diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index df2a29ec..d231b673 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ linkchecker (1.2.9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * changed specification and better documentation of intern/extern
     checking; see the FAQ for detailed information
-  * added a man page
-  * setup.py: fix for distutils debugging function dump_dirs
-  * setup.py: fix to handle man pages correctly with bdist_rpm target
+  * linkchecker.1: added a man page
+  * setup.py: overloaded distutils debugging function dump_dirs
+  * setup.py: handle man pages correctly with bdist_rpm target
 
  -- Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@users.sourceforge.net>  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:42:02 +0100
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2bbd98d2..bafee5ec 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class MyConfig(config):
         if self.library_dirs is None:
             self.library_dirs = []
         elif type(self.library_dirs) is StringType:
-            self.library_dirs = [self.library_dirs]
+            self.library_dirs = string.split(self.library_dirs, os.pathsep)
 
 
     def run (self):