I got to this point starting from a program which needed libgd
to compile, and it demanded a newer version of autoconf than came with
my Solaris 10 before it could be compiled.  It came with the
configure.ac file, but no configure file.

	Here is where I am now, and I will install it and see whether it
works well enough for the projct in mind.

O.K.  Results from that attempt:

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configure.ac:9: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:56: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
configure.ac:59: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_AR
configure.ac:61: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
configure.ac:63: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
configure.ac:123: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_CHECK_LIB
configure.ac:156: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_VAR_APPEND
configure.ac:183: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONDITIONAL
configure.ac:287: error: possibly undefined macro: MINGW_AC_WIN32_NATIVE_HOST
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        so -- no configure script for libgd-gd-2.2.2 and thus no library.

        Thanks,
                DoN.

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