refactor to use autoreconfHook where possible

Close #12446.
2016-01-17 23:04:40 +00:00 · 2016-01-17 23:04:40 +00:00 · 53b389327e
commit 53b389327e
parent 620c147cce
50 changed files with 188 additions and 320 deletions
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/freewheeling/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake, gnutls33, freetype
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, gnutls33, freetype
 , SDL, SDL_gfx, SDL_ttf, liblo, libxml2, alsaLib, libjack2, libvorbis
 , libsndfile, libogg
 }:
@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig autoconf automake gnutls33 freetype SDL SDL_gfx SDL_ttf
+    pkgconfig autoreconfHook gnutls33 freetype SDL SDL_gfx SDL_ttf
    liblo libxml2 libjack2 alsaLib libvorbis libsndfile libogg
  ];

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -vfi";
-
  patches = [ ./am_path_sdl.patch ./xml.patch ];

  meta = {
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/ladspa-plugins/git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ladspa-plugins/git.nix
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, automake, autoreconfHook, fftw, gettext, ladspaH, libxml2, pkgconfig, perl, perlPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, automake, fftw, ladspaH, libxml2, pkgconfig
+, perl, perlPackages }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "swh-plugins-git-2015-03-04";
@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
    sha256 = "7d9aa13a064903b330bd52e35c1f810f1c8a253ea5eb4e5a3a69a051af03150e";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ automake autoreconfHook fftw gettext ladspaH libxml2 pkgconfig perl perlPackages.XMLParser ];
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook fftw ladspaH libxml2 pkgconfig perl perlPackages.XMLParser ];

  patchPhase = ''
    patchShebangs .
@ -17,11 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
    cp ${automake}/share/automake-*/mkinstalldirs .
  '';

-  configurePhase = ''
-    autoreconf -i
-    ./configure --prefix=$out
-  '';
-
  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = http://plugin.org.uk/;
    description = "LADSPA format audio plugins";
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/emacs-w3m/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/emacs-w3m/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchcvs, stdenv, emacs, w3m, imagemagick, texinfo, autoconf }:
+{ fetchcvs, stdenv, emacs, w3m, imagemagick, texinfo, autoreconfHook }:

 let date = "2013-03-21"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "1lmcj8rf83w13q8q68hh7sa1abc2m6j2zmfska92xdp7hslhdgc5";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ emacs w3m texinfo autoconf ];
+  buildInputs = [ emacs w3m texinfo autoreconfHook ];

  # XXX: Should we do the same for xpdf/evince, gv, gs, etc.?
  patchPhase = ''
@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
            s|(w3m-which-command "identify")|"${imagemagick}/bin/identify"|g'
  '';

-  configurePhase = ''
-    autoreconf -vfi && \
-    ./configure --prefix="$out" --with-lispdir="$out/share/emacs/site-lisp" \
-                --with-icondir="$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/images/w3m"
-  '';
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-lispdir=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp"
+    "--with-icondir=$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/images/w3m"
+  ];

  postInstall = ''
    cd "$out/share/emacs/site-lisp"
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/solvespace/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit,autoconf, automake, gcc, fltk13
-, libjpeg, libpng, libtool, mesa, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, fltk13
+, libjpeg, libpng, mesa, pkgconfig }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "solvespace-2.0";
@ -14,27 +14,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  dontBuild = true;
  enableParallelBuilding = false;

-  buildInputs = [        
-    autoconf
-    automake
-    gcc
+  buildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
    fltk13
    libjpeg
    libpng
-    libtool
    mesa
    pkgconfig
-    stdenv
  ];

-  preConfigure = ''
-    aclocal
-    libtoolize
-    
-    autoreconf -i
-    automake --add-missing
-  '';
-
  meta = {
    description = "A parametric 3d CAD program";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/evtest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/evtest/default.nix
@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig, libxml2 }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, automake, pkgconfig, libxml2 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "evtest-1.32";

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -iv";
-
-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig libxml2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig libxml2 ];

  src = fetchgit {
    url = "git://anongit.freedesktop.org/evtest";
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mysql-workbench/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mysql-workbench/default.nix
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, autoconf, automake, boost, file, gettext
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook, boost, file
 , glib, glibc, libgnome_keyring, gnome_keyring, gtk, gtkmm, intltool
 , libctemplate, libglade
 , libiodbc
-, libgnome, libsigcxx, libtool, libuuid, libxml2, libzip, lua, mesa, mysql
+, libgnome, libsigcxx, libuuid, libxml2, libzip, lua, mesa, mysql
 , pango, paramiko, pcre, pexpect, pkgconfig, pycrypto, python, sqlite, sudo
 }:

