Index: configure.in
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--- configure.in	(révision 28580)
+++ configure.in	(copie de travail)
@@ -17,7 +17,24 @@
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_C_CONST
 
-abi_pkg='abiword-2.8 >= 2.8.0'
+dnl **********
+dnl * Abiword 
+dnl **********
+abiword=
+dnl Only 2.8.x, or later will work
+for ver in 2.9 2.8 ; do
+  if test "x$abiword" = x; then
+    if pkg-config --exists abiword-$ver; then
+      abiword=abiword-$ver
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+if test "x$abiword" = x; then
+  # Not important.  Things will fail below.
+  ver=2.8
+  abiword=abiword-2.8
+fi
+abi_pkg="$abiword >= 2.8.0"
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ABIWORD, "$abi_pkg")
 AC_SUBST(ABIWORD_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(ABIWORD_LIBS)