Lars writes: > 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. Yes it looks like you are right. I will try things out, and see what breaks with the change. Thanks. Simon
