--- /dev/null
+--- arts-1.5.5/mcop/Makefile.am.orig 2005-09-10 10:13:32.000000000 +0200
++++ arts-1.5.5/mcop/Makefile.am 2007-01-05 21:47:58.212920750 +0100
+@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
+ trader_impl.cc dynamicrequest.cc anyref.cc loopback.cc \
+ delayedreturn.cc thread.cc dynamicskeleton.cc
+
++CXXFLAGS += -fexceptions
+ libmcop_la_LIBADD = $(LIBSOCKET) $(GLIB_LIBADD) $(top_builddir)/libltdl/libltdlc.la
++libmcop_la_LIBADD += -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex
+ libmcop_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info 1:0 $(GLIB_LDFLAGS) $(all_libraries)
+
+ artsincludedir = $(includedir)/arts
+--- arts-1.5.5/mcop/extensionloader.cc.orig 2005-09-10 10:13:32.000000000 +0200
++++ arts-1.5.5/mcop/extensionloader.cc 2007-01-05 22:36:03.034272500 +0100
+@@ -28,26 +28,58 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <assert.h>
+
++#include <boost/filesystem/exception.hpp>
++#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
++#include <boost/regex.hpp>
++
+ using namespace std;
+ using namespace Arts;
+
++static std::string makeLibraryName( std::string const& dir, std::string const& name )
++{
++ try
++ {
++ std::string p = dir + "/" + name;
++ if ( boost::filesystem::exists( p + ".so" ) )
++ return p;
++ boost::regex re( p + ".*so\\..+", boost::regex::extended );
++ for ( boost::filesystem::directory_iterator i( dir );
++ i != boost::filesystem::directory_iterator(); ++i )
++ {
++ boost::smatch m;
++ if ( boost::regex_match( i->string(), m, re ) )
++ return m.str();
++ }
++ return ( p + ".la" );
++ }
++ catch ( boost::filesystem::filesystem_error const& )
++ {
++ }
++ return std::string();
++}
++
+ ExtensionLoader::ExtensionLoader(const string& filename) :handle(0)
+ {
+ string dlfilename;
+-
+ assert(filename.size());
+- if(filename[0] == '/')
+- dlfilename = filename;
+- else
++ try
++ {
++ boost::filesystem::path p( filename );
++ if ( p.has_root_directory() )
++ dlfilename = makeLibraryName( p.branch_path().string(), p.leaf() );
++ }
++ catch ( boost::filesystem::filesystem_error const& )
++ {
++ }
++ if ( dlfilename.empty() )
+ {
+ const vector<string> *path = MCOPUtils::extensionPath();
+
+ vector<string>::const_iterator pi;
+ for(pi = path->begin(); pi != path->end(); pi++)
+ {
+- dlfilename = *pi + "/" + filename;
+-
+- if(access(dlfilename.c_str(),F_OK) == 0)
++ dlfilename = makeLibraryName( *pi, filename );
++ if ( !dlfilename.empty() && ( access( dlfilename.c_str(), F_OK ) == 0 ) )
+ break;
+ }
+ }