--- avifile0.7-0.7.15/configure.in~	Sun Sep 15 19:44:35 2002
+++ avifile0.7-0.7.15/configure.in	Sun Sep 15 19:44:35 2002
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(posix4, nanosleep)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname)
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, [], AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname))
 dnl AC_SUBST(LIBSOCKET)
 dnl AC_SUBST(LIBNSL)