--- configure.in.pcre	2008-07-14 00:36:02.000000000 -0400
+++ configure.in	2008-12-07 08:35:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -467,10 +467,8 @@
   # Check for pcre posix library
   saved_libs="$LIBS"
   LIBS=""
-  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pcre_compile, pcreposix, [AC_MSG_CHECKING([for PCRE posix library])
-       AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pcreposix.h>]], [[int i;]])],[ac_cv_have_pcre="yes"],[])
-       AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_have_pcre)], ac_cv_have_pcre="no")
-  PCRE_LIBS="$LIBS"
+  ac_cv_have_pcre=yes
+  PCRE_LIBS="`pcre-config --libs`"
   LIBS="$saved_libs"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(PCRE_LIBS)