diff -Nru amanda-2.4.1p1/configure.in amanda-2.4.1p1.new/configure.in
--- amanda-2.4.1p1/configure.in	Sat Nov 21 18:05:28 1998
+++ amanda-2.4.1p1.new/configure.in	Wed Aug 23 01:35:53 2000
@@ -1596,6 +1596,8 @@
     *sgi-irix*)
 			AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,main)
 			;;
+    *linux*)
+			;;
     *)
 			AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,main)
 			AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,main)