diff -aurN gaim-2.0.0beta1.orig/configure.ac gaim-2.0.0beta1/configure.ac
--- gaim-2.0.0beta1.orig/configure.ac	2005-12-17 22:28:54.000000000 +0100
+++ gaim-2.0.0beta1/configure.ac	2005-12-19 15:14:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
 dnl Check for inet_aton
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(inet_aton, , [AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, inet_aton, ,
 				         [AC_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_ERROR([socket not found])])])
 dnl If all goes well, by this point the previous two checks will have