diff -uNr hydra-4.0.orig/configure hydra-4.0/configure
--- hydra-4.0.orig/configure	2004-04-02 15:04:19.000000000 -0500
+++ hydra-4.0/configure	2004-05-18 13:36:04.453674225 -0400
@@ -285,6 +285,20 @@
   XIPATHS="$XIPATHS -I/usr/kerberos/include"
 fi
 
+#continue doesn't work here, do it by hand
+BreakOut=''
+#Discard command line parameters other than --prefix
+while [ -n "$1" ] && [ "$BreakOut" = '' ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+	--prefix*)
+		BreakOut='yes'
+		;;
+	*)
+		shift
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+
 if [ '!' "X" = "X$1" ]; then
   PREFIX=`echo "$1"|sed 's/.*--prefix=//'`
   shift