using libtool

[Dave Love]

>>>>> "Craig" == Craig Burley <burley@gnu.org> writes:

 Craig> Pretty soon it'd also be nice to add the use of libtool or
 Craig> what-not to g77 so libf2c.a can be built as a shared library.

Is there any reason we cabn't do that now?  I can't remember whether
I couldn't/didn't just because building the library was going to
change or whether it was ill-advised.

Similarly, is there any reason not to use automake to maintain libf2c?
It would have prevented a few build/configuration bugs in the past, I
think, and I already have a somewhat outdated f2c distribution set up
to use it.