diff -Naur mecab-ruby-0.78.orig/extconf.rb mecab-ruby-0.78/extconf.rb
--- mecab-ruby-0.78.orig/extconf.rb	2004-06-21 19:45:57.000000000 +0900
+++ mecab-ruby-0.78/extconf.rb	2004-07-24 07:48:47.286930590 +0900
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 require 'mkmf'
 
-mecab_config = with_config ('mecab-config', 'mecab-config')
+mecab_config = with_config('mecab-config', 'mecab-config')
 use_mecab_config = enable_config('mecab-config')
 
-`mecab-config --libs-only-l`.chomp.split.each { | lib |
-  have_library (lib)
+`#{mecab_config} --libs-only-l`.chomp.split.each { | lib |
+  have_library(lib)
 }
 
 $CFLAGS += ' ' + `#{mecab_config} --cflags`.chomp
 
-have_header ('mecab.h') && create_makefile('MeCab')
+have_header('mecab.h') && create_makefile('MeCab')