-test -d autoconf && test -f autoconf/configure.ac && cd autoconf
-test -f configure.ac || die "Can't find 'autoconf' dir; please cd into it first"
-autoconf --version | egrep '2\.59' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your autoconf was not detected as being 2.59"
-fi
-aclocal --version | egrep '1\.9\.1' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your aclocal was not detected as being 1.9.1"
-fi
-autoheader --version | egrep '2\.59' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your autoheader was not detected as being 2.59"
-fi
-libtool --version | grep '1.5.10' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your libtool was not detected as being 1.5.10"
-fi
+
+### NOTE: ############################################################"
+### The below two variables specify the auto* versions
+### periods should be escaped with backslash, for use by grep
+want_autoconf_version='2\.60'
+want_autoheader_version=$want_autoconf_version
+### END NOTE #########################################################"
+
+
+outfile=configure
+configfile=configure.ac
+
+want_autoconf_version_clean=`echo $want_autoconf_version | sed -e 's/\\\\//g'`
+want_autoheader_version_clean=`echo $want_autoheader_version | sed -e 's/\\\\//g'`
+
+test -d autoconf && test -f autoconf/$configfile && cd autoconf
+test -f $configfile || die "Can't find 'autoconf' dir; please cd into it first"
+autoconf --version | grep $want_autoconf_version > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your autoconf was not detected as being $want_autoconf_version_clean"
+aclocal --version | grep '^aclocal.*1\.9\.6' > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your aclocal was not detected as being 1.9.6"
+autoheader --version | grep '^autoheader.*'$want_autoheader_version > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your autoheader was not detected as being $want_autoheader_version_clean"
+libtool --version | grep '1\.5\.22' > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your libtool was not detected as being 1.5.22"