diff -Nur libtool-1.4.2.orig/libltdl/ltdl.c libtool-1.4.2/libltdl/ltdl.c
--- libtool-1.4.2.orig/libltdl/ltdl.c	Thu Dec 19 15:19:48 2002
+++ libtool-1.4.2/libltdl/ltdl.c	Thu Dec 19 18:02:56 2002
@@ -2250,7 +2250,7 @@
      lt_ptr ignored;
 {
   lt_dlhandle  *handle	= (lt_dlhandle *) data;
-  int		found	= access (filename, R_OK);
+  int		found	= (access (filename, R_OK) == 0);
 
   /* Bail out if file cannot be read...  */
   if (!found)