--- libtool-1.2f/libtool.m4~	Fri Mar 12 13:47:07 1999
+++ libtool-1.2f/libtool.m4	Fri Mar 26 14:24:18 1999
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@
 dnl
 
 # Check for any special flags to pass to ltconfig.
-libtool_flags="--cache-file=$cache_file"
+#
+# the following will cause an existing older ltconfig to fail, so
+# we ignore this at the expense of the cache file... Checking this 
+# will just take longer ... bummer!
+#libtool_flags="--cache-file=$cache_file"
+#
 test "$enable_shared" = no && libtool_flags="$libtool_flags --disable-shared"
 test "$enable_static" = no && libtool_flags="$libtool_flags --disable-static"
 test "$enable_fast_install" = no && libtool_flags="$libtool_flags --disable-fast-install"