Douglas Phillipson wrote: > I see tutorials where Makefiles come from both: > > AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) > AC_OUTPUT > > And > > AC_OUTPUT([Makefile]) > > Which is the "proper" format? Is one method just newer than the other? The first one is the best format. It is the new one with new being relative because it has been that way for a while. The last one is the old format from way long ago. You want the new format. Just in case you are not aware of it here is a good tutorial that you might find useful. http://www-src.lip6.fr/homepages/Alexandre.Duret-Lutz/autotools.html Good Luck! Bob _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf