diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2baa8783..1375254c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ Makefile.in
 ## The initial / makes these files only get ignored in particular directories.
 /autom4te.cache
 
+# Libtool adds these, at least sometimes
+/m4/libtool.m4
+/m4/ltoptions.m4
+/m4/ltsugar.m4
+/m4/ltversion.m4
+/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
+
 /aclocal.m4
 /config.guess
 /config.log
@@ -45,12 +52,13 @@ Makefile.in
 /config.h
 /config.h.in
 /event-config.h
+/install-sh
 /libtool
 /ltmain.sh
+/mkinstalldirs
+/missing
 /stamp-h1
 
-/m4
-
 /sample/event-test
 /sample/signal-test
 /sample/time-test
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 181a2671..fc87c404 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign no-dependencies
 
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
 # This is the point release for libevent.  It shouldn't include any
 # a/b/c/d/e notations.
 RELEASE = 1.4
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 6d4275a6..099cb305 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+if [ -x "`which autoreconf 2>/dev/null`" ] ; then
+   exec autoreconf -ivf
+fi
+
 LIBTOOLIZE=libtoolize
 SYSNAME=`uname`
 if [ "x$SYSNAME" = "xDarwin" ] ; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index df4b2da4..7f2e92e6 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libevent,1.4.14b-stable)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 dnl AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 AC_DEFINE(NUMERIC_VERSION, 0x01040e00, [Numeric representation of the version])
diff --git a/evdns.c b/evdns.c
index c85f6ea7..fa23163f 100644
--- a/evdns.c
+++ b/evdns.c
@@ -1108,20 +1108,12 @@ evdns_set_transaction_id_fn(ev_uint16_t (*fn)(void))
 static u16
 transaction_id_pick(void) {
 	for (;;) {
-		const struct request *req = req_head, *started_at;
 		u16 trans_id = trans_id_function();
 
 		if (trans_id == 0xffff) continue;
-		/* now check to see if that id is already inflight */
-		req = started_at = req_head;
-		if (req) {
-			do {
-				if (req->trans_id == trans_id) break;
-				req = req->next;
-			} while (req != started_at);
-		}
-		/* we didn't find it, so this is a good id */
-		if (req == started_at) return trans_id;
+
+		if (request_find_from_trans_id(trans_id) == NULL)
+			return trans_id;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 79d2be07..da6cd425 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -398,9 +398,12 @@ event_process_active(struct event_base *base)
 			ncalls--;
 			ev->ev_ncalls = ncalls;
 			(*ev->ev_callback)((int)ev->ev_fd, ev->ev_res, ev->ev_arg);
-			if (event_gotsig || base->event_break)
+			if (event_gotsig || base->event_break) {
+			  	ev->ev_pncalls = NULL;
 				return;
+			}
 		}
+		ev->ev_pncalls = NULL;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/evport.c b/evport.c
index a2ee1bce..1f5ebc41 100644
--- a/evport.c
+++ b/evport.c
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ evport_dispatch(struct event_base *base, void *arg, struct timeval *tv)
 		if (pevt->portev_events & POLLOUT)
 			res |= EV_WRITE;
 
+		/*
+		 * Check for the error situations or a hangup situation
+		 */
+		if (pevt->portev_events & (POLLERR|POLLHUP|POLLNVAL))
+			res |= EV_READ|EV_WRITE;
+
 		assert(epdp->ed_nevents > fd);
 		fdi = &(epdp->ed_fds[fd]);
 
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 81e17877..4abce239 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ evhttp_make_header_request(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
 	/* Add the content length on a post request if missing */
 	if (req->type == EVHTTP_REQ_POST &&
 	    evhttp_find_header(req->output_headers, "Content-Length") == NULL){
-		char size[12];
+		char size[22];
 		evutil_snprintf(size, sizeof(size), "%ld",
 		    (long)EVBUFFER_LENGTH(req->output_buffer));
 		evhttp_add_header(req->output_headers, "Content-Length", size);
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ evhttp_maybe_add_content_length_header(struct evkeyvalq *headers,
 {
 	if (evhttp_find_header(headers, "Transfer-Encoding") == NULL &&
 	    evhttp_find_header(headers,	"Content-Length") == NULL) {
-		char len[12];
+		char len[22];
 		evutil_snprintf(len, sizeof(len), "%ld", content_length);
 		evhttp_add_header(headers, "Content-Length", len);
 	}
diff --git a/install-sh b/install-sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 89fc9b09..00000000
--- a/install-sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,238 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-#
-# install - install a program, script, or datafile
-# This comes from X11R5.
