--- libtool-1.5.10/libtool.m4.orig	Sun Sep 19 14:15:08 2004
+++ libtool-1.5.10/libtool.m4	Wed Dec 29 16:18:33 2004
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@
 
   # Append ld.so.conf contents to the search path
   if test -f /etc/ld.so.conf; then
-    lt_ld_extra=`$SED -e 's/[:,\t]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g' /etc/ld.so.conf | tr '\n' ' '`
+    lt_ld_extra=`$SED -e 's/^[[:space:]]*#.*//g;s/[:,\t]/ /g;s/=[^=]*$//;s/=[^= ]* / /g' /etc/ld.so.conf | tr '\n' ' '`
     sys_lib_dlsearch_path_spec="/lib /usr/lib $lt_ld_extra"
   fi