diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af56c77..034aabc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@
 
 - Fixed two bugs in MacOSX framework handling.
 
+- pythonw did not allow user interaction in 2.3rc1, this has been fixed.
+
+- Python is now compiled with -mno-fused-madd, making all tests pass
+  on Panther.
+
 What's New in Python 2.3 beta 2?
 ================================
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d067edd..8d8e6a5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.425 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.426 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53 for python 2.3.
 #
@@ -3695,7 +3695,7 @@
 	    ;;
 	# is there any other compiler on Darwin besides gcc?
 	Darwin*)
-	    BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp"
+	    BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd"
 	    ;;
     esac
     ;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a15a023..3c86fde 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
 	    ;;
 	# is there any other compiler on Darwin besides gcc?
 	Darwin*)
-	    BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp"
+	    BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd"
 	    ;;
     esac
     ;;