diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 4ffb57125..2ecf1b4a0 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Version 1.6.1 [February 16, 2013]
     to be included for preprocessor definitions only, so it can be used in non-C/C++
     files. Back ported from libpng 1.7.
   Made sRGB check numbers consistent.
+  Ported libpng 1.5 options.awk/dfn file handling to 1.6, fixed one bug.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6a6f72478..c41f7409e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4386,6 +4386,7 @@ Version 1.6.1 [February 16, 2013]
     to be included for preprocessor definitions only, so it can be used in non-C/C++
     files. Back ported from libpng 1.7.
   Made sRGB check numbers consistent.
+  Ported libpng 1.5 options.awk/dfn file handling to 1.6, fixed one bug.
 
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ca44c68d4..970f90ddc 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -180,16 +180,14 @@ SYMBOL_CFLAGS += -DPNG_PREFIX='@PNG_PREFIX@'
 endif
 
 .dfn.out:
-	rm -f $@ $*.c $*.tf[123]
+	rm -f $@ $*.c $*.tf[12]
 	test -d scripts || mkdir scripts
 	echo '#include "$<"' >$*.c
 	$(DFNCPP) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)\
 	    $(CPPFLAGS) $(SYMBOL_CFLAGS) $*.c > $*.tf1
-	$(SED) -n -e 's|^.*PNG_DEFN_MAGIC *-\(.*\)- *PNG_DEFN_END.*$$|\1|p'\
-	    $*.tf1 >$*.tf2
-	$(SED) -e 's| *PNG_JOIN *||g' -e 's| *$$||' $*.tf2 >$*.tf3
-	rm -f $*.c $*.tf[12]
-	mv $*.tf3 $@
+	$(AWK) -f "${srcdir}/scripts/dfn.awk" out="$*.tf2" $*.tf1 1>&2
+	rm -f $*.c $*.tf1
+	mv $*.tf2 $@
 
 # The .dfn file for pnglibconf.h is machine generated
 pnglibconf.dfn: scripts/pnglibconf.dfa scripts/options.awk pngconf.h pngusr.dfa $(DFA_XTRA)
diff --git a/scripts/README.txt b/scripts/README.txt
index 9fed13c9e..c4f5a4dbe 100644
--- a/scripts/README.txt
+++ b/scripts/README.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Makefiles for  libpng version 1.6.1beta01 - February 14, 2013
+Makefiles for  libpng version 1.6.1beta01 - February 16, 2013
 
 pnglibconf.h.prebuilt       =>  Stores configuration settings
  makefile.linux    =>  Linux/ELF makefile
diff --git a/scripts/def.dfn b/scripts/def.dfn
index 6f830ef67..e84af6127 100644
--- a/scripts/def.dfn
+++ b/scripts/def.dfn
@@ -8,31 +8,22 @@
  * and license in png.h
  */
 
-/* These macros exist to make the header and trailer shorter below: */
-#define S PNG_DEFN_MAGIC
-#define E PNG_DEFN_END
-
 /* Write the export file header: */
-S-;---------------------------------------------------------------E
-S-; LIBPNG module definition file for OS/2-E
-S-;---------------------------------------------------------------E
-S--E
-S-; If you give the library an explicit name one or other files-E
-S-; may need modifying to support the new name on one or more-E
-S-; systems.-E
-S-LIBRARY-E
-S-OS2 DESCRIPTION "PNG image compression library"-E
-S-OS2 CODE PRELOAD MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE-E
-S--E
-S-EXPORTS-E
-S-;Version 1.6.1beta01-E
+PNG_DFN ";--------------------------------------------------------------"
+PNG_DFN "; LIBPNG module definition file for OS/2"
+PNG_DFN ";--------------------------------------------------------------"
+PNG_DFN ""
+PNG_DFN "; If you give the library an explicit name one or other files"
+PNG_DFN "; may need modifying to support the new name on one or more"
+PNG_DFN "; systems."
+PNG_DFN "LIBRARY"
+PNG_DFN "OS2 DESCRIPTION "PNG image compression library""
+PNG_DFN "OS2 CODE PRELOAD MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE"
+PNG_DFN ""
+PNG_DFN "EXPORTS"
+PNG_DFN ";Version 1.6.1beta01"
 
