--- uucp-1.06.1/configure.in~	Fri Oct  4 10:53:32 2002
+++ uucp-1.06.1/configure.in	Fri Oct  4 10:53:32 2002
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 esac
 case $LIBS in
 *-lnsl*) ;;
-*) AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, main) ;;
+*) AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, [], AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname)) ;;
 esac
 case $LIBS in
 *-lsocket*) ;;