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# Check for any special flags to pass to ltconfig.
-libtool_flags="--cache-file=$cache_file"
+#
+# the following will cause an existing older ltconfig to fail, so
+# we ignore this at the expense of the cache file... Checking this
+# will just take longer ... bummer!
+#libtool_flags="--cache-file=$cache_file"
+#
test "$enable_shared" = no && libtool_flags="$libtool_flags --disable-shared"
test "$enable_static" = no && libtool_flags="$libtool_flags --disable-static"
test "$enable_fast_install" = no && libtool_flags="$libtool_flags --disable-fast-install"