-#
-# Calling this script install-sh is preferred over install.sh, to prevent
-# `make' implicit rules from creating a file called install from it
-# when there is no Makefile.
-#
-# This script is compatible with the BSD install script, but was written
-# from scratch.
-#
-
-
-# set DOITPROG to echo to test this script
-
-# Don't use :- since 4.3BSD and earlier shells don't like it.
-doit="${DOITPROG-}"
-
-
-# put in absolute paths if you don't have them in your path; or use env. vars.
-
-mvprog="${MVPROG-mv}"
-cpprog="${CPPROG-cp}"
-chmodprog="${CHMODPROG-chmod}"
-chownprog="${CHOWNPROG-chown}"
-chgrpprog="${CHGRPPROG-chgrp}"
-stripprog="${STRIPPROG-strip}"
-rmprog="${RMPROG-rm}"
-mkdirprog="${MKDIRPROG-mkdir}"
-
-tranformbasename=""
-transform_arg=""
-instcmd="$mvprog"
-chmodcmd="$chmodprog 0755"
-chowncmd=""
-chgrpcmd=""
-stripcmd=""
-rmcmd="$rmprog -f"
-mvcmd="$mvprog"
-src=""
-dst=""
-dir_arg=""
-
-while [ x"$1" != x ]; do
-    case $1 in
-	-c) instcmd="$cpprog"
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-d) dir_arg=true
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-m) chmodcmd="$chmodprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-o) chowncmd="$chownprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-g) chgrpcmd="$chgrpprog $2"
-	    shift
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-s) stripcmd="$stripprog"
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-t=*) transformarg=`echo $1 | sed 's/-t=//'`
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	-b=*) transformbasename=`echo $1 | sed 's/-b=//'`
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-
-	*)  if [ x"$src" = x ]
-	    then
-		src=$1
-	    else
-		# this colon is to work around a 386BSD /bin/sh bug
-		:
-		dst=$1
-	    fi
-	    shift
-	    continue;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ x"$src" = x ]
-then
-	echo "install:	no input file specified"
-	exit 1
-else
-	true
-fi
-
-if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]; then
-	dst=$src
-	src=""
-	
-	if [ -d $dst ]; then
-		instcmd=:
-	else
-		instcmd=mkdir
-	fi
-else
-
-# Waiting for this to be detected by the "$instcmd $src $dsttmp" command
-# might cause directories to be created, which would be especially bad 
-# if $src (and thus $dsttmp) contains '*'.
-
-	if [ -f $src -o -d $src ]
-	then
-		true
-	else
-		echo "install:  $src does not exist"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	
-	if [ x"$dst" = x ]
-	then
-		echo "install:	no destination specified"
-		exit 1
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-# If destination is a directory, append the input filename; if your system
-# does not like double slashes in filenames, you may need to add some logic
-
-	if [ -d $dst ]
-	then
-		dst="$dst"/`basename $src`
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-fi
-
-## this sed command emulates the dirname command
-dstdir=`echo $dst | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,;s,/$,,;s,^$,.,'`
-
-# Make sure that the destination directory exists.
-#  this part is taken from Noah Friedman's mkinstalldirs script
-
-# Skip lots of stat calls in the usual case.
-if [ ! -d "$dstdir" ]; then
-defaultIFS='	
-'
-IFS="${IFS-${defaultIFS}}"
-
-oIFS="${IFS}"
-# Some sh's can't handle IFS=/ for some reason.
