--- configure.in.orig	2003-06-29 17:30:43.000000000 -0500
+++ configure.in	2003-06-30 22:33:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@
 dnl least I don't know what pixie dust is needed to get it to work).
 AM_CONDITIONAL(STATIC, test `uname` != Darwin)
 
+dnl Idem for Debian Linux  -- as we can rely on a well-designed and 
+dnl time-tested package management system, we may as use it
+dnl edd 28 Jun 2003
+AM_CONDITIONAL(STATIC, test `uname` != Linux)
+
 dnl Figure out what libs we need to link with libcurl programs
 CURL_LIBS=`curl-config --libs`
 AC_SUBST(CURL_LIBS)