We use pkg-config where we can, which generally replaces libtool at a
higher level and does not have the same downsides as libtool. These
archives sit in our depends tree with no purpose and pollute the final
bitcoin build with massive overlinking.
This is broken for a number of reasons, including:
- g++ understands "-static-libstdc++ -lstdc++" to mean "link against whatever
libstdc++ exists, probably shared", which in itself is buggy.
- another stdlib (libc++ for example) may be in use
