Re: ok, new libtool for cygwin updates

[Akim Demaille]

| --- orig/automake.in.orig Mon Mar 12 06:44:59 2001
| +++ automake.in Mon Mar 12 07:44:57 2001
| @@ -1048,8 +1048,17 @@
|      # If OBJEXT/EXEEXT were not set in configure.in, do it, it
|      # simplifies our task, and anyway starting with Autoconf 2.50, it
|      # will always be defined, and this code will be dead.
| -    $output_vars .= "EXEEXT =\n"
| -      unless $seen_exeext;
| +    unless($seen_exeext)
| +    {
| +      if ($^O =~ /(cygwin|MSWin32)/)
| +      {
| +        $output_vars .= "EXEEXT = .exe\n";
| +      }
| +      else
| +      {
| + $output_vars .= "EXEEXT = \n";
| +      }
| +    }
|      $output_vars .= "OBJEXT = o\n"
|        unless $seen_objext;

Huh?  It is still wrong.  This has no reason to depend upon the
machine on which you run automake.

Rather the proper fix seems to have the failing tests include
AC_EXEEXT and AC_OBJEXT in their configure.in.