--- configure.in.orig	2003-03-11 00:53:20.000000000 +0100
+++ configure.in	2010-03-12 14:15:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -629,6 +629,41 @@
     fi
 fi
 
+AC_DEFUN(AC_FIND_SYSTEM_SHOBJ,[
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for $1 shared object)
+shobj_name=$1
+shobj_path=
+case "$host" in
+*-hpux*)
+    SOEXT=sl
+    ;;
+*)
+    SOEXT=so
+    ;;
+esac
+for shobj_libdir in /lib /usr/lib; do
+    if test -f $shobj_libdir/$shobj_name.$SOEXT; then
+        shobj_path=$shobj_libdir/$shobj_name.$SOEXT
+    else
+        shobj_path=`ls -r $shobj_libdir/$shobj_name.$SOEXT* 2>/dev/null | head -1`
+	if test "$shobj_path" != "" -a -f "$shobj_path"; then
+	    :
+	else
+	    shobj_path=
+	fi
+    fi
+    if test "$shobj_path" != ""; then
+	AC_MSG_RESULT($shobj_path)
+        shobj_pathsymbol=SOPATH_`echo $shobj_name | sed 'y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/'`
+	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($shobj_pathsymbol, "$shobj_path")
+	break
+    fi
+done
+if test "$shobj_path" = ""; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+fi
+])dnl
+
 dnl Find system shared object paths.
 AC_FIND_SYSTEM_SHOBJ(libc)
 if test "$install_runidn" = yes ; then