diff -up expect-5.43/configure.in.lib-spec expect-5.43/configure.in
--- expect-5.43/configure.in.lib-spec	2005-02-08 02:45:06.000000000 +0100
+++ expect-5.43/configure.in	2008-09-25 12:23:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ if test $ac_cv_sys_long_file_names = no;
 fi
 
 EXP_BUILD_LIB_SPEC="-L`pwd` -lexpect${EXP_LIB_VERSION}${DBGX}"
-EXP_LIB_SPEC="-L\${INSTALL_ROOT}\${exec_prefix}/lib -lexpect${EXP_LIB_VERSION}${DBGX}"
+EXP_LIB_SPEC="-L\${libdir}/../.. -lexpect${EXP_LIB_VERSION}${DBGX}"
 EXP_UNSHARED_LIB_FILE=libexpect${EXP_LIB_VERSION}${DBGX}.a
 
 # The TCL_SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX macro below relies on the DBGX macro,