diff -Nur ecasound-2.2.0.orig/configure.in ecasound-2.2.0/configure.in
--- ecasound-2.2.0.orig/configure.in	Thu Jan  9 21:24:30 2003
+++ ecasound-2.2.0/configure.in	Sat Feb 15 11:10:34 2003
@@ -629,8 +629,8 @@
      [AC_CHECK_HEADER(readline/history.h,,
        AC_MSG_ERROR([*** readline history headers not installed ***]))])
 
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, main,, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** readline support not installed ***]))
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(history, main,, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** readline history support not installed ***]))
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, main, true, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** readline support not installed ***]))
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(history, main, true, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** readline history support not installed ***]))
   AC_SUBST(ECA_S_READLINE_INCLUDES)
 else
   AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(readline-4.0)
diff -Nur ecasound-2.2.0.orig/ecasound/Makefile.am ecasound-2.2.0/ecasound/Makefile.am
--- ecasound-2.2.0.orig/ecasound/Makefile.am	Wed Oct 30 19:39:32 2002
+++ ecasound-2.2.0/ecasound/Makefile.am	Sat Feb 15 11:11:34 2003
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
 if ECA_AM_SYSTEM_READLINE
 ecasound_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic
-ecasound_LDADD = $(termcap_library) \
+ecasound_LDADD = $(termcap_library) -lreadline -lhistory \
 		$(top_builddir)/libecasound/libecasound.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/kvutils/libkvutils.la
 ecasound_debug_LDFLAGS = $(ecasound_LDFLAGS)
-ecasound_debug_LDADD = $(termcap_library) \
+ecasound_debug_LDADD = $(termcap_library) -lreadline -lhistory \
 	 	$(top_builddir)/libecasound/libecasound_debug.la \
 		$(top_builddir)/kvutils/libkvutils_debug.la
 
diff -Nur ecasound-2.2.3.orig/kvutils/Makefile.am ecasound-2.2.3/kvutils/Makefile.am
--- ecasound-2.2.3.orig/kvutils/Makefile.am	Tue Nov  5 02:05:17 2002
+++ ecasound-2.2.3/kvutils/Makefile.am	Sat Feb 15 11:07:24 2003
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 			kvu_inttypes.h
 
 libkvutils_la_SOURCES = $(kvutil_sources) $(kvutil_headers)
-libkvutils_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIBKVUTILS_VERSION@:0:0 -static
+libkvutils_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIBKVUTILS_VERSION@:0:0
 
 libkvutils_debug_la_SOURCES = $(libkvutils_la_SOURCES)
 libkvutils_debug_la_LDFLAGS = $(libkvutils_la_LDFLAGS)
 
 libkvutils_tester_SOURCES = libkvutils_tester.cpp
-libkvutils_tester_LDFLAGS = -static
+libkvutils_tester_LDFLAGS =
 libkvutils_tester_LDADD = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
 
 noinst_HEADERS = $(kvutil_headers)
diff -Nur ecasound-2.2.0.orig/libecasound/Makefile.am ecasound-2.2.0/libecasound/Makefile.am
--- ecasound-2.2.0.orig/libecasound/Makefile.am	Tue Jan  7 23:35:13 2003
+++ ecasound-2.2.0/libecasound/Makefile.am	Sat Feb 15 11:12:58 2003
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@
 libecasound_la_SOURCES = $(ecasound_common_src)
 libecasound_debug_la_SOURCES = $(ecasound_common_src)
 libecasound_la_CFLAGS = $(eca_cxxflags)
-libecasound_la_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic $(eca_ldflags) -static
-libecasound_la_LIBADD = $(eca_libadd)
+libecasound_la_LDFLAGS = -export-dynamic $(eca_ldflags)
+libecasound_la_LIBADD = $(eca_libadd) ../kvutils/libkvutils.la
 libecasound_debug_la_CFLAGS = $(libecasound_la_CFLAGS)
 libecasound_debug_la_LDFLAGS = $(libecasound_la_LDFLAGS)
 libecasound_debug_la_LIBADD = $(libecasound_la_LIBADD)
diff -Nur ecasound-2.2.3.orig/libecasound/plugins/Makefile.am ecasound-2.2.3/libecasound/plugins/Makefile.am
--- ecasound-2.2.3.orig/libecasound/plugins/Makefile.am	Thu Oct 17 03:09:07 2002
+++ ecasound-2.2.3/libecasound/plugins/Makefile.am	Sat Feb 15 11:07:34 2003
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 libecasound_plugins_la_SOURCES          = audioio_dummy.cpp $(plugin_cond_sources)
 EXTRA_libecasound_plugins_la_SOURCES    = $(plugin_cond_sources)
 libecasound_plugins_la_LIBADD		= $(af_libs) $(alsa_libs) $(arts_libs) $(ECA_S_JACK_LIBS)
-libecasound_plugins_la_LDFLAGS 		= -static
+libecasound_plugins_la_LDFLAGS 		=
 
 libecasound_plugins_debug_la_SOURCES	= $(libecasound_plugins_la_SOURCES)
 EXTRA_libecasound_plugins_debug_la_SOURCES = $(EXTRA_libecasound_plugins_la_SOURCES)
diff -Nur ecasound-2.2.0.orig/libecasoundc/Makefile.am ecasound-2.2.0/libecasoundc/Makefile.am
--- ecasound-2.2.0.orig/libecasoundc/Makefile.am	Mon Dec 16 05:20:39 2002
+++ ecasound-2.2.0/libecasoundc/Makefile.am	Sat Feb 15 11:07:07 2003
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 # !!!
 # remember to update eca-version.cpp
 if ECA_AM_DEBUG_MODE
-eca_ldflags = -version-info @LIBECASOUNDC_VERSION@:0:0 -static
+eca_ldflags = -version-info @LIBECASOUNDC_VERSION@:0:0
 else
-eca_ldflags = -s -version-info @LIBECASOUNDC_VERSION@:0:0 -static
+eca_ldflags = -version-info @LIBECASOUNDC_VERSION@:0:0
 endif
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(srcdir)
--- ecasound-2.2.3/pyecasound/Makefile.am.orig	2003-04-02 21:37:45.000000000 +0200
+++ ecasound-2.2.3/pyecasound/Makefile.am	2003-05-10 20:48:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 all: pyecasound.so
 
 pyecasound.so: pyecasound.lo
-	$(CC) -o pyecasound.so -shared -nostartfiles $(libpyecasound_la_LDFLAGS) pyecasound.lo $(top_builddir)/libecasoundc/ecasoundc_sa.lo
+	$(LINK) -o pyecasound.so -shared -nostartfiles $(libpyecasound_la_LDFLAGS) pyecasound.lo $(top_builddir)/libecasoundc/ecasoundc_sa.lo
 endif
 
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