diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 94ac0ee..2758474 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ run_versioned() {
     local V
 
     V=$(echo "$2" | sed -e 's,\.,,g')
-    
-    if [ -e "`which $1$V`" ] ; then
-    	P="$1$V" 
+
+    if [ -e "`which $1$V 2> /dev/null`" ] ; then
+        P="$1$V"
     else
-	if [ -e "`which $1-$2`" ] ; then
-	    P="$1-$2" 
-	else
-	    P="$1"
-	fi
+        if [ -e "`which $1-$2 2> /dev/null`" ] ; then
+            P="$1-$2"
+        else
+            P="$1"
+        fi
     fi
 
     shift 2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ set -ex
 if [ "x$1" = "xam" ] ; then
     run_versioned automake "$VERSION" -a -c --foreign
     ./config.status
-else 
+else
     rm -rf autom4te.cache
     rm -f config.cache
 
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ else
     run_versioned autoheader 2.59
     run_versioned automake "$VERSION" -a -c --foreign
 
-    CFLAGS="-g -O0" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc "$@"
-
-    make clean
+    if test "x$NOCONFIGURE" = "x"; then
+        CFLAGS="-g -O0" ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var "$@"
+        make clean
+    fi
 fi