Incorrect version of libtool executable under Linux Mint

[Daniel J Sebald]

I've just switched to Linux Mint.  I've run into a problem immediately 
after what looks like proper configuration.  When building, I see

cd libgnu; make all
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sebald/matlab/octave/build1/libgnu'
make all-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/sebald/matlab/octave/build1/libgnu'
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/sebald/matlab/octave/build1/libgnu'
CC areadlink-with-size.lo
../libtool: line 2096: ../../octave/libgnu/areadlink-with-size.c: 
Permission denied
gcc: error: : No such file or directory
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.

I think that the problem here may be that ../libtool is being used (the 
one constructed by "configure"), rather than /usr/bin/libtool.  The 
following list discussion

  http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225111

suggests changing

LIBTOOL='$(SHELL) $(top_builddir)/libtool'

to

LIBTOOL='$(SHELL) /usr/bin/libtool'

in

/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4

but I don't really feel like modifying system files to solve this.  So, 
temporarily, I've cheated a bit and after configuration completes 
renamed the local libtool and then linked the system libtool in its 
place, i.e.,

build1 # mv libtool libtool-local
build1 # ln -s /usr/bin/libtool
build1 # make

and away we go...

Dan