Libtool 2.2.2 can't cope unless the LT_ variables are marked as AC_SUBST as otherwise autofoo tries to expand them, fails and gets upset. You can't conditionally add AC_PROG_CXX to a configure.ac file since the mere mention of it triggers some internals which then get upset it if wasn't really called at configure time. Referring to a .cpp file in Makefiles without calling AC_PROG_CXX is now also a fatal error. Easiest fix is to drop the CXX stuff entirely. RP - 14/4/08 Index: cairo-1.4.14/configure.in =================================================================== --- cairo-1.4.14.orig/configure.in 2008-04-14 14:50:16.000000000 +0100 +++ cairo-1.4.14/configure.in 2008-04-14 15:05:59.000000000 +0100 @@ -23,15 +23,18 @@ # Increment if the interface has additions, changes, removals. LT_CURRENT=13 +AC_SUBST(LT_CURRENT) # Increment any time the source changes; set to # 0 if you increment CURRENT LT_REVISION=7 +AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION) # Increment if any interfaces have been added; set to 0 # if any interfaces have been removed. removal has # precedence over adding, so set to 0 if both happened. LT_AGE=11 +AC_SUBST(LT_AGE) dnl =========================================================================== @@ -342,9 +345,6 @@ esac ]) -if test "x$use_beos" = "xyes"; then - AC_PROG_CXX -fi dnl =========================================================================== Index: cairo-1.4.14/boilerplate/Makefile.am =================================================================== --- cairo-1.4.14.orig/boilerplate/Makefile.am 2008-04-14 15:08:47.000000000 +0100 +++ cairo-1.4.14/boilerplate/Makefile.am 2008-04-14 15:08:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ libcairoboilerplate_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libcairo.la $(CAIRO_LDADD) if CAIRO_HAS_BEOS_SURFACE -libcairoboilerplate_la_SOURCES += cairo-boilerplate-beos.cpp libcairoboilerplate_la_SOURCES += cairo-boilerplate-beos-private.h # BeOS system headers trigger this warning libcairoboilerplate_la_CXXFLAGS = -Wno-multichar Index: cairo-1.4.14/src/Makefile.am =================================================================== --- cairo-1.4.14.orig/src/Makefile.am 2008-04-14 15:08:25.000000000 +0100 +++ cairo-1.4.14/src/Makefile.am 2008-04-14 15:08:38.000000000 +0100 @@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ libcairo_beos_sources = if CAIRO_HAS_BEOS_SURFACE libcairo_beos_headers = cairo-beos.h -libcairo_beos_sources += cairo-beos-surface.cpp backend_pkgconfigs += cairo-beos.pc noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libcairo_beos.la