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diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9e40d26c..49dc4ce4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBOBJS)
AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)
AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,inet_addr)
-AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv,res_search)
+
+
+# Under Red Hat 4.0 (and many other Linuxes) -lresolv is seriously flaky
+# and breaks gethostbyname(2). It's better to use the bind stuff in the C
+# library. So don't add -lresolv to the link list unless it's necessary
+AC_CHECK_FUNC(res_search,, AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv,res_search))
AC_CHECK_FUNC(strcasecmp, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRCASECMP),
[EXTRASRC="$EXTRASRC \$(srcdir)/strcasecmp.c"