Hello, I am facing a problem with subpackages (autoconfiscated) which have library and header dependencies between them. I will try to explain my problem based on a nested package example similiar to the arm and hand example, described in 7.4 Nesting Packages from GNU Automake Manual. Suppose that instead of having arm and hand packages, my project application has body as main package and trunk, arm and leg as subpackages (autoconfiscated packages), such as the following directory hierarchy: body |--> trunk |--> arm |--> leg The packages arm and leg call functions from trunk subpackage, so they have library and header dependencies on trunk. Here comes my question. What should be set in configure.ac or Makefile.am from body package to to pass library and header paths to configure and compile my subpackages arm and leg? If it is possible, please, show me what I have to change in the files configure.ac and Makefile.am bellow: body's configure.ac: AC_PREREQ([2.67]) AC_INIT([body], [1.0]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) # Call ./configure script recursively from trunk, arm and leg. AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([ trunk arm leg ]) AC_OUTPUT body's Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. # Build the library in the arm, leg and trunk subdirectory first. SUBDIRS = arm leg trunk # Include headers from arm, leg and trunk when compiling this directory. AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/arm -I$(srcdir)/leg -I$(srcdir)/trunk lib_LTLIBRARIES = libbody.la libbody_la_SOURCES = src/body.c # link with the arm, leg and trunk library. libbody_la_LIBLDADD = arm/libarm.la leg/libleg.la trunk/libtrunk.la Now here is trunk's trunk/configure.ac: AC_INIT([trunk], [1.2]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT and its trunk/Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libtrunk.la Now here is arm's arm/configure.ac: AC_INIT([arm], [1.2]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT and its arm/Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libarm.la libarm_la_SOURCES = src/arm.c Now here is leg's leg/configure.ac: AC_INIT([leg], [1.2]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE AC_PROG_CC LT_INIT AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile]) AC_OUTPUT and its leg/Makefile.am: ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I. noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libleg.la libleg_la_SOURCES = src/leg.c Thanks, Vitor Moscon _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf