diff --git a/autoconf_build_defines.hxx.in b/autoconf_build_defines.hxx.in
index 69b5a257402fb322a39479f585c10c271467e94f..67165674a68e3038f4aedf5b2404ac23b529faa3 100644
--- a/autoconf_build_defines.hxx.in
+++ b/autoconf_build_defines.hxx.in
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 /* SUNDIALS support */
 #undef BOUT_HAS_SUNDIALS
 
-/* Type of the metric fields */
-#undef BOUT_METRIC_TYPE
-
 /* Use libuuid for UUID generation */
 #undef BOUT_HAS_UUID_SYSTEM_GENERATOR
 
+/* Type of the metric fields */
+#undef BOUT_METRIC_TYPE
+
 /* OpenMP schedule */
 #undef BOUT_OPENMP_SCHEDULE
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 93d90ff82362b168b0e1bf216e49fa5b05be263a..a983bcf4d6078457965b6e85a7dbb8f9f308e36d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@ build_os
 build_vendor
 build_cpu
 build
+ac_ct_CC
+CFLAGS
+CC
 XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS
 MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION
 MSGMERGE
@@ -708,11 +711,6 @@ PETSC_CFLAGS
 PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 PKG_CONFIG
-CPP
-ac_ct_CC
-CFLAGS
-CC
-AWK
 NCMPIDUMP_PATH
 NCCONF
 fftw_path
@@ -737,6 +735,11 @@ EGREP
 GREP
 CXXCPP
 HAVE_CXX14
+OBJEXT
+EXEEXT
+ac_ct_CXX
+CPPFLAGS
+CXX
 ARFLAGS
 RANLIB
 MAKE
@@ -745,13 +748,6 @@ INSTALL_SCRIPT
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
 SET_MAKE
 LN_S
-OBJEXT
-EXEEXT
-ac_ct_CXX
-CPPFLAGS
-CXX
-ac_ct_MPICXX
-MPICXX
 PRECON_SOURCE
 MKDIR_P
 LDFLAGS
@@ -845,19 +841,17 @@ EXTRA_LIBS
 CXXFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 LIBS
-MPICXX
 CXX
 CPPFLAGS
 CCC
 CXXCPP
-CC
-CFLAGS
-CPP
 PKG_CONFIG
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
 PETSC_CFLAGS
-PETSC_LIBS'
+PETSC_LIBS
+CC
+CFLAGS'
 
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -1526,14 +1520,10 @@ Some influential environment variables:
   CXXFLAGS    Extra compile flags
   LDFLAGS     Extra linking flags
   LIBS        Extra linking libraries
-  MPICXX      MPI C++ compiler command
   CXX         C++ compiler command
   CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if
               you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
   CXXCPP      C++ preprocessor
-  CC          C compiler command
-  CFLAGS      C compiler flags
-  CPP         C preprocessor
   PKG_CONFIG  path to pkg-config utility
   PKG_CONFIG_PATH
               directories to add to pkg-config's search path
@@ -1542,6 +1532,8 @@ Some influential environment variables:
   PETSC_CFLAGS
               C compiler flags for PETSC, overriding pkg-config
   PETSC_LIBS  linker flags for PETSC, overriding pkg-config
+  CC          C compiler command
+  CFLAGS      C compiler flags
 
 Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
 it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
@@ -2012,180 +2004,6 @@ fi
   as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
 
