--- dictd-1.5.5/configure.in~	Wed Nov  7 16:08:49 2001
+++ dictd-1.5.5/configure.in	Wed Nov  7 16:09:00 2001
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@
 fi
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,main,REALLIBS="$REALLIBS -lsocket")
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,main,REALLIBS="$REALLIBS -lnsl")
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, [],
+	AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname, REALLIBS="$REALLIBS -lnsl")
+)
 
 if test "$local_dmalloc" = 0 -a "$needs_dmalloc" = 1; then
     AC_CHECK_LIB(dmalloc,main,