diff -up sane-backends-1.0.19/configure.rpath sane-backends-1.0.19/configure
--- sane-backends-1.0.19/configure.rpath	2008-02-11 00:02:31.000000000 +0100
+++ sane-backends-1.0.19/configure	2009-03-02 14:14:04.967158365 +0100
@@ -4077,6 +4077,7 @@ else
     esac
 
 fi
+LINKER_RPATH=
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $LINKER_RPATH" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$LINKER_RPATH" >&6; }