Index: configure.in
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RCS file: /data/cvs/libvirt/configure.in,v
retrieving revision 1.197
diff -u -r1.197 configure.in
--- configure.in	8 Jan 2009 20:42:01 -0000	1.197
+++ configure.in	12 Jan 2009 16:19:46 -0000
@@ -88,8 +88,14 @@
 AC_CHECK_LIB([intl],[gettext],[])
 
 dnl Do we have rpcgen?
-AC_PATH_PROG([RPCGEN], [rpcgen], [no])
+dnl Prefer portable-rpcgen if it exists, otherwise try system rpcgen.
+AC_PATH_PROG([RPCGEN], [portable-rpcgen rpcgen], [no])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([RPCGEN], [test "x$ac_cv_path_RPCGEN" != "xno"])
+dnl Is this portable-rpcgen?
+AM_CONDITIONAL([PORTABLE_RPCGEN],
+	       [test "x$ac_cv_path_RPCGEN" != "xno" &&
+	        $ac_cv_path_RPCGEN -V | \
+	          grep -sq PortableXDR 2>&1])
 dnl Is this GLIBC's buggy rpcgen?
 AM_CONDITIONAL([GLIBC_RPCGEN],
 	       [test "x$ac_cv_path_RPCGEN" != "xno" &&