 } # ac_fn_c_try_compile
-
-# ac_fn_c_try_cpp LINENO
-# ----------------------
-# Try to preprocess conftest.$ac_ext, and return whether this succeeded.
-ac_fn_c_try_cpp ()
-{
-  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-  if { { ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
-  (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>conftest.err
-  ac_status=$?
-  if test -s conftest.err; then
-    grep -v '^ *+' conftest.err >conftest.er1
-    cat conftest.er1 >&5
-    mv -f conftest.er1 conftest.err
-  fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; } > conftest.i && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       }; then :
-  ac_retval=0
-else
-  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-    ac_retval=1
-fi
-  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
-  as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
-
-} # ac_fn_c_try_cpp
-
-# ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel LINENO HEADER VAR INCLUDES
-# -------------------------------------------------------
-# Tests whether HEADER exists, giving a warning if it cannot be compiled using
-# the include files in INCLUDES and setting the cache variable VAR
-# accordingly.
-ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel ()
-{
-  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-  if eval \${$3+:} false; then :
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $2" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $2... " >&6; }
-if eval \${$3+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-fi
-eval ac_res=\$$3
-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-else
-  # Is the header compilable?
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking $2 usability" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking $2 usability... " >&6; }
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-$4
-#include <$2>
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_header_compiler=yes
-else
-  ac_header_compiler=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_header_compiler" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_header_compiler" >&6; }
-
-# Is the header present?
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking $2 presence" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking $2 presence... " >&6; }
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <$2>
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_cpp "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_header_preproc=yes
-else
-  ac_header_preproc=no
-fi
-rm -f conftest.err conftest.i conftest.$ac_ext
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_header_preproc" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_header_preproc" >&6; }
-
-# So?  What about this header?
-case $ac_header_compiler:$ac_header_preproc:$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag in #((
-  yes:no: )
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!" >&2;}
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2: proceeding with the compiler's result" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2: proceeding with the compiler's result" >&2;}
-    ;;
-  no:yes:* )
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2: present but cannot be compiled" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;}
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2:     check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2:     check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&2;}
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2: see the Autoconf documentation" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2: see the Autoconf documentation" >&2;}
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2:     section \"Present But Cannot Be Compiled\"" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2:     section \"Present But Cannot Be Compiled\"" >&2;}
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: $2: proceeding with the compiler's result" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: $2: proceeding with the compiler's result" >&2;}
-( $as_echo "## ------------------------------- ##
-## Report this to bd512@york.ac.uk ##
-## ------------------------------- ##"
-     ) | sed "s/^/$as_me: WARNING:     /" >&2
-    ;;
-esac
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $2" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $2... " >&6; }
-if eval \${$3+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  eval "$3=\$ac_header_compiler"
-fi
-eval ac_res=\$$3
-	       { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_res" >&6; }
-fi
-  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
-
-} # ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel
-
-# ac_fn_c_try_link LINENO
-# -----------------------
-# Try to link conftest.$ac_ext, and return whether this succeeded.
-ac_fn_c_try_link ()
-{
-  as_lineno=${as_lineno-"$1"} as_lineno_stack=as_lineno_stack=$as_lineno_stack
-  rm -f conftest.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
-  if { { ac_try="$ac_link"
-case "(($ac_try" in
-  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
-  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
-esac
-eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
-$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
-  (eval "$ac_link") 2>conftest.err
-  ac_status=$?
-  if test -s conftest.err; then
-    grep -v '^ *+' conftest.err >conftest.er1
-    cat conftest.er1 >&5
-    mv -f conftest.er1 conftest.err
-  fi
-  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
-  test $ac_status = 0; } && {
-	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
-	 test ! -s conftest.err
-       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
-	 test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
-	 test -x conftest$ac_exeext
-       }; then :
-  ac_retval=0
-else
-  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
-sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-
-	ac_retval=1
-fi
-  # Delete the IPA/IPO (Inter Procedural Analysis/Optimization) information
-  # created by the PGI compiler (conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo), as it would
-  # interfere with the next link command; also delete a directory that is
-  # left behind by Apple's compiler.  We do this before executing the actions.
-  rm -rf conftest.dSYM conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo
-  eval $as_lineno_stack; ${as_lineno_stack:+:} unset as_lineno
-  as_fn_set_status $ac_retval
-
-} # ac_fn_c_try_link
 cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
@@ -2810,74 +2628,244 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 # Search for MPI compiler; fail if not found
 
-
-  _ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_wanted=yes
-  if test x"$_ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_wanted" = xyes; then
-    if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
-  for ac_prog in mpic++ mpicxx mpiCC sxmpic++ hcp mpxlC_r mpxlC mpixlcxx_r mpixlcxx mpg++ mpc++ mpCC cmpic++ mpiFCC CCicpc pgCC pathCC sxc++ xlC_r xlC bgxlC_r bgxlC openCC sunCC crayCC aCC CC g++ c++ gpp cxx cc++ cl.exe FCC KCC RCC
-  do
-    # Extract the first word of "$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy $ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_MPICXX+:} false; then :
+# Utility programs
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... " >&6; }
+if test -z "$MKDIR_P"; then
+  if ${ac_cv_path_mkdir+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  if test -n "$MPICXX"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_MPICXX="$MPICXX" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/opt/sfw/bin
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_MPICXX="$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
+    for ac_prog in mkdir gmkdir; do
+	 for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+	   as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" || continue
+	   case `"$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" --version 2>&1` in #(
+	     'mkdir (GNU coreutils) '* | \
+	     'mkdir (coreutils) '* | \
+	     'mkdir (fileutils) '4.1*)
+	       ac_cv_path_mkdir=$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext
+	       break 3;;
+	   esac
+	 done
+       done
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
 fi
+
+  test -d ./--version && rmdir ./--version
+  if test "${ac_cv_path_mkdir+set}" = set; then
+    MKDIR_P="$ac_cv_path_mkdir -p"
+  else
+    # As a last resort, use the slow shell script.  Don't cache a
+    # value for MKDIR_P within a source directory, because that will
+    # break other packages using the cache if that directory is
+    # removed, or if the value is a relative name.
+    MKDIR_P="$ac_install_sh -d"
+  fi
 fi
-MPICXX=$ac_cv_prog_MPICXX
-if test -n "$MPICXX"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MPICXX" >&5
-$as_echo "$MPICXX" >&6; }
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MKDIR_P" >&5
+$as_echo "$MKDIR_P" >&6; }
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ln -s works" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ln -s works... " >&6; }
+LN_S=$as_ln_s
+if test "$LN_S" = "ln -s"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
 else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no, using $LN_S" >&5
+$as_echo "no, using $LN_S" >&6; }
 fi
 