-/* NOTE: PNG_JOIN is interpreted by the calling script as a signal to
- * join the two things on either side, so we can do symbol
- * substitution within the name, regular C ## joins the pp-tokens,
- * not their final values.
- */
 #define PNG_EXPORTA(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC- SYMBOL_PREFIX PNG_JOIN name-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "@" SYMBOL_PREFIX "@@" name "@"
 
 #include "../png.h"
diff --git a/scripts/dfn.awk b/scripts/dfn.awk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a5dab6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dfn.awk
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#!/bin/awk -f
+# scripts/dfn.awk - process a .dfn file
+#
+# last changed in libpng version 1.5.14 - February 4, 2013
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
+#
+# This code is released under the libpng license.
+# For conditions of distribution and use, see the disclaimer
+# and license in png.h
+
+# The output of this script is written to the file given by
+# the variable 'out', which should be set on the command line.
+# Error messages are printed to stdout and if any are printed
+# the script will exit with error code 1.
+
+BEGIN{
+   out="/dev/null"       # as a flag
+   out_count=0           # count of output lines
+   err=0                 # set if an error occured
+   sort=0                # sort the output
+   array[""]=""
+}
+
+# The output file must be specified before any input:
+NR==1 && out == "/dev/null" {
+   print "out=output.file must be given on the command line"
+   # but continue without setting the error code, this allows the
+   # script to be checked easily
+}
+
+# Output can be sorted; two lines are recognized
+$1 == "PNG_DFN_START_SORT"{
+   sort=$2
+   next
+}
+
+$1 == "PNG_DFN_END_SORT"{
+   # Do a very simple, slow, sort; notice that blank lines won't be
+   # output by this
+   for (entry in array) {
+      while (array[entry] != "") {
+         key = entry
+         value = array[key]
+         array[key] = ""
+
+         for (alt in array) {
+            if (array[alt] != "" && alt < key) {
+               array[key] = value
+               value = array[alt]
+               key = alt
+               array[alt] = ""
+            }
+         }
+
+         print value >out
+      }
+   }
+   sort=0
+   next
+}
+
+/^[^"]*PNG_DFN *".*"[^"]*$/{
+    # A definition line, apparently correctly formated, extract the
+    # definition then replace any doubled "" that remain with a single
+    # double quote.  Notice that the original doubled double quotes
+    # may have been split by tokenization
+    orig=$0
+
+    if (gsub(/^[^"]*PNG_DFN *"/,"") != 1 || gsub(/"[^"]*$/, "") != 1) {
+	print "line", NR, "processing failed:"
+	print orig
+	print $0
+	err=1
+    } else {
+	++out_count
+    }
+
+    # Now examine quotes within the value:
+    #
+    #   @" - delete this and any following spaces
+    #   "@ - delete this and any original spaces
+    #   @' - replace this by a double quote
+    #
+    # This allows macro substitution by the C compiler thus:
+    #
+    #   #define first_name John
+    #   #define last_name Smith
+    #
+    #	PNG_DFN"#define name @'@" first_name "@ @" last_name "@@'"
+    #
+    # Might get C preprocessed to:
+    #
+    #   PNG_DFN "#define foo @'@" John "@ @" Smith "@@'"
+    #
+    # Which this script reduces to:
+    #
+    #	#define name "John Smith"
+    #
+    while (sub(/@" */, "")) {
+	if (!sub(/ *"@/, "")) {
+	    print "unbalanced @\" ... \"@ pair"
+	    err=1
+	    break
+	}
+    }
+
+    # Put any needed double quotes in
+    gsub(/@'/,"\"")
+
+    # Remove any trailing spaces (not really required, but for
+    # editorial consistency
+    sub(/ *$/, "")
+
+    if (sort)
+       array[$(sort)] = $0
+
+    else
+       print $0 >out
+    next
+}
+
+/PNG_DFN/{
+    print "line", NR, "incorrectly formated PNG_DFN line:"
+    print $0
+    err = 1
+}
+
+END{
+    if (out_count > 0 || err > 0)
+	exit err
+
+    print "no definition lines found"
+    exit 1
+}
diff --git a/scripts/intprefix.dfn b/scripts/intprefix.dfn
index d48d54060..790bdfee9 100644
--- a/scripts/intprefix.dfn
+++ b/scripts/intprefix.dfn
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
  */
 
