> It appears the book is just out of date. I need newer references. > It's definitely not ldconfig that's wanted, but a program that > configures a local copy of libtool itself. Maybe it's now obsolete. > So I'm looking for a new reference. All I've found so far is some > acrobat slides -- lots of them, but they have all the problems > inherent in slide presentations without a presenter.
Not to sound like a dick, but did you even bother to look at the libtool home page[1]? There's a crapload of information there, including to the answer to the mystery behind the missing ltconfig. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/

