Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
@@ -41,27 +41,48 @@
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN(DC_DO_STATIC_LINK_LIBCXX, [
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for how to statically link to libstdc++])
 
-	STATICLIBCXX="-Wl,-Bstatic -lstdc++ -Wl,-Bdynamic"
-	LIBS="${LIBS} ${STATICLIBCXX}"
+	SAVELIBS="${LIBS}"
+	staticlibcxx=""
+	for trylink in "-Wl,-Bstatic -lstdc++ -Wl,-Bdynamic" "-Wl,-Bstatic -lCstd -lCrun -Wl,-Bdynamic" "-lstdc++" "-lCstd -lCrun"; do
+		LIBS="${SAVELIBS} ${trylink}"
+
+		AC_LINK_IFELSE(, [
+			staticlibcxx="${trylink}"
+
+			break
+		])
+	done
+	LIBS="${SAVELIBS} ${staticlibcxx}"
+
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([${staticlibcxx}])
 
 	AC_SUBST(LIBS)
-
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([${STATICLIBCXX}])
 ])
 
 AC_DEFUN(DC_FIND_TCLKIT_LIBS, [
+
 	for proj in mk4tcl tcl tclvfs; do
 		AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libraries required for ${proj}])
 
 		libdir="../../../${proj}/inst"
 		libfiles="`find "${libdir}" -name '*.a' | tr "\n" ' '`"
 
 		ARCHS="${ARCHS} ${libfiles}"
 
 		AC_MSG_RESULT([${libfiles}])
+
+		if test "${libfiles}" != ""; then
+			upperproj=`echo "${proj}" | dd conv=ucase 2>/dev/null`
+
+			AC_DEFINE(KIT_INCLUDES_$upperproj)
+
+			if test "${proj}" = "mk4tcl"; then
+				DC_DO_STATIC_LINK_LIBCXX
+			fi
+		fi
 	done
 
 	AC_SUBST(ARCHS)
 ])

Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/configure.ac
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/configure.ac
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/configure.ac
@@ -7,27 +7,24 @@
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_AIX
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
 
-dnl Find the appropriate Tcl headers and libraries
-DC_DO_TCL
-
-dnl Find out how to statically link to libstdc++ (for Metakit)
-DC_DO_STATIC_LINK_LIBCXX
-
-dnl Find archives we need to link to
-DC_FIND_TCLKIT_LIBS
-
 dnl Find the appropriate libraries to link to
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(inflate, z zlib,, [ AC_MSG_WARN([Couldn't find inflate (normally in zlib)!]) ])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(acos, m,, [ AC_MSG_WARN([Couldn't find acos (normally in libm)!]) ])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS(dlsym, dl,, [ AC_MSG_WARN([Couldn't find dlsym (normally in libdl)!]) ])
+
+dnl Find the appropriate Tcl headers and libraries
+DC_DO_TCL
+
+dnl Find archives we need to link to
+DC_FIND_TCLKIT_LIBS
 
 dnl Determine if we have "Tcl_SetStartupScript" (8.6.x) or "TclSetStartupScriptPath" (8.4.x)
 SAVE_LIBS="${LIBS}"
 LIBS="${ARCHS} ${LIBS}"
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(Tcl_SetStartupScript TclSetStartupScriptPath)
 LIBS="${SAVE_LIBS}"
 
 dnl Produce output
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile)

Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/kitInit.c
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/kitInit.c
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/kitInit.c
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@
 #include "tclInt.h"
 
 #ifdef KIT_INCLUDES_ITCL
 Tcl_AppInitProc	Itcl_Init;
 #endif
-Tcl_AppInitProc	Mk4tcl_Init, Vfs_Init, Rechan_Init, Zlib_Init;
+#ifdef KIT_INCLUDES_MK4TCL
+Tcl_AppInitProc	Mk4tcl_Init
+#endif
+Tcl_AppInitProc Vfs_Init, Rechan_Init, Zlib_Init;
 #if 10 * TCL_MAJOR_VERSION + TCL_MINOR_VERSION < 85
 Tcl_AppInitProc	Pwb_Init;
 #endif
 #ifdef TCL_THREADS
 Tcl_AppInitProc	Thread_Init;
@@ -73,11 +76,11 @@
     "return -code $code $res\n"
 "}\n"
 #endif
 "proc tclKitInit {} {\n"
     "rename tclKitInit {}\n"
-    "load {} Mk4tcl\n"
+    "catch { load {} Mk4tcl }\n"
     "mk::file open exe [info nameofexecutable] -readonly\n"
     "set n [mk::select exe.dirs!0.files name boot.tcl]\n"
     "if {$n != \"\"} {\n"
         "set s [mk::get exe.dirs!0.files!$n contents]\n"
 	"if {![string length $s]} { error \"empty boot.tcl\" }\n"
@@ -131,11 +134,13 @@
 TclKit_AppInit(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 {
 #ifdef KIT_INCLUDES_ITCL
     Tcl_StaticPackage(0, "Itcl", Itcl_Init, NULL);
 #endif 
+#ifdef KIT_INCLUDES_MK4TCL
     Tcl_StaticPackage(0, "Mk4tcl", Mk4tcl_Init, NULL);
+#endif
 #if 10 * TCL_MAJOR_VERSION + TCL_MINOR_VERSION < 85
     Tcl_StaticPackage(0, "pwb", Pwb_Init, NULL);
 #endif 
     Tcl_StaticPackage(0, "rechan", Rechan_Init, NULL);
     Tcl_StaticPackage(0, "vfs", Vfs_Init, NULL);