All, looking at lib/am/ltlib.am, the rule for installing libraries looks weird for the !LIBTOOL case. Though I have the impression that this file should not be used at all, if libtool is not used. Nevertheless, the install command in this cases uses the $list variable, not the sanitized $list2 variable. A simple patch looks like:
diff --git i/lib/am/ltlib.am w/lib/am/ltlib.am index 1cbf7192e..2ac157472 100644 --- i/lib/am/ltlib.am +++ w/lib/am/ltlib.am @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ if %?BASE% ## permissions to use. ?LIBTOOL? echo " $(LIBTOOL) $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=install $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG) $$list2 '$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)'"; \ ?LIBTOOL? $(LIBTOOL) $(AM_LIBTOOLFLAGS) $(LIBTOOLFLAGS) --mode=install $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG) $$list2 "$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)"; \ -?!LIBTOOL? echo " $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG) $$list '$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)'"; \ -?!LIBTOOL? $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG) $$list "$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)"; \ +?!LIBTOOL? echo " $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG) $$list2 '$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)'"; \ +?!LIBTOOL? $(INSTALL) $(INSTALL_STRIP_FLAG) $$list2 "$(DESTDIR)$(%NDIR%dir)"; \ } else !%?BASE% @list='$(%DIR%_LTLIBRARIES)'; test -n "$(%NDIR%dir)" || list=; \ Best, Bert