-IFS='%'
-set - `echo ${dstdir} | sed -e 's@/@%@g' -e 's@^%@/@'`
-IFS="${oIFS}"
-
-pathcomp=''
-
-while [ $# -ne 0 ] ; do
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}${1}"
-	shift
-
-	if [ ! -d "${pathcomp}" ] ;
-        then
-		$mkdirprog "${pathcomp}"
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-	pathcomp="${pathcomp}/"
-done
-fi
-
-if [ x"$dir_arg" != x ]
-then
-	$doit $instcmd $dst &&
-
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dst; else true ; fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dst; else true ; fi
-else
-
-# If we're going to rename the final executable, determine the name now.
-
-	if [ x"$transformarg" = x ] 
-	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
-	else
-		dstfile=`basename $dst $transformbasename | 
-			sed $transformarg`$transformbasename
-	fi
-
-# don't allow the sed command to completely eliminate the filename
-
-	if [ x"$dstfile" = x ] 
-	then
-		dstfile=`basename $dst`
-	else
-		true
-	fi
-
-# Make a temp file name in the proper directory.
-
-	dsttmp=$dstdir/#inst.$$#
-
-# Move or copy the file name to the temp name
-
-	$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp &&
-
-	trap "rm -f ${dsttmp}" 0 &&
-
-# and set any options; do chmod last to preserve setuid bits
-
-# If any of these fail, we abort the whole thing.  If we want to
-# ignore errors from any of these, just make sure not to ignore
-# errors from the above "$doit $instcmd $src $dsttmp" command.
-
-	if [ x"$chowncmd" != x ]; then $doit $chowncmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chgrpcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chgrpcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$stripcmd" != x ]; then $doit $stripcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-	if [ x"$chmodcmd" != x ]; then $doit $chmodcmd $dsttmp; else true;fi &&
-
-# Now rename the file to the real destination.
-
-	$doit $rmcmd -f $dstdir/$dstfile &&
-	$doit $mvcmd $dsttmp $dstdir/$dstfile 
-
-fi &&
-
-
-exit 0
diff --git a/m4/.dummy b/m4/.dummy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0a72d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/.dummy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(This dummy file exists so that git will create the m4 directory)
diff --git a/missing b/missing
deleted file mode 100755
index e7ef83a1..00000000
--- a/missing
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,360 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# Common stub for a few missing GNU programs while installing.
-
-scriptversion=2003-09-02.23
-
-# Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 
-#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# Originally by Fran,cois Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1996.
-
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-# any later version.
-
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
-# 02111-1307, USA.
-
-# As a special exception to the GNU General Public License, if you
-# distribute this file as part of a program that contains a
-# configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it under
-# the same distribution terms that you use for the rest of that program.
-
-if test $# -eq 0; then
-  echo 1>&2 "Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-run=:
-
-# In the cases where this matters, `missing' is being run in the
-# srcdir already.
-if test -f configure.ac; then
-  configure_ac=configure.ac
-else
-  configure_ac=configure.in
-fi
-
-msg="missing on your system"
-
-case "$1" in
---run)
-  # Try to run requested program, and just exit if it succeeds.
-  run=
-  shift
-  "$@" && exit 0
-  # Exit code 63 means version mismatch.  This often happens
-  # when the user try to use an ancient version of a tool on
-  # a file that requires a minimum version.  In this case we
-  # we should proceed has if the program had been absent, or
-  # if --run hadn't been passed.
-  if test $? = 63; then
-    run=:
-    msg="probably too old"
-  fi
-  ;;
-esac
-
-# If it does not exist, or fails to run (possibly an outdated version),
-# try to emulate it.
-case "$1" in
-
-  -h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
-    echo "\
-$0 [OPTION]... PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...
-
-Handle \`PROGRAM [ARGUMENT]...' for when PROGRAM is missing, or return an
-error status if there is no known handling for PROGRAM.
