--- tiger/configure.ac.orig	2008-11-10 19:56:12.000000000 +0100
+++ tiger/configure.ac	2014-05-08 15:45:25.755258933 +0200
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/tiger/tiger.h.in])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([misc/autotools])
 
-AC_PREREQ(2.53)
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
 
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 AC_PROG_GREP
 AC_PROG_NM
 AC_PROG_SED
+AM_PROG_AR
 
 AC_C_CONST
 AC_C_INLINE
--- tiger/Makefile.am.orig	2008-11-10 11:48:46.000000000 +0100
+++ tiger/Makefile.am	2014-05-08 15:46:13.028469021 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 tigerpc_DATA=misc/pkgconfig/tiger.pc
 noinst_DATA=misc/pkgconfig/tiger-uninstalled.pc
 
-LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent
+AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS=-I $(top_srcdir)/src -I $(top_srcdir)/include
 
--- tiger/doc/Makefile.am.orig	2008-11-11 21:45:33.000000000 +0100
+++ tiger//doc/Makefile.am	2014-05-08 15:46:16.782167744 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent
+AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS=--silent
 
 # dependency to get doc to be built
 noinst_DATA = .doc-dummy-target