--- gaim-0.77/configure	2004-04-23 02:36:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gaim-patched/configure	2004-05-16 16:57:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -814,29 +814,6 @@
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
 
-# Be sure to have absolute paths.
-for ac_var in exec_prefix prefix
-do
-  eval ac_val=$`echo $ac_var`
-  case $ac_val in
-    [\\/$]* | ?:[\\/]* | NONE | '' ) ;;
-    *)  { echo "$as_me: error: expected an absolute directory name for --$ac_var: $ac_val" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; };;
-  esac
-done
-
-# Be sure to have absolute paths.
-for ac_var in bindir sbindir libexecdir datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir \
-              localstatedir libdir includedir oldincludedir infodir mandir
-do
-  eval ac_val=$`echo $ac_var`
-  case $ac_val in
-    [\\/$]* | ?:[\\/]* ) ;;
-    *)  { echo "$as_me: error: expected an absolute directory name for --$ac_var: $ac_val" >&2
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; };;
-  esac
-done
-
 # There might be people who depend on the old broken behavior: `$host'
 # used to hold the argument of --host etc.
 # FIXME: To remove some day.