--- /dev/null
+--- libtool-1.5.6/ltmain.in~libdir-la 2004-04-01 21:46:15.000000000 -0600
++++ libtool-1.5.6/ltmain.in 2004-05-14 22:53:51.000000000 -0500
+@@ -2147,8 +2147,14 @@
+ absdir="$abs_ladir"
+ libdir="$abs_ladir"
+ else
+- dir="$libdir"
+- absdir="$libdir"
++ # Adding 'libdir' from the .la file to our library search paths
++ # breaks crosscompilation horribly. We cheat here and don't add
++ # it, instead adding the path where we found the .la. -CL
++ dir="$abs_ladir"
++ absdir="$abs_ladir"
++ libdir="$abs_ladir"
++ #dir="$libdir"
++ #absdir="$libdir"
+ fi
+ else
+ dir="$ladir/$objdir"