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phpize error – please use m4_pattern_allow

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When running phpize to install ffmpeg-php, i get following error

# phpize
configure.in:9: warning: underquoted definition of PHP_WITH_PHP_CONFIG
run info ‘(automake)Extending aclocal’
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
configure.in:32: warning: underquoted definition of PHP_EXT_BUILDDIR
configure.in:33: warning: underquoted definition of PHP_EXT_DIR
configure.in:34: warning: underquoted definition of PHP_EXT_SRCDIR
configure.in:35: warning: underquoted definition of PHP_ALWAYS_SHARED
acinclude.m4:19: warning: underquoted definition of PHP_PROG_RE2C
configure.in:65: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
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The problem is cased by libtool not installed on the server, fixed by installing libtool

# yum list|grep -i libtool
libtool-libs.i386 1.5.6-4.EL4.1.c4.4 installed
libtool.i386 1.5.6-4.EL4.1.c4.4 base
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yum install libtool

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