Thanks for reporting the problem. I installed this doc fix for now. * doc/autoconf.texi (autoreconf Invocation): Document ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS limitation reported by Leo Moisio in <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432941>. Index: doc/autoconf.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/doc/autoconf.texi,v retrieving revision 1.1162 diff -u -p -r1.1162 autoconf.texi --- doc/autoconf.texi 26 Jun 2007 17:42:27 -0000 1.1162 +++ doc/autoconf.texi 13 Jul 2007 17:38:09 -0000 @@ -1665,6 +1665,9 @@ none,obsolete}.
If you want @command{autoreconf} to pass flags that are not listed here on to @command{aclocal}, set @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} in your @file{Makefile.am}. +Due to a limitation in the Autoconf implementation these flags currently +must be set on a single line in @file{Makefile.am}, without any +backslash-newlines. @c ========================================= Initialization and Output Files. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]