-test -d autoconf && test -f autoconf/configure.ac && cd autoconf
-test -f configure.ac || die "Can't find 'autoconf' dir; please cd into it first"
-autoconf --version | egrep '2\.59' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your autoconf was not detected as being 2.59"
-fi
-aclocal --version | egrep '1\.9\.1' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your aclocal was not detected as being 1.9.1"
-fi
-autoheader --version | egrep '2\.59' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your autoheader was not detected as being 2.59"
-fi
-libtool --version | grep '1.5.10' > /dev/null
-if test $? -ne 0 ; then
- die "Your libtool was not detected as being 1.5.10"
-fi
+
+clean() {
+ echo $1 | sed -e 's/\\//g'
+}
+
+### NOTE: ############################################################
+### These variables specify the tool versions we want to use.
+### Periods should be escaped with backslash for use by grep.
+###
+### If you update these, please also update docs/GettingStarted.rst
+want_autoconf_version='2\.60'
+want_autoheader_version=$want_autoconf_version
+want_aclocal_version='1\.9\.6'
+### END NOTE #########################################################
+
+outfile=configure
+configfile=configure.ac
+
+want_autoconf_version_clean=$(clean $want_autoconf_version)
+want_autoheader_version_clean=$(clean $want_autoheader_version)
+want_aclocal_version_clean=$(clean $want_aclocal_version)
+
+test -d autoconf && test -f autoconf/$configfile && cd autoconf
+test -f $configfile || die "Can't find 'autoconf' dir; please cd into it first"
+autoconf --version | grep $want_autoconf_version > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your autoconf was not detected as being $want_autoconf_version_clean"
+aclocal --version | grep '^aclocal.*'$want_aclocal_version > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your aclocal was not detected as being $want_aclocal_version_clean"
+autoheader --version | grep '^autoheader.*'$want_autoheader_version > /dev/null
+test $? -eq 0 || die "Your autoheader was not detected as being $want_autoheader_version_clean"