replacement based on example from xiph
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 088a64f..b8a6c13 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,42 +1,122 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# Run this to set up the build system: configure, makefiles, etc.
+# (based on the version in enlightenment's cvs)
 
-# FLAC needs relatively recent versions of autotools for autogen.sh to
-# run properly.  For example, if your autoconf is too old, it will not
-# check for inttypes.h and compilation will fail later.  If you are
-# having problems with autogen.sh it is best to upgrade to at least the
-# following if possible:
-#
-# - autoconf 2.59
-# - automake 1.8.5
-# - libtool 1.5.6
-#
-# You may need to specify -I /SOME_PATH/share/aclocal if the packages
-# FLAC relies on (autotools, libogg, libiconv) are installed in
-# non-standard places.
-#
-# If you don't have XMMS installed at all, you should comment out
-# AM_PATH_XMMS in configure.in.
-#
-# 'hacks' is the place to put some commands you may need.  There is one
-# that seems to be necessary in some situations:
-#
-#  * FLAC uses iconv but not gettext.  iconv requires config.rpath which
-#    is supplied by gettext, which is copied in by gettextize.  But we
-#    can't run gettextize since we do not fulfill all it's requirements
-#    (because we don't use it).
-#
-# If the default doesn't work, try:
-#
-#hacks="cp /usr/share/gettext/config.rpath ."
-#
-# Otherwise, this is the no-op:
-hacks=true
-#
-# Also watchout, if you replace ltmain.sh, there is a bug in some
-# versions of libtool (or maybe autoconf) on some platforms where the
-# configure-generated libtool does not have $SED defined.  See also:
-#
-#   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2003-11/msg00131.html
-#
+package="flac"
 
-aclocal -I m4 && libtoolize && autoconf && autoheader && $hacks && automake --foreign --include-deps --add-missing --copy
+olddir=`pwd`
+srcdir=`dirname $0`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+cd "$srcdir"
+DIE=0
+
+echo "checking for autoconf... "
+(autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have autoconf installed to compile $package."
+        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+        DIE=1
+}
+
+VERSIONGREP="sed -e s/.*[^0-9\.]\([0-9]\.[0-9]\).*/\1/"
+VERSIONMKINT="sed -e s/[^0-9]//"
+                                                                                
+# do we need automake?
+if test -r Makefile.am; then
+  AM_OPTIONS=`fgrep AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS Makefile.am`
+  AM_NEEDED=`echo $AM_OPTIONS | $VERSIONGREP`
+  if test x"$AM_NEEDED" = "x$AM_OPTIONS"; then
+    AM_NEEDED=""
+  fi
+  if test -z $AM_NEEDED; then
+    echo -n "checking for automake... "
+    AUTOMAKE=automake
+    ACLOCAL=aclocal
+    if ($AUTOMAKE --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1); then
+      echo "yes"
+    else
+      echo "no"
+      AUTOMAKE=
+    fi
+  else
+    echo -n "checking for automake $AM_NEEDED or later... "
+    for am in automake-$AM_NEEDED automake$AM_NEEDED \
+	automake automake-1.7 automake-1.8 automake-1.9; do
+      ($am --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1) || continue
+      ver=`$am --version < /dev/null | head -n 1 | $VERSIONGREP | $VERSIONMKINT`
+      verneeded=`echo $AM_NEEDED | $VERSIONMKINT`
+      if test $ver -ge $verneeded; then
+        AUTOMAKE=$am
+        echo $AUTOMAKE
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    test -z $AUTOMAKE &&  echo "no"
+    echo -n "checking for aclocal $AM_NEEDED or later... "
+    for ac in aclocal-$AM_NEEDED aclocal$AM_NEEDED \
+	aclocal aclocal-1.7 aclocal-1.8 aclocal-1.9; do
+      ($ac --version < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1) || continue
+      ver=`$ac --version < /dev/null | head -n 1 | $VERSIONGREP | $VERSIONMKINT`
+      verneeded=`echo $AM_NEEDED | $VERSIONMKINT`
+      if test $ver -ge $verneeded; then
+        ACLOCAL=$ac
+        echo $ACLOCAL
+        break
+      fi
+    done
+    test -z $ACLOCAL && echo "no"
+  fi
+  test -z $AUTOMAKE || test -z $ACLOCAL && {
+        echo
+        echo "You must have automake installed to compile $package."
+        echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+        echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+        exit 1
+  }
+fi
+
+echo -n "checking for libtool... "
+for LIBTOOLIZE in libtoolize glibtoolize nope; do
+  ($LIBTOOLIZE --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 && break
+done
+if test x$LIBTOOLIZE = xnope; then
+  echo "nope."
+  LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize
+else
+  echo $LIBTOOLIZE
+fi
+($LIBTOOLIZE --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+	echo
+	echo "You must have libtool installed to compile $package."
+	echo "Download the appropriate package for your system,"
+	echo "or get the source from one of the GNU ftp sites"
+	echo "listed in http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html"
+	DIE=1
+}
+
+if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+if test -z "$*"; then
+        echo "I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish "
+        echo "to pass any to it, please specify them on the $0 command line."
+fi
+
+echo "Generating configuration files for $package, please wait...."
+
+echo "  $ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
+$ACLOCAL $ACLOCAL_FLAGS || exit 1
+echo "  $LIBTOOLIZE --automake"
+$LIBTOOLIZE --automake || exit 1
+echo "  autoheader"
+autoheader || exit 1
+echo "  $AUTOMAKE --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS"
+$AUTOMAKE --add-missing $AUTOMAKE_FLAGS || exit 1
+echo "  autoconf"
+autoconf || exit 1
+
+cd $olddir
+$srcdir/configure --enable-maintainer-mode "$@" && echo