 #define PNG_INTERNAL_DATA(type, name, array)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-name-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "@" name "@"
 
 #define PNG_INTERNAL_FUNCTION(type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-name-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "@" name "@"
 
 #define PNGPREFIX_H /* self generation */
 #include "../pngpriv.h"
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.msys b/scripts/makefile.msys
index 269e81441..342c91242 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.msys
+++ b/scripts/makefile.msys
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ LN_SF=ln -sf
 
 #ARCH = -march=pentium3
 #ARCH = -march=i686
-ARCH = 
+ARCH =
 CDEBUG = -g -DPNG_DEBUG=5
 LDDEBUG =
 CRELEASE = -O2
diff --git a/scripts/makefile.std b/scripts/makefile.std
index af7032800..419eeedf2 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.std
+++ b/scripts/makefile.std
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CPP = $(CC) -E
 ECHO = echo
 
 DFNFLAGS = # DFNFLAGS contains -D options to use in the libpng build
+DFA_EXTRA = # extra files that can be used to control configuration
 CFLAGS=-I$(ZLIBINC) -O # -g -DPNG_DEBUG=5
 LDFLAGS=-L. -L$(ZLIBLIB) -lpng -lz -lm
 
@@ -50,23 +51,23 @@ all: libpng.a pngtest
 
 # The standard pnglibconf.h exists as scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt,
 # copy this if the following doesn't work.
-pnglibconf.dfn: scripts/pnglibconf.dfa scripts/options.awk pngconf.h
-	$(RM_F) $@ dfn?.out
-	$(AWK) -f scripts/options.awk out=dfn1.out version=search pngconf.h\
-	    scripts/pnglibconf.dfa $(DFA_XTRA) 1>&2
-	$(AWK) -f scripts/options.awk out=dfn2.out dfn1.out 1>&2
-	cp dfn2.out $@
-	$(RM_F) dfn?.out
-
 pnglibconf.h: pnglibconf.dfn
-	$(RM_F) $@ dfn.c dfn?.out
-	$(ECHO) '#include "pnglibconf.dfn"' >dfn.c
-	$(CPP) $(DFNFLAGS) dfn.c >dfn1.out
-	$(SED) -n -e 's|^.*PNG_DEFN_MAGIC *-\(.*\)- *PNG_DEFN_END.*$$|\1|p'\
-	    dfn1.out >dfn2.out
-	$(SED) -e 's| *PNG_JOIN *||g' -e 's| *$$||' dfn2.out >dfn3.out
-	cp dfn3.out $@
-	$(RM_F) dfn.c dfn?.out
+	$(RM_F) $@ pnglibconf.c pnglibconf.out pnglibconf.tmp
+	$(ECHO) '#include "pnglibconf.dfn"' >pnglibconf.c
+	$(ECHO) "If '$(CC) -E' crashes try /lib/cpp (e.g. CPP='/lib/cpp')" >&2
+	$(CPP) $(DFNFLAGS) pnglibconf.c >pnglibconf.out
+	$(AWK) -f "scripts/dfn.awk" out="pnglibconf.tmp" pnglibconf.out 1>&2
+	mv pnglibconf.tmp $@
+
+pnglibconf.dfn: scripts/pnglibconf.dfa scripts/options.awk pngconf.h pngusr.dfa $(DFA_XTRA)
+	$(RM_F) $@ pnglibconf.pre pnglibconf.tmp
+	$(ECHO) "Calling $(AWK) from scripts/pnglibconf.mak" >&2
+	$(ECHO) "If 'awk' crashes try a better awk (e.g. AWK='nawk')" >&2
+	$(AWK) -f scripts/options.awk out="pnglibconf.pre"\
+	    version=search pngconf.h scripts/pnglibconf.dfa\
+	    pngusr.dfa $(DFA_XTRA) 1>&2
+	$(AWK) -f scripts/options.awk out="pnglibconf.tmp" pnglibconf.pre 1>&2
+	mv pnglibconf.tmp $@
 
