We actually want the `myserver' binary to be installable. Failing to do that it gets an RPATH pointing to $top_builddir/src/.libs. --- myserver-0.10/src/Makefile.in 2010-10-14 12:45:42.000000000 +0200 +++ myserver-0.10/src/Makefile.in 2011-03-03 22:23:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -1307,7 +1307,6 @@ libmyserver_la_LIBADD = \ $(INTLLIBS) $(LDFLAGS) myserver_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -DHOST_STR=\"$(build)\" -DPREFIX=\"$(prefix)\" -myserver_LDFLAGS = -static -no-install myserver_LDADD = libmyserver.la $(PTHREAD_LIB) $(IDN_LIB) \ $(XNET_LIB) $(DL_LIB) $(ZLIB_LIB) \ $(XML_LIBS) $(INTLLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)