Libtool?

[Akim Demaille]

What version of Libtool are we expected to use?  Why do I see this:

~/src/m4 % make                                                  nostromo 15:21
 cd . && /bin/sh /home/akim/src/m4/config/missing --run automake-1.7a --gnu
configure.ac:110: warning: AC_LIBTOOL_COMPILER_OPTION is m4_require'd but is 
not m4_defun'd
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh ./configure   --no-create --no-recursion
## ----------------------------------------------- ##
## Configuring m4 1.4q (1.181 2003/06/20 15:43:19) ##
## ----------------------------------------------- ##

checking for modules to preload... m4 traditional gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes
./configure: line 4095: AC_LIBTOOL_COMPILER_OPTION: command not found
checking for compilation debug mode... no
./configure: line 4146: syntax error near unexpected token `if'
./configure: line 4146: `         * ) AC_LIBTOOL_COMPILER_OPTION(if $compiler 
accepts -ggdb3,'
make: *** [config.status] Error 2


I'm using Debian 1.4.3.