> I have a source tree which is built using automake[1]. The application is > large > and being written in C++ and when built the tree ocupies over 1GB. I > therefore > want to separate the source tree from the build tree in a similar way that > FreeBSD uses /usr/src and /usr/obj when building the whole operating > system[2]. Would there be much more involved than mkdir objdir cd objdir /path/to/srcdir/configure <options> ? This is already possible with current autoconf/automake, but custom rules for non-standard targets/files may need adjustment. Running configure as above from a user id different from the one that owns the source tree will help to find such problems.
