--- curl-7.11.1-20040205/configure.ac	Wed Feb  4 03:00:18 2004
+++ curl-7.11.1-new/configure.ac	Fri Feb  6 10:16:00 2004
@@ -220,9 +220,23 @@
   AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, , [ AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, gethostbyname) ])
 fi
 
+dnl This is for Msys/Mingw
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gethostbyname in ws2_32])
+my_ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lws2_32 $LIBS"
+AC_TRY_LINK([#include <winsock2.h>],
+             [gethostbyname("www.dummysite.com");],
+             AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+             AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME, 1, [If you have gethostbyname])
+             my_ac_link_result=success,
+             my_ac_link_result=failure
+             LIBS=$my_ac_save_LIBS
+             AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+            )
+
 dnl At least one system has been identified to require BOTH nsl and
 dnl socket libs to link properly.
-if test "$ac_cv_lib_nsl_gethostbyname" != "yes" -a "$ac_cv_lib_socket_gethostbyname" != "yes" -a "$ac_cv_func_gethostbyname" != "yes"; then
+if test "$ac_cv_lib_nsl_gethostbyname" != "yes" -a "$ac_cv_lib_socket_gethostbyname" != "yes" -a "$ac_cv_func_gethostbyname" != "yes" -a "$my_ac_link_result" != "success" ; then
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([trying both nsl and socket libs])
   my_ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
   LIBS="-lnsl -lsocket $LIBS"
@@ -231,7 +245,7 @@
              my_ac_link_result=success,
              my_ac_link_result=failure )
 
-  if test "$my_ac_link_result" = "failure"; then
+if test "$my_ac_link_result" = "failure"; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
     AC_MSG_ERROR([couldn't find libraries for gethostbyname()])
     dnl restore LIBS