diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 178abff..3af8853 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-08-19  Bruno Haible  <bruno@linuix.math.u-bordeaux.fr>
 
+        * src/configure.in: Rename cache variable gp_cxx_throw_decl to
+          gp_cv_cxx_throw_decl.
+
         * src/key-list.cc (Key_List::output_hash_function): When outputting
           __inline, take advantage of C++ compilers which have inline.
 
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 68d267c..e8880d5 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl autoconf configuration for gperf/src
 
-dnl Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl Copyright (C) 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl written by Douglas C. Schmidt (schmidt@ics.uci.edu)
 dnl
 dnl This file is part of GNU GPERF.
@@ -40,16 +40,16 @@ dnl
 dnl           checks for compiler characteristics
 dnl
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working throw()])
-AC_CACHE_VAL(gp_cxx_throw_decl,[
+AC_CACHE_VAL(gp_cv_cxx_throw_decl,[
 AC_LANG_SAVE()
 AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS()
 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stdlib.h>
 void operator delete (void* ptr) throw() {}], [],
-gp_cxx_throw_decl=yes, gp_cxx_throw_decl=no)
+gp_cv_cxx_throw_decl=yes, gp_cv_cxx_throw_decl=no)
 AC_LANG_RESTORE()
 ])
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$]gp_cxx_throw_decl)
-if test [$]gp_cxx_throw_decl = yes; then
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$]gp_cv_cxx_throw_decl)
+if test [$]gp_cv_cxx_throw_decl = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_THROW_DECL)
 fi
 dnl