--- pidgin-2.7.0-orig/configure.ac	2010-05-14 10:50:13.801960582 +0200
+++ pidgin-2.7.0/configure.ac	2010-05-14 10:50:47.245498821 +0200
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
 dnl Check for inet_aton
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(inet_aton, , [AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, inet_aton, ,
 				         [AC_MSG_ERROR([inet_aton not found])])])
-AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, __res_query)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostent)
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(resolv, ,[AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, __res_query)])
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostent, , [AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostent)])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(socket, ,
 	[AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket, , [AC_MSG_ERROR([socket not found])])])
 dnl If all goes well, by this point the previous two checks will have