--- configure.keep	2006-09-11 05:39:49.000000000 -0400
+++ configure	2006-11-22 02:46:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -22160,9 +22160,11 @@
 fi
 
 
-{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for libparted >= 1.7.1" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking for libparted >= 1.7.1... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-LDFLAGS=-lparted
+LIBPARTED_VERSION=1.7.1
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_VERSION" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for libparted >= $LIBPARTED_VERSION... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+LIBS_save="$LIBS"
+LIBS="-lparted"
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
   { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
 See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
@@ -22181,14 +22183,26 @@
 
 int main ()
 {
+	int min_major ;
+	int min_minor ;
+	int min_micro ;
 	int major ;
 	int minor ;
 	int micro ;
 
-	if ( sscanf( ped_get_version(), "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro ) == 3 )
-		printf( "Found libparted %s\t", ped_get_version() ) ;
+	if ( sscanf( "$LIBPARTED_VERSION", "%d.%d.%d", &min_major, &min_minor, &min_micro ) == 3 )
+	{
+		if ( sscanf( ped_get_version(), "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro ) == 3 )
+		{
+			printf( "Found libparted %s\t", ped_get_version() ) ;
+
+			return ! ((major > min_major) ||
+           			 ((major == min_major) && (minor > min_minor)) ||
+           			 ((major == min_major) && (minor == min_minor) && (micro >= min_micro))) ;
+		}
+	}
 
-        return ! ( major == 1 && minor == 7 && micro >= 1 ) ;
+	return 1 ;
 }
 
 _ACEOF