-
-    test -n "$MPICXX" && break
-  done
-fi
-if test -z "$MPICXX"; then
-  ac_ct_MPICXX=$MPICXX
-  for ac_prog in mpic++ mpicxx mpiCC sxmpic++ hcp mpxlC_r mpxlC mpixlcxx_r mpixlcxx mpg++ mpc++ mpCC cmpic++ mpiFCC CCicpc pgCC pathCC sxc++ xlC_r xlC bgxlC_r bgxlC openCC sunCC crayCC aCC CC g++ c++ gpp cxx cc++ cl.exe FCC KCC RCC
-do
-  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_MPICXX+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$ac_ct_MPICXX"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_MPICXX="$ac_ct_MPICXX" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \$(MAKE)" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \$(MAKE)... " >&6; }
+set x ${MAKE-make}
+ac_make=`$as_echo "$2" | sed 's/+/p/g; s/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g'`
+if eval \${ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat >conftest.make <<\_ACEOF
+SHELL = /bin/sh
+all:
+	@echo '@@@%%%=$(MAKE)=@@@%%%'
+_ACEOF
+# GNU make sometimes prints "make[1]: Entering ...", which would confuse us.
+case `${MAKE-make} -f conftest.make 2>/dev/null` in
+  *@@@%%%=?*=@@@%%%*)
+    eval ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set=yes;;
+  *)
+    eval ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set=no;;
+esac
+rm -f conftest.make
+fi
+if eval test \$ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set = yes; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+  SET_MAKE=
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+  SET_MAKE="MAKE=${MAKE-make}"
+fi
+
+# Find a good install program.  We prefer a C program (faster),
+# so one script is as good as another.  But avoid the broken or
+# incompatible versions:
+# SysV /etc/install, /usr/sbin/install
+# SunOS /usr/etc/install
+# IRIX /sbin/install
+# AIX /bin/install
+# AmigaOS /C/install, which installs bootblocks on floppy discs
+# AIX 4 /usr/bin/installbsd, which doesn't work without a -g flag
+# AFS /usr/afsws/bin/install, which mishandles nonexistent args
+# SVR4 /usr/ucb/install, which tries to use the nonexistent group "staff"
+# OS/2's system install, which has a completely different semantic
+# ./install, which can be erroneously created by make from ./install.sh.
+# Reject install programs that cannot install multiple files.
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for a BSD-compatible install" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for a BSD-compatible install... " >&6; }
+if test -z "$INSTALL"; then
+if ${ac_cv_path_install+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    # Account for people who put trailing slashes in PATH elements.
+case $as_dir/ in #((
+  ./ | .// | /[cC]/* | \
+  /etc/* | /usr/sbin/* | /usr/etc/* | /sbin/* | /usr/afsws/bin/* | \
+  ?:[\\/]os2[\\/]install[\\/]* | ?:[\\/]OS2[\\/]INSTALL[\\/]* | \
+  /usr/ucb/* ) ;;
+  *)
+    # OSF1 and SCO ODT 3.0 have their own names for install.
+    # Don't use installbsd from OSF since it installs stuff as root
+    # by default.
+    for ac_prog in ginstall scoinst install; do
+      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+	if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"; then
+	  if test $ac_prog = install &&
+	    grep dspmsg "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	    # AIX install.  It has an incompatible calling convention.
+	    :
+	  elif test $ac_prog = install &&
+	    grep pwplus "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	    # program-specific install script used by HP pwplus--don't use.
+	    :
+	  else
+	    rm -rf conftest.one conftest.two conftest.dir
+	    echo one > conftest.one
+	    echo two > conftest.two
+	    mkdir conftest.dir
+	    if "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" -c conftest.one conftest.two "`pwd`/conftest.dir" &&
+	      test -s conftest.one && test -s conftest.two &&
+	      test -s conftest.dir/conftest.one &&
+	      test -s conftest.dir/conftest.two
+	    then
+	      ac_cv_path_install="$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext -c"
+	      break 3
+	    fi
+	  fi
+	fi
+      done
+    done
+    ;;
+esac
+
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+rm -rf conftest.one conftest.two conftest.dir
+
+fi
+  if test "${ac_cv_path_install+set}" = set; then
+    INSTALL=$ac_cv_path_install
+  else
+    # As a last resort, use the slow shell script.  Don't cache a
+    # value for INSTALL within a source directory, because that will
+    # break other packages using the cache if that directory is
+    # removed, or if the value is a relative name.
+    INSTALL=$ac_install_sh
+  fi
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $INSTALL" >&5
+$as_echo "$INSTALL" >&6; }
+
+# Use test -z because SunOS4 sh mishandles braces in ${var-val}.
+# It thinks the first close brace ends the variable substitution.
+test -z "$INSTALL_PROGRAM" && INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'
+
+test -z "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" && INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
+
+test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
+
+
+# Set MAKE to gmake if possible, otherwise make
+# Extract the first word of "gmake", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy gmake; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_MAKE+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$MAKE"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_MAKE="$MAKE" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_MAKE="gmake"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_MAKE" && ac_cv_prog_MAKE="make"
+fi
+fi
+MAKE=$ac_cv_prog_MAKE
+if test -n "$MAKE"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MAKE" >&5
+$as_echo "$MAKE" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_RANLIB+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_RANLIB="$RANLIB" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
     for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_MPICXX="$ac_prog"
+    ac_cv_prog_RANLIB="${ac_tool_prefix}ranlib"
     $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
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 fi
 fi
-ac_ct_MPICXX=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_MPICXX
-if test -n "$ac_ct_MPICXX"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_MPICXX" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_ct_MPICXX" >&6; }
+RANLIB=$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB
+if test -n "$RANLIB"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $RANLIB" >&5
+$as_echo "$RANLIB" >&6; }
 else
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-  test -n "$ac_ct_MPICXX" && break
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"; then
+  ac_ct_RANLIB=$RANLIB
+  # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_RANLIB"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB="$ac_ct_RANLIB" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB="ranlib"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
 done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
-  if test "x$ac_ct_MPICXX" = x; then
-    MPICXX=""
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_RANLIB=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB
+if test -n "$ac_ct_RANLIB"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_RANLIB" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_RANLIB" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_RANLIB" = x; then
+    RANLIB=":"
   else
     case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
 yes:)
@@ -2909,13 +2933,33 @@ yes:)
 $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
 ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
 esac
-    MPICXX=$ac_ct_MPICXX
+    RANLIB=$ac_ct_RANLIB
   fi
+else
+  RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
 fi
 
