diff -ur commoncpp2-1.6.3.orig/configure.ac commoncpp2-1.6.3/configure.ac
--- commoncpp2-1.6.3.orig/configure.ac	2009-03-07 16:03:44.000000000 +0100
+++ commoncpp2-1.6.3/configure.ac	2009-03-07 16:04:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 AC_INIT(src/thread.cpp)
 
+m4_pattern_allow([^LT_VERSION$])
+
 VERSION="1.6.3"
 LT_RELEASE="1.6"
 LT_VERSION="0:2"