parallel builds failing in bfd

[DJ Delorie]

> BTW, are there any plans to transition to Automake-1.7.X &
> Libtool-1.5.X, now that they have stabilized?  It sure would be nice
> to finally have a consolidated, streamlined build without all this
> leftover Cygnus tree building crap.  Yes, I dare say to ditch the
> current cruft which is polluting Makefile.in's.

Are you willing to do the work?  We got the toplevel files
autoconfiscated only due to a tremendous amount of volunteer time (by
Nate), and any further work is probably also going to have to wait for
someone to volunteers to do it.