--- configure.orig	Thu Oct 24 11:17:10 2002
+++ configure	Thu Oct 24 11:17:32 2002
@@ -8703,7 +8703,7 @@
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="-ldb-4.0  $LIBS"
+LIBS="-ldb-4.0 $USER_LDFLAGS  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 8709 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"