-
-Options:
-  -h, --help      display this help and exit
-  -v, --version   output version information and exit
-  --run           try to run the given command, and emulate it if it fails
-
-Supported PROGRAM values:
-  aclocal      touch file \`aclocal.m4'
-  autoconf     touch file \`configure'
-  autoheader   touch file \`config.h.in'
-  automake     touch all \`Makefile.in' files
-  bison        create \`y.tab.[ch]', if possible, from existing .[ch]
-  flex         create \`lex.yy.c', if possible, from existing .c
-  help2man     touch the output file
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-  makeinfo     touch the output file
-  tar          try tar, gnutar, gtar, then tar without non-portable flags
-  yacc         create \`y.tab.[ch]', if possible, from existing .[ch]
-
-Send bug reports to <bug-automake@gnu.org>."
-    ;;
-
-  -v|--v|--ve|--ver|--vers|--versi|--versio|--version)
-    echo "missing $scriptversion (GNU Automake)"
-    ;;
-
-  -*)
-    echo 1>&2 "$0: Unknown \`$1' option"
-    echo 1>&2 "Try \`$0 --help' for more information"
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-
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-    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       # We have it, but it failed.
-       exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
-         to install the \`Automake' and \`Perl' packages.  Grab them from
-         any GNU archive site."
-    touch aclocal.m4
-    ;;
-
-  autoconf)
-    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       # We have it, but it failed.
-       exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want to install the
-         \`Autoconf' and \`GNU m4' packages.  Grab them from any GNU
-         archive site."
-    touch configure
-    ;;
-
-  autoheader)
-    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       # We have it, but it failed.
-       exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`acconfig.h' or \`${configure_ac}'.  You might want
-         to install the \`Autoconf' and \`GNU m4' packages.  Grab them
-         from any GNU archive site."
-    files=`sed -n 's/^[ ]*A[CM]_CONFIG_HEADER(\([^)]*\)).*/\1/p' ${configure_ac}`
-    test -z "$files" && files="config.h"
-    touch_files=
-    for f in $files; do
-      case "$f" in
-      *:*) touch_files="$touch_files "`echo "$f" |
-				       sed -e 's/^[^:]*://' -e 's/:.*//'`;;
-      *) touch_files="$touch_files $f.in";;
-      esac
-    done
-    touch $touch_files
-    ;;
-
-  automake*)
-    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       # We have it, but it failed.
-       exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified \`Makefile.am', \`acinclude.m4' or \`${configure_ac}'.
-         You might want to install the \`Automake' and \`Perl' packages.
-         Grab them from any GNU archive site."
-    find . -type f -name Makefile.am -print |
-	   sed 's/\.am$/.in/' |
-	   while read f; do touch "$f"; done
-    ;;
-
-  autom4te)
-    if test -z "$run" && ($1 --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       # We have it, but it failed.
-       exit 1
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is needed, but is $msg.
-         You might have modified some files without having the
-         proper tools for further handling them.
-         You can get \`$1' as part of \`Autoconf' from any GNU
-         archive site."
-
-    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*--output[ =]*\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
-    test -z "$file" && file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*-o[ ]*\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
-    if test -f "$file"; then
-	touch $file
-    else
-	test -z "$file" || exec >$file
-	echo "#! /bin/sh"
-	echo "# Created by GNU Automake missing as a replacement of"
-	echo "#  $ $@"
-	echo "exit 0"
-	chmod +x $file
-	exit 1
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  bison|yacc)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified a \`.y' file.  You may need the \`Bison' package
-         in order for those modifications to take effect.  You can get
-         \`Bison' from any GNU archive site."
-    rm -f y.tab.c y.tab.h
-    if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-        eval LASTARG="\${$#}"
-	case "$LASTARG" in
-	*.y)
-	    SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/y$/c/'`
-	    if [ -f "$SRCFILE" ]; then
-	         cp "$SRCFILE" y.tab.c
-	    fi
-	    SRCFILE=`echo "$LASTARG" | sed 's/y$/h/'`
-	    if [ -f "$SRCFILE" ]; then
-	         cp "$SRCFILE" y.tab.h
-	    fi
-	  ;;
-	esac
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f y.tab.h ]; then
-	echo >y.tab.h
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f y.tab.c ]; then
-	echo 'main() { return 0; }' >y.tab.c
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-    ;;
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-  lex|flex)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
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-         you modified a \`.l' file.  You may need the \`Flex' package
-         in order for those modifications to take effect.  You can get
-         \`Flex' from any GNU archive site."
