autogen - m4_pattern_allow problem

[Phil Cryer]

I've gotten my port to use autogen.sh to make the configure, at least part way.  It dies with:

configure.in:6: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:8: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
configure.in:18: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
configure.in:127: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
*** Error code 1

I've read the docs, done google and tried adding the m4_pattern_allow to configure.in, but it doesn't fix things.  Can this be added to the Makefile?  

Thanks

P

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