-# We want to use GNU automake 1.7, if available (WANT_AUTOMAKE is used by
-# the wrapper scripts of Gentoo Linux):
-WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.7
-export WANT_AUTOMAKE
+# We want to use GNU automake 1.9, if available (WANT_AUTOMAKE is used by
+# the wrapper scripts of Gentoo Linux, AUTOMAKE_VERSION is used by OpenBSD);
+# same applies for GNU autoconf, we want to use version 2.59. -- But only
+# set these preferences if not already set!
+if [ -z "$AUTOMAKE_VERSION" -a -z "$WANT_AUTOMAKE" ]; then
+ AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.9
+ WANT_AUTOMAKE=1.9
+fi
+if [ -z "$AUTOCONF_VERSION" -a -z "$WANT_AUTOCONF" ]; then
+ AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.59
+ WANT_AUTOCONF=2.59
+fi
+export AUTOMAKE_VERSION WANT_AUTOMAKE AUTOCONF_VERSION WANT_AUTOCONF