diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 32ad325ee..82184caa4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ dnl $Id$
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_INIT(lib/urldata.h)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h src/config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(curl,"7.0.1beta")
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(curl,"7.0.8beta")
+
+dnl
+dnl Detect the canonical host and target build environment
+dnl
+AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -98,6 +104,27 @@ dnl **********************************************************************
 dnl nsl lib?
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, , AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname))
 
+dnl At least one system has been identified to require BOTH nsl and
+dnl socket libs to link properly.
+if test "$ac_cv_lib_nsl_gethostbyname" = "$ac_cv_func_gethostbyname"; then
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([trying both nsl and socket libs])
+  my_ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+  LIBS="-lnsl -lsocket $LIBS"
+  AC_TRY_LINK( ,
+             [gethostbyname();],
+             my_ac_link_result=success,
+             my_ac_link_result=failure )
+
+  if test "$my_ac_link_result" = "failure"; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([couldn't find libraries for gethostbyname()])
+    dnl restore LIBS
+    LIBS=$my_ac_save_LIBS
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+  fi
+fi
+
 dnl resolve lib?
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(strcasecmp, , AC_CHECK_LIB(resolve, strcasecmp))
 
@@ -308,6 +335,8 @@ dnl   $PATH:/usr/bin/:/usr/local/bin )
 dnl AC_SUBST(RANLIB)
 
 AC_OUTPUT( Makefile \
+           curl.spec \
+           curl-ssl.spec \
 	   src/Makefile \
            lib/Makefile )
 dnl	   perl/checklinks.pl \