# HG changeset patch
# User Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
# Date 947664387 0
# Node ID b0a80320c1bf308eb67d7ee2d81a2ee6f91d81fa
# Parent  e0a5e0a4f3628d7107934fb8e8e5db4e057eff26
(jm_PREREQ_CANON_HOST): Move code from su/configure.in.

diff --git a/m4/prereq.m4 b/m4/prereq.m4
--- a/m4/prereq.m4
+++ b/m4/prereq.m4
@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@
 
 AC_DEFUN(jm_PREREQ_CANON_HOST,
 [
+  dnl Add any libraries as early as possible.
+  dnl In particular, inet_ntoa needs -lnsl at least on Solaris5.5.1,
+  dnl so we have to add -lnsl to LIBS before checking for that function.
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, [inet nsl])
+
+  dnl These come from -lnsl on Solaris5.5.1.
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gethostbyname gethostbyaddr inet_ntoa)
+
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS(gethostbyname gethostbyaddr inet_ntoa)
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(unistd.h string.h netdb.h sys/socket.h \
                    netinet/in.h arpa/inet.h)
-
-  AC_HEADER_STDC
-  AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN(jm_PREREQ_QUOTEARG,