--- dia-0.97.3/configure.in
+++ dia-0.97.3/configure.in
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 dnl Process this -*- autoconf -*- file with autoconf to produce a 
 dnl configure script.
-AC_INIT(dia, 0.97.3, http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=dia)
+AC_INIT([dia],[0.97.3],[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=dia])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(app/diagram.c)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME,AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.50)
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.288 $)
 
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.22])
+
 dnl Specify a header configuration file
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@
 
 dnl Initialize libtool
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+LT_INIT
 
 dnl Build time sanity check
 AM_SANITY_CHECK
@@ -31,10 +35,8 @@
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
-AC_ISC_POSIX
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([strerror],[cposix])
 
-dnl Checks for header files.
-AC_HEADER_STDC
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stddef.h fcntl.h unistd.h utime.h)
 
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether GNOME specific code should be used])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gnome,
-	      AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gnome],[enable gnome code]),,
+	      AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gnome],[enable gnome code]),,
 	      enable_gnome=no)
 if test "x$enable_gnome" = "xyes" ; then
     GTK_MODULES="$GTK_MODULES libgnome-2.0 libgnomeui-2.0"
@@ -520,8 +522,7 @@
 fi
 
 
-AC_OUTPUT(
-Makefile
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 lib/Makefile
 lib/pixmaps/Makefile
 po/Makefile.in
@@ -626,7 +627,8 @@
 installer/win32/Makefile
 installer/win32/locale/Makefile
 dia.keys
-)
+])
+AC_OUTPUT
 
 dnl GTK2: simplify this, we will have much less options.
 echo "