Version: 3.0.3 (using KDE KDE 3.2.2) Installed from: Compiled From Sources Compiler: gcc 3.3.3 OS: Linux I cannot find the switch to disable KDevelop 3.x from manipulating my Makefile.am files. I usually prefer to handcraft these. Esp. when KDevelop starts to confuse new and deleted files or when I have to handle file types that KDevelop does not know. KDevelop 2.x was able to switch that off.
KDevelop2 was a different program. That you can't do this in an Automake project in KDevelop3 is not a bug, it's by design. At best you could file this as a wishlist item, but I think you would be better off just importing the project as a Custom Project, where KDevelop will not attempt to play with your Makefiles in any way.