I added an EXTRA_shntool_SOURCES line just below shntool_SOURCES containing all possible {mode,format}*.c files and it still hangs, pegging the CPU.
As best I can tell, I'm already doing what the info page suggests to do as far as using automake conditionals. BTW, here's the output I see from automake: % automake --add-missing --force-missing --copy --foreign --include-deps --verbose automake: reading autoconf --trace=AC_CANONICAL_HOST:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CONFIG_FILES:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CONFIG_HEADERS:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_INIT:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_LIBSOURCE:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_SUBST:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_CONDITIONAL:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_GNU_GETTEXT:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_MAINTAINER_MODE:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_PROG_CC_C_O:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% configure.in: installing `./install-sh' configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs' configure.in: installing `./missing' automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/header-vars.am automake: reading Makefile.am configure.in:7: installing `./config.guess' configure.in:7: installing `./config.sub' automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/configure.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/remake-hdr.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/clean-hdr.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/texinfos.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/subdirs.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/tags.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/distdir.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/footer.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/install.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/clean.am automake: creating Makefile.in automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/header-vars.am automake: reading man/Makefile.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/configure.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/texinfos.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/mans.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/mans-vars.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/distdir.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/footer.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/install.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/clean.am automake: creating man/Makefile.in automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/header-vars.am automake: reading src/Makefile.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/configure.am automake: reading /usr/local/share/automake-1.7/am/progs.am <and then it hangs...> Thanks, Jason On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Philip Willoughby wrote: > It would be interesting to see what happens if you list the conditionally > compiled sources in an EXTRA_program_SOURCES variable. > > I know the manual says you don't need to. > > Do the other methods listed in > > info '(automake)Conditional Sources' > > work for you?