diff -urdN ecs-1.3.c.orig/configure ecs-1.3.c/configure
--- ecs-1.3.c.orig/configure	Thu Feb 15 20:16:38 2007
+++ ecs-1.3.c/configure	Tue May  8 23:40:11 2007
@@ -3771,7 +3771,7 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 case "$host_os" in
-  linux* | hpux* | irix*)
+  linux* | freebsd* | hpux* | irix*)
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -D_POSIX_SOURCE"
     ;;
   osf*)
@@ -19595,7 +19595,7 @@
     HDF5_CPPFLAGS="-I$with_hdf5_prefix/include"
     HDF5_LDFLAGS="-L$with_hdf5_prefix/lib"
   fi
-  HDF5_LIBS="-lhdf5"
+  HDF5_LIBS="-lhdf5 $PTHREAD_LIBS"
 
   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${HDF5_CPPFLAGS}"
   LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${HDF5_LDFLAGS}"
@@ -19607,7 +19607,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lhdf5  $LIBS"
+LIBS="$HDF5_LIBS $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -19749,7 +19749,7 @@
   elif test "x$with_cgns_prefix" != "x" ; then
     CGNS_LDFLAGS="-L$with_cgns_prefix/lib"
   fi
-  CGNS_LIBS="-lcgns"
+  CGNS_LIBS="-lcgns $HDF5_LIBS"
   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${CGNS_CPPFLAGS}"
   LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} ${CGNS_LDFLAGS}"
   LIBS="${LIBS} ${CGNS_LIBS}"
@@ -19760,7 +19760,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lcgns  $LIBS"
+LIBS="$CGNS_LIBS $LIBS"
 cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
 _ACEOF
@@ -20749,6 +20749,8 @@
 	fi
       fi;
       MED_LIBS="-lmedC -lpthread";;
+    freebsd*)
+      MED_ARCH_NAME=FREEBSD;;
     osf*)
       if test "x$ints_are_64bit" != "xyes" ; then
         MED_ARCH_NAME=OSF1_32
diff -urdN ecs-1.3.c.orig/src/appli/Makefile.in ecs-1.3.c/src/appli/Makefile.in
--- ecs-1.3.c.orig/src/appli/Makefile.in	Thu Feb 15 20:16:38 2007
+++ ecs-1.3.c/src/appli/Makefile.in	Tue May  8 23:40:11 2007
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 $(top_builddir)/src/pre-post/libprepostecs.la \
 $(top_builddir)/src/base/libbaseecs.la \
 $(top_builddir)/src/util/libutilecs.la \
-@HDF5_LDFLAGS@ @HDF5_LIBS@ @MED_LDFLAGS@ @MED_LIBS@ \
+$(LTLIBINTL) @HDF5_LDFLAGS@ @HDF5_LIBS@ @MED_LDFLAGS@ @MED_LIBS@ \
 @CGNS_LDFLAGS@ @CGNS_LIBS@ \
 @METIS_LDFLAGS@ @METIS_LIBS@ \
 -lm