-echo -n "+ check for build tools"
-if test ! -z $NOCHECK; then echo " skipped"; else echo; fi
-version_check "autoconf" "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 52 || DIE=1
-version_check "automake" "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/" 1 5 || DIE=1
-version_check "libtool" "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/" 1 4 0 || DIE=1
-version_check "pkg-config" "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 8 0 || DIE=1
+printf "+ check for build tools"
+if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo ": skipped version checks"; else echo; fi
+version_check "autoconf" "$AUTOCONF autoconf autoconf270 autoconf269 autoconf268 " \
+ "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 68 || DIE=1
+version_check "automake" "$AUTOMAKE automake automake-1.11" \
+ "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/" 1 11 || DIE=1
+version_check "autopoint" "autopoint" \
+ "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/" 0 17 || DIE=1
+version_check "libtoolize" "$LIBTOOLIZE libtoolize glibtoolize" \
+ "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/" 2 2 6 || DIE=1
+version_check "pkg-config" "" \
+ "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 8 0 || DIE=1