ahh, nevermind... looks like its the result of a different libtool version (thought i checked that).
libtool (1.4.2-4) unstable; urgency=medium * Applied patch from Roger Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> that fixes libtoolize's AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR support when using new style `configure.ac'. Patch has been sent upstream. (Closes: #126374) Im only using libtool 1.4.1-1 under the hurd Glenn