diff -Nru ffingerd-1.28/configure.in ffingerd-1.28.new/configure.in
--- ffingerd-1.28/configure.in	Thu Mar 16 10:56:23 2000
+++ ffingerd-1.28.new/configure.in	Tue Aug 22 12:29:53 2000
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 dnl Checks for libraries.
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,gethostbyaddr)
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyaddr, ,
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyaddr, LIBS="$LIBS -lnsl",) )
 AC_CHECK_LIB(gen,syslog)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)
 dnl Checks for header files.