Billy's libtool conversion.

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diff --git a/chapter06/libtool-inst.xml b/chapter06/libtool-inst.xml
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--- a/chapter06/libtool-inst.xml
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@@ -1,11 +1,35 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Libtool</title>
 
-<para>Install Libtool by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>This package requires its patch to be applied before you can
+  install it. Issue the following command to apply the patch:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>
+patch -Np1 -i ../libtool-&libtool-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;      
+</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Prepare Libtool to be compiled:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>
+./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
-make &amp;&amp;
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
 
 </sect2>
 
+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../libtool-&libtool-patch-version;.patch</userinput>: 
+This patch fixes an incompatibility between Autoconf 2.53 and Libtool 1.4.x.
+Specifically, the deprecated m4 macro AC_PROVIDE_AC_LIBTOOL is replaced by
+AC_PROVIDE_ELSEIF.</para>
+</sect2>