Re: libtool version detection

Brian Denny writes:
>
> forgive me if this problem has a well-known solution, i know zip about
> the autotools and couldn't find this info on the web.
>
> subversion requires libtool 1.4.
> other software (e.g., almost every freebsd port i build) requires 1.3
> and doesn't seem to like 1.4.
>

Yup. The freebsd port makefiles check not only the version, but also
that it's the freebsd port version of libtool.

> i have been solving this problem by having 'libtool' be a symlink which
> i switch back and forth. there must be a better solution...
> or am i doing something wrong?

I install libtool 1.4 in my home directory, and make sure that the
path for root has /usr/local/bin right at the beginning.

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