diff -rupN --no-dereference commoncpp2-1.8.1/configure.ac commoncpp2-1.8.1-new/configure.ac
--- commoncpp2-1.8.1/configure.ac	2010-10-31 23:10:07.000000000 +0100
+++ commoncpp2-1.8.1-new/configure.ac	2020-02-04 23:56:43.265896501 +0100
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 OST_PROG_CC_POSIX
 NP_PROG_MSC
 AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
-AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+LT_INIT()
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(commoncpp2, [$VERSION])
-AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
 AC_C_RESTRICT
 AC_C_VOLATILE