-    CXX="$MPICXX"
+
+
+
+ARFLAGS=''
+for flag in cruU cru
+do
+  echo 1 > artest1
+  ar $flag artest artest1 &&ar $flag artest artest1
+  arexit=$?
+  rm -f artest1 artest
+  if test $arexit -eq 0
+  then
+    ARFLAGS="$flag"
+    break;
   fi
-  ac_ext=cpp
+done
+test -z $ARFLAGS && as_fn_error $? "Failed to find suitable flags for ar" "$LINENO" 5
+
+# Check for and enable C++14 support
+# Error if not supported
+ac_ext=cpp
 ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
 ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
@@ -3423,458 +3467,8 @@ ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ex
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 
-
-
-
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-
-
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-
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-
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-    # test whether MPI_Init() is available
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-    # thus disallows corresponding calls in the other AX_PROG_*_MPI
-    # macros.
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-      save_LIBS=$LIBS
-      if test x"$lib" = xNONE; then
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for function MPI_Init" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for function MPI_Init... " >&6; }
-      else
-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for function MPI_Init in -l$lib" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for function MPI_Init in -l$lib... " >&6; }
-        LIBS="-l$lib $LIBS"
-      fi
-      cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-
-extern "C" { void MPI_Init(); }
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-MPI_Init();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_cxx_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-   _ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found=yes
-else
-   _ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found=no
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-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $_ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found" >&5
-$as_echo "$_ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found" >&6; }
-      if test "x$_ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found" = "xyes"; then
-        break;
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-    if test x"$_ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found" = xyes; then :
-
-      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for mpi.h" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for mpi.h... " >&6; }
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-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-#include <mpi.h>
-int
-main ()
-{
-
-  ;
-  return 0;
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-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
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-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-         _ax_prog_cxx_mpi_mpi_found=no
-
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-
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-
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-
-
-$as_echo "#define HAVE_MPI 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-        :
-
-else
-
-
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-
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-
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-	    grep dspmsg "$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	    # AIX install.  It has an incompatible calling convention.
-	    :
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-	    :
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-	    rm -rf conftest.one conftest.two conftest.dir
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-	      test -s conftest.dir/conftest.two
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-$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
-ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
-esac
-    RANLIB=$ac_ct_RANLIB
-  fi
-else
-  RANLIB="$ac_cv_prog_RANLIB"
-fi
-
-
-
-
-ARFLAGS=''
-for flag in cruU cru
-do
-  echo 1 > artest1
-  ar $flag artest artest1 &&ar $flag artest artest1
-  arexit=$?
-  rm -f artest1 artest
-  if test $arexit -eq 0
-  then
-    ARFLAGS="$flag"
-    break;
-  fi
-done
-test -z $ARFLAGS && as_fn_error $? "Failed to find suitable flags for ar" "$LINENO" 5
-
-# Check for and enable C++14 support
-# Error if not supported
-  ax_cxx_compile_alternatives="14 1y"    ax_cxx_compile_cxx14_required=true
-  ac_ext=cpp
+  ax_cxx_compile_alternatives="14 1y"    ax_cxx_compile_cxx14_required=true
+  ac_ext=cpp
 ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
 ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
@@ -10959,17 +10553,211 @@ $as_echo_n "checking whether NLS is requested... " >&6; }
 if test "${enable_nls+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_nls; USE_NLS=$enableval
 else
-  USE_NLS=yes
+  USE_NLS=yes
+fi
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $USE_NLS" >&5
+$as_echo "$USE_NLS" >&6; }
+
+
+
+
+      GETTEXT_MACRO_VERSION=0.20
+
+
+
+
+# Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
+# The user is always right.
+if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+  # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
+  # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
+  # so we have to set that as well for the test.
+  PATH_SEPARATOR=:
+  (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+           || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
+       }
+fi
+
+# Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,
+# as systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
+cat >conf$$.file <<_ASEOF
+#! /bin/sh
+exit 0
+_ASEOF
+chmod +x conf$$.file
+if test -x conf$$.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  ac_executable_p="test -x"
+else
+  ac_executable_p="test -f"
+fi
+rm -f conf$$.file
+
+# Extract the first word of "msgfmt", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy msgfmt; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_MSGFMT+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case "$MSGFMT" in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+    ac_cv_path_MSGFMT="$MSGFMT" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+    ;;
+  *)
+    ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+    for ac_dir in $PATH; do
+      IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+        if $ac_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+          echo "$as_me: trying $ac_dir/$ac_word..." >&5
+          if $ac_dir/$ac_word --statistics /dev/null >&5 2>&1 &&
+     (if $ac_dir/$ac_word --statistics /dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep usage >/dev/null; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi); then
+            ac_cv_path_MSGFMT="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+            break 2
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+    done
+    IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_MSGFMT" && ac_cv_path_MSGFMT=":"
+    ;;
+esac
+fi
+MSGFMT="$ac_cv_path_MSGFMT"
+if test "$MSGFMT" != ":"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MSGFMT" >&5
+$as_echo "$MSGFMT" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+  # Extract the first word of "gmsgfmt", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy gmsgfmt; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case $GMSGFMT in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT="$GMSGFMT" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT" && ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT="$MSGFMT"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+GMSGFMT=$ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT
+if test -n "$GMSGFMT"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $GMSGFMT" >&5
+$as_echo "$GMSGFMT" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+
+    case `$GMSGFMT --version | sed 1q | sed -e 's,^[^0-9]*,,'` in
+    '' | 0.[0-9] | 0.[0-9].* | 0.1[0-4] | 0.1[0-4].*) GMSGFMT_015=: ;;
+    *) GMSGFMT_015=$GMSGFMT ;;
+  esac
+
+
+
+# Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
+# The user is always right.
+if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
+  # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
+  # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
+  # so we have to set that as well for the test.
+  PATH_SEPARATOR=:
+  (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+    && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
+           || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
+       }
+fi
+
+# Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,
+# as systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
+cat >conf$$.file <<_ASEOF
+#! /bin/sh
+exit 0
+_ASEOF
+chmod +x conf$$.file
+if test -x conf$$.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  ac_executable_p="test -x"
+else
+  ac_executable_p="test -f"
+fi
+rm -f conf$$.file
+
+# Extract the first word of "xgettext", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy xgettext; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  case "$XGETTEXT" in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+    ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT="$XGETTEXT" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+    ;;
+  *)
+    ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+    for ac_dir in $PATH; do
+      IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
+      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+        if $ac_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+          echo "$as_me: trying $ac_dir/$ac_word..." >&5
+          if $ac_dir/$ac_word --omit-header --copyright-holder= --msgid-bugs-address= /dev/null >&5 2>&1 &&
+     (if $ac_dir/$ac_word --omit-header --copyright-holder= --msgid-bugs-address= /dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep usage >/dev/null; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi); then
+            ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+            break 2
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+    done
+    IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT" && ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT=":"
+    ;;
+esac
+fi
+XGETTEXT="$ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT"
+if test "$XGETTEXT" != ":"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $XGETTEXT" >&5
+$as_echo "$XGETTEXT" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $USE_NLS" >&5
-$as_echo "$USE_NLS" >&6; }
-
-
-
-
-      GETTEXT_MACRO_VERSION=0.20
+    rm -f messages.po
 
