diff -urN scilab-5.1.1-orig/m4/java.m4 scilab-5.1.1/m4/java.m4
--- scilab-5.1.1-orig/m4/java.m4	2009-06-09 21:19:25.000000000 -0400
+++ scilab-5.1.1/m4/java.m4	2009-06-09 21:28:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -745,15 +745,15 @@
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING($1)
 	found_jar=no
 	saved_ac_java_classpath=$ac_java_classpath
-	DEFAULT_JAR_DIR="/usr/share/java/ /usr/lib/java/ /usr/share/java /usr/share/java/jar /opt/java/lib /usr/local/java /usr/local/java/jar /usr/local/share/java /usr/local/share/java/jar /usr/local/lib/java"
-    for jardir in "`pwd`/thirdparty" "`pwd`/jar" $DEFAULT_JAR_DIR "$_user_libdir"; do
-      for jar in "$jardir/$1.jar" "$jardir/lib$1.jar" "$jardir/lib$1-java.jar" "$jardir/$1*.jar"; do
+#	DEFAULT_JAR_DIR="/usr/share/java/ /usr/lib/java/ /usr/share/java /usr/share/java/jar /opt/java/lib /usr/local/java /usr/local/java/jar /usr/local/share/java /usr/local/share/java/jar /usr/local/lib/java"
+#    for jardir in "`pwd`/thirdparty" "`pwd`/jar" $DEFAULT_JAR_DIR "$_user_libdir"; do
+#      for jar in "$jardir/$1.jar" "$jardir/lib$1.jar" "$jardir/lib$1-java.jar" "$jardir/$1*.jar"; do
 #	jar=`echo $jar|sed -e 's/ /\\ /'`
 #	echo "protected $jar"
 #	jar_resolved=`ls $jar 2>/dev/null`
 #	echo "looking for $jar_resolved"
 # TODO check the behaviour when spaces
-	jar_resolved=`ls $jar 2>/dev/null`
+	jar_resolved=$1
         if test -e "$jar_resolved"; then
           export ac_java_classpath="$jar_resolved:$ac_java_classpath"
           AC_JAVA_TRY_COMPILE([import $2;], , [
@@ -766,11 +766,11 @@
 			
           ])
         fi
-      done
+#     done
       if test "$found_jar" = "yes"; then
         break
       fi
-    done
+#    done
     if test "$found_jar" = "no"; then
       AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 	  if test "$4" == "yes"; then