I can bootstrap and configure libtool now!
% ./bootstrap
tests/Makefile.am:12: warning: automake does not support conditional
definition
of CXX_TESTS in TESTS
autoheader: config.h.in is unchanged
configure.in: 33: `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete, use `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
instead
configure.in: 10: `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete, use `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
instead
configure.in: 8: `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete, use `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' instead
configure.in: 14: `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete, use `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
instead
configure.in: 8: `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete, use `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL' instead
configure.in: 51: `AM_PROG_LIBTOOL' is obsolete, use `AC_PROG_LIBTOOL'
instead
% cd ../build/libtool
% ~/project/libtool/configure --prefix=/home/mo/project/install/autotools
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
...
( Score! This next bit is what was failing )
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
...
% make
% make install
It worked!
Thanks Akim.
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc