M configure.in → configure.in

@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 AC_OUTPUT(Makefile
 src/Makefile
 util/Makefile
+util/epist/Makefile
 data/Makefile
 data/styles/Makefile
 doc/Makefile

M util/Makefile.am → util/Makefile.am

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ # util/Makefile.am for Blackbox - an X11 Window manager
 
 CPPFLAGS= @CPPFLAGS@ @DEBUG@
 
+SUBDIRS = 			epist
 bin_SCRIPTS = 		bsetbg
 bin_PROGRAMS =		bsetroot
 

A util/epist/Makefile.am

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 
+# util/epist/Makefile.am for Blackbox - an X11 Window manager
+
+CPPFLAGS= @CPPFLAGS@ @DEBUG@
+
+bin_PROGRAMS =		epist
+
+epist_SOURCES =		main.cc
+#epist_LDADD =	
+
+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =	Makefile.in
+
+distclean-local:
+	rm -f *\~ .\#*
+
+# local dependencies
+

A util/epist/main.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ 
+int main(int, char **) {
+  return 0;
+}