 libpng.a: $(OBJS)
 	$(AR_RC) $@  $(OBJS)
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ install: libpng.a pnglibconf.h
 	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPATH)/libpng.a
 
 clean:
-	$(RM_F) *.o libpng.a pngtest pngout.png pnglibconf.* dfn.c dfn?.out
+	$(RM_F) *.o libpng.a pngtest pngout.png pnglibconf.*
 
 DOCS = ANNOUNCE CHANGES INSTALL KNOWNBUG LICENSE README TODO Y2KINFO
 writelock:
diff --git a/scripts/options.awk b/scripts/options.awk
index cb8cd1845..c924b132a 100755
--- a/scripts/options.awk
+++ b/scripts/options.awk
@@ -35,17 +35,28 @@ BEGIN{
    version="libpng version unknown" # version information
    version_file=""              # where to find the version
    err=0                        # in-line exit sets this
-   start="PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-"      # Arbitrary start
-   end="-PNG_DEFN_END"          # Arbitrary end
-   ct="PNG_JOIN"                # Join two tokens
-   cx= "/" ct "*"               # Open C comment for output file
-   comment=start cx             # Comment start
+   # The following definitions prevent the C preprocessor noticing the lines
+   # that will be in the final output file.  Some C preprocessors tokenise
+   # the lines, for example by inserting spaces around operators, and all
+   # C preprocessors notice lines that start with '#', most remove comments.
+   # The technique adopted here is to make the final output lines into
+   # C strings (enclosed in double quotes), preceeded by PNG_DFN.  As a
+   # consequence the output cannot contain a 'raw' double quote - instead put
+   # @' in, this will be replaced by a single " afterward.  See the parser
+   # script dfn.awk for more capabilities (not required here).  Note that if
+   # you need a " in a 'setting' in pnglibconf.dfa it must also be @'!
+   dq="@'"                      # For a single double quote
+   start=" PNG_DFN \""          # Start stuff to output (can't contain a "!)
+   end="\" "                    # End stuff to output
+   subs="@\" "                  # Substitute start (substitute a C macro)
+   sube=" \"@"                  # Substitute end
+   comment=start "/*"           # Comment start
    cend="*/" end                # Comment end
-   def=start "#define PNG_" ct  # Arbitrary define
-   sup=ct "_SUPPORTED" end      # end supported option
-   und=comment "#undef PNG_" ct # Unsupported option
-   une=ct "_SUPPORTED" cend     # end unsupported option
-   error=start "ERROR:"         # error message
+   def=start "#define PNG_"     # Arbitrary define
+   sup="_SUPPORTED" end         # end supported option
+   und=comment "#undef PNG_"    # Unsupported option
+   une="_SUPPORTED" cend        # end unsupported option
+   error=start "ERROR:"         # error message, terminate with 'end'
 
    # Variables
    deb=0                        # debug - set on command line
@@ -102,7 +113,6 @@ pre && version == "search" && version_file != FILENAME{
 
