----- Original Message -----
From: "Akim Demaille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: program target missing $(EXEEXT)
> >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
> Robert> AC_EXEEXT was already present. I added AC_OBJEXT and ran
> Robert> automake --foreign again, no change.
>
> Sorry, I think I was confused. I checked, and it seems to be what was
> designed: compile as foo, but *install* as foo.$(EXEEXT). I might be
> wrong again, but at least 1.4 behaves this way.
>
> Someone else's input would be welcome here.
>
If it's compile as foo, then the bin_PROGRAMS dependency should be on
foo, not foo$(EXEEXT), and the transformation should occur on the
install line. That's not how it does it now... (Although I'm looking at
CVS...)
Rob
