diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b95afa08f..4588e7774 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.10 
-# Copyright (C) 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.7 
+# Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ EOF
     verbose=yes ;;
 
   -version | --version | --versio | --versi | --vers)
-    echo "configure generated by autoconf version 2.10"
+    echo "configure generated by autoconf version 2.7"
     exit 0 ;;
 
   -with-* | --with-*)
@@ -495,9 +495,12 @@ fi
 
 ac_ext=c
 # CFLAGS is not in ac_cpp because -g, -O, etc. are not valid cpp options.
-ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
-ac_compile='${CC-cc} -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext 1>&5'
-ac_link='${CC-cc} -o conftest $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS 1>&5'
+ac_cpp='echo $CPP $CPPFLAGS 1>&5;
+$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='echo ${CC-cc} -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext 1>&5;
+${CC-cc} -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext 1>&5 2>&5'
+ac_link='echo ${CC-cc} -o conftest $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS 1>&5;
+${CC-cc} -o conftest $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS 1>&5 2>&5'
 
 if (echo "testing\c"; echo 1,2,3) | grep c >/dev/null; then
   # Stardent Vistra SVR4 grep lacks -e, says ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu.
@@ -602,6 +605,7 @@ else
     fi
   done
   IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_CC" && ac_cv_prog_CC="cc"
 fi
 fi
 CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
@@ -611,55 +615,6 @@ else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
 
-if test -z "$CC"; then
-  # Extract the first word of "cc", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy cc; ac_word=$2
-echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
-  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
-else
-  if test -n "$CC"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-  IFS="${IFS= 	}"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="${IFS}:"
-  ac_prog_rejected=no
-  for ac_dir in $PATH; do
-    test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
-    if test -f $ac_dir/$ac_word; then
-      if test "$ac_dir/$ac_word" = "/usr/ucb/cc"; then
-        ac_prog_rejected=yes
-	continue
-      fi
-      ac_cv_prog_CC="cc"
-      break
-    fi
-  done
-  IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
-if test $ac_prog_rejected = yes; then
-  # We found a bogon in the path, so make sure we never use it.
-  set dummy $ac_cv_prog_CC
-  shift
-  if test $# -gt 0; then
-    # We chose a different compiler from the bogus one.
-    # However, it has the same basename, so the bogon will be chosen
-    # first if we set CC to just the basename; use the full file name.
-    shift
-    set dummy "$ac_dir/$ac_word" "$@"
-    shift
-    ac_cv_prog_CC="$@"
-  fi
-fi
-fi
-fi
-CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
-if test -n "$CC"; then
-  echo "$ac_t""$CC" 1>&6
-else
-  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
-fi
-
-  test -z "$CC" && { echo "configure: error: no acceptable cc found in \$PATH" 1>&2; exit 1; }
-fi
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether we are using GNU C""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gcc'+set}'`\" = set"; then
@@ -670,7 +625,7 @@ else
   yes;
 #endif
 EOF
-if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -E conftest.c'; { (eval echo configure:674: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }; } | egrep yes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if ${CC-cc} -E conftest.c 2>&5 | egrep yes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ac_cv_prog_gcc=yes
 else
   ac_cv_prog_gcc=no
@@ -721,30 +676,70 @@ build_subdirs="${existingdirs}"
 ### Decide which directories to build; remove the ones we don't want
 ### from build_subdirs.
 
+### On some systems, the Tcl library contains references to
+### functions in the dynamic linker library, -ldl, so we may need
+### to include that.
+echo $ac_n "checking for -ldl""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+ac_lib_var=`echo dl | tr '.-/+' '___p'`
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS="-ldl  $LIBS"
+cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 691 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+
+int main() { return 0; }
+int t() {
+dlopen()
+; return 0; }
+EOF
+if eval $ac_link; then
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
+else
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+
+fi
+if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
+    ac_tr_lib=HAVE_LIB`echo dl | tr 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'`
+  cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define $ac_tr_lib 1
+EOF
+
+  LIBS="-ldl $LIBS"
+
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
+
+
 ### Use gtcltk-lib only if we seem to have Tcl installed on the
 ### system.  We really should check for Tk as well, but that involves
 ### finding all the X libraries that we need to do a complete link.
 echo $ac_n "checking for -ltcl7.5""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-ac_lib_var=`echo tcl7.5'_'Tcl_CreateInterp | tr './+\055' '__p_'`
+ac_lib_var=`echo tcl7.5 | tr '.-/+' '___p'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-ltcl7.5 -lm $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 736 "configure"
+#line 735 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
-/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
-/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-char Tcl_CreateInterp();
 
 int main() { return 0; }
 int t() {
 Tcl_CreateInterp()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:748: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; }; then
+if eval $ac_link; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -831,7 +826,7 @@ trap 'rm -f $CONFIG_STATUS conftest*; exit 1' 1 2 15
 # Protect against shell expansion while executing Makefile rules.
 # Protect against Makefile macro expansion.
 cat > conftest.defs <<\EOF
-s%#define \([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\) *\(.*\)%-D\1=\2%g
+s%#define \([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\) \(.*\)%-D\1=\2%g
 s%[ 	`~#$^&*(){}\\|;'"<>?]%\\&%g
 s%\[%\\&%g
 s%\]%\\&%g
@@ -866,7 +861,7 @@ do
     echo "running \${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} $0 $ac_configure_args --no-create --no-recursion"
     exec \${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh} $0 $ac_configure_args --no-create --no-recursion ;;
   -version | --version | --versio | --versi | --vers | --ver | --ve | --v)
-    echo "$CONFIG_STATUS generated by autoconf version 2.10"
+    echo "$CONFIG_STATUS generated by autoconf version 2.7"
     exit 0 ;;
   -help | --help | --hel | --he | --h)
     echo "\$ac_cs_usage"; exit 0 ;;