@ -16,18 +16,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "1343fn3msdxqfpxw0kgm0mdx5r7g9ra1cpc8p2xhl7kz2pmqp4p6";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake boost file gettext glib glibc libgnome_keyring gtk gtkmm intltool
-    libctemplate libglade libgnome libiodbc libsigcxx libtool libuuid libxml2 libzip lua makeWrapper mesa
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook boost file glib glibc libgnome_keyring gtk gtkmm intltool
+    libctemplate libglade libgnome libiodbc libsigcxx libuuid libxml2 libzip lua makeWrapper mesa
    mysql.lib paramiko pcre pexpect pkgconfig pycrypto python sqlite ];

  preConfigure = ''
    substituteInPlace $(pwd)/frontend/linux/workbench/mysql-workbench.in --replace "catchsegv" "${glibc}/bin/catchsegv"
  '';

-  postConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -fi
-  '';
-
  postInstall = ''
    patchShebangs $out/share/mysql-workbench/extras/build_freetds.sh

--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rofi/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig
 , libX11, libXinerama, pango, cairo
 , libstartup_notification, i3Support ? false, i3
 }:
@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "112fgx2awsw1xf1983bmy3jvs33qwyi8qj7j59jqc4gx07nv1rp5";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig libX11 libXinerama pango
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig libX11 libXinerama pango
                  cairo libstartup_notification
                ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional i3Support i3;

-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -vif
-  '';
-
  meta = {
      description = "Window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement";
      homepage = https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi;
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/tox-prpl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin-plugins/tox-prpl/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libtoxcore, pidgin, autoconf, automake, libtool
-, libsodium } :
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libtoxcore, pidgin, autoreconfHook, libsodium }:

 let
  version = "dd181722ea";
@ -17,11 +16,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lssp -lsodium";

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -vfi";
-
  postInstall = "mv $out/lib/purple-2 $out/lib/pidgin";

-  buildInputs = [ libtoxcore pidgin autoconf automake libtool libsodium ];
+  buildInputs = [ libtoxcore pidgin autoreconfHook libsodium ];

  meta = {
    homepage = http://tox.dhs.org/;
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/astronomy/celestia/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, freeglut, gtk2, gtkglext, libjpeg_turbo, libtheora, libXmu
-, lua, mesa, pkgconfig, perl, automake, autoconf, libtool, gettext, glib, cairo
+, lua, mesa, pkgconfig, perl, autoreconfHook, glib, cairo
 , pango, gdk_pixbuf, atk
 }:

@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  buildInputs = [ freeglut gtk2 gtkglext libjpeg_turbo libtheora libXmu mesa pkgconfig lua
-    perl automake autoconf libtool gettext ];
+    perl autoreconfHook ];

  patchPhase = ''
    patch -Np0 -i "${gcc46Patch}"
@ -53,18 +53,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
    patch -Np2 -i "${libpng16Patch}"
    patch -Np1 -i "${linkingPatch}"
    patch -Np1 -i "${gcc47Patch}"
-    autoreconf
-    configureFlagsArray=(
-      --with-gtk
-      --with-lua=${lua}
-      CPPFLAGS="-DNDEBUG"
-      CFLAGS="-O2 -fsigned-char"
-      CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fsigned-char"
-      GTK_CFLAGS="-I${gtk2}/include/gtk-2.0 -I${gtk2}/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I${glib}/include/glib-2.0 -I${glib}/lib/glib-2.0/include -I${cairo}/include/cairo -I${pango}/include/pango-1.0 -I${gdk_pixbuf}/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I${atk}/include/atk-1.0 -I${gtkglext}/include/gtkglext-1.0 -I${gtkglext}/lib/gtkglext-1.0/include"
-      GTK_LIBS="-lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgtkglext-x11-1.0 -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0"
-    )
  '';

+  configureFlags = "--with-gtk --with-lua=${lua}";
+  CPPFLAGS = "-DNDEBUG";
+  CFLAGS = "-O2 -fsigned-char";
+  CXXFLAGS = "-O2 -fsigned-char";
+  GTK_CFLAGS = "-I${gtk2}/include/gtk-2.0 -I${gtk2}/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I${glib}/include/glib-2.0 -I${glib}/lib/glib-2.0/include -I${cairo}/include/cairo -I${pango}/include/pango-1.0 -I${gdk_pixbuf}/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I${atk}/include/atk-1.0 -I${gtkglext}/include/gtkglext-1.0 -I${gtkglext}/lib/gtkglext-1.0/include";
+  GTK_LIBS = "-lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgtkglext-x11-1.0 -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0";
+
  installPhase = ''make MKDIR_P="mkdir -p" install'';

  enableParallelBuilding = true;
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeWrapper, autoconf, automake,
-  libmspack, openssl, pam, xercesc, icu, libdnet, procps, 
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook,
+  libmspack, openssl, pam, xercesc, icu, libdnet, procps,
  xlibsWrapper, libXinerama, libXi, libXrender, libXrandr, libXtst,
  pkgconfig, glib, gtk, gtkmm }:

@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
    sha256 = "15lwayrz9bpx4z12fj616hsn25m997y72licwwz7kms4sx9ssip1";
  };

