There is no specific reason for this other than blocking
the most ancient versions. These are still old:
Autoconf 2.69 (2012)
Automake 1.12 (2012)
gettext 0.19.6 (2015)
Libtool 2.4 (2010)
# of malloc(), stat(), or lstat(), since we don't use those functions in
# a way that would cause the problems the autoconf macros check.
-AC_PREREQ([2.64])
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
AC_INIT([XZ Utils], m4_esyscmd([/bin/sh build-aux/version.sh]),
[lasse.collin@tukaani.org], [xz], [https://tukaani.org/xz/])
echo
echo "Initializing Libtool:"
-LT_PREREQ([2.2])
+LT_PREREQ([2.4])
LT_INIT([win32-dll])
LT_LANG([Windows Resource])