--- configure.orig	Tue Sep  9 00:06:31 2003
+++ configure	Tue Sep  9 09:03:46 2003
@@ -12735,9 +12735,9 @@
   CFLAGS="$MAINTAINER_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
 fi
 
-LIBS=
-CPPFLAGS=
-LDFLAGS=
+LIBS="$LIBS"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
 
 LIBRDF_LIBTOOLLIBS=librdf.la