Hello Dan, * Dan Smithers wrote on Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 11:33:54AM CEST: > > AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS (zlib compression boost_ext) Please remove the space before the '('. See 'info Autoconf "Autoconf Language"' for why. And yes, it is perfectly possible to have subpackages that do not use Automake, or do not use Autoconf either. Their configure scripts merely have to conform to what the GNU Coding Standards say, and their makefiles too. 'info Automake "Third-Party Makefiles"' also has further information. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf