--- configure.in.orig	Wed Aug 30 07:17:26 2000
+++ configure.in	Wed Aug 30 07:18:03 2000
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
 	LIB_openldap="-rpath $openldap_libdir $LIB_openldap"
 fi
 
+dnl Kerberos 4 libraries are quite likely to need to link against
+dnl libcom_err. 
+AC_CHECK_LIB(com_err, init_error_table)
+
 AC_TEST_PACKAGE_NEW(krb4,[#include <krb.h>],-lkrb,-ldes,/usr/athena, KRB4)
 
 LIB_kdb=