Since on the whole it seems like the configure could see some cleanup, as
it seem to use lots of older constructs and repeated code, I tried doing
some basic cleaning.
My changes also require autoconf-2.63… it could be something older as well,
but 2.63 is new enough I'd say. If nobody has reasons for 2.59
compatibility to stick around, it would probably improve a lot.
HTH!
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Diego