diff -NrU5 bbsload-0.2.8.orig/configure.in bbsload-0.2.8/configure.in
--- bbsload-0.2.8.orig/configure.in	2008-12-18 00:44:23.000000000 +0100
+++ bbsload-0.2.8/configure.in	2008-12-18 00:46:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@
 AC_PATH_X
 AC_PATH_XTRA
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
 CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS"
+LIBS="$X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS"
 dnl Checks for X libraries.
-AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, XOpenDisplay, LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lX11",
+AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, XOpenDisplay, LIBS="$LIBS -lX11",
              AC_MSG_ERROR(XOpenDisplay not found in -lX11))
 
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+LIBS="$LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(malloc.h)