-  buildInputs = 
-    [ autoconf automake makeWrapper libmspack openssl pam xercesc icu libdnet procps
+  buildInputs =
+    [ autoreconfHook makeWrapper libmspack openssl pam xercesc icu libdnet procps
      pkgconfig glib gtk gtkmm xlibsWrapper libXinerama libXi libXrender libXrandr libXtst ];

  patchPhase = ''
@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {

  patches = [ ./recognize_nixos.patch ];

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf";
  configureFlags = "--without-kernel-modules --without-xmlsecurity";

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cloog-ppl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cloog-ppl/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, ppl, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, ppl, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "cloog-ppl-0.15.11";
@ -10,19 +10,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ppl ];

-  nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];

  patches = [ ./fix-ppl-version.patch ];

  configureFlags = "--with-ppl=${ppl}";

-  preConfigure = ''
+  preAutoreconf = ''
    touch NEWS ChangeLog AUTHORS
-    ${libtool}/bin/libtoolize -c --force
-    ${automake}/bin/aclocal
-    ${automake}/bin/automake --add-missing
-    ${automake}/bin/automake -a -c --foreign
-    ${autoconf}/bin/autoreconf
  '';

  crossAttrs = {
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dbus/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake, libtool
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
 , expat, systemd, glib, dbus_glib, python
 , libX11 ? null, libICE ? null, libSM ? null, x11Support ? (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin) }:

@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ let
          done
        '';

-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
    propagatedBuildInputs = [ expat ];
-    buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ]; # ToDo: optional selinux?
+
+    preAutoreconf = ''
+      substituteInPlace tools/Makefile.am --replace 'install-localstatelibDATA:' 'disabled:'
+    '';

    preConfigure = ''
      patchShebangs .
-      substituteInPlace tools/Makefile.am --replace 'install-localstatelibDATA:' 'disabled:'
-      autoreconf -fi
    '';

    configureFlags = [
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dotconf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dotconf/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "dotconf-" + version;
@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "1sc95hw5k2xagpafny0v35filmcn05k1ds5ghkldfpf6xw4hakp7";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
-
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf --install";
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "A configuration parser library";
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/funambol/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/funambol/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, curl, automake, libtool, autoconf, unzip }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, curl, autoreconfHook, unzip }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "funambol-client-cpp-9.0.0";
@ -10,17 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  postUnpack = ''sourceRoot+="/sdk/cpp/build/autotools"'';

-  # Upstream guys forgotten to run autoreconf...
-  preConfigure=''
-    libtoolize -c -f
-    aclocal
-    autoheader
-    automake -a -c -f --add-missing
-    autoconf -f'';
-
  propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib curl ];

-  nativeBuildInputs = [ automake libtool autoconf unzip ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook unzip ];

  meta = {
    description = "SyncML client sdk by Funambol project";
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hivex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hivex/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, automake, autoconf, libtool, makeWrapper
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, makeWrapper
 , perl, libxml2, IOStringy }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -13,14 +13,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  patches = [ ./hivex-syms.patch ];

  buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig automake autoconf libtool makeWrapper
+    pkgconfig autoreconfHook makeWrapper
    perl libxml2 IOStringy
  ];

-  preConfigure = ''
-    AUTOPOINT=true autoreconf --verbose --install 
-  '';
-
  postInstall = ''
    for bin in $out/bin/*; do
      wrapProgram "$bin" --prefix "PATH" : "$out/bin"
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgksu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgksu/default.nix
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, makeWrapper, gtk, gnome, gnome3,
-  libstartup_notification, libgtop, perl, perlXMLParser, autoconf,
-  automake, libtool, intltool, gtk_doc, docbook_xsl, xauth, sudo
+  libstartup_notification, libgtop, perl, perlXMLParser,
+  autoreconfHook, intltool, gtk_doc, docbook_xsl, xauth, sudo
 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  preConfigure = ''
    intltoolize --force --copy --automake
-    autoreconf -vfi
  '';

  buildInputs = [
    pkgconfig makeWrapper gtk gnome.GConf libstartup_notification
    gnome3.libgnome_keyring libgtop gnome.libglade perl perlXMLParser
-    autoconf automake libtool intltool gtk_doc docbook_xsl
+    autoreconfHook intltool gtk_doc docbook_xsl
  ];

  preFixup = ''
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake, libtool, makeWrapper
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, makeWrapper
 , ncurses, cpio, gperf, perl, cdrkit, flex, bison, qemu, pcre, augeas, libxml2
 , acl, libcap, libcap_ng, libconfig, systemd, fuse, yajl, libvirt, hivex
 , gmp, readline, file, libintlperl, GetoptLong, SysVirt, numactl, xen }:
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  };

  buildInputs = [
-    makeWrapper pkgconfig autoconf automake libtool ncurses cpio gperf perl
+    makeWrapper pkgconfig autoreconfHook ncurses cpio gperf perl
    cdrkit flex bison qemu pcre augeas libxml2 acl libcap libcap_ng libconfig
    systemd fuse yajl libvirt gmp readline file hivex libintlperl GetoptLong
    SysVirt numactl xen
@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  patches = [ ./libguestfs-syms.patch ];
  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${libxml2}/include/libxml2/";

