Hi Bob, Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You get most of this behavior for free if you put your configure > script directly under 'src', cd to 'obj', and then execute the > configure script like /usr/src/configure. Is it really that easy? I'll have to try ... yes it looks like you are right, the source starts building. I just wonder why someone does not mention this in BIG LETTERS in the automake or autoconf documentation! > You may find it difficult to convince Automake to build from > src/lib/lib1 to obj/lib1 since it assumes a mirrored directory tree. Sorry that was a typo, the trees should be identical. Thanks for the help. Simon