--- configure.orig	Sat Mar 28 18:48:24 1998
+++ configure	Sat Mar 28 18:50:43 1998
@@ -687,57 +687,10 @@
 test "$program_transform_name" = "" && program_transform_name="s,x,x,"
 
 missing_dir=`cd $ac_aux_dir && pwd`
-echo $ac_n "checking for working aclocal""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:692: checking for working aclocal" >&5
-# Run test in a subshell; some versions of sh will print an error if
-# an executable is not found, even if stderr is redirected.
-# Redirect stdin to placate older versions of autoconf.  Sigh.
-if (aclocal --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   ACLOCAL=aclocal
-   echo "$ac_t""found" 1>&6
-else
    ACLOCAL="$missing_dir/missing aclocal"
-   echo "$ac_t""missing" 1>&6
-fi
-
-echo $ac_n "checking for working autoconf""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:705: checking for working autoconf" >&5
-# Run test in a subshell; some versions of sh will print an error if
-# an executable is not found, even if stderr is redirected.
-# Redirect stdin to placate older versions of autoconf.  Sigh.
-if (autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   AUTOCONF=autoconf
-   echo "$ac_t""found" 1>&6
-else
    AUTOCONF="$missing_dir/missing autoconf"
-   echo "$ac_t""missing" 1>&6
-fi
-
-echo $ac_n "checking for working automake""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:718: checking for working automake" >&5
-# Run test in a subshell; some versions of sh will print an error if
-# an executable is not found, even if stderr is redirected.
-# Redirect stdin to placate older versions of autoconf.  Sigh.
-if (automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   AUTOMAKE=automake
-   echo "$ac_t""found" 1>&6
-else
    AUTOMAKE="$missing_dir/missing automake"
-   echo "$ac_t""missing" 1>&6
-fi
-
-echo $ac_n "checking for working autoheader""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:731: checking for working autoheader" >&5
-# Run test in a subshell; some versions of sh will print an error if
-# an executable is not found, even if stderr is redirected.
-# Redirect stdin to placate older versions of autoconf.  Sigh.
-if (autoheader --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-   AUTOHEADER=autoheader
-   echo "$ac_t""found" 1>&6
-else
    AUTOHEADER="$missing_dir/missing autoheader"
-   echo "$ac_t""missing" 1>&6
-fi
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for working makeinfo""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:744: checking for working makeinfo" >&5