On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:21:08PM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote: > % sh buildconf > rebuilding srclib/apr/configure > buildconf: checking installation... > buildconf: autoconf version 2.59 (ok) > buildconf: libtool version 1.5a (ok) > Copying libtool helper files ... > cat: aclocal.m4: No such file or directory > buildconf: Using libtool.m4 at /usr/local/share/aclocal/libtool.m4. > > but, if I upgrade my libtool, there will be no file > /usr/local/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 > cf libtool/NEWS: > > New in 1.5b: 2004-??-??; CVS version 1.5a, Libtool team: > ... > * make install now deletes preexisting $prefix/share/libtool before installing > latest files. > ...
libtool.m4 goes in $prefix/share/aclocal not share/libtool, and all this means is that "make install" does an rm -rf on $prefix/share/libtool before recreating it with the new files, I presume. Are you actually seeing practical problems? I'm using libtool HEAD without problems. Regards, joe