apr and apr-util are patched to correctly depend on their deps, so it's sufficient to just link httpd against the .la file. --- httpd-2.0.45/configure.in.deplibs 2003-04-29 10:27:05.000000000 +0100 +++ httpd-2.0.45/configure.in 2003-04-29 10:26:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ AP_LIBS="$abs_builddir/srclib/pcre/libpcre.la $AP_LIBS" dnl APR should go after the other libs, so the right symbols can be picked up -AP_LIBS="$AP_LIBS `$apu_config --link-libtool --libs` `$apr_config --link-libtool --libs`" +AP_LIBS="$AP_LIBS `$apu_config --link-libtool` `$apr_config --link-libtool`" APACHE_SUBST(AP_LIBS) APACHE_SUBST(AP_BUILD_SRCLIB_DIRS) APACHE_SUBST(AP_CLEAN_SRCLIB_DIRS)