-if test ! -z "$NOCHECK"; then echo ": skipped version checks"; else echo; fi
-version_check "autoconf" "$AUTOCONF autoconf autoconf270 autoconf269 autoconf268 autoconf267 autoconf266 autoconf265 autoconf264 autoconf263 autoconf262" \
- "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 62 || 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 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
-
-die_check $DIE
-
-aclocal_check || DIE=1
-autoheader_check || DIE=1
-
-die_check $DIE
+if test -z "$NOCHECK"; then
+ echo
+
+ printf " checking for autoreconf ... "
+ echo
+ which "autoreconf" 2>/dev/null || {
+ echo "not found! Please install the autoconf package."
+ exit 1
+ }
+
+ printf " checking for pkg-config ... "
+ echo
+ which "pkg-config" 2>/dev/null || {
+ echo "not found! Please install pkg-config."
+ exit 1
+ }
+else
+ echo ": skipped version checks"
+fi