Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/aclocal.m4
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 		tclconfigshdir="${with_tcl}"
 		tclconfigsh="${tclconfigshdir}/tclConfig.sh"
 	fi
 
 	if test -f "${tclconfigsh}"; then
-		source "${tclconfigsh}"
+		. "${tclconfigsh}"
 
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC} -I${TCL_SRC_DIR}/generic -I${tclconfigshdir}"
 		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${TCL_INCLUDE_SPEC} -I${TCL_SRC_DIR}/generic -I${tclconfigshdir}"
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 		LIBS="${LIBS} ${TCL_LIBS}"
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
 		tkconfigshdir="${with_tk}"
 		tkconfigsh="${tkconfigshdir}/tkConfig.sh"
 	fi
 
 	if test -f "${tkconfigsh}"; then
-		source "${tkconfigsh}"
+		. "${tkconfigsh}"
 
 		CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${TK_INCLUDE_SPEC} -I${TK_SRC_DIR}/generic -I${tkconfigshdir}"
 		CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${TK_INCLUDE_SPEC} -I${TK_SRC_DIR}/generic -I${tkconfigshdir}"
 		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 		LIBS="${LIBS} ${TK_LIBS}"
@@ -101,11 +101,15 @@
 AC_DEFUN(DC_DO_STATIC_LINK_LIBCXX, [
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for how to statically link to libstdc++])
 
 	SAVELIBS="${LIBS}"
 	staticlibcxx=""
-	for trylink in "-Wl,-Bstatic -lCstd -lCrun -Wl,-Bdynamic" "-Wl,-Bstatic -lstdc++ -Wl,-Bdynamic" "-lCstd -lCrun" "-lstdc++"; do
+	dnl HP/UX uses -Wl,-a,archive -lstdc++ -Wl,-a,shared_archive
+	dnl Linux and Solaris us -Wl,-Bstatic ... -Wl,-Bdynamic
+	dnl
+	dnl Sun Studio uses -lCstd -lCrun, most platforms use -lstdc++
+	for trylink in "-Wl,-a,archive -lstdc++ -Wl,-a,shared_archive" "-Wl,-Bstatic -lCstd -lCrun -Wl,-Bdynamic" "-Wl,-Bstatic -lstdc++ -Wl,-Bdynamic" "-lCstd -lCrun" "-lstdc++"; do
 		LIBS="${SAVELIBS} ${trylink}"
 
 		AC_LINK_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], []), [
 			staticlibcxx="${trylink}"
 
@@ -171,6 +175,29 @@
 			;;
 		cygwin*)
 			CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -mms-bitfields"
 			;;
 	esac
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN(DC_STATIC_LIBGCC, [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([how to link statically against libgcc])
+
+	SAVELDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+	staticlibgcc=""
+	for trylink in "-static-libgcc"; do
+		LDFLAGS="${SAVELDFLAGS} ${trylink}"
+		AC_LINK_IFELSE(AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], []), [
+			staticlibgcc="${trylink}"
+
+			break
+		])
+	done
+	if test -n "${staticlibgcc}"; then
+		LDFLAGS="${SAVELDFLAGS} ${staticlibgcc}"
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([${staticlibgcc}])
+	else
+		LDFLAGS="${SAVELDFLAGS}"
+		AC_MSG_RESULT([not needed])
+	fi
+
 ])

Index: kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/configure.ac
==================================================================
--- kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/configure.ac
+++ kitsh/buildsrc/kitsh-0.0/configure.ac
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@
 AC_GNU_SOURCE
 
 dnl Find the appropriate libraries to link to
 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 Figure out how to statically link to libgcc, if needed
+DC_STATIC_LIBGCC
 
 dnl Find the appropriate Tcl headers and libraries
 DC_DO_TCL
 
 dnl Find archives we need to link to

ADDED   mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-dontrequireautoconf.diff
Index: mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-dontrequireautoconf.diff
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-dontrequireautoconf.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -uNr metakit-2.4.9.7-orig/unix/Makefile.in metakit-2.4.9.7-rsk/unix/Makefile.in
+--- metakit-2.4.9.7-orig/unix/Makefile.in	2007-06-15 19:23:25.000000000 -0500
++++ metakit-2.4.9.7-rsk/unix/Makefile.in	2010-02-28 18:44:18.000000000 -0600
+@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
+ 	$(SHELL) ./config.status --recheck
+ 
+ $(srcdir)/configure: $(srcdir)/configure.in
+-	cd $(srcdir) && autoconf
++	cd $(srcdir) && true
+ 
+ libmk4$(LIB_SUFFIX): $(LOBJS)
+ 	ar rcu $@ $(LOBJS)