Re: EXEEXT and EXTRA_PROGRAMS

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* 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
> address@hidden@
> 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