Unexpected automake version dependency causes build to fail

[Yann E. MORIN]

Michael,
All,

On Wednesday 17 December 2008 15:20:53 Michael Abbott wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Michael Abbott wrote:
> > configure.in:286: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
> > configure.in:316: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
> 
> Oh no!  Looks like there's *yet* another think to add to the pot: libtool.  
> Good grief.  Guess that needs to be added to the ./configure dependency 
> checks...

What version is your "oldish" libtool? Can you please send the result of
"libtool --version" ?

> Well now.  Adding libtool 2.2.4 to the pile of build dependencies means 
> that running `autoreconf -fi` on mpfr now works!  Amazing.

Here's what I have:
autoconf 2.61
automake 1.10.1
libtool 1.5.26

and "It Works For Me" (TM) So I'm inclined to requiring a libtool at least
1.5.26.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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