Re: $(EXEEXT) not properly appended to @program@ in bin_PROGRAMS

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Fred" == Fred Cox <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

 >> Sure! Please see the `Conditional compilation of programs'
 >> section of the manual.  Let me know if it can be improved.
 >> 
 Fred> Perhaps I'm being slow this morning, but 9.1.4 says I should put my
 Fred> possible program names into EXTRA_PROGRAMS, which I did, then have
 Fred> configure substitute in the names of the programs, which I did with
 Fred> @address@hidden  Is there another way that configure will do this,
 Fred> which will not confuse automake?

 Fred> It doesn't point out that $(EXEEXT) won't be appended, nor give a hint
 Fred> about what's the appropriate way to do what's wanted for platforms
 Fred> that require an extension.

I suspect you are looking at an old copy of the manual.  The
1.7.3 manual explicitly mentions the EXEEXT issue.

http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Conditional%20Programs
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz