configure: Use automake 1.11 silent rules instead of shave if available

This makes sure that we use something that is still maintained and
also brings back libtool 1.5 support.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cc0bcac..d513e13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 dnl sets host_* variables
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
+dnl use pretty build output with automake >= 1.11
+m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],
+  [AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1
+   AC_SUBST(AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY)])
+
 dnl our libraries and install dirs use major.minor as a version
 GST_MAJORMINOR=$PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR.$PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR
 dnl we override it here if we need to for the release candidate of new series
@@ -822,14 +827,10 @@
 GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS="-module -avoid-version -export-symbols-regex '^[_]*gst_plugin_desc\$\$' $GST_ALL_LDFLAGS"
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
 
-SHAVE_INIT([common],[enable])
-
 dnl *** output files ***
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(
 Makefile
-common/shave
-common/shave-libtool
 gst-plugins-base.spec
 gst/Makefile
 gst/adder/Makefile