Re: EXEEXT and EXTRA_PROGRAMS

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello,

> 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

the fix is to use Automake conditional instead of @address@hidden

configure.ac (or configure.in) shall contain:

AM_CONDITIONAL([WANT_FOO], [certain condidtions])

and Makefile.am:

bin_PROGRAMS =
if WANT_FOO
  bin_PROGRAMS += foo
endif

Have a nice day,
        Stepan Kasal