we've seen some packages which use libtool try to link .libs/.libs/foo.so i've not seen anyone explain why this happens before, so here goes. seems to me with libtool 1.3, you had to do:
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link c++ -version-info 3:2 -rpath /usr/lib -o libdb3_cxx.la cxx_app.lo cxx_except.lo cxx_lock.lo cxx_log.lo cxx_mpool.lo cxx_table.lo cxx_txn.lo -L.libs/ -ldb3 with libtool 1.4, specifying `-L.libs/' makes things go wrong. Removing it is preferable to the `creating symlinks' tactic i've heard of people using :-) -- Revolutions do not require corporate support.
