--- ./configure.ac~	2009-06-01 08:36:08.000000000 +0000
+++ ./configure.ac	2009-06-01 09:00:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -511,11 +511,12 @@
 #
 # gpg-error is required.
 #
-AM_PATH_GPG_ERROR("$NEED_GPG_ERROR_VERSION")
-if test "x$GPG_ERROR_LIBS" = "x"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([libgpg-error is needed.
-                See ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/ .])
-fi
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GPG_ERROR], [gpg-error >= "$NEED_GPG_ERROR_VERSION"])
+#AM_PATH_GPG_ERROR("$NEED_GPG_ERROR_VERSION")
+#if test "x$GPG_ERROR_LIBS" = "x"; then
+#  AC_MSG_ERROR([libgpg-error is needed.
+#                See ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/ .])
+#fi
 
 AC_DEFINE(GPG_ERR_SOURCE_DEFAULT, GPG_ERR_SOURCE_GCRYPT,
           [The default error source for libgcrypt.])