-  preConfigure = ''
-    AUTOPOINT=true LIBTOOLIZE=true autoreconf --verbose --install
-  '';
-
  postInstall = ''
    for bin in $out/bin/*; do
      wrapProgram "$bin" \
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libivykis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libivykis/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, file, protobufc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, file, protobufc }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "libivykis-${version}";
@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "11d7sjbhcll932rlvx9sf3vk60b5bazmjf4vlr4qd9cz0cashizz";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig file protobufc ];
-
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig file protobufc ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = ''
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpst/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, libtool, boost, python, libgsf,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, boost, python, libgsf,
  pkgconfig, bzip2, xmlto, gettext, imagemagick, doxygen }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -9,13 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      sha256 = "0qih919zk40japs4mpiaw5vyr2bvwz60sjf23gixd5vvzc32cljz";
    };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool boost python libgsf pkgconfig bzip2
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook boost python libgsf pkgconfig bzip2
 		  xmlto gettext imagemagick doxygen ];

-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -v -f -i
-  '';
-
  doCheck = true;

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libtool, automake, autoconf
-, librdf_raptor, librdf_raptor2, ladspaH, openssl, zlib #, swh_lv2
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
+, librdf_raptor2, ladspaH, openssl, zlib
 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -11,19 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "18p2flb2sv2hq6w2qkd29z9c7knnwqr3f12i2srshlzx6vwkm05s";
  };

+  preAutoreconf = "rm m4/*";
  postPatch = "sed -i -e 's:usr/local:usr:' examples/{instances,remove}_test.c";

-  preConfigure = "rm m4/* && autoreconf -if";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig libtool automake autoconf ladspaH openssl zlib /*swh_lv2*/
-    #librdf_raptor 
-  ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ladspaH openssl zlib ];

  propagatedBuildInputs = [ librdf_raptor2 ];

-  #doCheck = true; # would need swh_lv2 and some path patching
-
  meta = {
    description = "Lightweight RDF library with special support for LADSPA plugins";
    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/lrdf/;
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/new-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/new-api/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, libtool, automake, libsodium, ncurses, libopus
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, libsodium, ncurses, libopus
 , libvpx, check, libconfig, pkgconfig }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      auto_tests/tox_test.c
  '';

-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -i
-  '';
-
  configureFlags = [
    "--with-libsodium-headers=${libsodium}/include"
    "--with-libsodium-libs=${libsodium}/lib"
@ -34,8 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  ];

  buildInputs = [
-    autoconf libtool automake libsodium ncurses
-    check libconfig pkgconfig
+    autoreconfHook libsodium ncurses check libconfig pkgconfig
  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isArm) [
    libopus
  ];
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/old-api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtoxcore/old-api/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, libtool, automake, libsodium, ncurses, libopus
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, libsodium, ncurses, libopus
 , libvpx, check, libconfig, pkgconfig }:

 let
@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
      auto_tests/tox_test.c
  '';

-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -i
-  '';
-
  configureFlags = [
    "--with-libsodium-headers=${libsodium}/include"
    "--with-libsodium-libs=${libsodium}/lib"
@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  ];

  buildInputs = [
-    autoconf libtool automake libsodium ncurses
+    autoreconfHook libsodium ncurses
    check libconfig pkgconfig
  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isArm) [
    libopus
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/minizip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/minizip/default.nix
@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, zlib, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, zlib, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "minizip-${zlib.version}";
  inherit (zlib) src;

-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
  buildInputs = [ zlib ];

-  preConfigure = ''
-    cd contrib/minizip
-    autoreconf -vfi
-  '';
+  sourceRoot = "zlib-${zlib.version}/contrib/minizip";
 }
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/pkcs11helper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pkcs11helper/default.nix
@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, openssl, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, openssl, autoreconfHook }:

 let
  rev = "5d412bad60";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "pkcs11-helper-20121123-${rev}";
-  
+
  src = fetchurl {
    url = "https://github.com/alonbl/pkcs11-helper/tarball/${rev}";
    name = "${name}.tar.gz";
    sha256 = "1mih6mha39yr5s5m18lg4854qc105asgnwmjw7f95kgmzni62kxp";
  };

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -vfi";
-  
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig openssl autoconf automake libtool ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig openssl autoreconfHook ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = https://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/wiki/pkcs11-helper;
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-gtk/default.nix
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, spice_protocol, intltool, celt_0_5_1
 , openssl, libpulseaudio, pixman, gobjectIntrospection, libjpeg_turbo, zlib
-, cyrus_sasl, python, pygtk, autoconf, automake, libtool, usbredir, libsoup
+, cyrus_sasl, python, pygtk, autoreconfHook, usbredir, libsoup
 , gtk3, enableGTK3 ? false }:

 with stdenv.lib;
@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    libjpeg_turbo zlib cyrus_sasl python pygtk usbredir
  ] ++ (if enableGTK3 then [ gtk3 ] else [ gtk ]);

