--- a/configure.in	Sat Oct 10 09:44:04 2009 +0000
+++ b/configure.in	Sat Oct 10 09:58:24 2009 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 LT_CURRENT=`expr $SDL_MICRO_VERSION - $SDL_INTERFACE_AGE`
 LT_REVISION=$SDL_INTERFACE_AGE
 LT_AGE=`expr $SDL_BINARY_AGE - $SDL_INTERFACE_AGE`
+m4_pattern_allow([^LT_])
 
 AC_SUBST(LT_RELEASE)
 AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT)
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(LT_AGE)
 
 dnl Detect the canonical build and host environments
-AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+dnl AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 if test x$ac_cv_c_bigendian = xyes; then
     AC_DEFINE(SDL_BYTEORDER, 4321)