Hi, to build a perl extension it's best to use the perl build-system based on
perl Makefile.PL the command create a Makefile in the same directory of Makefile.PL self and in the toplefel-position "perlmsgque/Makefile". I can use this makefile in an automake build environment using SUBDIRS += perlmsgque from the toplevel now the problem. a "make clean" clean the file perlmsgque/Makefile. this is coded in the "Makefile.PL" create Makefile 1. I need automake code to check if "perlmsgque/Makefile" is avilable and build this makefile again if missing (after make clean) or extend the toplevel Makefile to do a (cd perlmsgque;perl Makefile.PL) after all "make clean" was done 2. related to this problem Is the initial build of the "perlmsgque/Makefile" currently I use the autoconf to do the "perl Makefile.PL" but I thing it should be better done on need in the toplevel makefile. I hope this is not to complicated -> thanks for help mfg aotto1968