-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool libtool libsoup autoconf automake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool libsoup autoreconfHook ];

  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fno-stack-protector";

-  preConfigure = ''
+  preAutoreconf = ''
    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.am \
-      --replace '=codegendir pygtk-2.0' '=codegendir pygobject-2.0'
-    autoreconf -v --force --install
+          --replace '=codegendir pygtk-2.0' '=codegendir pygobject-2.0'
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
    intltoolize -f
  '';

--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tremor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tremor/default.nix
@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, libogg }:
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, libogg }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "tremor-svn-${src.rev}";
-  
+
  src = fetchsvn {
    url = http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor;
    rev = "17866";
    sha256 = "161411cbefa1527da7a8fc087e78d8e21d19143d3a6eb42fb281e5026aad7568";
  };

-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libogg ];

  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -vfi
    sed -i /XIPH_PATH_OGG/d configure
  '';

--- a/pkgs/games/rili/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/rili/default.nix
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, SDL_mixer, SDL, autoconf, automake}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL_mixer, SDL, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "ri_li-2.0.1"; 
-  
+  name = "ri_li-2.0.1";
+
  src = fetchurl {
    url = mirror://sourceforge/ri-li/Ri-li-2.0.1.tar.bz2;
    sha256 = "f71ccc20c37c601358d963e087ac0d524de8c68e96df09c3aac1ae65edd38dbd";
@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  patches = [ ./moderinze_cpp.patch ];

-  preConfigure = ''
-    export CPPFLAGS="-I${SDL}/include -I${SDL}/include/SDL -I${SDL_mixer}/include"
-    autoreconf -i
-  '';
-  
-  buildInputs = [SDL SDL_mixer autoconf automake];
-  
+  CPPFLAGS = "-I${SDL}/include -I${SDL}/include/SDL -I${SDL_mixer}/include";
+
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_mixer autoreconfHook ];
+
  meta = {
    homepage = http://ri-li.sourceforge.net;
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/vice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/vice/default.nix
@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gettext, libpng, giflib, libjpeg, alsaLib, readline, mesa, libX11
-, pkgconfig, gtk, SDL, autoconf, automake, makeDesktopItem
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libpng, giflib, libjpeg, alsaLib, readline, mesa, libX11
+, pkgconfig, gtk, SDL, autoreconfHook, makeDesktopItem
 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "vice-2.2";
+
  src = fetchurl {
    url = http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/VICE/vice-2.2.tar.gz;
    sha256 = "0l8mp9ybx494fdqgr1ps4x3c3qzms4yyg4hzcn3ihzy92zw1nn2x";
  };
-  buildInputs = [ perl gettext libpng giflib libjpeg alsaLib readline mesa
-                  pkgconfig gtk SDL autoconf automake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl libpng giflib libjpeg alsaLib readline mesa
+                  pkgconfig gtk SDL autoreconfHook ];
  configureFlags = "--with-sdl --enable-fullscreen --enable-gnomeui";
-  
+
  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
    name = "vice";
    exec = "x64";
@ -23,18 +25,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  patchPhase = ''
    # Disable font-cache update
-    
    sed -i -e "s|install: install-data-am|install-no: install-data-am|" data/fonts/Makefile.am
-    autoreconf -f -i
  '';
-  
+
  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lX11 -L${libX11}/lib";
-  
+
  postInstall = ''
    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
    cp ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications
  '';
-  
+
  meta = {
    description = "Commodore 64, 128 and other emulators";
    homepage = http://www.viceteam.org;
--- a/pkgs/misc/screensavers/alock/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/screensavers/alock/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
 , libX11, pam, libgcrypt, libXrender, imlib2 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "c1f00bf90c966b2b76e00061cc4b54a3c0bc6547e788731ab694b43f55a216ab";
  };

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -fvi";
  configureFlags = [
    "--enable-pam"
    "--enable-hash"
@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    "--enable-imlib2"
  ];
  buildInputs = [
-    pkgconfig autoconf automake libX11
+    pkgconfig autoreconfHook libX11
    pam libgcrypt libXrender imlib2
  ];

--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack/default.nix
@ -1,34 +1,28 @@
 {
  stdenv
 , fetchurl
-, autoconf
-, automake
 , utilmacros
 , pkgconfig
-, libtool
 , mtdev
 , xorgserver
 , xproto
 , inputproto
 , pixman
+, autoreconfHook
 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "xf86-input-mtrack-0.3.0";

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -vfi";
-
  buildInputs = [
-    autoconf
-    automake
    utilmacros
    pkgconfig
-    libtool
    mtdev
    xorgserver
    xproto
    inputproto
    pixman
+    autoreconfHook
  ];

