---
 configure    |    4 ++--
 configure.in |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4845,7 +4845,7 @@
   ac_prog_version=`$MAKE --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
-    3.79* | 3.[89]*)
+    3.79* | 3.[89]* | [4-9].* | [1-9][0-9]*)
        ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
     *) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
 
@@ -5032,7 +5032,7 @@
   # Found it, now check the version.
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking version of $SED" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking version of $SED... " >&6; }
-  ac_prog_version=`$SED --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU sed version \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
+  ac_prog_version=`$SED --version 2>&1 | sed -n 's/^.*GNU sed[^0-9]* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\).*$/\1/p'`
   case $ac_prog_version in
     '') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
     3.0[2-9]*|3.[1-9]*|[4-9]*)
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@
   critic_missing="$critic_missing gcc")
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MAKE, gnumake gmake make, --version,
   [GNU Make[^0-9]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\)],
-  [3.79* | 3.[89]*], critic_missing="$critic_missing make")
+  [3.79* | 3.[89]* | [4-9].* | [1-9][0-9]*], critic_missing="$critic_missing make")
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(MSGFMT, gnumsgfmt gmsgfmt msgfmt, --version,
   [GNU gettext.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],