>>>>> "Ralf" == Ralf Corsepius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ralf> With a simple test-case I can't reproduce the problem Ralf> (autoconf-2.52 + automake-1.6.1): Ok. Ralf> What is ac_ct_AR? Where does it come from? I don't know. I assume autoconf. Ralf> But "automake -v" does for the simple example: Ralf> ... Ralf> And does not for the real-world code. I can't explain that :-( Can you use the perl debugger to find out what is going wrong in the real-world case? There must be some important difference between the two setups. Ralf> (automake emits errors in other neighboring config-subdirs and Ralf> even emits a perl error at one place.) Please report the problems. Thanks. Tom