+    case `$XGETTEXT --version | sed 1q | sed -e 's,^[^0-9]*,,'` in
+    '' | 0.[0-9] | 0.[0-9].* | 0.1[0-4] | 0.1[0-4].*) XGETTEXT_015=: ;;
+    *) XGETTEXT_015=$XGETTEXT ;;
+  esac
 
 
 
@@ -11000,16 +10788,16 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f conf$$.file
 
-# Extract the first word of "msgfmt", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy msgfmt; ac_word=$2
+# Extract the first word of "msgmerge", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy msgmerge; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_MSGFMT+:} false; then :
+if ${ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  case "$MSGFMT" in
+  case "$MSGMERGE" in
   [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-    ac_cv_path_MSGFMT="$MSGFMT" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+    ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE="$MSGMERGE" # Let the user override the test with a path.
     ;;
   *)
     ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
@@ -11019,48 +10807,85 @@ else
       for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
         if $ac_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
           echo "$as_me: trying $ac_dir/$ac_word..." >&5
-          if $ac_dir/$ac_word --statistics /dev/null >&5 2>&1 &&
-     (if $ac_dir/$ac_word --statistics /dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep usage >/dev/null; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi); then
-            ac_cv_path_MSGFMT="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+          if $ac_dir/$ac_word --update -q /dev/null /dev/null >&5 2>&1; then
+            ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
             break 2
           fi
         fi
       done
     done
     IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
-  test -z "$ac_cv_path_MSGFMT" && ac_cv_path_MSGFMT=":"
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE" && ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE=":"
     ;;
 esac
 fi
-MSGFMT="$ac_cv_path_MSGFMT"
-if test "$MSGFMT" != ":"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MSGFMT" >&5
-$as_echo "$MSGFMT" >&6; }
+MSGMERGE="$ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE"
+if test "$MSGMERGE" != ":"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MSGMERGE" >&5
+$as_echo "$MSGMERGE" >&6; }
 else
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
-  # Extract the first word of "gmsgfmt", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy gmsgfmt; ac_word=$2
+
+    if LC_ALL=C $MSGMERGE --help | grep ' --for-msgfmt ' >/dev/null; then
+    MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION='--for-msgfmt'
+  else
+        if LC_ALL=C $MSGMERGE --help | grep ' --no-fuzzy-matching ' >/dev/null; then
+      MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION='--no-fuzzy-matching --no-location --quiet'
+    else
+                        MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION='--no-location --quiet'
+    fi
+  fi
+
+
+    test -n "${XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS+set}" || XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS=
+
+
+  ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands po-directories"
+
+
+
+      if test "X$prefix" = "XNONE"; then
+    acl_final_prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+  else
+    acl_final_prefix="$prefix"
+  fi
+  if test "X$exec_prefix" = "XNONE"; then
+    acl_final_exec_prefix='${prefix}'
+  else
+    acl_final_exec_prefix="$exec_prefix"
+  fi
+  acl_save_prefix="$prefix"
+  prefix="$acl_final_prefix"
+  eval acl_final_exec_prefix=\"$acl_final_exec_prefix\"
+  prefix="$acl_save_prefix"
+
+ac_ext=c
+ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}gcc", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}gcc; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT+:} false; then :
+if ${ac_cv_prog_CC+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  case $GMSGFMT in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-  ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT="$GMSGFMT" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-  ;;
-  *)
-  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+  if test -n "$CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
 for as_dir in $PATH
 do
   IFS=$as_save_IFS
   test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
     for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
   if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-    ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    ac_cv_prog_CC="${ac_tool_prefix}gcc"
     $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
     break 2
   fi
@@ -11068,205 +10893,513 @@ done
   done
 IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
-  test -z "$ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT" && ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT="$MSGFMT"
-  ;;
-esac
 fi
-GMSGFMT=$ac_cv_path_GMSGFMT
-if test -n "$GMSGFMT"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $GMSGFMT" >&5
-$as_echo "$GMSGFMT" >&6; }
+fi
+CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
+if test -n "$CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$CC" >&6; }
 else
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
+fi
+if test -z "$ac_cv_prog_CC"; then
+  ac_ct_CC=$CC
+  # Extract the first word of "gcc", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy gcc; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_ct_CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="gcc"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
-    case `$GMSGFMT --version | sed 1q | sed -e 's,^[^0-9]*,,'` in
-    '' | 0.[0-9] | 0.[0-9].* | 0.1[0-4] | 0.1[0-4].*) GMSGFMT_015=: ;;
-    *) GMSGFMT_015=$GMSGFMT ;;
-  esac
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_CC=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC
