--- configure.in.orig	Tue Feb 22 21:42:25 2000
+++ configure.in	Thu Mar 30 22:52:03 2000
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
 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)
 
 LIB_kdb=