The background appears to be that on macOS: * /usr/bin/libtool is an Apple program, that does not support the GNU interface. It comes with Xcode; Xcode is the usual way to install a C compiler on this platform. * To avoid a conflict, people often configure GNU libtool with --program-prefix=g. * Thus their libtoolize script will be found as 'glibtoolize'.
But AFAICS there is no 'libtoolize' from Apple. > + case `uname` in > + Darwin*) app=glibtoolize ;; I would still check to see whether 'libtoolize' exists, before trying 'glibtoolize'. Rationale: 'libtoolize' is the default name, 'glibtoolize' is just a convention used by many people. Bruno