Re: $(EXEEXT) not properly appended to @program@ in bin_PROGRAMS

[Fred Cox]

Right you are.  The gnu.org docs are still on 1.7.2.  I wouldn't have 
thought to go to redhat.

Fred

Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:

> > > > "Fred" == Fred Cox <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >        
>
> [...]
>
> >> Sure! Please see the `Conditional compilation of programs'
> >> section of the manual.  Let me know if it can be improved.
> >> 
> Fred> Perhaps I'm being slow this morning, but 9.1.4 says I should put my
> Fred> possible program names into EXTRA_PROGRAMS, which I did, then have
> Fred> configure substitute in the names of the programs, which I did with
> Fred> @address@hidden  Is there another way that configure will do this,
> Fred> which will not confuse automake?
>
> Fred> It doesn't point out that $(EXEEXT) won't be appended, nor give a hint
> Fred> about what's the appropriate way to do what's wanted for platforms
> Fred> that require an extension.
>
> I suspect you are looking at an old copy of the manual.  The
> 1.7.3 manual explicitly mentions the EXEEXT issue.
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Conditional%20Programs
>