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+From: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
+Subject: unix/configure: Take linking flags from the environment
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/673476
+X-Debian-version: 3.0-5
+
+--- a/unix/configure
++++ b/unix/configure
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ trap "rm -f conftest* core a.out; exit 1
+
+ CC=${1-cc}
+ CFLAGS=${2-"-I. -DUNIX"}
+-LFLAGS1=''
++LFLAGS1=${LDFLAGS}
+ LFLAGS2=''
+ LN="ln -s"
+