--- configure.ac.orig	2019-12-10 09:29:11 UTC
+++ configure.ac
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ SV_MODULE_OPTIONAL([libpulse],[libpulse >= 0.9],[pulse
 SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([lrdf],[lrdf >= 0.2],[lrdf.h],[lrdf],[lrdf_init])
 SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([oggz],[oggz >= 1.0.0],[oggz/oggz.h],[oggz],[oggz_run])
 SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([fishsound],[fishsound >= 1.0.0],[fishsound/fishsound.h],[fishsound],[fish_sound_new])
-SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([mad],[mad >= 0.15.0],[mad.h],[mad],[mad_decoder_init])
+SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([mad],[libmad >= 0.15.0],[mad.h],[mad],[mad_decoder_init])
 SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([id3tag],[id3tag >= 0.15.0],[id3tag.h],[id3tag],[id3_tag_new])
 SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([opus],[opusfile],[opus/opusfile.h],[opusfile],[op_read_float])
 
-# Link in -lX11 if it exists -- this is for the X error handler
-SV_MODULE_OPTIONAL([X11],[x11 >= 1.0.0],[X11/X.h],[x11],[XGetErrorText])
+# Link in -lX11 -- this is for the X error handler
+SV_MODULE_REQUIRED([X11],[x11 >= 1.0.0],[X11/X.h],[x11],[XGetErrorText])
 
 AC_SUBST(PERL)
 AC_SUBST(XARGS)
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([config.pri])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
+if false; then
 if test -x repoint ; then
    if test -d .hg -o -d .git ; then 
       if ! ./repoint install; then
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ else
    if ! test -d vamp-plugin-sdk ; then
       AC_MSG_WARN([No vamp-plugin-sdk directory present, so external components might not have been updated])
    fi
+fi
 fi
 
 if ! $QMAKE -r sonic-visualiser.pro; then