libX11 Configure Script Failing During Build

[John Hein]

Chris Maness wrote at 09:32 -0700 on Jul 14, 2010:
 > When rebuilding libX11 with a fresh ports tree, the libX11 configure 
 > script fails out.  See the attached output, and package list.
...
 > ===>  Configuring for libX11-1.3.3,1
...
 > /usr/local/share/aclocal/libtool15.m4:615: AC_LIBTOOL_COMPILER_OPTION is expanded from...
...
 > ./configure: 5478: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
 > ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
...

... but in your package list...
 > libtool-2.2.6b


You have stale libtool15 files.

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2010-May/009754.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2010-June/009895.html


Not sure why this is happening to people, but it seems like something
is commonly being done that involves improper port updating.