diff --git a/net/libsocket++/Makefile b/net/libsocket++/Makefile
index afc1bb001f2b..51686ccde3e4 100644
--- a/net/libsocket++/Makefile
+++ b/net/libsocket++/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ COMMENT=	A C++ wrapper library to the sockets
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
-USE_AUTOMAKE_VER=	15
-USE_AUTOCONF_VER=	253
-USE_INC_LIBTOOL_VER=	13
+USE_AUTOMAKE_VER=	19
+USE_AUTOCONF_VER=	259
+USE_INC_LIBTOOL_VER=	15
 
 INFO=	socket++
 
diff --git a/net/libsocket++/files/patch-autogen b/net/libsocket++/files/patch-autogen
index 92c1c0e3de07..02e62475c4f8 100644
--- a/net/libsocket++/files/patch-autogen
+++ b/net/libsocket++/files/patch-autogen
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
  else
 - 	libtoolize --automake
-+ 	libtoolize13 --automake
++ 	${LIBTOOLIZE} --automake
  fi 
  echo "aclocal..."
 -aclocal
diff --git a/news/newscache/Makefile b/news/newscache/Makefile
index e014cfb281e6..9c10a8781f15 100644
--- a/news/newscache/Makefile
+++ b/news/newscache/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ COMMENT=	NewsCache is a free cache server for USENET News
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	socket[+][+].1:${PORTSDIR}/net/libsocket++
 
-USE_AUTOMAKE_VER=	15
-USE_AUTOHEADER_VER=	253
+USE_AUTOMAKE_VER=	19
+USE_AUTOHEADER_VER=	259
+USE_AUTOCONF_VER=	259
 USE_GETOPT_LONG=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=		yes
 AUTOMAKE_ARGS=		--add-missing
@@ -34,6 +35,6 @@ post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s,-pedantic,," ${WRKSRC}/configure.in
 
 pre-configure:
-	cd ${WRKSRC}; ${ACLOCAL}
+	(cd ${WRKSRC}; ${SETENV} ${SCRIPTS_ENV} ${SH} ./autogen)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/news/newscache/files/patch-autogen b/news/newscache/files/patch-autogen
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d53145373f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/newscache/files/patch-autogen
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- autogen.orig	Sat Nov 23 12:33:52 2002
++++ autogen	Sun Jun  5 00:44:04 2005
+@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ echo "aclocal..."
+-aclocal
++${ACLOCAL}
+ echo "autoheader..."
+-autoheader
++${AUTOHEADER}
+ echo "automake..."
+-automake --add-missing
++${AUTOMAKE} --add-missing
+ echo "autoconf..."
+-autoconf
++${AUTOCONF}
+ 
+ echo "Next run ./configure"
+ echo "Next run make"