+if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_CC" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
 
+  if test "x$ac_ct_CC" = x; then
+    CC=""
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    CC=$ac_ct_CC
+  fi
+else
+  CC="$ac_cv_prog_CC"
+fi
 
+if test -z "$CC"; then
+          if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+    # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}cc", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ${ac_tool_prefix}cc; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_CC+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_CC="${ac_tool_prefix}cc"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
 
-# Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
-# The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-  # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
-  # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
-  # so we have to set that as well for the test.
-  PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-  (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-    && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-           || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-       }
+fi
+fi
+CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
+if test -n "$CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$CC" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
-# Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,
-# as systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
-cat >conf$$.file <<_ASEOF
-#! /bin/sh
-exit 0
-_ASEOF
-chmod +x conf$$.file
-if test -x conf$$.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  ac_executable_p="test -x"
+
+  fi
+fi
+if test -z "$CC"; then
+  # Extract the first word of "cc", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy cc; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_CC+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  ac_executable_p="test -f"
+  if test -n "$CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+  ac_prog_rejected=no
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    if test "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" = "/usr/ucb/cc"; then
+       ac_prog_rejected=yes
+       continue
+     fi
+    ac_cv_prog_CC="cc"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+if test $ac_prog_rejected = yes; then
+  # We found a bogon in the path, so make sure we never use it.
+  set dummy $ac_cv_prog_CC
+  shift
+  if test $# != 0; then
+    # We chose a different compiler from the bogus one.
+    # However, it has the same basename, so the bogon will be chosen
+    # first if we set CC to just the basename; use the full file name.
+    shift
+    ac_cv_prog_CC="$as_dir/$ac_word${1+' '}$@"
+  fi
+fi
+fi
+fi
+CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
+if test -n "$CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$CC" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
-rm -f conf$$.file
 
-# Extract the first word of "xgettext", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy xgettext; ac_word=$2
+
+fi
+if test -z "$CC"; then
+  if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  for ac_prog in cl.exe
+  do
+    # Extract the first word of "$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT+:} false; then :
+if ${ac_cv_prog_CC+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  case "$XGETTEXT" in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-    ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT="$XGETTEXT" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-    ;;
-  *)
-    ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-    for ac_dir in $PATH; do
-      IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
-      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
-      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-        if $ac_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-          echo "$as_me: trying $ac_dir/$ac_word..." >&5
-          if $ac_dir/$ac_word --omit-header --copyright-holder= --msgid-bugs-address= /dev/null >&5 2>&1 &&
-     (if $ac_dir/$ac_word --omit-header --copyright-holder= --msgid-bugs-address= /dev/null 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep usage >/dev/null; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi); then
-            ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-            break 2
-          fi
-        fi
-      done
-    done
-    IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
-  test -z "$ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT" && ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT=":"
-    ;;
-esac
+  if test -n "$CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_CC="$CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_CC="$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
 fi
-XGETTEXT="$ac_cv_path_XGETTEXT"
-if test "$XGETTEXT" != ":"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $XGETTEXT" >&5
-$as_echo "$XGETTEXT" >&6; }
+fi
+CC=$ac_cv_prog_CC
+if test -n "$CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$CC" >&6; }
 else
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
-    rm -f messages.po
-
-    case `$XGETTEXT --version | sed 1q | sed -e 's,^[^0-9]*,,'` in
-    '' | 0.[0-9] | 0.[0-9].* | 0.1[0-4] | 0.1[0-4].*) XGETTEXT_015=: ;;
-    *) XGETTEXT_015=$XGETTEXT ;;
-  esac
-
-
-
-# Prepare PATH_SEPARATOR.
-# The user is always right.
-if test "${PATH_SEPARATOR+set}" != set; then
-  # Determine PATH_SEPARATOR by trying to find /bin/sh in a PATH which
-  # contains only /bin. Note that ksh looks also at the FPATH variable,
-  # so we have to set that as well for the test.
-  PATH_SEPARATOR=:
-  (PATH='/bin;/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-    && { (PATH='/bin:/bin'; FPATH=$PATH; sh -c :) >/dev/null 2>&1 \
-           || PATH_SEPARATOR=';'
-       }
-fi
 
