>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Siegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Eric> bin_PROGRAMS = myscript _PROGRAMS is only used for compiled programs. Use _SCRIPTS instead. Eric> Then I tried changing PROGRAMS to SCRIPTS: Eric> bin_SCRIPTS = myscript Eric> but then automake complained of: Eric> invalid unused variable name: `myscript_SOURCES' Yes. Delete myscript_SOURCES. _SOURCES is only used for compiled programs; it is invalid for other things. Eric> Automake must not expect SCRIPTS to need any sort of building; Eric> it must assume they can just be copied verbatim from $(srcdir) Eric> at install time. Nope. Automake assumes that if _SCRIPTS are targets the Makefile.am will have a rule for them. (Which yours does.) Tom