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+dnl librarypath macros
+dnl  Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation
+dnl  Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+dnl  are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+dnl  notice and this notice are preserved.
+dnl
+dnl  Written by Andrew Ruder
+dnl GS_ADD_LIBRARY_PATH
+dnl Adds -L$1 -Wl,-R$1 on netbsd and -L$1 elsewhere to LDFLAGS and LDIR_FLAGS
+AC_DEFUN([GS_ADD_LIBRARY_PATH], [
+case "$target_os" in
+	netbsd*)	
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$1 -Wl,-R$1"
+		LDIR_FLAGS="$LDIR_FLAGS -Wl-R$1 -L$1";;
+	*)	
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$1"
+		LDIR_FLAGS="$LDIR_FLAGS -L$1";;
+esac
+])
+