-# Find out how to test for executable files. Don't use a zero-byte file,
-# as systems may use methods other than mode bits to determine executability.
-cat >conf$$.file <<_ASEOF
-#! /bin/sh
-exit 0
-_ASEOF
-chmod +x conf$$.file
-if test -x conf$$.file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  ac_executable_p="test -x"
-else
-  ac_executable_p="test -f"
+    test -n "$CC" && break
+  done
 fi
-rm -f conf$$.file
-
-# Extract the first word of "msgmerge", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy msgmerge; ac_word=$2
+if test -z "$CC"; then
+  ac_ct_CC=$CC
+  for ac_prog in cl.exe
+do
+  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE+:} false; then :
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC+:} false; then :
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
-  case "$MSGMERGE" in
-  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
-    ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE="$MSGMERGE" # Let the user override the test with a path.
-    ;;
-  *)
-    ac_save_IFS="$IFS"; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-    for ac_dir in $PATH; do
-      IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
-      test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
-      for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-        if $ac_executable_p "$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
-          echo "$as_me: trying $ac_dir/$ac_word..." >&5
-          if $ac_dir/$ac_word --update -q /dev/null /dev/null >&5 2>&1; then
-            ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE="$ac_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
-            break 2
-          fi
-        fi
-      done
-    done
-    IFS="$ac_save_IFS"
-  test -z "$ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE" && ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE=":"
-    ;;
-esac
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_ct_CC" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC="$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
 fi
-MSGMERGE="$ac_cv_path_MSGMERGE"
-if test "$MSGMERGE" != ":"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $MSGMERGE" >&5
-$as_echo "$MSGMERGE" >&6; }
+fi
+ac_ct_CC=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC
+if test -n "$ac_ct_CC"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_CC" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_CC" >&6; }
 else
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
-    if LC_ALL=C $MSGMERGE --help | grep ' --for-msgfmt ' >/dev/null; then
-    MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION='--for-msgfmt'
+  test -n "$ac_ct_CC" && break
+done
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_CC" = x; then
+    CC=""
   else
-        if LC_ALL=C $MSGMERGE --help | grep ' --no-fuzzy-matching ' >/dev/null; then
-      MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION='--no-fuzzy-matching --no-location --quiet'
-    else
-                        MSGMERGE_FOR_MSGFMT_OPTION='--no-location --quiet'
-    fi
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    CC=$ac_ct_CC
   fi
+fi
 
+fi
 
-    test -n "${XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS+set}" || XGETTEXT_EXTRA_OPTIONS=
 
+test -z "$CC" && { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+as_fn_error $? "no acceptable C compiler found in \$PATH
+See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
 
-  ac_config_commands="$ac_config_commands po-directories"
+# Provide some information about the compiler.
+$as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for C compiler version" >&5
+set X $ac_compile
+ac_compiler=$2
+for ac_option in --version -v -V -qversion; do
+  { { ac_try="$ac_compiler $ac_option >&5"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compiler $ac_option >&5") 2>conftest.err
+  ac_status=$?
+  if test -s conftest.err; then
+    sed '10a\
+... rest of stderr output deleted ...
+         10q' conftest.err >conftest.er1
+    cat conftest.er1 >&5
+  fi
+  rm -f conftest.er1 conftest.err
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; }
+done
 
