test -n "$THREAD_PACKAGE"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT($port_name)
     QTHREAD_LTLIBS=libqthreads.la
     THREAD_CPPFLAGS="-I$qtsrcdir -I../qt"
     THREAD_LIBS_LOCAL="../qt/libqthreads.la"
     THREAD_LIBS_INSTALLED="-lqthreads"
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(none; disabled)
   fi
 
   AC_SUBST(QTHREAD_LTLIBS)