Index: configure.ac
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--- configure.ac	(revision 8512)
+++ configure.ac	(working copy)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 dnl AC_DISABLE_SHARED	dnl don't build shared libraries
 AC_ENABLE_SHARED	dnl do build shared libraries
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC	dnl don't build static libraries
-AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+m4_ifdef([LT_INIT],[LT_INIT],[AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
 GR_FORTRAN
 
 GR_NO_UNDEFINED		dnl do we need the -no-undefined linker flag