--- ncurses-5.2/configure~	Thu Mar  7 14:58:08 2002
+++ ncurses-5.2/configure	Thu Mar  7 14:58:08 2002
@@ -7670,11 +7670,11 @@
 	fi
 done
 echo "$ac_t""$cf_cv_src_modules" 1>&6
-TEST_ARGS="-L${LIB_DIR} -L\$(libdir) $TEST_ARGS"
+TEST_ARGS="-L${LIB_DIR} -L../lib $TEST_ARGS"
 
 
 
-PROG_ARGS="-L${LIB_DIR} -L\$(libdir) $PROG_ARGS"
+PROG_ARGS="-L${LIB_DIR} -L../lib $PROG_ARGS"
 
 
 SRC_SUBDIRS="man include"