--- gftp-2.0.9/configure.in~	Sat Nov 24 05:58:59 2001
+++ gftp-2.0.9/configure.in	Sat Nov 24 05:58:59 2001
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
 if test "x$enable_textport" = "x1" ; then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket, EXTRA_LIBS="-lsocket")
   
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname, EXTRA_LIBS="$EXTRA_LIBS -lnsl")
+  AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, [],
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname, EXTRA_LIBS="$EXTRA_LIBS -lnsl")
+  )
 
   AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, [],
     AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname, EXTRA_LIBS="$EXTRA_LIBS -lnsl")