* D M wrote on Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 01:28:22PM CET: > > I'm not 100% sure if it is the right group to ask but I'll try. > I'm trying to compile program which is built condinally. So my Makefile.am > looks like this: > EXTRA_PROGRAMS=foo > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ > correspoding configure.in: > if (certain condidtions) > FOO=foo > AC_SUBST(FOO) > > However, if a platform that application is compiled for uses exe > extensions, FOO still gets value 'foo' - resulting Makefile is incorrect > and is not able to compile the app. I read info pages on EXEEXT but > I found no clear explanation of how such case should be handled > properly.
Try using an Automake conditional instead: configure.ac: if $whatever; then want_foo = yes fi AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_FOO], [test "$want_foo" = yes]) Makefile.am: if WANT_FOO FOO = foo else FOO = endif bin_PROGRAMS = $(FOO) EXTRA_PROGRAMS = foo Cheers, Ralf
