--- configure.in.orig	2010-11-29 04:27:57.000000000 +0000
+++ configure.in	2010-11-29 04:29:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
 dnl Some m4 magic to ensure that the configure script is generated
 dnl by the correct autoconf version.
-m4_define([version_required],
-[m4_if(m4_version_compare(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [$1]), 0,
-       [],
-       [m4_fatal([Autoconf version $1 is required for Python], 63)])
-])
-version_required(2.65)
+dnl m4_define([version_required],
+dnl [m4_if(m4_version_compare(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [$1]), 0,
+dnl       [],
+dnl       [m4_fatal([Autoconf version $1 is required for Python], 63)])
+dnl ])
+dnl version_required(2.65)
 
 AC_REVISION($Revision: 86076 $)
 AC_INIT(python, PYTHON_VERSION, http://bugs.python.org/)