Re: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL error

Paul Eggert wrote:
> What versions, exactly?  

Autoconf-2.59
Automake-1.8b
Libtool-1.5

> m4 1.4.1

I'm not certain that they have GNU m4 installed.  They may be using the 
system m4.

> I unpacked that distribution and ran 'autoconf', and it didn't report
> any error.

Thanks for trying this.  I'm glad my package isn't doing anything 
grossly wrong.

> Looks like a botched autoconf installation to me.  Your correspondent
> might try running "truss -f" and seeing what file is missing.

I'll have him try that.  I take it that program works like strace on Linux?