 pre && version == "search" && $0 ~ /^ \* libpng version/{
    version = substr($0, 4)
-   gsub(/\./, " PNG_JOIN . PNG_JOIN", version)
    print "version =", version >out
    next
 }
@@ -473,6 +483,8 @@ END{
    print "" >out
    print "/* SETTINGS */" >out
    print comment, "settings", cend >out
+   # Sort (in dfn.awk) on field 2, the setting name
+   print "PNG_DFN_START_SORT 2" >out
    finished = 0
    while (!finished) {
       finished = 1
@@ -492,10 +504,17 @@ END{
          # All the requirements have been processed, output
          # this setting.
          if (deb) print "setting", i
+         deflt = defaults[i]
+         # A leading @ means leave it unquoted so the preprocessor
+         # can substitute the build time value
+         if (deflt ~ /^ @/)
+            deflt = " " subs substr(deflt, 3) sube
+         # Remove any spurious trailing spaces
+         sub(/ *$/,"",deflt)
          print "" >out
          print "/* setting: ", i >out
          print " *   requires:" setting[i] >out
-         print " *   default: ", defaults[i], "*/" >out
+         print " *   default: ", defaults[i] defltinfo, "*/" >out
          if (defaults[i] == "") { # no default, only check if defined
             print "#ifdef PNG_" i >out
          }
@@ -507,13 +526,14 @@ END{
          if (defaults[i] != "") { # default handling
             print "#ifdef PNG_" i >out
          }
-         print def i, "PNG_" i end >out
+         # PNG_<i> is defined, so substitute the value:
+         print def i, subs "PNG_" i sube end >out
          if (defaults[i] != "") {
             print "#else /*default*/" >out
             # And add the default definition for the benefit
             # of later settings an options test:
-            print "# define PNG_" i defaults[i] >out
-            print def i defaults[i] end >out
+            print "# define PNG_" i deflt >out
+            print def i deflt end >out
          }
          print "#endif" >out
 
@@ -529,6 +549,7 @@ END{
          exit 1
       }
    }
+   print "PNG_DFN_END_SORT" >out
    print comment, "end of settings", cend >out
 
    # Now do the options - somewhat more complex.  The dependency
@@ -623,6 +644,9 @@ END{
    }
    if (err) exit 1
 
+   # Sort options too
+   print "PNG_DFN_START_SORT 2" >out
+
    # option[i] is now the complete list of all the tokens we may
    # need to output, go through it as above, depth first.
    finished = 0
@@ -774,10 +798,11 @@ END{
          exit 1
       }
    }
+   print "PNG_DFN_END_SORT" >out
    print comment, "end of options", cend >out
 
    # Regular end - everything looks ok
    if (protect != "") {
-      print start "#endif", cx, protect, "*/" end >out
+      print start "#endif", "/*", protect, "*/" end >out
    }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
index 60f6e2bb3..804b23b61 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
@@ -190,13 +190,17 @@ setting DEFAULT_READ_MACROS default 1
 # because the name of the setting is prefixed by PNG_
 #
 # The TEXT values are the defaults when writing compressed text (all forms)
+#
+# Include the zlib header too, so that the defaults below are known
+@#  include <zlib.h>
 
-setting Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION default Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
-setting Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY default Z_FILTERED
-setting Z_DEFAULT_NOFILTER_STRATEGY default Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY
+# The '@' here means to substitute the value when pnglibconf.h is built
+setting Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION default @Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
+setting Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY default @Z_FILTERED
+setting Z_DEFAULT_NOFILTER_STRATEGY default @Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY
 
-setting TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION default Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
-setting TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY default Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY
+setting TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION default @Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
+setting TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY default @Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY
 
 # The alternative is to call functions to read PNG values, if
 # the functions are turned *off* the read macros must always
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
index 2b56dd62f..d77ba6966 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 /* pnglibconf.h - library build configuration */
 
-/* Libpng 1.6.1beta01 - February 14, 2013 */
+/* Libpng 1.6.1beta01 - February 16, 2013 */
 
