diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 41f15cb78..098badbcd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -17848,6 +17848,57 @@ printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
 		PKG_CONFIG=""
 	fi
 fi
+for ac_prog in gawk mawk nawk awk
+do
+  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+printf %s "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if test ${ac_cv_prog_AWK+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  if test -n "$AWK"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_AWK="$AWK" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  case $as_dir in #(((
+    '') as_dir=./ ;;
+    */) ;;
+    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
+  esac
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_AWK="$ac_prog"
+    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+AWK=$ac_cv_prog_AWK
+if test -n "$AWK"; then
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $AWK" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$AWK" >&6; }
+else
+  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+  test -n "$AWK" && break
+done
+
+
+if test -z "$AWK"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "*** Required awk tool not found!" "$LINENO" 5
+fi
 
 # Check whether --enable-largefile was given.
 if test ${enable_largefile+y}
@@ -18178,7 +18229,7 @@ find_lib()
         host_lib_path="/usr/$base_libdir /usr/local/$base_libdir"
     fi
     for path in $env_lib_path $gcc_bin_path $gcc_lib_path $host_lib_path; do
-        lib=`ls -- $path/$1 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/\.so\..*\./d' -e 's,.*/,,' | sort | tail -1`
+        lib=`ls -- $path/$1 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's,.*/,,' | $AWK '{print length() " " $0;}' | sort -n -r | tail -1 | sed 's/^[0-9]\+ //'`
         if test x$lib != x; then
             echo $lib
             return