--- ltmain.sh	2003-02-13 14:54:24.000000000 +0100
+++ ltmain.sh	2003-02-13 15:24:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ EOF
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# define variables for historic ltconfig's generated by Libtool 1.3
+test -z "$SED" && SED=sed
+test -z "$EGREP" && EGREP=egrep
+test -z "$LTCC" && LTCC=${CC-gcc}
+
 # The name of this program.
 progname=`$echo "$0" | ${SED} 's%^.*/%%'`
 modename="$progname"