--- mozilla/nsprpub/config/rules.mk.old
+++ mozilla/nsprpub/config/rules.mk
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
 CCC=$(HOST_CXX)
 CFLAGS=$(HOST_CFLAGS)
 CXXFLAGS=$(HOST_CXXFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS=$(HOST_LDFLAGS)
+RANLIB=$(HOST_RANLIB)
+AR=$(HOST_AR)
 endif
 endif
 endif
--- mozilla/configure.in.old
+++ mozilla/configure.in
@@ -6098,12 +6098,17 @@
 
 if test -n "$CROSS_COMPILE"; then
      if test -z "$HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG not defined])
         HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG="$LIBIDL_CONFIG"
     fi
     if test -n "$HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([using $HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG as config for libIDL on host])
         HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS=`${HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG} --cflags`
+        AC_MSG_WARN([HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS=$HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS])
         HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS=`${HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG} --libs`
+        AC_MSG_WARN([HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS=$HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS])
     else
+        AC_MSG_WARN([no config for libIDL found, using LIBIDL_CFLAGS and LIBIDL_LIBS])
         HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS="$LIBIDL_CFLAGS"
         HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS="$LIBIDL_LIBS"
     fi
--- mozilla/configure.old
+++ mozilla/configure
@@ -17604,11 +17604,18 @@
 
 if test -n "$CROSS_COMPILE"; then
      if test -z "$HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG"; then
+        echo "HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG nto defined"
         HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG="$LIBIDL_CONFIG"
     fi
-    if test -n "$HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG"; then
+    if test -n "$HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG" && test -n "$HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH"; then
+        echo "using $HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG as HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG with HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+        _SAVE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$HOST_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
         HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS=`${HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG} --cflags`
+        echo "HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS = $HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS"
         HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS=`${HOST_LIBIDL_CONFIG} --libs`
+        echo "HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS = $HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS"
+	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$_SAVE_PKG_CONFIG_PATH
     else
         HOST_LIBIDL_CFLAGS="$LIBIDL_CFLAGS"
         HOST_LIBIDL_LIBS="$LIBIDL_LIBS"