  CFLAGS = "-I${pixman}/include/pixman-1";
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-video-nested/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/xf86-video-nested/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, automake, fontsproto, libX11, libXext
-, libtool, pixman, pkgconfig, renderproto, utilmacros, xorgserver
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, fontsproto, libX11, libXext
+, pixman, pkgconfig, renderproto, utilmacros, xorgserver
 }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  buildInputs =
-    [ autoconf automake fontsproto libX11 libXext libtool pixman
+    [ autoreconfHook fontsproto libX11 libXext pixman
      pkgconfig renderproto utilmacros xorgserver
    ];


  configurePhase = ''
-    autoreconf -fvi
    ./configure --prefix=$out CFLAGS="-I${pixman}/include/pixman-1"
  '';

--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/busybee.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/busybee.nix
@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool,
-  libpo6, libe, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoreconfHook, libpo6, libe, pkgconfig }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "busybee-${version}";
@ -9,16 +8,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    url = "https://github.com/rescrv/busybee/archive/releases/${version}.zip";
    sha256 = "0b51h1kmkf0s3d9y7wjqgp1pk1rk9i7n8bcgyj01kflzdgafbl0b";
  };
+
  buildInputs = [
-    autoconf
-    automake
+    autoreconfHook
    libe
    libpo6
-    libtool
    pkgconfig
    unzip
  ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "A high-performance messaging layer";
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/default.nix
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool,
-  python, libsodium, pkgconfig, popt, glog, xz, json_c, gperf, yacc,
-  flex, pandoc, help2man, autoconf-archive, callPackage }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, unzip, autoreconfHook, autoconf-archive
+, python, libsodium, pkgconfig, popt, glog, xz, json_c, gperf, yacc
+, flex, pandoc, help2man, callPackage }:

 assert stdenv.isLinux;

@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  };

  buildInputs = [
-    autoconf
+    autoreconfHook
    autoconf-archive
-    automake
    busybee
    glog
    hyperleveldb
@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    libe
    libmacaroons
    libpo6
-    libtool
    pkgconfig
    popt
    python
@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    help2man
    pandoc
  ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -fi";

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "A scalable, searchable key-value store";
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/hyperleveldb.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/hyperleveldb.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "hyperleveldb-${version}";
@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    url = "https://github.com/rescrv/HyperLevelDB/archive/releases/${version}.zip";
    sha256 = "0m5fwl9sc7c6m2zm3zjlxxg7f602gnaryikxgflahhdccdvvr56y";
  };
-  buildInputs = [ unzip autoconf automake libtool ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip autoreconfHook ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = ''A fork of LevelDB intended to meet the needs of
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/libe.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/libe.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool, libpo6, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoreconfHook, libpo6, pkgconfig }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "libe-${version}";
@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    url = "https://github.com/rescrv/e/archive/releases/${version}.zip";
    sha256 = "18xm0hcnqdf0ipfn19jrgzqsxij5xjbbnihhzc57n4v7yfdca1w3";
  };
-  buildInputs = [ unzip autoconf automake libtool libpo6 pkgconfig ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip autoreconfHook libpo6 pkgconfig ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "Library containing high-performance datastructures and utilities for C++";
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/libmacaroons.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/libmacaroons.nix
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool, 
-  pkgconfig, libsodium, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, libsodium, python }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "libmacaroons-${version}";
  version = "0.3.0";
@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    url = "https://github.com/rescrv/libmacaroons/archive/releases/${version}.zip";
    sha256 = "18c44424jri0p5la6jgrnlz5p937hk7ws2mldhzjwisqyf5qld43";
  };
-  buildInputs = [ unzip autoconf automake libtool python libsodium pkgconfig ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
-  
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip autoreconfHook python libsodium pkgconfig ];
+
  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = ''Macaroons are flexible authorization credentials that
        support decentralized delegation, attenuation, and verification.'';
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/libpo6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/libpo6.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "libpo6-${version}";
@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    url = "https://github.com/rescrv/po6/archive/releases/${version}.zip";
    sha256 = "17grzkh6aw1f68qvkhivbb6vwbm6jd41ysbfn88pypf5lczxrxly";
  };
-  buildInputs = [ unzip autoconf automake libtool ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip autoreconfHook ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "POSIX wrappers for C++";
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/replicant.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/hyperdex/replicant.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoconf, automake, libtool, glog,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, autoreconfHook, glog,
  hyperleveldb, libe, pkgconfig, popt, libpo6, busybee }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -9,21 +9,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    url = "https://github.com/rescrv/Replicant/archive/releases/${version}.zip";
    sha256 = "1q3pdq2ndpj70yd1578bn4grlrp77gl8hv2fz34jpx34qmlalda4";
  };
+
  buildInputs = [
-    autoconf
-    automake
+    autoreconfHook
    busybee
    glog
    hyperleveldb
    libe
    libpo6
-    libtool
    pkgconfig
    popt
    unzip
  ];
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
-  
+
  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    description = "A system for maintaining replicated state machines";
    homepage = https://github.com/rescrv/Replicant;
--- a/pkgs/servers/shellinabox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/shellinabox/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, pam, openssl, openssh, shadow, makeWrapper }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pam, openssl, openssh, shadow, makeWrapper }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  version = "2.19";
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {

  patches = [ ./shellinabox-minus.patch ];

