>>>>> "Ollie" == Ollie Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[ FYI: automake questions should probably go to the automake list ] Ollie> EXTRA_DIST = eximstate.conf Ollie> sysconf_DATA = eximstate.conf eximstated.conf Ollie> When 'make install' is run, eximstated.conf and eximstate.conf are Ollie> copied to sysconfdir, even if pre-existing (and probably modified) Ollie> versions of the configurations files already exist. Ollie> Is there a way to only install these files if they don't already Ollie> exist? Not a canned method. You can use noinst_DATA and install them by hand in an install-exec-local rule though. For this case we really need a pre-install hook. There's already an automake PR for this (automake/25). Tom