 /* Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson */
 
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@
 #define PNG_QUANTIZE_BLUE_BITS 5
 #define PNG_QUANTIZE_GREEN_BITS 5
 #define PNG_QUANTIZE_RED_BITS 5
-#define PNG_sCAL_PRECISION 5
-#define PNG_sRGB_PROFILE_CHECKS 2
-#define PNG_TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
-#define PNG_TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY
+#define PNG_TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION (-1)
+#define PNG_TEXT_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY 0
 #define PNG_WEIGHT_SHIFT 8
 #define PNG_ZBUF_SIZE 8192
-#define PNG_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION
-#define PNG_Z_DEFAULT_NOFILTER_STRATEGY Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY
-#define PNG_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY Z_FILTERED
+#define PNG_Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION (-1)
+#define PNG_Z_DEFAULT_NOFILTER_STRATEGY 0
+#define PNG_Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY 1
+#define PNG_sCAL_PRECISION 5
+#define PNG_sRGB_PROFILE_CHECKS 2
 /* end of settings */
 /* options */
 #define PNG_16BIT_SUPPORTED
@@ -48,10 +48,8 @@
 #define PNG_BENIGN_ERRORS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_BENIGN_READ_ERRORS_SUPPORTED
 /*#undef PNG_BENIGN_WRITE_ERRORS_SUPPORTED*/
-#define PNG_bKGD_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_BUILD_GRAYSCALE_PALETTE_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_cHRM_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_COLORSPACE_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_CONSOLE_IO_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_CONVERT_tIME_SUPPORTED
@@ -63,20 +61,13 @@
 #define PNG_FLOATING_POINT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_FORMAT_AFIRST_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_FORMAT_BGR_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_gAMA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_GAMMA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_GET_PALETTE_MAX_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_HANDLE_AS_UNKNOWN_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_hIST_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_iCCP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_INCH_CONVERSIONS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_INFO_IMAGE_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_IO_STATE_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_iTXt_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_MNG_FEATURES_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_oFFs_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_pCAL_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_pHYs_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_POINTER_INDEXING_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_PROGRESSIVE_READ_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_16BIT_SUPPORTED
@@ -84,62 +75,60 @@
 #define PNG_READ_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_BACKGROUND_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_BGR_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_bKGD_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_cHRM_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_COMPOSITE_NODIV_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_COMPRESSED_TEXT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_EXPAND_16_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_EXPAND_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_FILLER_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_gAMA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_GAMMA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_GET_PALETTE_MAX_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_GRAY_TO_RGB_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_hIST_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_iCCP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_INTERLACING_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_INT_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_INVERT_ALPHA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_INVERT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_iTXt_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_oFFs_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_OPT_PLTE_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_PACK_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_PACKSWAP_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_pCAL_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_pHYs_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_PACK_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_QUANTIZE_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_RGB_TO_GRAY_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_sBIT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_SCALE_16_TO_8_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_sCAL_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_SHIFT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_sPLT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_sRGB_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_STRIP_16_TO_8_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_STRIP_ALPHA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_SWAP_ALPHA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_SWAP_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_tEXt_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_TEXT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_tIME_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_TRANSFORMS_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_READ_tRNS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_USER_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_USER_TRANSFORM_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_bKGD_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_cHRM_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_gAMA_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_hIST_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_iCCP_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_iTXt_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_oFFs_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_pCAL_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_pHYs_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_sBIT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_sCAL_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_sPLT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_sRGB_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_tEXt_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_tIME_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_READ_tRNS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_READ_zTXt_SUPPORTED
 /*#undef PNG_SAFE_LIMITS_SUPPORTED*/
 #define PNG_SAVE_INT_32_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SAVE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_sBIT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_sCAL_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SEQUENTIAL_READ_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_SETJMP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SET_CHUNK_CACHE_LIMIT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SET_CHUNK_MALLOC_LIMIT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_SETJMP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SET_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SET_USER_LIMITS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SIMPLIFIED_READ_AFIRST_SUPPORTED
@@ -148,15 +137,10 @@
 #define PNG_SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_AFIRST_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_BGR_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_sPLT_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_sRGB_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_STDIO_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_STORE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_tEXt_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_TEXT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_TIME_RFC1123_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_tIME_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_tRNS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_USER_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_USER_LIMITS_SUPPORTED
@@ -167,46 +151,62 @@
 #define PNG_WRITE_16BIT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_BGR_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_bKGD_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_cHRM_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_COMPRESSED_TEXT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_CUSTOMIZE_ZTXT_COMPRESSION_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_FILLER_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_FILTER_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_FLUSH_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_gAMA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_GET_PALETTE_MAX_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_hIST_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_iCCP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_INTERLACING_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_INT_FUNCTIONS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_INVERT_ALPHA_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_INVERT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_OPTIMIZE_CMF_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_PACKSWAP_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_PACK_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_SHIFT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_SWAP_ALPHA_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_SWAP_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_TEXT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_TRANSFORMS_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_WEIGHTED_FILTER_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_bKGD_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_cHRM_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_gAMA_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_hIST_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_WRITE_iCCP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_iTXt_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_oFFs_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_OPTIMIZE_CMF_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_PACK_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_PACKSWAP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_pCAL_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_pHYs_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_sBIT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_sCAL_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_SHIFT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_sPLT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_sRGB_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_SWAP_ALPHA_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_SWAP_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_tEXt_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_TEXT_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_tIME_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_TRANSFORMS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_tRNS_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM_SUPPORTED
-#define PNG_WRITE_WEIGHTED_FILTER_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_WRITE_zTXt_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_bKGD_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_cHRM_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_gAMA_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_hIST_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_iCCP_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_iTXt_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_oFFs_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_pCAL_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_pHYs_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_sBIT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_sCAL_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_sPLT_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_sRGB_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_tEXt_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_tIME_SUPPORTED
+#define PNG_tRNS_SUPPORTED
 #define PNG_zTXt_SUPPORTED
 /* end of options */
 #endif /* PNGLCONF_H */
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.mak b/scripts/pnglibconf.mak
index c799fb790..c7117ddc4 100755
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.mak
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.mak
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # These lines are copied from Makefile.am, they illustrate
 # how to automate the build of pnglibconf.h from scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
-# given 'awk' and 'sed'
+# given just 'awk', a C preprocessor and standard command line utilities
 
