diff -Naur xapian-core-1.0.17-orig/xapian-config.in xapian-core-1.0.17/xapian-config.in
--- xapian-core-1.0.17-orig/xapian-config.in	2009-11-18 05:15:09 +0200
+++ xapian-core-1.0.17/xapian-config.in	2010-01-08 09:56:07 +0200
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 	xo_lib_xapian=yes
 	;;
 
-    --libs)
+    --libs|--ltlibs)
 	if is_uninstalled ; then
 	    if [ no = "$xo_lib_xapian" ]; then
 		echo "$0: Use libtool and '$PROG_NAME --ltlibs'" 1>&2
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 	echo "$F$L-lxapian$D"
 	;;
 
-    --ltlibs)
+    --ltlibs_la_files_missing)
 	set_F_to_extra_ldflags
 	if is_uninstalled ; then
 	    # Don't check if libxapian.la exists yet since we want to allow