--- cyrus-imapd-3.0.8/configure.ac~	2018-08-10 04:59:00.000000000 +0200
+++ cyrus-imapd-3.0.8/configure.ac	2018-09-16 13:54:40.617032333 +0200
@@ -1742,8 +1742,8 @@ case "$with_com_err" in
         COM_ERR_CPPFLAGS=""
       ;;
   *) # use whatever they told us, or whatever we found
-     COM_ERR_LIBS="${with_com_err}/lib/libcom_err.a"
-     COM_ERR_CPPFLAGS="-I${with_com_err}/include"
+     COM_ERR_LIBS="-lcom_err"
+     COM_ERR_CPPFLAGS=""
      # Ever get the feeling people hide this stuff on purpose?
      if test -d "${with_com_err}/include/et" ; then
        COM_ERR_CPPFLAGS="-I${with_com_err}/include/et"