--- old/configure.ac	2007-12-25 03:42:38.000000000 -0600
+++ new/configure.ac	2007-12-25 03:43:12.000000000 -0600
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
 ###
 
 dnl automatically scan /usr/local (e.g. BSD uses /usr/local for ports)
-BC_SEARCH_DIRECTORY([/usr/local])
+#BC_SEARCH_DIRECTORY([/usr/local])
 
 dnl find tclConfig.sh, add --with-tcl option, don't cache result for AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
 SC_PATH_TCLCONFIG