 # Override as appropriate, these definitions can be overridden on
 # the make command line (AWK='nawk' for example).
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ AWK = mawk
 AWK = nawk
 AWK = one-true-awk
 AWK = awk  # Crashes on SunOS 5.10 - use 'nawk'
-CPP = $(CC) -E # Does not work on SUN OS 5.10 - use /lib/cpp
-SED = sed
+CPP = $(CC) -E # On SUN OS 5.10 if this causes problems use /lib/cpp
 
-COPY = cp
+MOVE = mv
 DELETE = rm -f
 ECHO = echo
 DFA_XTRA = # Put your configuration file here, see scripts/pnglibconf.dfa.  Eg:
@@ -32,28 +31,24 @@ srcdir = .
 # The standard pnglibconf.h exists as scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt,
 # copy this if the following doesn't work.
 pnglibconf.h: pnglibconf.dfn
-	$(DELETE) $@ dfn.c dfn1.out dfn2.out dfn3.out
-	$(ECHO) '#include "pnglibconf.dfn"' >dfn.c
-	$(CPP) $(DFNFLAGS) dfn.c >dfn1.out
-	$(ECHO) "If 'cpp -e' crashes try /lib/cpp (e.g. CPP='/lib/cpp')" >&2
-	$(SED) -n -e 's|^.*PNG_DEFN_MAGIC *-\(.*\)- *PNG_DEFN_END.*$$|\1|p'\
-	    dfn1.out >dfn2.out
-	$(SED) -e 's| *PNG_JOIN *||g' -e 's| *$$||' dfn2.out >dfn3.out
-	$(COPY) dfn3.out $@
-	$(DELETE) dfn.c dfn1.out dfn2.out dfn3.out
+	$(DELETE) $@ pnglibconf.c pnglibconf.out pnglibconf.tmp
+	$(ECHO) '#include "pnglibconf.dfn"' >pnglibconf.c
+	$(ECHO) "If '$(CC) -E' crashes try /lib/cpp (e.g. CPP='/lib/cpp')" >&2
+	$(CPP) $(DFNFLAGS) pnglibconf.c >pnglibconf.out
+	$(AWK) -f "$(srcdir)/scripts/dfn.awk" out="pnglibconf.tmp" pnglibconf.out 1>&2
+	$(MOVE) pnglibconf.tmp $@
 
