diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0dd06c90b3..39b62a76ea 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac Revision: 284478 .
+# From configure.ac Revision: 285889 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for asterisk 1.4.
 #
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ AR
 ac_ct_AR
 GNU_LD
 BISON
+CMP
 FLEX
 FIND
 COMPRESS
@@ -6563,6 +6564,89 @@ fi
 GNU_MAKE=$ac_cv_GNU_MAKE
 
 
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for egrep" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for egrep... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_path_EGREP+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  if echo a | $GREP -E '(a|b)' >/dev/null 2>&1
+   then ac_cv_path_EGREP="$GREP -E"
+   else
+     # Extract the first word of "egrep" to use in msg output
+if test -z "$EGREP"; then
+set dummy egrep; ac_prog_name=$2
+if test "${ac_cv_path_EGREP+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  ac_path_EGREP_found=false
+# Loop through the user's path and test for each of PROGNAME-LIST
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+  for ac_prog in egrep; do
+  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+    ac_path_EGREP="$as_dir/$ac_prog$ac_exec_ext"
+    { test -f "$ac_path_EGREP" && $as_test_x "$ac_path_EGREP"; } || continue
+    # Check for GNU ac_path_EGREP and select it if it is found.
+  # Check for GNU $ac_path_EGREP
+case `"$ac_path_EGREP" --version 2>&1` in
+*GNU*)
+  ac_cv_path_EGREP="$ac_path_EGREP" ac_path_EGREP_found=:;;
+*)
+  ac_count=0
+  echo $ECHO_N "0123456789$ECHO_C" >"conftest.in"
+  while :
+  do
+    cat "conftest.in" "conftest.in" >"conftest.tmp"
+    mv "conftest.tmp" "conftest.in"
+    cp "conftest.in" "conftest.nl"
+    echo 'EGREP' >> "conftest.nl"
+    "$ac_path_EGREP" 'EGREP$' < "conftest.nl" >"conftest.out" 2>/dev/null || break
+    diff "conftest.out" "conftest.nl" >/dev/null 2>&1 || break
+    ac_count=`expr $ac_count + 1`
+    if test $ac_count -gt ${ac_path_EGREP_max-0}; then
+      # Best one so far, save it but keep looking for a better one
+      ac_cv_path_EGREP="$ac_path_EGREP"
+      ac_path_EGREP_max=$ac_count
+    fi
+    # 10*(2^10) chars as input seems more than enough
+    test $ac_count -gt 10 && break
+  done
+  rm -f conftest.in conftest.tmp conftest.nl conftest.out;;
+esac
+
+
+    $ac_path_EGREP_found && break 3
+  done
+done
+
+done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+
+fi
+
+EGREP="$ac_cv_path_EGREP"
+if test -z "$EGREP"; then
+  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: no acceptable $ac_prog_name could be found in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: no acceptable $ac_prog_name could be found in $PATH$PATH_SEPARATOR/usr/xpg4/bin" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+fi
+
+else
+  ac_cv_path_EGREP=$EGREP
+fi
+
+
+   fi
+fi
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_path_EGREP" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_path_EGREP" >&6; }
+ EGREP="$ac_cv_path_EGREP"
+
+
 
 if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
   for ac_prog in strip gstrip
@@ -6861,6 +6945,47 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 fi
 
 
+# Extract the first word of "cmp", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy cmp; ac_word=$2
+{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_path_CMP+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  case $CMP in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_CMP="$CMP" # 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 '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
+    ac_cv_path_CMP="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_CMP" && ac_cv_path_CMP=":"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+CMP=$ac_cv_path_CMP
+if test -n "$CMP"; then
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CMP" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$CMP" >&6; }
+else
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
 # Extract the first word of "flex", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy flex; ac_word=$2
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
@@ -34723,6 +34848,12 @@ fi
 
 
 
