diff -Naur spew-1.0.8.orig/configure.ac spew-1.0.8/configure.ac
--- spew-1.0.8.orig/configure.ac	2010-05-14 01:17:52.000000000 -0400
+++ spew-1.0.8/configure.ac	2013-06-21 09:06:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,20 +2,13 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.57)
-AC_INIT(src/spew.cpp)
+AC_INIT(spew, 1.0.8)
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/spew.cpp)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
 AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
-SPEW_AGE=1
-SPEW_REVISION=0
-SPEW_CURRENT=8
-AC_SUBST(SPEW_AGE)
-AC_SUBST(SPEW_REVISION)
-AC_SUBST(SPEW_CURRENT)
-VERSION=$SPEW_AGE.$SPEW_REVISION.$SPEW_CURRENT
-
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(spew, $VERSION)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 
 # Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CXX