diff -urN dia-0.93-pre3.orig/acinclude.m4 dia-0.93-pre3/acinclude.m4
--- dia-0.93-pre3.orig/acinclude.m4	2004-04-16 11:49:20.275636288 +0200
+++ dia-0.93-pre3/acinclude.m4	2004-04-16 11:55:01.459768416 +0200
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])
 AC_REQUIRE([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS])
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for libpython${PYTHON_VERSION})
 
 py_config_dir=`$PYTHON -c "import os; print os.path.abspath('$pyexecdir/../config')"`
 
@@ -225,13 +225,8 @@
   py_basemodlibs=`sed -n -e 's/^BASEMODLIBS=\(.*\)/\1/p' $py_makefile`
   py_other_libs=`sed -n -e 's/^LIBS=\(.*\)/\1/p' $py_makefile`
 
-dnl now the actual libpython
-  if test -e "${py_config_dir}/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a"; then
-    PYTHON_LIBS="-L${py_config_dir} -lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_localmodlibs $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
+    PYTHON_LIBS="-lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_localmodlibs $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
     AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
-  else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
-  fi
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
 fi