--- configure.in.orig	Sun Jul  8 07:32:17 2001
+++ configure.in	Sat Aug 25 14:36:05 2001
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@
     fi
     ;;
   *)
-    if test -d "$withval"; then
+#    if test -d "$withval"; then
       etcdir="$withval"
-      AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
-    else
-      AC_MSG_ERROR([
-Directory $withval does not exist])
-    fi
+#      AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
+#    else
+#      AC_MSG_ERROR([
+#Directory $withval does not exist])
+#    fi
     ;;
   esac ],
   if test -d "/etc"; then
