--- yap-6.2.2/configure.in.orig	2011-10-24 00:11:26.000000000 +0200
+++ yap-6.2.2/configure.in	2012-03-28 20:41:12.536611558 +0200
@@ -603,31 +603,31 @@
   INSTALL_COMMAND="install_unix"
   ENABLE_WINCONSOLE="#"
   AC_CHECK_LIB(m,sin)
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket,socket)
   dnl X/Open Networking is sometimes a separate library
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(xnet,getsockname)
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(getsockname,xnet)
   AC_CHECK_LIB(stdc++,main)
+  AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, , [
   AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,main,
 	have_nsl=yes
 	,
 	have_nsl=no)
+  ])
   AC_CHECK_LIB(crypt,main)
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(nss_files,main)
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(nss_dns,main)
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv,main)
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname,resolv)
 fi
 
 if test "$yap_cv_readline" != "no"
 then
   AC_CHECK_LIB([readline], [main],[
                 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LIBREADLINE], [1],[Define if you have libreadline])
-		LIBS="$LIBS -lreadline -lncurses"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -lreadline"
               ],
               [if test "x$with_readline" != xcheck; then
                  AC_MSG_FAILURE(
                    [--with-readline was given, but test for readline failed])
                fi
-              ], -lncurses)
+              ])
 fi
 if test "$yap_cv_gmp" != "no"
 then