libtool error while building setup as a Cygwin app

[Max Bowsher]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> I've had the autotool-generated files for a while, and they
> are likely generated by an older version of autotools (but not that
> old -- "configure" and "Makefile.in" are dated Feb 1; I believe I had
> automake 1.7.1 back then).

Well then, obvious first troubleshooting step, dump the old files, and start
again with a clean fresh source tree, configuring in an empty directory.


Max.