--- nylon-1.21/configure	2006-08-20 00:53:31.000000000 +0200
+++ nylon-1.21-patch/configure	2015-01-13 22:23:34.509154220 +0100
@@ -5174,25 +5174,25 @@
   *)
      echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $withval" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$withval" >&6
-     if test -f $withval/include/event.h -a -f $withval/lib/libevent.a; then
+     if test -f $withval/include/event.h -a -f $withval/lib/libevent.so; then
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
         EVENTINC="-I$withval/include"
         EVENTLIB="-L$withval/lib -levent"
-     elif test -f $withval/event.h -a -f $withval/libevent.a; then
+     elif test -f $withval/event.h -a -f $withval/libevent.so; then
         owd=`pwd`
         if cd $withval; then withval=`pwd`; cd $owd; fi
         EVENTINC="-I$withval"
         EVENTLIB="-L$withval -levent"
      else
-        { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: event.h or libevent.a not found in $withval" >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: event.h or libevent.a not found in $withval" >&2;}
+        { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: event.h or libevent.so not found in $withval" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: event.h or libevent.so not found in $withval" >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
      fi
      ;;
   esac
 else
-   if test -f ${prefix}/include/event.h -a -f ${prefix}/lib/libevent.a;
+   if test -f ${prefix}/include/event.h -a -f ${prefix}/lib/libevent.so;
 then
      EVENTINC="-I${prefix}/include"
      EVENTLIB="-L${prefix}/lib -levent"