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
 
+int
+main ()
+{
+#ifndef __GNUC__
+       choke me
+#endif
 
-      if test "X$prefix" = "XNONE"; then
-    acl_final_prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_compiler_gnu=yes
+else
+  ac_compiler_gnu=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=$ac_compiler_gnu
+
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu" >&6; }
+if test $ac_compiler_gnu = yes; then
+  GCC=yes
+else
+  GCC=
+fi
+ac_test_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS+set}
+ac_save_CFLAGS=$CFLAGS
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC accepts -g" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC accepts -g... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_cc_g+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_save_c_werror_flag=$ac_c_werror_flag
+   ac_c_werror_flag=yes
+   ac_cv_prog_cc_g=no
+   CFLAGS="-g"
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes
+else
+  CFLAGS=""
+      cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+
+else
+  ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
+	 CFLAGS="-g"
+	 cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+   ac_c_werror_flag=$ac_save_c_werror_flag
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_prog_cc_g" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_prog_cc_g" >&6; }
+if test "$ac_test_CFLAGS" = set; then
+  CFLAGS=$ac_save_CFLAGS
+elif test $ac_cv_prog_cc_g = yes; then
+  if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+    CFLAGS="-g -O2"
   else
-    acl_final_prefix="$prefix"
+    CFLAGS="-g"
   fi
-  if test "X$exec_prefix" = "XNONE"; then
-    acl_final_exec_prefix='${prefix}'
+else
+  if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+    CFLAGS="-O2"
   else
-    acl_final_exec_prefix="$exec_prefix"
+    CFLAGS=
   fi
-  acl_save_prefix="$prefix"
-  prefix="$acl_final_prefix"
-  eval acl_final_exec_prefix=\"$acl_final_exec_prefix\"
-  prefix="$acl_save_prefix"
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $CC option to accept ISO C89" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $CC option to accept ISO C89... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_cc_c89+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_cv_prog_cc_c89=no
+ac_save_CC=$CC
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+struct stat;
+/* Most of the following tests are stolen from RCS 5.7's src/conf.sh.  */
+struct buf { int x; };
+FILE * (*rcsopen) (struct buf *, struct stat *, int);
+static char *e (p, i)
+     char **p;
+     int i;
+{
+  return p[i];
+}
+static char *f (char * (*g) (char **, int), char **p, ...)
+{
+  char *s;
+  va_list v;
+  va_start (v,p);
+  s = g (p, va_arg (v,int));
+  va_end (v);
+  return s;
+}
+
+/* OSF 4.0 Compaq cc is some sort of almost-ANSI by default.  It has
+   function prototypes and stuff, but not '\xHH' hex character constants.
+   These don't provoke an error unfortunately, instead are silently treated
+   as 'x'.  The following induces an error, until -std is added to get
+   proper ANSI mode.  Curiously '\x00'!='x' always comes out true, for an
+   array size at least.  It's necessary to write '\x00'==0 to get something
+   that's true only with -std.  */
+int osf4_cc_array ['\x00' == 0 ? 1 : -1];
+
+/* IBM C 6 for AIX is almost-ANSI by default, but it replaces macro parameters
+   inside strings and character constants.  */
+#define FOO(x) 'x'
+int xlc6_cc_array[FOO(a) == 'x' ? 1 : -1];
+
+int test (int i, double x);
+struct s1 {int (*f) (int a);};
+struct s2 {int (*f) (double a);};
+int pairnames (int, char **, FILE *(*)(struct buf *, struct stat *, int), int, int);
+int argc;
+char **argv;
+int
+main ()
+{
+return f (e, argv, 0) != argv[0]  ||  f (e, argv, 1) != argv[1];
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+for ac_arg in '' -qlanglvl=extc89 -qlanglvl=ansi -std \
+	-Ae "-Aa -D_HPUX_SOURCE" "-Xc -D__EXTENSIONS__"
+do
+  CC="$ac_save_CC $ac_arg"
+  if ac_fn_c_try_compile "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_prog_cc_c89=$ac_arg
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext
+  test "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" != "xno" && break
+done
+rm -f conftest.$ac_ext
+CC=$ac_save_CC
+
+fi
+# AC_CACHE_VAL
+case "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" in
+  x)
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: none needed" >&5
+$as_echo "none needed" >&6; } ;;
+  xno)
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: unsupported" >&5
+$as_echo "unsupported" >&6; } ;;
+  *)
+    CC="$CC $ac_cv_prog_cc_c89"
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" >&6; } ;;
+esac
+if test "x$ac_cv_prog_cc_c89" != xno; then :
+
+fi
+
+ac_ext=cpp
+ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
+ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+ac_link='$CXX -o conftest$ac_exeext $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 # Make sure we can run config.sub.
 $SHELL "$ac_aux_dir/config.sub" sun4 >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
@@ -14310,7 +14443,6 @@ ac_pwd='$ac_pwd'
 srcdir='$srcdir'
 INSTALL='$INSTALL'
 MKDIR_P='$MKDIR_P'
-AWK='$AWK'
 test -n "\$AWK" || AWK=awk
 _ACEOF
 
@@ -15994,7 +16126,6 @@ ac_pwd='$ac_pwd'
 srcdir='$srcdir'
 INSTALL='$INSTALL'
 MKDIR_P='$MKDIR_P'
-AWK='$AWK'
 test -n "\$AWK" || AWK=awk
 _ACEOF
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b55fc1f481c549584c5461e53abc07e660b67861..990bb0b8b0dfa75dad66c56337983b5fff4898a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ AC_LANG(C++)
 : ${CXXFLAGS="-g"}
 
 # Search for MPI compiler; fail if not found
-AX_PROG_CXX_MPI([], [], [
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([*** An MPI compiler is required. You might need to set MPICXX correctly.])
-])
+dnl AX_PROG_CXX_MPI([], [], [
+dnl   AC_MSG_ERROR([*** An MPI compiler is required. You might need to set MPICXX correctly.])
+dnl ])
 
 # Utility programs
 AC_PROG_MKDIR_P