diff -up dialog-1.3-20210306/dialog-config.in.multilib dialog-1.3-20210306/dialog-config.in
--- dialog-1.3-20210306/dialog-config.in.multilib	2021-03-06 00:48:36.000000000 +0100
+++ dialog-1.3-20210306/dialog-config.in	2021-03-08 13:21:27.329819594 +0100
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 
 	eval bindir='"@bindir@"'
 	eval includedir='"@includedir@"'
-	eval libdir='"@libdir@"'
+	eval libdir=''
 	eval datadir='"@datadir@"'
 	eval mandir='"@mandir@"'
 
 	[ -z "$includedir" ] && includedir="${prefix}/include" 
 
-	eval LDFLAGS='"@LDFLAGS@"'
-	eval LIBS='"@LIBS@"'
+	eval LDFLAGS=''
+	eval LIBS=''
 	LIBS="-l${THIS} $LIBS"
 
 	# If the directory given by --libdir is not in the LDFLAGS+LIBS set,
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 			break
 		fi
 	done
-	if [ $found = no ]
+	if false
 	then
 		[ -n "$LFLAGS" ] && LDFLAGS=" $LFDLAGS"
 		LDFLAGS="-L${libdir}$LDFLAGS"
 	fi
-	[ -z "$LDFLAGS" ] && LDFLAGS="-L${exec_prefix}/lib"
+	#[ -z "$LDFLAGS" ] && LDFLAGS="-L${exec_prefix}/lib"
 
 	# Ignore -L options which do not correspond to an actual directory,
 	# or which are standard library directories (i.e., the linker is
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 			opt_lib=`echo "x$opt" | sed -e 's/^x-L//'`
 			[ -d "$opt_lib" ] || continue
 			case "$opt_lib" in
-			@LD_SEARCHPATH@) # skip standard libdir
-				continue
-				;;
 			*)
 				;;
 			esac