-    rm -f lex.yy.c
-    if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-        eval LASTARG="\${$#}"
-	case "$LASTARG" in
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-	    if [ -f "$SRCFILE" ]; then
-	         cp "$SRCFILE" lex.yy.c
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-	esac
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-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-	 you modified a dependency of a manual page.  You may need the
-	 \`Help2man' package in order for those modifications to take
-	 effect.  You can get \`Help2man' from any GNU archive site."
-
-    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*-o \([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
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-	file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*--output=\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
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-	test -z "$file" || exec >$file
-	echo ".ab help2man is required to generate this page"
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-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is $msg.  You should only need it if
-         you modified a \`.texi' or \`.texinfo' file, or any other file
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-         call might also be the consequence of using a buggy \`make' (AIX,
-         DU, IRIX).  You might want to install the \`Texinfo' package or
-         the \`GNU make' package.  Grab either from any GNU archive site."
-    file=`echo "$*" | sed -n 's/.*-o \([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'`
-    if test -z "$file"; then
-      file=`echo "$*" | sed 's/.* \([^ ]*\) *$/\1/'`
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-    touch $file
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-      echo 1>&2 "ERROR: \`tar' requires --run"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # We have already tried tar in the generic part.
-    # Look for gnutar/gtar before invocation to avoid ugly error
-    # messages.
-    if (gnutar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-       gnutar "$@" && exit 0
-    fi
-    if (gtar --version > /dev/null 2>&1); then
-       gtar "$@" && exit 0
-    fi
-    firstarg="$1"
-    if shift; then
-	case "$firstarg" in
-	*o*)
-	    firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/o//`
-	    tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
-	    ;;
-	esac
-	case "$firstarg" in
-	*h*)
-	    firstarg=`echo "$firstarg" | sed s/h//`
-	    tar "$firstarg" "$@" && exit 0
-	    ;;
-	esac
-    fi
-
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: I can't seem to be able to run \`tar' with the given arguments.
-         You may want to install GNU tar or Free paxutils, or check the
-         command line arguments."
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-
-  *)
-    echo 1>&2 "\
-WARNING: \`$1' is needed, and is $msg.
-         You might have modified some files without having the
-         proper tools for further handling them.  Check the \`README' file,
-         it often tells you about the needed prerequisites for installing
-         this package.  You may also peek at any GNU archive site, in case
-         some other package would contain this missing \`$1' program."
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-
-exit 0
-
-# Local variables:
-# eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
-# time-stamp-start: "scriptversion="
-# time-stamp-format: "%:y-%02m-%02d.%02H"
-# time-stamp-end: "$"
-# End:
diff --git a/mkinstalldirs b/mkinstalldirs
deleted file mode 100755
index 6b3b5fc5..00000000
--- a/mkinstalldirs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# mkinstalldirs --- make directory hierarchy
-# Author: Noah Friedman <friedman@prep.ai.mit.edu>
-# Created: 1993-05-16
-# Public domain
-
-# $Id$
-
-errstatus=0
-
-for file
-do
-   set fnord `echo ":$file" | sed -ne 's/^:\//#/;s/^://;s/\// /g;s/^#/\//;p'`
-   shift
-
-   pathcomp=
-   for d
-   do
-     pathcomp="$pathcomp$d"
-     case "$pathcomp" in
-       -* ) pathcomp=./$pathcomp ;;
-     esac
-
-     if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-        echo "mkdir $pathcomp"
-
-        mkdir "$pathcomp" || lasterr=$?
-
-        if test ! -d "$pathcomp"; then
-  	  errstatus=$lasterr
-        fi
-     fi
-
-     pathcomp="$pathcomp/"
-   done
-done
-
-exit $errstatus
-
-# mkinstalldirs ends here