-AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_THREADS, test "x$ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_exit" = "xyes" -a "x$ac_cv_header_pthread_h" = "xyes")
-
-AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
-
-dnl X11 might be installed, but we don't want to use it for OSX -dw-
-if test "x$HOSTTYPE" != "xmacintosh" ; then
- AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, XCreateWindow)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(Xext, XShmCreateImage)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(Xi, XGetExtensionVersion)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(ICE, IceOpenConnection)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(SM, SmcOpenConnection)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(Xt, XtMalloc)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(Xmu, XmuLookupStandardColormap)
-fi
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_THREADS, test "x$ac_cv_header_pthread_h" = "xyes")
+
+thread_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS=""
+
+dnl search for network related libraries
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(inet_addr, xnet)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket)
+
+network_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS=""
+
+dnl check for some default libraries
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(cos, m)
+
+base_LIBS="$LIBS"