Also sprach Kai Ludwig: } Am Dienstag, 7. Oktober 2003 21:00 schrieb Bill Wendling: } > This is a shot in the dark (and I haven't tested it) but have you tried } > "quoting" the subdirectories above (because they have spaces in their } > names)? } > } > So, something like: } > } > AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([Utilities GUI Module]) } > } > or something? } } Thanks for your reponse. Unfortunately that did not help. I am } not an expert in writing shell commands, so maybe the mistake is in } the } } if....else.... } } statements above. It seems to me that automake-1.7.7 has a problem } in interpreting them ? } if test "x$gui" = xtrue; then AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(Utilities GUI) elif test "x$model" = xtrue; then AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(Model) else AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(Utilities GUI Model) fi might work? (notice the "elif") -- || Bill Wendling "Real Programmers have a Snoopy Calendar || wendling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx of '69 hanging on their wall" || Coding Simian -- Toon Moene