Index: bison-2.5/configure
===================================================================
--- bison-2.5.orig/configure	2011-05-15 00:24:20.000000000 +0200
+++ bison-2.5/configure	2012-07-05 14:11:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -34213,7 +34213,8 @@
                 fi
               fi
             else
-              if test "X$found_a" != "X"; then
+              if test "X$found_a" != "X" -a `uname -o` != "AIX"; then
+		 #On AIX, libs ending in .a are still linked using -Ldir -llib.
                                 LIBINTL="${LIBINTL}${LIBINTL:+ }$found_a"
               else
                                                 LIBINTL="${LIBINTL}${LIBINTL:+ }-L$found_dir -l$name"