--- scribus-1.3.1/configure.in.orig	2005-10-03 02:04:41.000000000 +0200
+++ scribus-1.3.1/configure.in	2005-10-05 13:03:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -339,18 +339,18 @@
 fi
 
 dnl check for -lsocket
-AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket,
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(socket,,[AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket,
 if test "$uname" != "IRIX"; then
 	LIBS="-lsocket $LIBS"
 else
 	echo "Not using -lsocket since you are running IRIX."
-fi)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,gethostbyaddr,
+fi)])
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyaddr,,[AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,gethostbyaddr,
 if test "$uname" != "IRIX"; then
 	LIBS="-lnsl $LIBS"
 else
 	echo "Not using -lnsl since you are running IRIX."
-fi)
+fi)])
 
 dnl Check for lcms
 dnl TODO look for lcms using pkg-config too