Hi folks, It's Kayvan from a different account. On my Solaris 2.5.1 machine: configuring in sigc++ running /bin/sh ./configure --prefix=/remote/tools/ksylvan --with-extra-lib=/remote/tools/ksylvan/lib --with-extra-inc=/remote/tools/ksylvan/include --cache-file=.././config.cache --srcdir=. loading cache .././config.cache ./configure: syntax error at line 608: `AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' unexpected configure: error: ./configure failed for sigc++ My automake is 1.4, autoconf 2.13, m4 is GNU m4 1.4, using bash as my shell. ---Kayvan -- Kayvan A. Sylvan Central Engineering Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]