-pnglibconf.dfn: $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa $(srcdir)/scripts/options.awk $(srcdir)/pngconf.h $(srcdir)/pngusr.dfa
-	$(DELETE) $@ dfn1.out dfn2.out
+pnglibconf.dfn: $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa $(srcdir)/scripts/options.awk $(srcdir)/pngconf.h $(srcdir)/pngusr.dfa $(DFA_XTRA)
+	$(DELETE) $@ pnglibconf.pre pnglibconf.tmp
 	$(ECHO) "Calling $(AWK) from scripts/pnglibconf.mak" >&2
 	$(ECHO) "If 'awk' crashes try a better awk (e.g. AWK='nawk')" >&2
-	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/scripts/options.awk out=dfn1.out version=search\
-		$(srcdir)/pngconf.h $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa\
-		$(srcdir)/pngusr.dfa $(DFA_XTRA) 1>&2
-	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/scripts/options.awk out=dfn2.out dfn1.out 1>&2
-	$(COPY) dfn2.out $@
-	$(DELETE) dfn1.out dfn2.out
+	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/scripts/options.awk out="pnglibconf.pre"\
+	    version=search $(srcdir)/pngconf.h $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa\
+	    $(srcdir)/pngusr.dfa $(DFA_XTRA) 1>&2
+	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/scripts/options.awk out="pnglibconf.tmp" pnglibconf.pre 1>&2
+	$(MOVE) pnglibconf.tmp $@
 
 clean-pnglibconf:
-	$(DELETE) pnglibconf.h pnglibconf.dfn dfn.c dfn1.out dfn2.out dfn3.out
+	$(DELETE) pnglibconf.*
 
 clean: clean-pnglibconf
diff --git a/scripts/prefix.dfn b/scripts/prefix.dfn
index 1e8561fd3..0997310c5 100644
--- a/scripts/prefix.dfn
+++ b/scripts/prefix.dfn
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@
  */
 
 #define PNG_EXPORTA(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-name-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "@" name "@"
 
 /* The configuration information *before* the additional of symbol renames,
  * the list is the C name list; no symbol prefix.
  */
 #include "pnglibconf.out"
 
+PNG_DFN_START_SORT 1
+
 #include "../png.h"
+
+PNG_DFN_END_SORT
diff --git a/scripts/sym.dfn b/scripts/sym.dfn
index f4f13df08..9ccd810fd 100644
--- a/scripts/sym.dfn
+++ b/scripts/sym.dfn
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 #define PNG_EXPORTA(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-SYMBOL_PREFIX PNG_JOIN name-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "@" SYMBOL_PREFIX "@@" name "@"
 
 #include "../png.h"
diff --git a/scripts/symbols.dfn b/scripts/symbols.dfn
index d790929e7..99d992eb1 100644
--- a/scripts/symbols.dfn
+++ b/scripts/symbols.dfn
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
  */
 
 #define PNG_EXPORTA(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-name @ordinal-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "@" name "@ @@" ordinal "@"
 #define PNG_REMOVED(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-; name @ordinal-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "; @" name "@ @@" ordinal "@"
 #define PNG_EXPORT_LAST_ORDINAL(ordinal)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-; @ordinal-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN "; @@" ordinal "@"
 
 /* Read the defaults, but use scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt; the 'standard'
  * header file.
diff --git a/scripts/vers.dfn b/scripts/vers.dfn
index 89d5f3879..61ba7d80b 100644
--- a/scripts/vers.dfn
+++ b/scripts/vers.dfn
@@ -9,18 +9,11 @@
  * and license in png.h
  */
 
-#define HEADER PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-PNGLIB_LIBNAME {global:-PNG_DEFN_END
-
-/* NOTE: PNG_JOIN is interpreted by the calling script as a signal to
- * join the two things on either side, so we can do symbol
- * substitution within the name, regular C ## joins the pp-tokens,
- * not their final values.
- */
 #define PNG_EXPORTA(ordinal, type, name, args, attributes)\
-	PNG_DEFN_MAGIC- SYMBOL_PREFIX PNG_JOIN name;-PNG_DEFN_END
+        PNG_DFN " @" SYMBOL_PREFIX "@@" name "@;"
 
-#define TRAILER PNG_DEFN_MAGIC-local: *; };-PNG_DEFN_END
+PNG_DFN "@" PNGLIB_LIBNAME "@ {global:"
 
-HEADER
 #include "../png.h"
-TRAILER
+
+PNG_DFN "local: *; };"