I'm curious about the file src/xcb_des.c. The src/Makefile.am lists it as one of the sources, but it gets generated by a simple touch: xcb_des.c: touch xcb_des.c (which could be made easier this way: xcb_des.c: touch $@ ) If nothing else perhaps we could .cvsignore it, but otherwise my only guess is that it was put there to influence the build process itself. (??)