+if test -f makeopts; then
+	${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak
+else
+	touch makeopts.bak
+fi
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files build_tools/menuselect-deps makeopts channels/h323/Makefile"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -35428,6 +35559,7 @@ AR!$AR$ac_delim
 ac_ct_AR!$ac_ct_AR$ac_delim
 GNU_LD!$GNU_LD$ac_delim
 BISON!$BISON$ac_delim
+CMP!$CMP$ac_delim
 FLEX!$FLEX$ac_delim
 FIND!$FIND$ac_delim
 COMPRESS!$COMPRESS$ac_delim
@@ -35439,7 +35571,6 @@ WGET!$WGET$ac_delim
 FETCH!$FETCH$ac_delim
 DOWNLOAD!$DOWNLOAD$ac_delim
 PBX_BISON!$PBX_BISON$ac_delim
-PBX_FLEX!$PBX_FLEX$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -35481,6 +35612,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+PBX_FLEX!$PBX_FLEX$ac_delim
 SOXMIX!$SOXMIX$ac_delim
 acx_pthread_config!$acx_pthread_config$ac_delim
 PTHREAD_CC!$PTHREAD_CC$ac_delim
@@ -35577,7 +35709,6 @@ OPENR2_DIR!$OPENR2_DIR$ac_delim
 PBX_OPENR2!$PBX_OPENR2$ac_delim
 OSPTK_LIB!$OSPTK_LIB$ac_delim
 OSPTK_INCLUDE!$OSPTK_INCLUDE$ac_delim
-OSPTK_DIR!$OSPTK_DIR$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -35619,6 +35750,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+OSPTK_DIR!$OSPTK_DIR$ac_delim
 PBX_OSPTK!$PBX_OSPTK$ac_delim
 OSS_LIB!$OSS_LIB$ac_delim
 OSS_INCLUDE!$OSS_INCLUDE$ac_delim
@@ -35715,7 +35847,6 @@ PBX_ZAPTEL!$PBX_ZAPTEL$ac_delim
 ALLOCA!$ALLOCA$ac_delim
 LIBOBJS!$LIBOBJS$ac_delim
 PBX_WORKING_FORK!$PBX_WORKING_FORK$ac_delim
-POW_LIB!$POW_LIB$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -35757,6 +35888,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+POW_LIB!$POW_LIB$ac_delim
 GC_CFLAGS!$GC_CFLAGS$ac_delim
 GC_LDFLAGS!$GC_LDFLAGS$ac_delim
 AST_DECLARATION_AFTER_STATEMENT!$AST_DECLARATION_AFTER_STATEMENT$ac_delim
@@ -35793,7 +35925,7 @@ GTK2_LIB!$GTK2_LIB$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 34; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 35; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
@@ -36223,6 +36355,16 @@ if test "$no_create" != yes; then
 fi
 
 
+${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak2
+if test "x${ac_cv_path_CMP}" = "x:"; then
+	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
+else if ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2; then : ; else
+	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
+fi ; fi
+
+rm makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2
+
+
 if test "x${silent}" != "xyes" ; then
 echo
 echo "               .\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$=..      "
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 759b94bdb6..e8f33b3e20 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AST_CHECK_GNU_MAKE
+AC_PROG_EGREP
 
 AC_CHECK_TOOLS([STRIP], [strip gstrip], :)
 AC_CHECK_TOOLS([AR], [ar gar], :)
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GNU_LD)
 
 AC_PATH_PROG([AWK], [awk], :)
 AC_PATH_PROG([BISON], [bison], :)
+AC_PATH_PROG([CMP], [cmp], :)
 AC_PATH_PROG([FLEX], [flex], :)
 AC_PATH_PROG([GREP], [grep], :)
 AC_PATH_PROG([FIND], [find], :)
@@ -1837,9 +1839,25 @@ AC_SUBST(PBX_GTK2)
 AC_SUBST(GTK2_INCLUDE)
 AC_SUBST(GTK2_LIB)
 
+if test -f makeopts; then
+	${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak
+else
+	touch makeopts.bak
+fi
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([build_tools/menuselect-deps makeopts channels/h323/Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
+${ac_cv_path_EGREP} 'CURSES|GTK2|OSARCH|NEWT' makeopts > makeopts.bak2
+if test "x${ac_cv_path_CMP}" = "x:"; then
+	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
+else if ${ac_cv_path_CMP} -s makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2; then : ; else
+	( cd menuselect && ./configure )
+fi ; fi
+
+rm makeopts.bak makeopts.bak2
+
+
 if test "x${silent}" != "xyes" ; then
 echo
 echo "               .\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$\$=..      "