--- a/m4/ChangeLog
+++ b/m4/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-25  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	* lib-link.m4 (AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_FROM_LIBS): New macro.
+
 2006-07-21  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	* javacomp.m4 (gt_JAVACOMP): Convert target_version "null" to "1.1".

--- a/m4/lib-link.m4
+++ b/m4/lib-link.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# lib-link.m4 serial 7 (gettext-0.15)
-dnl Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# lib-link.m4 serial 8 (gettext-0.15)
+dnl Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -552,3 +552,79 @@
     fi
   done
 ])
+
+dnl For those cases where a variable contains several -L and -l options
+dnl referring to unknown libraries and directories, this macro determines the
+dnl necessary additional linker options for the runtime path.
+dnl AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_FROM_LIBS([LDADDVAR], [LIBSVALUE], [USE-LIBTOOL])
+dnl sets LDADDVAR to linker options needed together with LIBSVALUE.
+dnl If USE-LIBTOOL evaluates to non-empty, linking with libtool is assumed,
+dnl otherwise linking without libtool is assumed.
+AC_DEFUN([AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS_FROM_LIBS],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_RPATH])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_LIB_PREPARE_MULTILIB])
+  $1=
+  if test "$enable_rpath" != no; then
+    if test -n "$hardcode_libdir_flag_spec" && test "$hardcode_minus_L" = no; then
+      dnl Use an explicit option to hardcode directories into the resulting
+      dnl binary.
+      rpathdirs=
+      next=
+      for opt in $2; do
+        if test -n "$next"; then
+          dir="$next"
+          dnl No need to hardcode the standard /usr/lib.
+          if test "X$dir" != "X/usr/$acl_libdirstem"; then
+            rpathdirs="$rpathdirs $dir"
+          fi
+          next=
+        else
+          case $opt in
+            -L) next=yes ;;
+            -L*) dir=`echo "X$opt" | sed -e 's,^X-L,,'`
+                 dnl No need to hardcode the standard /usr/lib.
+                 if test "X$dir" != "X/usr/$acl_libdirstem"; then
+                   rpathdirs="$rpathdirs $dir"
+                 fi
+                 next= ;;
+            *) next= ;;
+          esac
+        fi
+      done
+      if test "X$rpathdirs" != "X"; then
+        if test -n ""$3""; then
+          dnl libtool is used for linking. Use -R options.
+          for dir in $rpathdirs; do
+            $1="${$1}${$1:+ }-R$dir"
+          done
+        else
+          dnl The linker is used for linking directly.
+          if test -n "$hardcode_libdir_separator"; then
+            dnl Weird platform: only the last -rpath option counts, the user
+            dnl must pass all path elements in one option.
+            alldirs=
+            for dir in $rpathdirs; do
+              alldirs="${alldirs}${alldirs:+$hardcode_libdir_separator}$dir"
+            done
+            acl_save_libdir="$libdir"
+            libdir="$alldirs"
+            eval flag=\"$hardcode_libdir_flag_spec\"
+            libdir="$acl_save_libdir"
+            $1="$flag"
+          else
+            dnl The -rpath options are cumulative.
+            for dir in $rpathdirs; do
+              acl_save_libdir="$libdir"
+              libdir="$dir"
+              eval flag=\"$hardcode_libdir_flag_spec\"
+              libdir="$acl_save_libdir"
+              $1="${$1}${$1:+ }$flag"
+            done
+          fi
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST([$1])
+])