--- a/configure.in	Wed Feb 28 08:38:39 2001 +0000
+++ b/configure.in	Thu Mar 01 16:54:33 2001 +0000
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 ### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 ### 02111-1307, USA. 
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.341 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.342 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.9)
 AC_INIT(src/octave.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -853,8 +853,17 @@
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 AC_MINIX
 AC_AIX
-AC_CHECK_FUNC(getpwnam, , AC_CHECK_LIB(sun, getpwnam))
-AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostname, , AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, gethostname))
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gethostname getpwnam)
+if test "$ac_cv_func_gethostname" = yes; then
+  true
+else
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, gethostname)
+fi
+if test "$ac_cv_func_getpwnam" = yes; then
+  true
+else
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(sun, getpwnam)
+fi
 
 ### How big are ints and how are they oriented?  These could probably
 ### be eliminated in favor of run-time checks.