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pam openssl openssh makeWrapper];
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pam openssl openssh makeWrapper ];

  # Disable GSSAPIAuthentication errors. Also, paths in certain source files are
  # hardcoded. Replace the hardcoded paths with correct paths.
@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    substituteInPlace ./shellinabox/service.c --replace "/bin/login" "${shadow}/bin/login"
    substituteInPlace ./shellinabox/launcher.c --replace "/bin/login" "${shadow}/bin/login"
    substituteInPlace ./libhttp/ssl.c --replace "/usr/bin" "${openssl}/bin"
-    autoreconf -vfi
  '';

  postInstall = ''
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/runzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/runzip/default.nix
@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libzip, autoconf, automake, libtool, m4}:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libzip, autoreconfHook }:
+
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  baseName = "runzip";
  version = "1.4";
-  name = "${baseName}-${version}";
-  buildInputs = [libzip autoconf automake libtool m4];
+  name = "runzip-${version}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ libzip autoreconfHook ];
+
  src = fetchFromGitHub {
    owner = "vlm";
    repo = "zip-fix-filename-encoding";
    rev = "v${version}";
    sha256 = "0l5zbb5hswxczigvyal877j0aiq3fc01j3gv88bvy7ikyvw3lc07";
  };
-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -iv
-  '';
+
  meta = {
-    inherit version;
-    description = ''A tool to convert filename encoding inside a ZIP archive'';
+    description = "A tool to convert filename encoding inside a ZIP archive";
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd2 ;
    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grub/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, texinfo, buggyBiosCDSupport ? true}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, texinfo, buggyBiosCDSupport ? true}:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "grub-0.97-patch-1.12";
@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {

  ] ++ (stdenv.lib.optional buggyBiosCDSupport ./buggybios.patch);

-  # Autoconf/automake required for the splashimage patch.
-  buildInputs = [autoconf automake texinfo];
+  # autoreconfHook required for the splashimage patch.
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook texinfo ];

  prePatch = ''
    unpackFile $gentooPatches
@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
    done
  '';

-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf
-    automake --add-missing
-  '';
-
  passthru.grubTarget = "";

  meta = {
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mdbtools/git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mdbtools/git.nix
@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, glib, readline, bison, flex, pkgconfig,
-  libiconv, autoconf, automake, libtool, which, txt2man, gnome_doc_utils,
-  scrollkeeper}:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, glib, readline, bison, flex, pkgconfig,
+  libiconv, autoreconfHook, which, txt2man, gnome_doc_utils, scrollkeeper }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "mdbtools-git-2014-07-25";
@ -12,16 +11,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  buildInputs = [
-    glib readline bison flex pkgconfig autoconf automake
-    libtool which txt2man gnome_doc_utils scrollkeeper libiconv
+    glib readline bison flex autoreconfHook pkgconfig which txt2man
+    gnome_doc_utils scrollkeeper libiconv
  ];

+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    sed -e '/ENABLE_GTK_DOC/aAM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GNOME_DOC_UTILS, test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes)' \
+        -e  '/ENABLE_GTK_DOC/aAM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_SK, test x$enable_scrollkeeper = xyes)' \
+        -i configure.ac
+  '';
+
  preConfigure = ''
    sed -e 's@static \(GHashTable [*]mdb_backends;\)@\1@' -i src/libmdb/backend.c
-    sed -e '/ENABLE_GTK_DOC/aAM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_GNOME_DOC_UTILS, test x$enable_gtk_doc = xyes)' \
-    -e  '/ENABLE_GTK_DOC/aAM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_SK, test x$enable_scrollkeeper = xyes)'          \
-    -i configure.ac
-    autoreconf -i -f
  '';

  meta = {
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, file
-, protobufc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, file , protobufc }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "riemann-c-client-${version}";
@ -13,9 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "0jc2bbw7sp2gr4cswx78srs0p1kp81prcarq4ivqpfw4bmzg6xg4";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig file protobufc ];
-
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig file protobufc ];

  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
    homepage = https://github.com/algernon/riemann-c-client;
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/xclip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/xclip/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchsvn, xlibsWrapper, libXmu, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, xlibsWrapper, libXmu, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  # The last release from 2012, 0.12, lacks '-targets'
@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "0d6r38xas5l79l700sdm14l41vvjqhah613367ha8kcvx54zkddz";
  };

-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -vfi";
+  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper libXmu autoreconfHook ];

