-AC_STEPMAKE_COMPILE
-# AC_HAVE_HEADERS(limits.h malloc.h string.h unistd.h values.h)
-
-printing_b=no
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(printing,
- [ enable-printing turn on debug printing. Default: off],
- [printing_b=$enableval])
-
+
+# must come before any header checks
+STEPMAKE_COMPILE
+
+STEPMAKE_GCC(REQUIRED, 2.8)
+STEPMAKE_CXX(REQUIRED)
+STEPMAKE_GXX(REQUIRED, 2.95)
+STEPMAKE_CXXTEMPLATE
+STEPMAKE_LIB(REQUIRED)
+STEPMAKE_BISON(REQUIRED, 1.25)
+STEPMAKE_FLEX(REQUIRED)
+STEPMAKE_FLEXLEXER(REQUIRED)
+STEPMAKE_LOCALE
+STEPMAKE_GETTEXT
+STEPMAKE_MSGFMT(REQUIRED)
+STEPMAKE_TEXMF
+STEPMAKE_TEXMF_DIRS
+STEPMAKE_GUILE_DEVEL(REQUIRED, 1.3.4)
+STEPMAKE_KPATHSEA
+STEPMAKE_MAKEINFO(REQUIRED)
+STEPMAKE_PYTHON_DEVEL(REQUIRED)
+
+
+# AC_CHECK_HEADERS([limits.h malloc.h string.h unistd.h values.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([assert.h sys/stat.h])
+AC_HEADER_STAT
+
+AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
+AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(memmem snprintf vsnprintf gettext isinf)
+
+
+## Optional tools for building documentation, website, extra fonts.
+
+# guile executable for some scripts
+STEPMAKE_GUILE(OPTIONAL)
+# perl for help2man.
+STEPMAKE_PERL(OPTIONAL)
+# pktrace for generating pfa's, pfb's
+STEPMAKE_PROGS(PKTRACE, pktrace, OPTIONAL, 1.0.3)
+# new makeinfo for multi-page website docs
+STEPMAKE_PROGS(MAKEINFO, makeinfo, OPTIONAL, 4.1)
+
+