diff -Naur gzip-1.3.12-original/configure.ac gzip-1.3.12/configure.ac
--- gzip-1.3.12-original/configure.ac	2009-04-06 23:31:48.000000000 -0400
+++ gzip-1.3.12/configure.ac	2009-04-06 23:37:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(build-aux)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/config.h:lib/config.hin])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([gnits])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 
 AC_PROG_CC_STDC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_CHECK_TOOL([NM], [nm], [nm])
 AC_PROG_LN_S
-AC_PROG_RANLIB
+LT_INIT
 AC_PROG_SHELL
 
 gl_EARLY

Patch for configure.ac : AC_CONFIG_MACRO([m4]) and s/AC_PROG_RANLIB/LT_INIT
Patch for configure.ac :  AC_CONFIG_MACRO([m4]) and s/AC_PROG_RANLIB/LT_INIT