-  buildInputs = [ xlibsWrapper libXmu autoconf automake libtool ];
-
-  meta = { 
+  meta = {
    description = "Tool to access the X clipboard from a console application";
    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/xclip/;
    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/biosdevname/default.nix
@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-{stdenv, fetchgit, automake, autoconf, zlib, pciutils}:
-let
-  version = "0.6.1";
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoreconfHook, zlib, pciutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "biosdevname-${version}";
-  
+  version = "0.6.1";
+
  src = fetchgit {
    url = git://linux.dell.com/biosdevname.git;
    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
@ -12,16 +11,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
  };

  buildInputs = [
-    automake
-    autoconf
+    autoreconfHook
    zlib
    pciutils
  ];

-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -i
-  '';
-
  # Don't install /lib/udev/rules.d/*-biosdevname.rules
  patches = [ ./makefile.patch ];

--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libpcap, libjpeg, libungif, libpng, giflib, glib, gtk2, cairo, pango, gdk_pixbuf, atk, pkgconfig }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, libpcap, libjpeg , libungif, libpng
+, giflib, glib, gtk2, cairo, pango, gdk_pixbuf, atk
+, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook }:

 with lib;

@ -6,9 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name = "driftnet-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
  rev = "8d47fd563a06122d4a6f9b9b9d27ba3d635148c0";

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig libpcap libjpeg libungif libpng giflib glib gtk2 glib cairo pango gdk_pixbuf atk ];
-
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf -fi";
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig libpcap libjpeg libungif libpng giflib
+    glib gtk2 glib cairo pango gdk_pixbuf atk autoreconfHook
+  ];

  src = fetchFromGitHub {
    inherit rev;
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mu/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, sqlite, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, sqlite, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
 , xapian, glib, gmime, texinfo , emacs, guile
 , gtk3, webkit, libsoup, icu, withMug ? false /* doesn't build with current gtk3 */ }:

@ -11,14 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "0wj33pma8xgjvn2akk7khzbycwn4c9sshxvzdph9dnpy7gyqxj51";
  };

-  buildInputs =
-    [ sqlite pkgconfig autoconf automake xapian
-      glib gmime texinfo emacs guile libsoup icu ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withMug [ gtk3 webkit ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoreconf -i
-  '';
+  buildInputs = [
+    sqlite pkgconfig xapian glib gmime texinfo emacs guile libsoup icu
+    autoreconfHook
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals withMug [ gtk3 webkit ];

  preBuild = ''
    # Fix mu4e-builddir (set it to $out)
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchzip, autoconf, automake}:
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, autoreconfHook }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
  name    = "par2cmdline-${version}";
@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "0maywssv468ia7rf8jyq4axwahgli3nfykl7x3zip503psywjj8a";
  };

-  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake ];
-
-  preConfigure = "autoreconf";
+  buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];

  meta = {
    homepage = https://github.com/BlackIkeEagle/par2cmdline;
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python, perl, autoconf, automake, libtool, intltool, flex,
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python, perl, intltool, flex, autoreconfHook,
 texinfo, libiconv }:

 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@ -11,17 +11,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
    sha256 = "06vyjqaraamcc5vka66mlvxj27ihccqc74aymv2wn8nphr2rhh03";
  };

-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python perl autoconf automake libtool intltool flex texinfo
-  libiconv ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python perl intltool flex texinfo autoreconfHook libiconv ];

-  preConfigure = ''
+  preAutoreconf = ''
    # fix build with new automake, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419455
-    #rm acinclude.m4
    substituteInPlace Makefile.am --replace "ACLOCAL = ./aclocal.sh @ACLOCAL@" ""
    sed -i '/^AM_C_PROTOTYPES/d' configure.ac
    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.am --replace "ansi2knr" ""
-
-    autoreconf -fi
  ''
  + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
    export LDFLAGS=-lintl
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@ -1750,7 +1750,6 @@ let

  grub = callPackage_i686 ../tools/misc/grub {
    buggyBiosCDSupport = config.grub.buggyBiosCDSupport or true;
-    automake = automake112x; # fails with 13 and 14
  };

  trustedGrub = callPackage_i686 ../tools/misc/grub/trusted.nix { };
@ -2635,9 +2634,7 @@ let

  paper-gtk-theme = callPackage ../misc/themes/gtk3/paper-gtk-theme { };

-  par2cmdline = callPackage ../tools/networking/par2cmdline {
-    automake = automake112x; # fails with 14
-  };
+  par2cmdline = callPackage ../tools/networking/par2cmdline { };

  parallel = callPackage ../tools/misc/parallel { };

@ -13027,9 +13024,7 @@ let

  rkt = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/rkt { };

-  rofi = callPackage ../applications/misc/rofi {
-    automake = automake114x;
-  };
+  rofi = callPackage ../applications/misc/rofi { };

  rofi-pass = callPackage ../tools/security/pass/rofi-pass.nix { };