diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b70c9ba7..54cafee2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2002-01-10  Kevin Vandersloot <kfv101@psu.edu>
+
+	* acininclude.m4: add back the support stuf but make it really
+	work
+
+	* configure.in: bump version number, add back GNOME_SUPPORT 
+	check since that was causing a build failure
+
+	* release 1.90.1
+
 2002-01-09  Kevin Vandersloot <kfv101@psu.edu>
 
 	* acinclude.m4: remove gnome support check. Fixes the build
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 04a52ad8..36dfb7ba 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -505,7 +505,83 @@ AC_CHECKING(for AFS)
 test -d /afs && AC_DEFINE(AFS)
 ])
 
- 
+dnl GNOME_SUPPORT_CHECKS
+dnl    Check for various support functions needed by the standard
+dnl    Gnome libraries.  Sets LIBOBJS, might define some macros.
+dnl    This should only be used when building the Gnome libs; 
+dnl    Gnome clients should not need this macro.
+AC_DEFUN([GNOME_SUPPORT_CHECKS],[
+  # we need an `awk' to build `gnomesupport.h'
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_AWK])
+
+  # this should go away soon
+  need_gnome_support=yes
+
+  save_LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS"
+  LIBOBJS=
+
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getopt_long,,LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS getopt.o getopt1.o")
+
+  # for `scandir'
+  AC_HEADER_DIRENT
+
+  # copied from `configure.in' of `libiberty'
+  vars="program_invocation_short_name program_invocation_name sys_errlist"
+  for v in $vars; do
+    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for $v])
+    AC_CACHE_VAL(gnome_cv_var_$v,
+      [AC_TRY_LINK([int *p;], [extern int $v; p = &$v;],
+		   [eval "gnome_cv_var_$v=yes"],
+		   [eval "gnome_cv_var_$v=no"])])
+    if eval "test \"`echo '$gnome_cv_var_'$v`\" = yes"; then
+      AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+      n=HAVE_`echo $v | tr 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'`
+      AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($n)
+    else
+      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+    fi
+  done
+
+  AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(memmove mkstemp scandir strcasecmp strerror strndup strnlen)
+  AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(strtok_r strtod strtol strtoul vasprintf vsnprintf)
+
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(realpath,,LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS canonicalize.o")
+
+  # to include `error.c' error.c has some HAVE_* checks
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(vprintf doprnt strerror_r)
+  # stolen from am_func_error_at_line
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for error_at_line], am_cv_lib_error_at_line,
+  [AC_TRY_LINK([],[error_at_line(0, 0, "", 0, "");],
+              am_cv_lib_error_at_line=yes,
+              am_cv_lib_error_at_line=no)])
+  if test $am_cv_lib_error_at_line = no; then
+   LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS error.o"
+  fi
+  AC_SUBST(LIBOBJS)dnl
+  
+  # This is required if we declare setreuid () and setregid ().
+  AC_TYPE_UID_T
+
+  # see if we need to declare some functions.  Solaris is notorious for
+  # putting functions into the `libc' but not listing them in the headers
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(string.h strings.h stdlib.h unistd.h dirent.h)
+  GCC_NEED_DECLARATIONS(gethostname setreuid setregid getpagesize)
+  GCC_NEED_DECLARATION(scandir,[
+#ifdef HAVE_DIRENT_H
+#include <dirent.h>
+#endif
+])
+
+  # Turn our LIBOBJS into libtool objects.  This is gross, but it
+  # requires changes to autoconf before it goes away.
+  LTLIBOBJS=`echo "$LIBOBJS" | sed 's/\.o/.lo/g'`
+  AC_SUBST(need_gnome_support)
+  AC_SUBST(LTLIBOBJS)
+
+  LIBOBJS="$save_LIBOBJS"
+  AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_GNOME_SUPPORT, test "$need_gnome_support" = yes)
+])
+
 
 dnl This file is intended for use both internally in libgtop and in every program
 dnl that wants to use it.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 70929633..8ef91be5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ fi
 
 LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION=90
-LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION=0
+LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION=1
 LIBGTOP_VERSION=$LIBGTOP_MAJOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MINOR_VERSION.$LIBGTOP_MICRO_VERSION
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(libgtop, $LIBGTOP_VERSION)
-LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE=0
-LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE=0
+LIBGTOP_INTERFACE_AGE=1
+LIBGTOP_BINARY_AGE=1
 
 # you can set this to `-snap' for instance to create
 # a `libgtop-1.x.y-snap.tar.gz' tarball.
@@ -215,7 +215,11 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_LIBS)
 
-dnl AM_PATH_GLIB(1.2.0,,AC_MSG_ERROR(GLIB >= 1.2.0 is required for LibGTop))
+dnl (1.2.0,,AC_MSG_ERROR(GLIB >= 1.2.0 is required for LibGTop))
+
+dnl You need to uncomment the following line if you want to use
+dnl libGTop without Gnome.
+GNOME_SUPPORT_CHECKS
 
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_C_CONST