Michael Rasmussen <mir@datanom.net> writes: > On 2006-08-17 01:53:59, Junichi Uekawa wrote: >> >> It's the way diff/patch works. They don't preserve execute >> permissions. >> > I have realised that and I am opting for Don Armstrong solution which > solves the matter. Thanks. You could run autoconf from within rules and have configure be created during build. Matthias