I've created an automake 1.6 package based on the automake 1.5 package. Corinna, if you want to grab it its http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/automake-devel-1.6-1.tar.bz2 and http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/automake-devel-1.6-1-src.tar.bz2 . No guarantees though - but it worked for a couple of test apps here. Rob