--- configure~	Sun May 30 09:01:09 1999
+++ configure	Mon Jun 21 16:52:53 1999
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
    exit;;
 esac
 
-if test "X$elf" = "Xyes"
+if test "X$PORTOBJFORMAT" = "Xelf"
 then
 	ELF_SYS=true
 else