diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 0ae1eba215aed3d4208a0ab85d121f4b517d7d26..507d9a0f4cfab44979d6543c231af3a71825b343 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ test_oop_LDADD = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
 release: dist
 	gzip -dc $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz | bzip2 -9 \
 	> $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
-	if test -d ../../gdist ; then \
-	mv $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).* ../../gdist ; \
-	ln -sf $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ../../gdist/$(PACKAGE).tar.gz ; \
-	ln -sf $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 ../../gdist/$(PACKAGE).tar.bz2 ; \
+	if test -d /ofb/www/download/liboop ; then \
+	cd /ofb/www/download/liboop && \
+	mv "$(shell pwd)/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)".* . && \
+	ln -sf $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz $(PACKAGE).tar.gz && \
+	ln -sf $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 $(PACKAGE).tar.bz2 && \
 	fi
 	@echo '** NOW TAG THE CVS REPOSITORY! **'
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 88bd775be26925dc6882a7852cf0a94b6f63fa4f..5790a39712f067a000cf8c665dc134304469621e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(wwwcore,HTEvent_setRegisterCallback,[
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv,res_query)
 if test -z "$no_wacky_libs" ; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl,main)
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(socket,socket)
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname,nsl)
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket,socket)
 fi
 
 test yes = "$GCC" &&