diff -p -up gnome-libs-1.4.2/configure.in.linking-order gnome-libs-1.4.2/configure.in
--- gnome-libs-1.4.2/configure.in.linking-order	2009-12-03 10:46:03.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-libs-1.4.2/configure.in	2009-12-03 10:46:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(dlfcn.h locale.h langin
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(nl_langinfo)
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for gmodule support], ac_cv_gmodule,[
-  save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS `glib-config --libs gmodule`"
+  save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+  LIBS="`glib-config --libs gmodule`"
   AC_TRY_RUN([
 #include <gmodule.h>
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int main()
 {
   return g_module_supported() == 0;
 }],ac_cv_gmodule=yes,ac_cv_gmodule=no,ac_cv_gmodule=yes)
-  LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"])
+  LIBS="$save_LIBS"])
 if test $ac_cv_gmodule = no; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([Dynamic linking is not available on this platform. Some apps,
 like panel, will not run properly.])