diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3f9c7b3..4921a30 100644
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-# Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 by
+# Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
 #
 # This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, modified,
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
   fi
 fi
 
-# Uh, oh.  This is taken from autoconf.  They know what they are doing...
+# Get `dirname' functionality.  This is taken and adapted from autoconf's
+# m4sh.m4 (_AS_EXPR_PREPARE, AS_DIRNAME_EXPR, and AS_DIRNAME_SED).
 
 if expr a : '\(a\)' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ft_expr=expr
@@ -38,18 +39,30 @@
   ft_expr=false
 fi
 
-ft2_dir=`(dirname "$0") 2>/dev/null ||
-$ft_expr X"$0" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
-         X"$0" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
-         X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
-         X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| \
-         .     : '\(.\)' 2>/dev/null ||
-echo X"$0" |
-    sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{ s//\1/; q; }
-         /^X\(\/\/\)[^/].*/{ s//\1/; q; }
-         /^X\(\/\/\)$/{ s//\1/; q; }
-         /^X\(\/\).*/{ s//\1/; q; }
-         s/.*/./; q'`
+ft2_dir=`(dirname "$0") 2>/dev/null                         ||
+         $ft_expr X"$0" : 'X\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*/*$' \| \
+                  X"$0" : 'X\(//\)[^/]' \| \
+                  X"$0" : 'X\(//\)$' \| \
+                  X"$0" : 'X\(/\)' \| \
+                  .     : '\(.\)' 2>/dev/null               ||
+         echo X"$0" |
+           sed '/^X\(.*[^/]\)\/\/*[^/][^/]*\/*$/{
+                  s//\1/
+                  q
+                }
+                /^X\(\/\/\)[^/].*/{
+                  s//\1/
+                  q
+                }
+                /^X\(\/\/\)$/{
+                  s//\1/
+                  q
+                }
+                /^X\(\/\).*/{
+                  s//\1/
+                  q
+                }
+                s/.*/./; q'`
 
 abs_curr_dir=`pwd`
 abs_ft2_dir=`cd "$ft2_dir" && pwd`
@@ -58,6 +71,9 @@
 
 if test "$abs_curr_dir" != "$abs_ft2_dir"; then
   mkdir reference
+  echo "Copying \`modules.cfg'"
+  cp $abs_ft2_dir/modules.cfg $abs_curr_dir
+  echo "Generating \`Makefile'"
   echo "TOP_DIR   := $abs_ft2_dir"               > Makefile
   echo "OBJ_DIR   := $abs_curr_dir"             >> Makefile
   echo "OBJ_BUILD := \$(OBJ_DIR)"               >> Makefile