commit - f586052f2b6800ecd9bb9d75fa5e3f4028da809d
commit + 77939c382d84cf1ab1fcf6d78c955b1464ea21ac
blob - 78eb9f49b78ddda709bfc966130064cea241fe31
blob + dfb1622da959be2f9aa59ac1c0dd28e46b77c659
--- autogen.sh
+++ autogen.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # (at your option) any later version.
 # Please read the file COPYING, README and AUTHORS for more information.
 #
-# $Id: autogen.sh,v 1.14 2005/02/21 15:23:23 alex Exp $
+# $Id: autogen.sh,v 1.15 2007/10/07 13:02:15 alex Exp $
 #
 
 #
@@ -124,17 +124,22 @@ if [ -z "$EXIST" ]; then
 fi
 [ "$VERBOSE" = "1" ] && echo "Using \"$EXIST\" to test for tools."
 
-# We want to use GNU automake 1.7, if available (WANT_AUTOMAKE is used by
+# We want to use GNU automake 1.9, if available (WANT_AUTOMAKE is used by
 # the wrapper scripts of Gentoo Linux, AUTOMAKE_VERSION is used by OpenBSD);
-# same applies for GNU autoconf, we want to use version 2.59.
-AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.7
-AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.59
-export AUTOMAKE_VERSION AUTOCONF_VERSION
-WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.7
-export WANT_AUTOMAKE
+# same applies for GNU autoconf, we want to use version 2.59. -- But only
+# set these preferences if not already set!
+if [ -z "$AUTOMAKE_VERSION" -a -z "$WANT_AUTOMAKE" ]; then
+	AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.9
+	WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.9
+fi
+if [ -z "$AUTOCONF_VERSION" -a -z "$WANT_AUTOCONF" ]; then
+	AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.59
+	WANT_AUTOCONF=2.59
+fi
+export AUTOMAKE_VERSION WANT_AUTOMAKE AUTOCONF_VERSION WANT_AUTOCONF
 
 # Try to detect the needed tools when no environment variable already
-# spezifies one:
+# specifies one:
 echo "Searching tools ..."
 [ -z "$ACLOCAL" ] && ACLOCAL=`Search aclocal 1`
 [ "$VERBOSE" = "1" ] && echo "ACLOCAL=$ACLOCAL"