diff -urN cvsnt-2.5.04.2980.org/configure.in cvsnt-2.5.04.2980/configure.in
--- cvsnt-2.5.04.2980.org/configure.in	2008-02-14 05:26:00.000000000 +0100
+++ cvsnt-2.5.04.2980/configure.in	2008-03-30 11:45:04.690572767 +0200
@@ -424,10 +424,11 @@
 else
   # Check for pcre posix library
   saved_libs="$LIBS"
-  LIBS=""
-  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pcre_compile, pcreposix, [AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PCRE posix library])
-       AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pcreposix.h>]], [[int i;]])],[ac_cv_have_pcre="yes"],[])
-       AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_have_pcre)], ac_cv_have_pcre="no")
+  LIBS="-lpcreposix"
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PCRE posix library])
+  AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pcreposix.h>], [regcomp(0, 0, 0);],
+       [ac_cv_have_pcre="yes"],[ac_cv_have_pcre="no"])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_cv_have_pcre])
   PCRE_LIBS="$LIBS"
   LIBS="$saved_libs"
 fi
diff -urN cvsnt-2.5.04.2980.org/Makefile.am cvsnt-2.5.04.2980/Makefile.am
--- cvsnt-2.5.04.2980.org/Makefile.am	2008-02-17 07:53:22.000000000 +0100
+++ cvsnt-2.5.04.2980/Makefile.am	2008-03-30 11:43:13.315248392 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 if WITH_PCRE
   PCRE_SUBDIR =
 else
-  PCRE_SUBDIR = pcre
+  PCRE_SUBDIR = 
 endif
 
 if WITH_LOCKSERVER