--- configure.old      Mon Jul 24 19:52:35 2000
+++ configure  Mon Jul 24 19:52:57 2000
@@ -1028,35 +1028,6 @@
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
 
-
-
-ac_safe=`echo "/sbin/start-stop-daemon" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
-echo $ac_n "checking for /sbin/start-stop-daemon""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1036: checking for /sbin/start-stop-daemon" >&5
-if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_file_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
-  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
-else
-  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-    { echo "configure: error: Cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-else
-  if test -r /sbin/start-stop-daemon; then
-    eval "ac_cv_file_$ac_safe=yes"
-  else
-    eval "ac_cv_file_$ac_safe=no"
-  fi
-fi
-fi
-if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_file_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then
-  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-  :
-else
-  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
-STARTSTOPDAEMONSRC="utils/start-stop-daemon.c"
-fi
-
-
-
-
 echo $ac_n "checking for log in -lm""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:1062: checking for log in -lm" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo m'_'log | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`