--- configure.orig	Tue Sep 24 01:02:28 1996
+++ configure	Fri Dec  4 20:39:15 1998
@@ -872,4 +872,5 @@
 done
 
+if test $ac_cv_lib_elf = yes; then
 ac_safe=`echo "elf.h" | tr './\055' '___'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for elf.h""... $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -893,4 +894,7 @@
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
+fi
+else
+    eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=no"
 fi
 if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_header_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then