In a Makefile which is created using automake-1.4f, libtool is not removed by distclean-am, in fact, it doesn't seem to be removed at all. In automake-1.4-p4, libtool is removed by distclean-am. These are the libtool related macros which I use: AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN AC_DISABLE_SHARED AC_PROG_LIBTOOL AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_DEPS) -- Kevin Dalley [EMAIL PROTECTED]