This patch seems to work correctly in my tests. I am not sure what happens in windows though (due to the use of $(EXE_EXT)).
Please test. JMarc
Index: configure.ac =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/configure.ac,v retrieving revision 1.76 diff -u -p -r1.76 configure.ac --- configure.ac 29 Jan 2006 16:47:23 -0000 1.76 +++ configure.ac 6 Feb 2006 11:56:57 -0000 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config) # First check the version LYX_CHECK_VERSION +LYX_VERSION_SUFFIX AC_CANONICAL_TARGET dnl default maintainer mode to true for development versions @@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign dist-bzip2 tar # Check how the files should be packaged LYX_USE_PACKAGING -LYX_VERSION_SUFFIX +PACKAGE="$PACKAGE${program_suffix}" # We need to define these variables here and the no-define option of # AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE above because LYX_VERSION_SUFFIX alters $PACKAGE. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PACKAGE, "$PACKAGE", [Name of package]) Index: config/lyxinclude.m4 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/config/lyxinclude.m4,v retrieving revision 1.118 diff -u -p -r1.118 lyxinclude.m4 --- config/lyxinclude.m4 23 Dec 2005 18:16:18 -0000 1.118 +++ config/lyxinclude.m4 6 Feb 2006 11:56:57 -0000 @@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(version-suffix, withval="-$VERSION" ac_configure_args=`echo $ac_configure_args | sed "s,--with-version-suffix,--with-version-suffix=$withval,"` fi - PACKAGE="$PACKAGE$withval" program_suffix=$withval RPM_VERSION_SUFFIX="--with-version-suffix=$withval"]) AC_SUBST(RPM_VERSION_SUFFIX) -AC_MSG_RESULT([$PACKAGE]) +AC_MSG_RESULT([$PACKAGE$withval]) ])