I'd do this, but am lazy (and working on something else).

In configure.in need to change the libEQ search from
AC_CHECK_LIB(EQ, ProcessPacket,
to
AC_CHECK_LIB(EQ, InitializeLibEQ,

Plus some extra text when it fails to suggest the problem.
That should prevent it from trying to build against old libEQ.a versions.

I don't have time to test it out and post a patch at the moment. But maybe this is enough to get someone else to do it .



Maybe I will do it later if no one else submits a patch.