"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