The install-data-hook target in 1.4-p1 is missing a DESTDIR in front of $(scriptdir). Here's a patch. --- automake-1.4-p1.orig/Makefile.am +++ automake-1.4-p1/Makefile.am @@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ install-data-hook: @for prog in $(script_DATA); do \ - chmod +x $(scriptdir)/$$prog; \ + chmod +x $(DESTDIR)$(scriptdir)/$$prog; \ done EXTRA_DIST = acinstall $(pkgdata_DATA) $(script_DATA) # The following requires a fixed version of the Emacs 19.30 etags. ETAGS_ARGS = automake.in aclocal.in --lang=none \ -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]